Top Law News Lawyers ordered to give free legal aid for assaulting judge June 3, 2010 / June 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday asked nine lawyers allegedly involved in the manhandling of a judge in Rohini District Courts to provide free legal aid to the poor for two years and quashed all the proceedings against them. A special three-judge bench comprising Justice Vikramjit Sen, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice A.K. Sikri quashed […] Read more » free legal aid
Top Law News Apologies can help resolve legal disputes June 3, 2010 / June 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Apologies can potentially help resolve legal disputes ranging from injury cases to wrongful firings, according to new research. Jennifer Robbennolt, professor of law and psychology, University of Illinois, says apologies can give wounded parties a sense of justice and satisfaction that promotes settlements and trims demands for damages. “Conventional wisdom has been to avoid apologies […] Read more » Apologies legal disputes resolve
Top Law News Verdict in murder case involving Soren June 15 June 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court on Thursday reserved its judgement on Kudko murder case, in which former Jharkhand Chief Minister and JMM chief Shibu Soren is an accused and appeared before the court. The Additional District Judge (9th-fast track), Mohammad Qasim, set June 15 to deliver the verdict. The case was transfered to the court after a […] Read more » murder case Soren
Top Law News Commercial plot’s specified use cannot be changed: Court June 2, 2010 / June 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday held that premises leased out for carrying out a specific commercial activity cannot be used for any other purpose. The court passed its order on a plea of a landlord who sought permission to run a banquet hall at a commercial premises initially allotted for use as a departmental store. […] Read more » Commercial plot's specified
Top Law News Budding lawyers need to pass test: BCI (Lead) June 2, 2010 / June 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Budding lawyers need to pass test: BCI (Lead) Fresh law graduates will have to clear a new test from this year to be eligible to practise in court, the Bar Council of India (BCI) said Wednesday. The test, which will cost a candidate Rs 1,300, will be conducted twice every year by the BCI, the apex statutory body to regulate the legal education […] Read more » BCI Budding lawyers test
Top Law News Kapadia for review of Delhi High Court move on five new judges June 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Kapadia for review of Delhi High Court move on five new judges A Supreme Court panel of judges headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia has asked the Delhi High Court’s panel on judicial appointments to review its recent recommendation for appointment of five high court lawyers as judges. A senior law ministry official told IANS Tuesday that the apex court’s five-judge panel, also known as the collegium, […] Read more » Abhinav Vasisht Anusuya Salwan Delhi High Court Kapadia Maninder Acharya. Meenakshi Arora Rajiv Virmani
Top Law News Akshardham temple attack: Death for three confirmed June 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld the POTA court verdict on the three accused in the 2002 Akshardham terror attack case. The special POTA court had given death penalty to the accused. The POTA court had convicted six persons for providing logistic support to the two terrorists — Murtuza Hafiz Yasin and Ashraf Ali […] Read more » Akshardham temple attack
Top Law News Apex court notice to Haryana over Dalit arson attack June 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Haryana government on the plight of 150 Dalit families who were driven out of their village in Hisar district after an arson attack on their homes last month. A 70-year-old man and his 18-year-old physically challenged daughter were killed and at least 18 houses were damaged April […] Read more » attack Dalit arson Haryana
Top Law News Supreme Court dismisses plea on suspected staged shootout May 31, 2010 / June 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition filed by the parents of a paralytic man allegedly killed by Uttar Pradesh Police in a staged shootout in Mathura May 15-16. Petitioner Jhadmal and his wife Juhari had filed the petition to get the possession of the body of their son Saleem. The vacation bench of the […] Read more » shootout staged
Top Law News Court orders panel on Delhi’s mobile phone towers May 31, 2010 / June 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Court orders panel on Delhi’s mobile phone towers Keeping at abeyance the sealing of illegal mobile phone towers in the city, the Delhi High Court on Monday ordered the central government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to form a panel and file a report by Sep 15 on regulation of towers. Justice Kailash Gambhir said the department of telecommunications and the […] Read more » Delhi's mobile phone towers
Top Law News Check illegal bottled water units, court tells Delhi May 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an attempt to prevent spread of water-borne diseases in summer, the Delhi High Court has directed the government to tighten the noose around illegal units manufacturing and selling bottled drinking water. Justice S. Muralidhar directed the government agencies to crack down on units manufacturing and selling drinking water without a licence and the Bureau […] Read more » bottled illegal water
Top Law News Delay in hanging leads to reduced sentences, show rulings May 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government may be unwittingly entitling condemned prisoners – including Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru – to a lesser life sentence by delaying decisions on their mercy pleas, Supreme Court rulings suggest. The apex court has repeatedly held that excessive delay in executing the death penalty, leaving the condemned prisoner to suffer a “dehumanising […] Read more » reduced sentences