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
Top Law News Jharkhand money laundering case accused seeks bail June 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Jharkhand government on a petition by an accused seeking bail in a money laundering case in which former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda is the main accused. The vacation bench of the apex court headed by Justice Deepak Verma and comprising Justice K S Radhakrishnan issued […] Read more » Jharkhand money laundering case
Top Law News Kasab gets two new lawyers, to challenge death sentence June 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Tuesday appointed lawyers Amin Solkar and Farhana Shah for Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, who will challenge his death sentence in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case. The Maharashtra State Legal Cell Tuesday appointed Solkar and Shah as Kasab’s legal representatives after the terrorist requested that a lawyer be appointed […] Read more » challenge death sentence Kasab
Top Law News Bhopal gas survivors hold candlelight vigil, vow to fight on June 8, 2010 / June 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activists and survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy on Tuesday held a candlelight vigil in Bhopal to protest the two-year jail term to the Union Carbide officials found guilty for the disaster, and resolved to continue their fight for justice. Hundreds of people gathered in front of the now defunct Union Carbide Corporation’s pesticide […] Read more » Bhopal gas survivors
Top Law News Eight held guilty for Bhopal gas tragedy, get two years in jail June 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Twenty-six years after the world’s worst industrial disaster that had left over 15,000 people dead, a local court today convicted all the eight accused including former Union Carbide Chairman Keshub Mahindra in the Bhopal Gas tragedy case. Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohan P Tiwari pronounced the verdict in a packed court room convicting 85-year-old Mahindra, and […] Read more » Bhopal gas tragedy
Top Law News Did Shivraj Patil ask Dikshit to delay Afzal Guru’s hanging? June 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Sunday stopped short of denying that former home minister Shivraj Patil had asked her government to delay a decision on parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s hanging. ‘May be what you are thinking is true,’ Dikshit told a news channel when asked if Patil had asked her to keep the matter […] Read more » Afzal Guru's hanging Dikshit Shivraj Patil
Top Law News High courts’ bid to curb litigation worries government June 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment High courts may be referring inter-governmental disputes to central panels for resolution in order to reduce litigation, but this is giving rise to constitutional problems, says the union law ministry. “Instances have come to the notice of the cabinet secretariat where some of the high courts have given instructions to its Committee on Disputes (CoD) […] Read more » curb litigation
Top Law News Compensation for two women who delivered on the streets June 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking serious note of the fact that reproductive rights of women were still not guaranteed in spite of various schemes being in place, the Delhi High Court has awarded compensation to two women who gave birth on the streets because of the government’s negligence. Justice S. Muralidhar Friday awarded compensation of Rs.240,000 to the family […] Read more » Compensation delivered streets
Top Law News Court stays panel on Delhi’s mobile phone towers June 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court stays 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 Bail plea of former MCI chief rejected June 4, 2010 / June 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday rejected the bail plea of former Medical Council of India (MCI) chief Ketan Desai, arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in April for allegedly accepting a bribe. Rejecting Desai’s application, Justice Mukta Gupta said: ‘Desai is the main accused and now being in custody, people are coming forward […] Read more » former MCI chief Ketan Desai