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Man gets life for killing woman lawyer

April 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

An Orissa court on Thursday awarded life term to a man for raping and murdering a woman advocate last year in Bhadrak district, a lawyer for the prosecution said. Fast track court judge Pradumna Kumar Nayak, based in Bhadrak town, 142 km from here, declared Chitta Ranajn Sahu, 36, guilty after examining 22 witnesses, lawyer […]

MCD, DDA pulled up over illegal encroachments

April 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on MCD, DDA pulled up over illegal encroachments

Two civic agencies were Wednesday pulled up by the Delhi High Court for not removing illegal encroachments in a locality in northwest Delhi and their chiefs were summoned May 12 for explanation. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta directed Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) commissioner K.S. Mehra […]

Court directs refund of Rs.80 lakh to Gayatri Devi’s kin

April 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the government to refund Rs.80 lakh fine to the heirs of Maharani Gayatri Devi of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family, which was penalised 35 years ago for possessing undeclared gold. The income tax department had seized 800 kg of undeclared gold which was listed as the private property of […]

Apex court laments lawyers’ spat

April 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court Wednesday lamented an unsavoury spat between two veteran lawyers, and said that if the apex court could witness such acrimony, imagine the plight of the lower judiciary. “If two senior advocates fight like this in the Supreme Court, I wonder what would be the plight in the lower courts,” remarked a three-judge […]

Apex court censures two Gujarat public prosecutors

April 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court Wednesday censured two special public prosecutors of Gujarat for going public with their allegations that the two special judges trying Gujarat riots cases in Ahmedabad were biased against the victims. ‘We disapprove this. They are degrading the judicial system,’ said a three-judge bench headed by Justice D.K. Jain, reprimanding the two public […]

Apex court dismisses 22 cases against actress Khushboo

April 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed nearly two dozen criminal cases against Tamil actress Khushboo for making a controversial statement endorsing pre-marital sex and live-in relationships. A bench comprising Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice B.S. Chauhan quashed 22 criminal cases against her saying that her statement on the issue of pre-marital sex and live-in relationships […]

Now, khap panchayat menace surfaces in Rajasthan

April 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The khap panchayat menace has surfaced in Rajasthan, with many people alleging victimisation at the hands of the caste councils. The victims of khap panchayats from Rajasthan gathered here Tuesday to share their experiences. Sanjoy Sachdeva, president of the National Journalists Front (India), described the khap panchayat as a “panchayat which has no legal sanctity […]

Terminally ill rapist granted bail in Delhi

April 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted bail to a rape convict who has been suffering from an ‘incurable’ liver disease since last May. Justice Siddharth Mridul ordered the Tihar jail authorities to release convict Satyam Singh on bail. He was sentenced to seven-year imprisonment by a lower court for raping a minor girl. The court […]

Advocate questions plea for contempt action against him

April 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

An advocate Tuesday questioned a plea filed in the Supreme Court seeking contempt action against him for accusing a senior apex court judge of indulging in judicial impropriety. Advocate Prashant Bhushan challenged the maintainability of the plea by senior counsel Harish Salve to launch contempt to court proceeding against him for accusing Justice S.H. Kapadia […]

Jagdish Tytler gets clean chit in 1984 riots case

April 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Angry over a clean chit to Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a community group here has alleged that the CBI did not investigate material witnesses in the case when its team came to the United States. The Sikh group based in New York and India, Sikhs for Justice, says there are several witnesses […]

Over 29 lakh cases disposed of by fast track courts

April 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Fast track courts have disposed off 29.08 lakh cases since their inception in 2000, the Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday. ‘According to information received from the state governments/registries of the high courts, out of 35.85 lakh cases transferred to fast track courts since inception, 29.08 lakh cases have been disposed off, leaving 6.77 lakh cases […]

Apex court no to Lafarge restarting mining in Meghalaya

April 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court Monday rejected the central government’s plea to allow French cement giant Lafarge restart limestone mining in Meghalaya. A special forest bench, headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, refused to allow Lafarge Umiam Mining Private Limited collect limestone from Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hill district despite the government’s plea to suspend its Feb 5 […]