Top Law News Tihar’s prisoners to get phone facilities March 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment From Thursday, prisoners in the Tihar Central Jail here, one of India’s biggest, will have access to telephones. Deputy Inspector General (Prisons) told a division bench of the Delhi High Court: “The phone system will start functioning from tomorrow.” The system will be available in all the nine jails within the Tihar complex. Prisoners using […] Read more »
Top Law News Government given time to bend adoption law for German couple March 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday gave the Union government four more weeks to see if the country’s adoption laws can be relaxed just once to help a German couple adopt its twins born to an Indian surrogate mother. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly gave the government more time as it […] Read more »
Top Law News Court dismisses Tiwari’s plea over paternity suit March 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that human relations should not be treated as commercial or civil transactions, the Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari’s plea challenging the paternity suit of a 34-year-old man who says the Congress leader is his biological father. Justice Vikramjit Sen and Justice Manmohan Singh said there was ample evidence […] Read more »
Top Law News Better working sought for law against domestic violence March 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence (PWDV) law suffers from poor implementation even three years after coming into force, voluntary organisations and social groups said Wednesday. United Nations Development Fund for Women (Unifem), Lawyers Collective and Oxfam, among others, have come together in the capital to hold consultations and suggest steps for better implementation […] Read more »
Top Law News All-party meet in Andhra to discuss Hyderabad as ‘free zone’ March 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court’s refusal to review its order declaring Hyderabad a “free zone” for recruitments in government jobs triggered a fresh row, with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah Wednesday calling an all-party meeting to decide future course of action. Rosaiah told the state assembly that he had no objection to passing a resolution urging […] Read more »
Top Law News Trial against Jayalalithaa temporarily halted March 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday temporarily halted the ongoing trial of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa in a 14-year-old corruption case of amassing wealth far exceeding her legal income. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan halted the trial while deciding to hear on March 19 a lawsuit of the AIADMK chief, challenging the […] Read more »
Top Law News Pension bonanza for ex-servicemen after Supreme Court ruling March 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 16 Comments on Pension bonanza for ex-servicemen after Supreme Court ruling Some 30,000-40,000 armed forces officers who were commissioned or retired between 1986 and 1996 are in for a pay arrears and pension bonanza with the Supreme Court upholding a high court ruling that the amounts had been erroneously calculated. Upholding the Kerala High Court ruling that ‘rank pay’ should be included while calculating an officer’s […] Read more »
Top Law News Court bars Fernandes wife, son from flying him to US March 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday restrained the wife and son of veteran socialist leader and former defence minister George Fernandes from taking him to the US for medical treatment. Justice V.K. Shali restrained Fernandes’ wife Leila Kabir and their son Sean from taking the leader to the US for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The court […] Read more »
Top Law News No question of bulldozing women’s bill: Law Minister Veerappa Moily March 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government has no intention of bulldozing the women’s reservation bill in the Lok Sabha and will instead prefer talking to critics to sort out differences, Law Minister M. Veerapa Moily has said. ‘After all in a democracy (you) can’t bulldoze. Talking is the real beauty of democracy,’ Moily told IANS in an exclusive interview, […] Read more »
Top Law News Now, sexual minority groups seek reservation March 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the women’s reservation bill getting through the Rajya Sabha hurdle, sexual minority groups in Kolkata are now seeking a similar quota for themselves as well as reservation in other fields such as health, education and employment. Sexual minority groups comprise gays, lesbians, transgenders and bisexuals. ‘We also want reservation in parliament and legislative assemblies. […] Read more »
Top Law News 26/11 trial may end this week March 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on 26/11 trial may end this week The special court trying the 26/11 Mumbai attack case Monday urged the prosecution to complete the recording of evidence by Thursday, to end the first phase of the trial against Pakistani terror accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab and two of his associates, Fahim Ansari and Sabahuddin Mohammed. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam has said […] Read more »
Top Law News DAV asked to pay Rs.10 crore to Dabwali fire victims March 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nearly 14 years after one of the worst fire tragedies in the country claimed 446 lives and left over 200 others with burn injuries in Haryana’s Dabwali town, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday awarded a compensation of Rs.11.24 crore to the victims’ kins. A bench comprising Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur and Kanwaljit […] Read more »