Top Law News Judge recuses himself from former Goa minister’s bail plea June 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Goa minister Mickky Pacheco’s bail plea in the case relating to his 28-year-old alleged lover’s death, could not be heard on Friday as a Bombay High Court judge recused himself from the hearing. In his bail application before the Panaji bench of the high court, the former tourism minister says that it is a […] Read more » bail Goa minister's plea
Top Law News Court dismisses petition against same gotra marriage June 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking amendment in the law to ban same ‘gotra’ (sub-caste) marriages, calling the petition ‘a waste of time’. ‘You don’t know what is gotra? Which Hindu text prescribes banning of sagotra (same clan) marriage? Why are you wasting the time of the court?’ asked […] Read more » gotra marriage
Top Law News Ex-employee wins legal battle after 17 years June 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former employee of the National Textiles Corp (Gujarat) Ltd has finally won compensation from the company after 17 long years of legal battle. The Gujarat High Court gave the ruling Thursday in favour of Rajnikant Potnis, asking the company to pay him all his dues with 18 percent interest. The court set aside the […] Read more » Ex-employee legal battle
Top Law News Geriatric wards, national commission in offing for the elderly June 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With nearly 90 million people in the ranks of senior citizens in India, the government is looking at a policy for them that involves creation of geriatric wards in all hospitals and a statutory body with the powers of a judicial court to deal with matters related to the elderly. ‘A National Commission for Elderly […] Read more » elderly Geriatric wards offing
Top Law News Gujarat gets time to file report in court on riots case June 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government on Thursday got a week’s time from the Gujarat High Court to find out the status of the process for summoning Chief Minister Narendra Modi initiated by a panel probing the 2002 post-Godhra riots case. This is the third adjournment after the state earlier sought time to file a status report on the […] Read more » file report Gujarat riots case
Top Law News You have no shame, court to Delhi Police June 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lambasting the Delhi Police for its failure to protect people from honour killings in the national capital, the Delhi High Court on Thursday told the force that “you are turning normal citizens into criminals”. “You can search the entire city if a dog of your boss is lost but you can’t provide protection to the […] Read more » Delhi Police no shame
Top Law News Court hands over golf club to Kerala government June 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday cleared the decks for the takeover by the Kerala government of the Trivandrum Golf Club and the state’s only golf course. The court set up a panel headed by the chief secretary of the state to run the day-to-day affairs of the club that managed the golf course. The 9-hole golf […] Read more » golf club Kerala government
Top Law News Women’s rights panel seeks report on Delhi honour killings June 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday sought a report from the Delhi Police into the gruesome murders of a 19-year-old girl and her boyfriend by her father and uncle, being described as a case of honour killing. Taking suo motu cognizance of the incident, NCW chairperson Girija Vyas asked the police to give an […] Read more » Delhi honour killings
Top Law News Gujarat initiates process to appoint ombudsman June 17, 2010 / June 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After almost seven years, the Gujarat government has initiated the process of appointing a lokayukta or ombudsman in the state. This information was provided by the state government to the Gujarat High Court here Wednesday following a public suit seeking the appointment to the post. According to the submission, the cabinet has passed a resolution […] Read more » appoint ombudsman
Top Law News Court queries Gujarat bar council on test for budding lawyers June 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday came down on the Bar Council of Gujarat, among others, seeking to know why law graduates need to qualify in an exam to enroll with it before beginning their legal practice. While hearing a plea filed by students with a masters degree in law who challenged the amended rules […] Read more » budding lawyers test
Top Law News Apex court stays high court order on Bellary Iron Ores June 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Bellary Iron Ores Pvt Ltd and stayed the operation of Andhra Pradesh High Court’s order allowing the company to lift 1.03 lakh tonnes of processed iron ore from its stocks. The high court gave the permission and told the company to deposit with the state government […] Read more » Bellary Iron Ores
Top Law News Hundreds pray at Laila-Majnu’s ‘tomb’ for immortal love June 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As the sun set on this dusty village near the India-Pakistan border, the sounds of qawwalis rent the air and hundreds of couples from across the country lay a chadar on what they believed to be the tombs of the legendary lovers Laila-Majnu with a prayer that their love too would be immortal. According to […] Read more » Laila-Majnu's 'tomb