Top Law News Education department pulled up for ‘vague’ report on fees April 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up the state government’s Directorate of Education (DoE) for filing a “vague” and incomplete status report about the fee hike in various schools of the capital. A division bench of Justices A.K.Sikri and Siddharth Mridul told the department to file a complete status report by April 23. According […] Read more »
Top Law News Kobad Ghandy’s trial to start April 15 April 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Top Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy’s trial under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act will start April 15. A city court Friday transfered his case to a sessions judge for further proceedings. Ghandy will be brought before the court April 15. The court also agreed to provide copies of CD/DVD and other materials recovered from Ghandy […] Read more »
Top Law News Court to hear plea on allowing worship at Ayodhya April 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea for easing restrictions imposed by the authorities on worshiping at the make-shift Ram temple built at the demolished Babri mosque site in Ayodhya. “We will consider your plea,” a bench of Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice Deepak Verma assured former union minister Subramanian […] Read more »
Top Law News High Court allows lawyer to argue case in Hindi April 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on High Court allows lawyer to argue case in Hindi The Delhi High Court Friday allowed a lawyer to argue his case in Hindi, giving the official English language the go-by. Advocate Das Goninder Singh filed an application before Justice Rekha Sharma demanding that he should be allowed to argue his case in Hindi. Allowing the application, the judge heard his arguments in Hindi. However, […] Read more »
Top Law News 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.’ […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »
Top Law News 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. […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »
Top Law News 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 […] Read more »