Top Law News Supreme Court refuses to help legislator who holds court May 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday declined to interfere with the Allahabad High Court’s proceedings looking into allegations that a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator from Uttar Pradesh holds a parallel court and dispenses justice. A bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar let the high court deal with the matter […] Read more »
Top Law News Supreme Court okays company law tribunal May 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today cleared the decks for setting up of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to deal with disputes related to companies by upholding the validity of the 2002 amendments to the Companies Act with certain conditions. Once the Tribunal is established, all company-related matters pending with the Company Law Board, the Board […] Read more »
Top Law News Court stays sealing of illegal mobile towers May 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday stayed the sealing of illegal mobile towers here and asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Cellular Operators Association to resolve the issue amicably. Justice Kailash Gambhir stayed the sealing till May 19 and issued a notice to MCD. Directing the MCD and the association to resolve their […] Read more »
Top Law News High court raps MCD for concealing facts on ghost staff May 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday slammed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for “concealing facts” in its affidavit on money paid to ‘ghost employees’. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta said: “This affidavit conceals everything and reveals nothing. It does not disclose facts. This is a very […] Read more »
Top Law News Delhi civic agency given 4 months to clear encroachments May 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday gave the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) four months to comply with its earlier order to remove illegal encroachments around three group housing societies in northwest Delhi. MCD commissioner K.S. Mehra, who appeared before a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta, took the […] Read more »
Top Law News Kapadia is new chief justice of India (Lead) May 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Kapadia is new chief justice of India (Lead) Justice S H Kapadia was on Wednesday sworn-in as the 38th Chief Justice of India (CJI). President Pratibha Devisingh Patil administered the oath of office and secrecy to Justice Kapadia. The event at Rashtrapati Bhawan was attended by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, his cabinet colleagues, outgoing Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and other […] Read more »
Top Law News K.G. Balakrishnan may become next NHRC chief May 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment K.G. Balakrishnan, former chief justice of India, is tipped to head the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), a highly-placed government source said Wednesday. The source said the formal decision to that affect would be taken “very soon”. “The matter is being judged by the home ministry, and I’m not aware of the movement of the […] Read more »
Top Law News UNFPA-Laadli awards 14 gender crusaders May 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fourteen people have been awarded the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)-Laadli Media Awards 2009-2010 in the capital for their contribution to gender sensitivity in the media. The gender crusaders, selected from a list of 80 candidates across a cross-section of electronic and print media, were honoured Tuesday for “highlighting serious gender issues challenging the stereotypical […] Read more »
Top Law News Nithari killings: Koli to be sentenced today May 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court will on Wednesday pronounce the quantum of punishment to domestic help Surender Koli, convicted for the rape and murder of seven-year-old Arti from Noida’s Nithari village. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge A.K. Singh held Koli guilty of the crime on May 4. The quantum of punishment was to be pronounced […] Read more »
Top Law News Separate dialysis centre coming up in Delhi, court told May 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A specialised dialysis centre is coming up in the national capital to meet the increasing demand for the service by patients, the government told the Delhi High Court Tuesday. Zubeida Begum, counsel for the Delhi government, informed Justice S. Muralidhar that a separate kidney dialysis centre was in the process of being built in Sadiq […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex court okays company law tribunal (Lead) May 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the constitution of the National Company Law Tribunal and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal subject to some riders. A constitution bench said the National Company Law Tribunal was created by the powers of the high court. Thus, the rank of its members and of the Company Law Appellate Tribunal […] Read more »
Top Law News Jayalalitha’s petition in graft case dismissed May 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalitha’s petition in a disproportionate assets case. Jayalalitha said the officers who investigated the case were not competent to carry out the probe under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The petition was dismissed as withdrawn. Read more »