Top Law News DDA rapped for delaying shelters for mentally ill May 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday pulled up the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for delaying the construction of shelters for mentally ill people who are found abandoned on the streets. DDA faced the ire of the court when it submitted that it had zeroed down on seven sites in the capital where shelters can be opened […] Read more »
Top Law News High courts asked not to meddle in policy making May 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment High courts should desist from treading into the area of policy making, particularly in the field of economic policies, the Supreme Court has said. “It is well settled that courts should not interfere with the policies of the government in general and economic policies in particular,” the apex court said. A bench of Justice R.V. […] Read more »
Top Law News Amnesty International team meets Kashmiri separatist leader May 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A two-member team of human rights body Amnesty International Tuesday called on Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group. The team, comprising Bikram J. Batra and Ramesh Gopal Krishen, arrived here Monday for a six-day visit to assess the human rights situation. They would focus their attention on preventive detentions. Farooq welcomed their […] Read more »
Top Law News Rabri Devi gets bail for abusive remarks May 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bihar court Tuesday granted bail to former chief minister Rabri Devi for allegedly abusing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at a public rally. The Chief Judicial Magistrate in Chapra district, about 100 km from here, granted the bail. Earlier this month, the court issued a non-bailable warrant against Rabri Devi, wife of Rashtriya Janata Dal […] Read more »
Top Law News Court asks CBI to conduct fresh probe into Rizwanur death May 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a fresh probe into the death of Muslim youth Rizwanur Rahman, whose mysterious death after his marriage with the daughter of a rich Hindu businessman in 2007 had sparked widespread outrage. The court, acting on a complaint filed by Rizwanur’s […] Read more »
Top Law News Supreme Court comes to help of same-gotra couple May 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Coming to the aid of a Haryana couple belonging to the same gotra, or sub-caste, who married defying family norms, the Supreme Court Monday stayed the trial proceedings against the man and also issued a notice to the Haryana government. The apex court stayed the trial proceedings against Parveen Kumar who moved the court seeking […] Read more »
Top Law News Hong Kong advises Indians to abide by immigration rules May 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With South Asians dominating the number of illegal immigrants in Hong Kong, its administration has advised Indians not to get misled and enter the city without the proper documents for employment. “I want to take the opportunity to advise that Indian nationals should not be misled by other agents or person. If they want to […] Read more »
Top Law News Dawood’s aide gets life term for abduction May 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by the Delhi High Court for abducting a businessman and demanding a ransom of Rs.1.5 crore. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Suresh Kait expressed its anguish that the use of a rented government accommodation to keep the victim […] Read more »
Top Law News Cops’ probe a ruse to hinder CBI, says Prajapati’s mother May 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The mother of Tulsi Prajapati, the slain associate of Sohrabuddin Sheikh who too was killed in a fake gun battle, has asked Gujarat police to halt their probe as it was a ruse to thwart a federal agency investigation. “The manner in which the Gujarat police woke up suddenly and started arresting its own officers […] Read more »
Top Law News No organised gang behind missing children: Delhi Police May 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Police have finally started investigating the cases of missing children in East Delhi. More than 100 children have gone missing from East Delhi since last year, while 20 children are missing from a single colony in the area since 2002. “We are very concerned the moment a child goes missing and we register a […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex court restrains Patna court order against airport agency May 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday stayed a Patna High Court order upholding the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security’s (BCAS) decision to withdraw security clearance licence granted to an agency run by retired armymen engaged in ground handling operations at Patna and other airports. The BCAS’ withdrawal of security clearance, valid for a five-year period, to the […] Read more »
Top Law News Two suspended, 200 more CCTV cameras in Tihar after custody death May 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two Tihar Jail wardens have been suspended and 200 additional CCTV cameras installed in prisons after a suspected custody death in February, the Delhi High Court was informed Monday. Submitting a status report before a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta, jail authorities said: ‘The objective (behind installing […] Read more »