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
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