Top Law News Court go-ahead for Nirma cement plant in Gujarat April 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Monday gave a conditional go-ahead to detergent maker Nirma for construction of its Rs.1,400 crore cement plant at Mahua near Bhavnagar which has been opposed by farmers citing environmental concerns. A division bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi directed Nirma Limited to return another 46 hectares of […] Read more »
Top Law News Court pulls up Maharashtra for not levying tax on IPL April 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Monday pulled up the Maharashtra government for failing to levy entertainment duty on the Indian Premier League cricket tournament and asked whether any decision has been taken on it. A division of Justices P.B. Majumdar and Justice R.G. Ketkar directed the state government to clarify its stand whether it has decided […] Read more »
Top Law News No force to ensure strike: court tells Tripura government April 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Guwahati High Court Monday asked Tripura’s ruling Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), not to apply force to ensure Tuesday’s strike to protest rising prices. It also directed the state government to take adequate measures to maintain normalcy. The ruling Left Front has called the shutdown in Tripura Tuesday as […] Read more »
Top Law News Supreme Court needed 7 more judges till March 31 April 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was short of seven judges and there were 251 vacancies in high courts across India till March 31, the Lok Sabha was informed Monday. Among the high courts, the Allahabad High Court has the maximum 88 vacancies. Calcutta has 22, Patna has 21, Punjab and Haryana has 20, Andhra Pradesh has 18 […] Read more »
Top Law News Petition seeks stay on declaring IIT entrance result April 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Petition seeks stay on declaring IIT entrance result Citing an error, a non-government organisation (NGO) has approached the Delhi High Court seeking a stay on the publication of the result of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) entrance exam held April 11. The petition has also sought a fresh entrance test. It is likely to come up in court Tuesday. Raising the issue of […] Read more »
Top Law News Amarinder Singh ouster unconstitutional, says apex court April 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s ouster from the state assembly on charges of corruption was unconstitutional. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan ordered the restoration of Amarinder Singh’s membership to the present assembly. The senior Congress leader was expelled from the Punjab state assembly Sep […] Read more »
Top Law News Journalists attacked at Madras High Court function April 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A few journalists covering the installation of a B.R. Ambedkar statue at the Madras High Court Sunday were beaten up by some lawyers when they began filming the clash between two groups of advocates. The fracas started when a section of lawyers waved black flags and shouted slogans against Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, demanding action […] Read more »
Top Law News Tamils protest Bachchan’s proposed Sri Lanka visit April 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hundreds of Tamils shouting slogans took to the streets outside the residence of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan in Mumbai today (April 25). Indian media reported that the protesters were showing their agitation against his decision to visit Sri Lanka as chief guest for the India International Films Awards (IIFA) function in June. “We urge him […] Read more »
Top Law News Social activists back suggestion on incest law April 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Social activists back suggestion on incest law A city court’s suggestion for enacting a separate law to deal with incest has been supported by social activists who say it will help check exploitation of women and children. In a recent order, Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Kamini Lau while giving life term to a man who raped his minor daughter said that it […] Read more »
Top Law News Alaknanda residents allege police inaction on mosque construction April 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Residents in south Delhi’s Alaknanda area Sunday complained of police inaction over alleged illegal construction in a local mosque. Some 10-15 residents protested Sunday morning near Madni Mosque located in the Aravali Apartments complex alleging that the room the construction of which was begun by the mosque authorities Saturday night to expand its premises into […] Read more »
Top Law News Win sons’ trust, restore mother’s position, court tells woman April 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman who stood trial on charges of killing her stepson but was acquitted has been told by the Supreme Court to win the trust of her own sons before seeking their custody from her divorced husband. Both the boys had deposed against her. ‘The better course would be that the mother should first be […] Read more »
Top Law News Poor facilities in lower courts slammed April 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court judge S.H. Kapadia, tipped to be the Chief Justice of India in May, Saturday lamented the pathetic infrastructure in the lower courts in various states. Justice Kapadia made the remarks at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of a 12-acre Supreme Court annexe complex at the Pragati Maidan. The complex will include lawyers chambers, litigants’ […] Read more »