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Even a prisoner has right to live: High court

May 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Holding that even a prisoner has a right to live, the Delhi High Court Monday enhanced the compensation for the kin of a life convict who died while serving his term. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Madan B. Lokur while enhancing the compensation awarded to the prisoner who died in […]

Justice Dipak Misra takes over as Delhi High Court chief justice

May 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Adopting a humanitarian approach, Delhi High Court’s new Chief Justice Dipak Misra disposed 13 cases on his first day in office Monday. He started hearing cases at 11.15 a.m. and disposed 13 of the 36 cases listed for his court Monday. Misra advised lawyers to refrain from taking adjournment so that the backlog of cases […]

Don’t deny bail for co-accused’s lapses: Apex court

May 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court has said that an accused can not be jailed and denied bail if a trail court fails to ensure the presence of co-accused who, after getting bail, obstructs the progress of the trial. A vacation bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi said: “Why should an accused suffer if the court is not […]

BSF dubbed ‘violent force’, ex-trooper denied visa (Lead)

May 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

A retired Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was denied a Canadian visa after a diplomat accused the paramilitary force of “war crimes” and being a “notoriously violent force”. In a communication to Fateh Singh Pandher, a New Delhi-based Canadian High Commission diplomat has described the BSF as a “notoriously violent paramilitary unit” which is “responsible […]

Central information panel has limited powers, says court

May 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Giving a clear signal that no one is above the rule of law, the Delhi High Court Friday quashed an order of the Central Information Commission and said it has limited powers and should adhere to them. Setting aside CIC’s order to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) about revealing all information under the Right to […]

Apex court moved against Soren as chief minister

May 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

A petition was moved in the Supreme Court Friday seeking directions to the Jharkhand governor to stop the “misuse of the constitution” by repeatedly administering the oath of office of chief minister to Shibu Soren despite his not being a legislator. The petition said Article 164 (4) of the constitution was being repeatedly abused and […]

IHF derecognition illegal: Delhi High Court (Lead)

May 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Giving the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and its president K.P.S. Gill a reprieve, the Delhi High Court Friday quashed the central government’s order derecognizing the national sports body and termed the action as illegal. Justice S. Muralidhar, in his 43-page judgment, said: “None of the explanations offered by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) convinces the […]

Court rejects Madhuri Gupta’s bail plea (Lead)

May 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

A Delhi court Friday rejected the bail plea of Madhuri Gupta, a junior Indian diplomat arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). Gupta, who is in judicial custody, pleaded for bail on grounds that she is not required by the police for any investigation. “She is in judicial custody even when […]

Caste-based census controversy reaches apex court

May 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The controversy over the caste-based census Thursday reached the Supreme Court after a Chennai-based advocate filed a pre-emptive caveat, praying that if the Madras High Court verdict asking the census commissioner to carry out a caste-based census is challenged, he should be afforded an opportunity of being heard. Advocate R.Krishnamurthy filed the caveat – an […]

Education now mere commercial activity, observes apex court

May 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

“Education has become commerce,” a concerned Supreme Court observed Thursday and added that many of the mushrooming teaching shops in the country do not even have the basic infrastructure. The court said that education which was never an instrument of money minting has been reduced to a commercial activity. The vacation bench of the Supreme […]

Supreme Court blames itself for graft in judicial postings (Lead)

May 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court Thursday said corruption in judicial appointments has assumed cancerous proportions and blamed itself for “soft-pedalling” on the issue and not dealing with it firmly two decades ago. A vacation bench of the court headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi said: “Soft-pedalling by the apex court, not today, but 20 years ago has been […]

Delhi University teachers assure court on college results

May 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that internal assessment results in 17 colleges will be declared Friday after its members’ meeting with Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental. DUTA’s counsel informed Justice Sunil Gaur that after the meeting with Pental, the results will be declared Friday evening. The court was hearing […]