Top Law News Congress wants Warren Anderson’s extradition June 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The ruling Congress Wednesday said the government should make every effort to extradite from the US Warren Anderson, the CEO of Union Carbide when the Bhopal gas tragedy took place in 1984. ‘The Congress is of the firm opinion that the extradition process should be completed and he (Anderson) should be brought back. We hope […] Read more » Congress extradition Warren Anderson's
Top Law News Irretrievable breakdown of marriage will be ground for divorce June 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 14 Comments on Irretrievable breakdown of marriage will be ground for divorce The irretrievable breakdown of a marriage will be made an additional ground for divorce under an amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act approved by the cabinet Thursday. “This would provide safeguards to parties who file petitions for grant of divorce by mutual consent but who wilfully avoid coming to court […] Read more » divorce Irretrievable marriage
Top Law News Chief minister’s office told us to fly Anderson to Delhi: Pilot June 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former director of aviation at Bhopal and a pilot have both claimed that the Madhya Pradesh chief minister’s office had instructed them to fly former Union Carbide chairman Warren Anderson to Delhi after the Bhopal gas tragedy. ‘We got a call from the chief minister’s office and were asked to arrange a flight,’ former […] Read more » Anderson
Top Law News Nothing wrong in representing Dow Chemicals: Singhvi June 10, 2010 / June 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Thursday denied any wrongdoing in his defending Dow Chemicals, which purchased Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL), as a legal counsel in courts. There is no conflict of interest in representing Dow Chemical in courts as a lawyer and being the member of political party, said […] Read more » Dow Chemicals Singhvi
Top Law News Even poor man’s son can rise to become IAS officer: Court June 10, 2010 / June 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There was ‘no presumption that son of a poor man could not rise to level of an IAS officer or a successful businessman’, said the Delhi High Court while hearing an appeal filed by an insurance company on the issue of loss of future income. Justice S.N. Dhingra while dismissing the appeal filed by the […] Read more » become IAS officer poor man's son
Top Law News Forget about freedom, apex court tells married men June 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Married men should forget about their freedom after they tie the nuptial knot as restrictions on their independence are like ‘dividends’ they have to pay for matrimony, the Supreme Court said Thursday in a divorce suit. ‘Whenever a person is married, there is no question of independence,’ Justice Deepak Verma said, hearing a divorce suit […] Read more » Forget freedom married men
Top Law News Forced retirement may be dropped as penalty for officials June 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Forced retirement may be dropped as penalty for officials Compulsory retirement may no longer be imposed as a penalty on erring bureaucrats and corrupt officials, if a proposal by the government comes through. The ministry for personnel, public grievances and training has proposed dropping compulsory retirement altogether from the conduct rules for central government officials saying it is neither punitive nor has a deterrent […] Read more » Forced retirement penalty for officials
Top Law News Apex court notice in Congress leader’s murder June 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice in the 2006 murder of Maharashtra Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar on a CBI petition challenging a high court order granting bail to main accused Mohan Anant Shukla, who was then a civic official. Shukla, a corporator from Dombivli, was arrested by the special crime cell of the Central Bureau […] Read more » Congress leader's murder
Top Law News Nehru Port Trust contests property tax, court queries Maharashtra June 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Maharashtra and 11 gram panchayats in the state on the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust’s plea challenging a Bombay High Court order to pay Rs.129 crore property tax to the village councils. The vacation bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Deepak Verma and comprising Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan […] Read more » contests Nehru Port Trust property tax
Top Law News CBI probe into Congressman’s murder sought June 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court Tuesday asked the central government to respond to a plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of Congress activist Mayankesh Shukla alias Rajjan in Uttar Pradesh. Shukla was killed last month in Sultanpur district, some 150 km from Lucknow. His father Ram Chandra Shukla has accused […] Read more » CBI Congressman's murder sought
Top Law News Hearing on cellular operators’ plea put off June 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday adjourned the hearing on a petition by cellular operators challenging the jurisdiction of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to seek details on their revenue sharing with the government. The vacation bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Deepak Verma and comprising Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan adjourned the hearing […] Read more » cellular operators'
Top Law News Apex court questions Kerala on licensing of clinic June 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Apex court questions Kerala on licensing of clinic The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Kerala on a petition challenging a law that requires private clinics that dispense medicines to patients to obtain licences. The court was hearing a petition filed by Indian Medical Association against the Kerala government’s decision to amended the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940. The Vacation […] Read more » Kerala licensing of clinic