Top Law News Sagotra marriages petitioner asked to move high court June 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked a petitioner, seeking direction to the central government that marriages within ‘sagotra (same clan)’ be deemed prohibited relationship under the Hindu Marriage Act, to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court. A vacation bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Deepak Verma and comprising Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan told senior […] Read more » Sagotra marriages
Top Law News Supreme court refuses to hear Haldiram’s owner’s plea (Lead) June 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme court refuses to hear Haldiram’s owner’s plea (Lead) The Supreme Court Monday declined to entertain a petition by Haldiram’s Group owner Prabhu Shankar Agarwal, seeking bail after being convicted for conspiring to kill a tea stall owner in Kolkata. The vacation bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Deepak Verma and comprising Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan instead asked the petitioner to move Calcutta […] Read more » Haldiram's owner's plea
Top Law News Woman wins 22-year property battle, but gets no land June 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It took 22 long years for a court to direct the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to return a plot to coal depot owner Darshna Rani. But six months after the verdict, the 75-year-old is still to get her due. “It’s been almost six months since this judgment came in our favour, but getting the […] Read more » no land
Top Law News Need to strengthen prosecution in cases like Bhopal: CBI chief June 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ashwini Kumar Sunday said the agency needs to strengthen its prosecution to match the legal resources employed by the accused in cases like the Bhopal gas disaster. ‘Our investigations are good but there is weakness in prosecution and trial. We will pay more attention to it,’ Kumar told reporters […] Read more » CBI chief prosecution strengthen
Top Law News New law to end ambiguity on marriageable age June 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on New law to end ambiguity on marriageable age To put an end to ambiguity over the minimum age of marriage mentioned in numerous laws, the government is contemplating a new law that will spell it out as 18 years for women and 21 years for men. For this, the government has asked the National Commission for Women (NCW), the apex body that deals […] Read more » ambiguity marriageable age
Top Law News Sex-scam accused godman freed on bail June 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Self-styled godman Swami Nityananda, involved in an alleged sex scam, was released from jail Saturday, a day after the Karnataka High Court granted him bail on several conditions. Nityananda walked out of the jail in Ramanagara, about 40 km from here, after furnishing a Rs.100,000 bond and two personal sureties. He has also surrendered his […] Read more » godman Sex-scam Swami Nityananda
Top Law News Is a minor’s marriage with consent legal? June 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday asked a larger bench to consider whether or not a minor’s marriage, conducted with her/his consent, is to be declared legal. It also termed void the marriage of 17-year-old Chandni till she attains majority and directed her to stay with her parents till that time. A division bench of Justice […] Read more » Legal minor's marriage
Top Law News Eelam dreams only hurting Tamils: Sri Lankan minister (Interview) June 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Sri Lankan Tamil minister who accompanied President Mahinda Rajapaksa to India says the Tamil diaspora’s refusal to give up the Tamil Eelam dream is only hurting his community. Expatriate Tamils in Western countries who continued to be loyal to the goal of forming an independent state were no way serving the mass of Tamils […] Read more » Eelam hurting Tamils
Top Law News Court acquits man of rape charge, says victim unreliable June 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday held a rape victim as unreliable and acquitted the accused, saying that the woman failed to prove her case and did not appear to be ‘consistent and firm’ on her stand. ‘There is no support coming forth to the case set up by the prosecution that the act of rape […] Read more » rape charge victim unreliable
Top Law News Is a minor’s marriage with consent legal? June 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday asked a larger bench to consider whether or not a minor’s marriage, conducted with her/his consent, is to be declared legal. It also termed void the marriage of 17-year-old Chandni till she attains majority and directed her to stay with her parents till that time. A division bench of Justice […] Read more » Legal marriage minors'
Top Law News Indian Legal Service to be revamped to attract fresh talent June 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian Legal Service (ILS) will be revamped to attract fresh and talented law graduates – and not just experienced officers – to various government services, officials in the law and justice ministry said Friday. The Indian Legal Service, a channel of appointment of legal professionals in the service of central government, is an all-India […] Read more » Legal Service revamped
Top Law News Contempt notice to GJM for blocking national highway June 11, 2010 / June 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday issued a contempt notice to Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) for repeatedly blocking the national highway, connecting Siliguri with Gangtok, during the course of their agitation for a separate statehood. Read more » GJM