Top Law News Court issues notice for death due to falling in drain March 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has asked the municipal corporation to remove all encroachments from public land in the capital, without giving any prior notice. “The MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) has right to remove encroachments from public land without any notice,” Justice S.N. Dhingra said Friday. “No notice is required where encroachment of roads, public […] Read more »
Top Law News Grand Mufti urges Muslim women to enter politics March 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A top Islamic cleric Wednesday welcomed the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, describing it as ‘a great step towards women’s empowerment’. ‘This is a great step towards women’s empowerment. I would urge Indian Muslim women to enter politics and get themselves elected to parliament and state assemblies. They will have […] Read more »
Top Law News Rights activist continues fast after release from jail March 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Manipur human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on a fast-unto-death for 10 years over the repeal of an armed forces act in the state, was under police supervision as she continued her fast despite being released by the court, officials said here Wednesday. The activist is protesting the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, […] Read more »
Top Law News ‘One hurdle down, many more ahead for women’s bill’ March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on ‘One hurdle down, many more ahead for women’s bill’ Activists Wednesday lauded the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha but said that it was just one of the many hurdles it will face before women get true representation in governance. Manorama Bawa, patron of the All India Women’s Conference (AIWC), said she anxiously watched the proceedings in the Rajya Sabha […] Read more »
Top Law News Sajjan Kumar gets bail in anti-Sikh riots case March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and nine others were Wednesday granted bail by a city court in two cases related to their alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar granted bail to the accused, including Sajjan Kumar, after they all appeared before him. All the accused furnished a surety and […] Read more »
Top Law News Court adjourns Rathore’s case till April 15 March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court on Wednesday adjourned till April 15 the molestation case against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore after being told that his counsel was recovering from an injury. Additional District and Sessions Judge Raj Shekhar Attri gave the ruling. Rathore was accompanied by his wife and another counsel, Abha Rathore. His main counsel, Narayan […] Read more »
Top Law News ‘Rani Jhansi would be proud today of her nation’ March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As India took a decisive step towards giving its women one-third representation in legislatures, many women keenly watched history being made on their TV sets, celebrated the moment in their own small ways and said their country has made them proud. Clearing the first hurdle, the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha […] Read more »
Top Law News Four more missing tribals traced, apex court told March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chhattisgarh government told the Supreme Court Tuesday that it has traced four more of the 12 tribals who were missing. The apex court was moved for a probe into the alleged killings of 10 villagers by security forces in the state’s Dantewada district during anti-Maoist operations. Chhattisgarh government counsel Atul Jha told a bench […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex court raps Delhi for not filling teachers’ posts March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Government had to contend with the Supreme Court’s rap on Tuesday for its failure to fill up over 200 vacant posts of government school teachers and principals for the last two years when free education for students up to 14 years has been made a fundamental right. A bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari […] Read more »
Top Law News The women’s bill was worth the risk, says Sonia March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ‘I am very happy,’ Congress president Sonia Gandhi declared Tuesday after the Rajya Sabha passed the women’s bill to reserve a third of seats in all legislatures for women, adding the ‘larger picture’ of women’s empowerment was worth the political risk that the ruling coalition had taken. Speaking to NDTV’s Barkha Dutt, Gandhi said she […] Read more »
Top Law News Court extends ‘godman’s’ police custody March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court Tuesday sent so-called godman Shiv Murat Dwivedi, accused of running a prostitution racket, to police custody for six more days. Additional Sessions Judge S.K. Sarvaria accepted the police plea that it had to take Dwivedi, arrested with seven others including six women, from south Delhi Feb 26 to other places for investigation. They […] Read more »
Top Law News Haryana will have separate high court: Hooda March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday reiterated that his state will have a separate high court in Chandigarh. ‘The opposition is raising this issue of a separate high court of Haryana, and we will certainly take up this matter strongly in the coming days. The chief justice of India has agreed in principle that […] Read more »