Top Law News Apex court denies bail to former MP jailed for murder May 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the bail plea of criminal-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, a former Lok Sabha MP serving life sentence for the murder of a Bihar district magistrate in 1994. Mohan was sentenced to life term for killing Gopalganj district magistrate G. Krishnaiah Dec 5, 1994. Read more »
Top Law News Apex court lawyer gets five-year jail for graft May 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Meghalaya Thursday sentenced a Supreme Court lawyer, Halida Khatoon, to five years in jail on charges of trying to tamper with evidence in a corruption case against her. Special Judge S.R. Sen also fined Khatoon Rs.5,000 for bribing a CBI constable Rs.1 lakh in exchange for […] Read more »
Top Law News No bail to maid servant who defrauded employers May 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday rejected the bail application of a maid servant who allegedly transferred the property of her employers to her name as well as fraudulently withdrew money from their bank accounts. Denying the bail, Justice S.N.Aggarwal said: “Taking stock of all the facts and circumstances of the case, I do not find […] Read more »
Top Law News Trial judge faces high court flak for poor knowledge May 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Thursday slammed a trial court judge for lacking elementary knowledge of law and directed him to hear arguments afresh in a murder case. A division bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Suresh Kait directed the trial court judge to hear arguments expeditiously and complete the hearing of the arguments by […] Read more »
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 »