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
Top Law News Consumer court urges curb on overcharging by mobile operators May 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi State Consumer Commission has urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to curb the practice of overcharging by private mobile operators who include undue charges in bills which are rectified only when pointed out by subscribers. A commission bench, comprising its president Justice B.A. Zaidi and member Salma Noor, was hearing a […] Read more » mobile operators overcharging
Top Law News Fate of illegal mobile towers to be decided Monday May 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court is likely to decide Monday the fate of mobile towers in the capital, which are under threat of sealing by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for operating without licence. Justice Kailash Gambhir, who had reserved his judgment May 24, is likely to pronounce the order Monday. The sealing drive is […] Read more » illegal mobile towers
Top Law News Apex court pulls up litigant for intemperate language May 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday pulled up a litigant for using intemperate and indecorous language against judges of the Bombay High court and the apex court for allegedly denying him justice in a property dispute. A vacation bench of Supreme Court, headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi and comprising Justice C.K. Prasad, pulled up Anil Gulabdas Shah, […] Read more » apex court for intemperate language litigant pulls
Top Law News Court stays CIC order on Delhi Metro pillar collapse May 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a reprieve for the Delhi Metro, the Delhi High Court Friday stayed a Central Information Commission’s (CIC) order directing it to disclose the design of a pillar which collapsed last year killing six people. The CIC had last month directed the Delhi Metro to make public all the structural drawings related to the pillar […] Read more » CIC collapse Court Delhi Metro order pillar stays
Top Law News CBI asked to probe minors’ trafficking by placement agency May 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into allegations that the owner of a placement agency here was involved in trafficking of minor girls across the country. A division bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ajit Bharihoke directed the CBI to investigate the matter and said: ‘Considering the […] Read more » agency asked CBI minors' placement probe trafficking
Top Law News No CBI probe into drug mafia nexus case, Goa tells court May 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Going against the recommendations of the police, the Goa government Friday told the Bombay High Court that it is not willing to hand over the probe into the police-politician-drug mafia nexus to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The Panaji bench of the high court had directed the government to formally state if it was […] Read more » case CBI drug into mafia nexus probe
Top Law News Plea against sugar mills’ privatisation admitted May 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday admitted a petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to privatise 11 state-run sugar mills of the Uttar Pradesh State Sugar Corp Ltd. Declining to stay the opening of the bids June 3, an apex court vacation bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi and comprising Justice C.K. Prasad said all actions […] Read more » admitted against plea privatisation sugar mills'
Top Law News Don’t disparage lower courts, apex court tells judiciary May 27, 2010 / May 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that the appellate courts should exercise utmost restraint before making adverse observation against the judges of the subordinate judiciary. The apex court said that besides affecting their career, such ‘disparaging’ remarks lower their esteem in public view. The vacation bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi and […] Read more » apex Court courts disparage judiciary lower
Top Law News Apex court to hear plea against sugar mills’ privatisation May 27, 2010 / May 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear Friday a petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to privatise 11 operating sugar mills under the control of the Uttar Pradesh State Sugar Corporation Limited. The mills’ disinvestment is slated for June 3. The vacation bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad will hear the petition filed […] Read more » against hear plea privatisation sugar mills'