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Court issues notice to CBI on Goa scam

May 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

A Goa court Wednesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) why Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and some cabinet ministers were not being quizzed over an alleged scam linked to the 2004 International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The Panaji district and sessions court issued notice to CBI officials to appear before it within a […]

Apex court verdict on Krishna-Godavari gas dispute likely Friday

May 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Court is expected to deliver Friday its much-awaited verdict on one of India’s most high-profile legal battles between companies led by the two Ambani brothers, Mukesh and Anil, over natural gas supplies from the Krishna-Godavari basin. A three-member bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice P. Sathasivam had reserved its […]

Bihar rights panel moved over illegal cremation

May 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Families of three youths allegedly cremated in an illegal manner by police here have moved Bihar’s human rights commission for registration of criminal cases against policemen and officials of a hospital, commission sources said Wednesday. A commission official said that family members of the youths killed last month by unidentified criminals alleged that the police […]

No narco test without consent, says apex court (Lead)

May 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Narco, polygraph or brain mapping tests cannot be conducted on any person, whether an accused or a suspect, without their consent, the Supreme Court said Wednesday. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justices R.V. Raveendran and J.M. Panchal said the forcible administration of these tests was an “unwarranted intrusion of the personal liberty” […]

Apex court give Karnataka time on Mysore corridor

May 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court Tuesday granted Karnataka eight weeks time to deal with various bottlenecks in the implementation of the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project. A bench of Justice V.S. Sirpurkar, Justice Mukundakam Sharma and Justice R.M. Lodha adjourned the hearing after Karnataka government’s counsel told the court that the meeting of a high level committee […]

Apex court reserves order on Reddy brothers’ plea (Lead)

May 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved orders on the plea of the Reddy brothers, two of whom are ministers in Karnataka, to permit mining in a forested area on the Andhra Pradesh-Karnataka border. A bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan reserved the order after Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam told the court that the Survey of […]

Maharashta imposes ESMA on striking workers

May 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Maharashtra government is contemplating imposing Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) in wake of ongoing strikes of motormen in Mumbai which has affected thousands of commuters. The BEST and MSRTC have also deployed additional bus services to help stranded commuters in the city and elsewhere. Mumbai University announced that any student who was delayed for […]

Nithari killings: Koli guilty of seven-year-old’s murder (Lead)

May 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

A special court Tuesday held domestic help Surender Koli guilty of the rape and murder of seven-year-old Arti, one of the 19 young women and children from Noida’s Nithari village whose body parts were found in a drain. In the second case of the sensational Nithari murders, which shocked the nation with the brutality and […]

Court issues notice to SNDT University on BEd course

May 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Gujarat High Court Monday issued notices to the vice-chancellor and registrar of the SNDT Women’s University of Mumbai for alleged irregularities in the process of BEd admission and examinations. A division bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi has asked the respondents to submit their reply on allegations of irregularities against […]

Will not use the Mahatma’s picture commercially: Montblanc

May 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court disposed of a petition against international luxury giant Montblanc Monday after the firm assured that it would not use the picture and name of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi for commercial purposes. Montblanc had come under fire for marketing its luxury brand of pens titled “Mahatma Gandhi Limited Edition” containing an […]

Sarosh Homi Kapadia to be Chief Justice of India

May 3, 2010 / May 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Supreme Court Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia has been appointed the new Chief Justice of India. Kapadia will assume charge May 12. Kapadia takes over from Justice K G Balakrishnan, India’s first Dalit chief justice. A press release from the Ministry of Law and Justice stated: “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of […]

Two extra shifts can cut court backlog, says judge

May 3, 2010 / May 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Supreme Court’s Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan has stressed the need for running courts in two extra shifts in addition to the normal court hours to reduce backlog of cases. ‘The judiciary in Gujarat runs evening courts in various districts of the state for just this purpose,’ he said on Saturday night at a function here to […]