Top Law News Charges under which death penalty is awarded May 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Following are the charges under which a convict in India can get a death sentence: * Waging or attempting to wage war, or abetting the waging of war, against the government of India — death or imprisonment for life and fine. * Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof — death or […] Read more »
Top Law News Kasab gets death for 26/11 terror strike (Lead) May 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, was Thursday sentenced to death by a special court, which ruled that he did not have any right to live. He had been convicted on 86 counts, including waging war on the Indian state. Kasab was sentenced to death […] Read more »
Top Law News Koli sentencing arguments deferred May 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Arguments on 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, have been deferred till May 12 following a lawyers’ strike, an official said Wednesday. The arguments were deferred after Ghaziabad bar association lawyers struck work to voice their protest against their […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »
Top Law News 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” […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »