Top Law News Apex court upholds quotas in Panchayati Raj institutions May 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, women and Other Backward Classes in Panchayati Raj institutions and municipal bodies Read more »
Top Law News Gujarat High Court pulls up its own registry May 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Monday came down heavily on its own registry for not complying with the court’s own rules. It dismissing a petition which challenged the Central Administrative Tribunal’s (CAT) decision to deny notional promotion after voluntary retirement. A division bench of Justice M.D. Shah and Justice D.H. Waghela said: “In thorough disrespect of […] Read more »
Top Law News Court tells civic body to open park within three months May 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Monday ordered the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to open a park to the public within three months after a citizen approached it contending that the civic body was not doing because it could not get a minister to inaugurate it. “File a contempt plea if the order is not complied with,” a […] Read more »
Top Law News Supreme Court stays death for American Center attacker (Lead) May 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday stayed the death sentence of Mohammed Jamiluddin Nasir who is one of the two convicts sent to the gallows for an attack on the American Center in Kolkata Jan 22, 2002, that left six policemen dead. Besides staying the death sentence of Nasir till the time his appeal is pendening, an […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex court allows Reddy brothers to resume mining May 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), belonging to the Reddy brothers, to resume mining in the undisputed region of the Bellary reserve forest in Karnataka. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices Deepak Verma and B S Chauhan allowed OMC to start mining operations within 150 meters of […] Read more »
Top Law News One word can tilt entire case: Author of legal bible May 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 2,000-page legal bible with 40,000 cross-references to Supreme Court judgments of the past 60 years will serve the interests of both the judicial fraternity and litigants alike and its importance can be gauged from the fact that a single word can turn an entire case around, its author says. “The book has been compiled […] Read more »
Top Law News Wheels of justice: confirming Kasab’s death penalty may take eight months May 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court could take 253 days (8 months, 13 days) to confirm the death penalty given to 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, a study of past such cases has revealed. A study of hundreds of judgements of the Bombay High Court, especially in the last 17 years, reveals that the average disposal time […] Read more »
Top Law News Court comes to rescue of girl pushed into flesh trade May 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Coming to the rescue of a woman who was pushed into the flesh trade, Delhi High Court has directed a lawyer to make arrangements for her rehabilitation. A division bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Ajit Bharihoke gave the order while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the woman Beena’s mother Shobha that her […] Read more »
Top Law News Municipal Corporation of Delhi ignoring RTI Act: Activist May 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A right to information activist has filed a complaint with the Central Information Commission (CIC) against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for allegedly not having a Central Public Information Officer (CPIO). The activist alleged that by not appointing a CPIO, the civic agency has ignored the mandatory provisions of the Right to Information Act. […] Read more »
Top Law News PM urged not to restart work on Narmada dams May 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an open letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, several activists have requested that the construction of dams on Narmada river should not be restarted until the rehabilitation of the displaced is complete and the environmental clearances are met with. Cedric Prakash, a human rights activist, said: “The chief ministers of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh […] Read more »
Top Law News Hike subsidy for poor schoolkids, court tells Delhi May 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has underlined the need for providing good facilities to poor students in private schools and directed the government to consider revising the rates for reimbursement of the cost of their books and uniform. Justice Kailash Gambhir in his order Friday said, “Students belonging to the economically weaker section (EWS) are entitled […] Read more »
Top Law News Check rising cost of litigation, says PM May 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday called for joint efforts by the government, the judiciary and lawyers to check the rising cost of litigation. “It has been said that justice delayed is justice denied. It is important that concerted cooperative efforts are made by the government, the judiciary and the bar association to deal with […] Read more »