Top Law News Gulbarg Society killings: High court urged to transfer case March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court here was petitioned Wednesday to transfer the 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre case, which left 69 people dead during the Gujarat riots, the affected families alleging a bias on the part of the special judge. The petition by witnesses and riot victims comes after their plea filed before the principal sessions judge […] Read more »
Top Law News Police frame new guidelines to catch absconders March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Special teams have been constituted in each district of the capital to nab those on the run while on bail and a reward will be given to the police personnel who apprehend such absconders, Delhi Police told the Delhi High Court Wednesday. Submitting to the division bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Ajit Bharihoke the […] Read more »
Top Law News Man to die for minor’s rape, murder March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Tamil Nadu resident, sentenced to life in jail for raping his brother’s wife and then burning her alive along with her 13-month-old child to screen his horrendous crime, Friday ended up inviting the Supreme Court’s wrath for challenging his conviction. Appalled by the barbarity of Salem resident Kumar’s crime, a bench of Justice Markandey […] Read more »
Top Law News Lifer to five Kolkata cops upheld for murder March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Wednesday upheld the life sentence to five police personnel convicted of killing a city police sergeant in 2003. A division bench of Justice Amit Talukdar and Justice Raghunath Ray upheld the sentence of five Kolkata Police Reserve Force constables for killing Bapi Sen, a traffic sergeant with Kolkata Police. Sen was […] Read more »
Top Law News Court asks why phones not given to Tihar prisoners March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court asks why phones not given to Tihar prisoners Tihar jail authorities Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that they plan to give inmates telephone facility. The proposal, which is pending with the Delhi home secretary, states: “First time offenders will be allowed telephone facilities in their ward itself where they can make one call in a week. Other prisoners can be allowed this […] Read more »
Top Law News Court asks Delhi to shut polluting industries in villages March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the state government to shut polluting industries that are operating in some villages on the Delhi-Haryana border within four weeks. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta asked the ministry of industries of the Delhi government, the Delhi Jal Board, BSES (electricity […] Read more »
Top Law News Reduce noise near Delhi airport, orders court March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to take steps to check noise pollution near the airport that is affecting people at a hospital and a residential area nearby. A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said: “Some immediate measures should be […] Read more »
Top Law News Court asks civic agencies to free trees of concrete March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed civic agencies to speed up the process of removing concrete from around trees in the national capital to enable their better growth and granted them three months to complete the work. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta asked the Municipal Corporation […] Read more »
Top Law News Adani case: Gujarat High Court judge pulls up registrar March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Gujarat High Court judge has pulled up the court registrar for placing before him a petition by ‘rich and powerful’ businessman Rajesh Adani without completing the official procedure. Justice A.S. Dave in an order reprimanded Registrar (judicial) G.K. Upadhyay Tuesday for ‘unnecessary haste’ in moving the case before him. ‘The rich and the powerful […] Read more »
Top Law News Gujarat riot victim seeks to present more evidence March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea for direction to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to consider some more evidence in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots will come up for ruling Thursday. Salim Sheikh, an eyewitness and victim in the riots at the Naroda Patia neighbourhood here, had approached the Special Trial Court hearing the case through […] Read more »
Top Law News Pushkin Chandra’s killers get life term March 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Pushkin Chandra’s killers get life term A city court Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to two men convicted for murdering a gay man, Pushkin Chandra, and his friend Kuldip in 2004. Additional Sessions Judge A.K. Kuhar sentenced Rajesh Rekhwar, 27, and Moti, 25, under Sections 302 (murder) and 308 (theft) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court also imposed a fine […] Read more »
Top Law News ‘PMO approval not taken for ad featuring ex-Pakistani air chief’ February 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The union ministry of women and child development did not seek the mandatory approval of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) before publishing the prime minister’s photograph in a controversial advertisement featuring a former Pakistani air force chief, the answer to a Right to Information (RTI) application has revealed. The revelation was made by the WCD […] Read more »