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Sukna scam: Retired general’s plea dismissed

April 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court Friday dismissed former military secretary, Lt. Gen. (retd) Avadesh Prakash’s plea against launch of a fresh court of enquiry (CoI) against him to ascertain his role in the Sukna land scam. A bench of Justice V.S. Sirpurkar and Justice M.K. Sharma dismissed Prakash’s plea, saying: ‘You are fighting a lost battle here.’ […]

Efforts to cut a lead container led to radiation: Chavan

April 9, 2010 / April 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan said efforts to cut a lead container carrying a radioactive substance led to radiation in a west Delhi industrial area. Interacting with media here, Chavan said experts have identified the material as Cobalt-60. Due to the radiation one person was seriously injured, while five others […]

Woman uses RTI to get salary details of cheating husband

April 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The pay particulars of a government employee cannot be considered personal information, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled, while upholding the right of a “betrayed” woman to get details of her husband’s salary. “The Commission holds that the pay particulars of a government employee cannot be considered as personal information by any means and […]

Kobad Ghandy’s medical treatment plea rejected

April 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

A city court dismissed Thursday an application of Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy for permission to be treated at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) or the Safdarjung Hospital. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Kaveri Baweja said that after going through the reports submitted by the Tihar jail authorities and the jail’s medical officer, there […]

Six convicted, four acquitted in Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case (Second Lead)

April 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Fourteen years after 13 people were killed and 39 injured in a bomb blast in Lajpat Nagar market, a city court Thursday convicted six accused including a woman, and acquitted four due to lack of evidence. All the accused are from Jammu and Kashmir. The verdict was pronounced by District and Sessions Judge S.P. Garg. […]

Chronology of the Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case

April 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Following is a chronology of the 1996 Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case in which a city court Thursday convicted six of the 10 accused and acquitted the remaining four. Arguments on quantum of sentence will begin Tuesday. May 21, 1996 – 13 people killed in bomb blast at Lajpat Nagar’s Central Market. Aug 26, 1996 […]

Cabinet okays law against torture (Lead)

April 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Thirteen years after India signed an international treaty against torture, the union cabinet Thursday approved a proposal to introduce a legislation against torture. ‘It is an affirmative positive action to prevent cruelty and degradation of human life,’ Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters. The Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010, will be a step […]

Laptops not luxury but necessity for students: HC

April 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has said the nationalized banks disbursing educational loans for students cannot take into consideration the fee charged by colleges for providing laptops to their students, as the laptops were not a luxury gadget, but a necessity for the students in the present era. Delivering the judgment on […]

Nepal apex court summons PM over Indian deal

April 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The controversy triggered by Nepal’s coalition government signing a passport contract with an Indian company continued to grow Thursday with the country’s top court summoning the prime minister and foreign minister for explanations and the opposition Maoist party beginning public protests. Nepal’s Supreme Court asked the government to freeze the deal till it resolved the […]

Former child labourers campaign for missing kids

April 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

A theatre group of former child labourers has been enacting short skits and campaigning across Delhi along with an NGO to press the issue of missing kids and spread awareness in the capital. Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), a child rights organisation which helped in the rescue of children in the theatre group, said that most […]

Court gives Tiwari time to reply in paternity suit

April 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Delhi High Court Wednesday gave former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari a last chance for filing his response in a paternity suit filed by a 34-year-old man who claims the Congress leader is his biological father. The court directed Tiwari, 86, to file a written reply to a plea by Rohit Shekhar within four […]

375 gm of oil sparks 27-year legal ordeal

April 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Twenty seven years after a grocer was held guilty of selling adulterated oil and set about to prove his innocence, the Supreme Court has rejected his plea in a case that exposes the huge backlog of cases in Indian courts. A bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph held Roorkee shopkeeper Nand Lal […]