Top Law News Ignoring trial procedure may lead to corruption: Court March 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pulling up a trial court for not following the laid down procedure, the Delhi High Court Monday said that statutory provisions cannot be ignored during trials as it would create chaos, breed contempt for law and infuse corruption. Justice S.N.Dhingra, while setting aside the trial court’s order for allowing a litigant to file some documents […] Read more »
Top Law News Satyam’s founder Raju denied bail March 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday denied bail to scam-hit Satyam Computer Services Ltd’s founder B. Ramalinga Raju, saying that he is the main accused in the case. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Deepak Verma and Justice B.S. Chauhan also apprehended that if he was given bail, Raju might try to interfere with the […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex court to reconsider order to probe Modi, 62 others March 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday decided to consider if it should recall its April 2009 order for probing the roles of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 62 other top state politicians and officials in the 2002 communal riots. ‘We will consider whether this order in its entirety should be continued or recalled,’ said an apex […] Read more »
Top Law News NRI’s lawsuit seeks contempt action against Kolkata hospital March 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A US-based Indian origin medical practitioner has moved the Supreme Court seeking contempt of court proceedings against a Kolkata hospital for ignoring the court’s order to pay a penalty of Rs.500,000 for causing his wife’s death due to medical negligence. Kunal Saha of HIV/AIDS Research Center, Columbus, Ohio, has moved the court, pointing out that […] Read more »
Top Law News Two lawyers under bar council’s scanner in Madhu Koda scam March 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two lawyers are under scanner of the Jharkhand Bar Council for allegedly giving and accepting bribes to hush up the Madhu Koda scam case. A sting operation CD, released last week, purportedly showed advocate Reetu Kumar and former standing counsel Rajendra Krishnan doing a deal to hush up the case. Reetu Kumar is the lawyer […] Read more »
Top Law News Beggars off Delhi roads before Games, court assured March 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Roads in the national capital will be free of beggars before the Commonwealth Games in October, the city government told the Delhi High Court. It added that letters have gone to different states to rehabilitate the beggars. In an affidavit filed earlier this week, the government informed a division bench of Justice Vikramjit Sen and […] Read more »
Top Law News Terrorists planning attack held in Mumbai March 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Terrorists planning attack held in Mumbai The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) claimed to have foiled a major terror plot to blow up state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) terminals in south Mumbai and a mall by arresting two people here Sunday. They were sent to police custody till March 18 by a city court. ATS chief K.P. Raghuvanshi told reporters that […] Read more »
Top Law News ‘Tamils have not given up demand for separate homeland’ March 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “The TNA has been misquoted. They are in constant touch with us and what the media has put out is absolutely wrong. The TNA has not abandoned its four co-principles which include a separate homeland for Tamils,” Canadian Tamil Congress leader David Poopalapillai told IANS here. Outlining the TNA’s “four co-principles”, the Tamil diaspora […] Read more »
Top Law News Delhi judges seek action against striking lawyers March 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Judicial Service (DJS) Association Saturday asked the Delhi High Court intervene and take action against lawyers who went on strike earlier this week. Lawyers of all the district courts had abstained from work March 11 protesting against corruption in the judiciary. The DJS Association, in its letter to acting Chief Justice of Delhi […] Read more »
Top Law News Women judges should increase: Balakrishnan March 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “Women’s representation in the courts is minimum and their representation needs to be enhanced. Steps are being taken to appoint more and more women judges,” he said, addressing the inaugural session of year-long 40th anniversary celebrations of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. Balakrishnan asked the jurists to take a lead in inculcating social values in […] Read more »
Top Law News Notices to colleges for not adhering to disability quota March 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday issued notices to eight colleges run by the central government for not implementing the disability quota for teachers despite directions. A division bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Ajit Bharihoke asked the colleges to file their reply by April 16 and state why their orders were not complied with. […] Read more »
Top Law News Need to improve infrastructure of courts: Balakrishnan March 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan Saturday emphasised the need to improve the infrastructure of courts and welcomed the 13th Finance Commission’s recommendations to invest Rs.5,000 crore to upgrade the country’s justice delivery system. “One good thing is that the commission, in a recent proposal, earmarked a planning outlay of Rs.5,000 crore to improve the […] Read more »