Author: Legal India Admin

Procedures violated in ordering my court martial: Avdhesh Prakash

February 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Lt. Gen. (retd) Avadesh Prakash, the former military secretary at army headquarters who has won a temporary reprieve against a court martial ordered against him, alleges that the Indian Army chief violated a long-standing military practice in recommending the action. The army chief, Gen. Deepak Kapoor, had violated a rule in place since 1993 that […]

‘Hirakud dam is failing, farmers are killing themselves’

February 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Dozens of farmers have committed suicide in Orissa in the past one year as the Hirakud dam is no longer serving its purpose, says a new study that warns of a grimmer situation in the coming days if urgent steps are not taken. The dam, built across the Mahanadi river, about 350 km from here […]

Court sends MCD engineer to jail for seven days

February 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Coming down heavily on a building firm which carried out illegal constructions by misleading the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Delhi High Court Tuesday asked it to pay the civic agency a fine of Rs.200,000 . Justice Gita Mittal slammed Chiranji Properties Ltd for misleading the Lt Governor and the MCD by asking for […]

MCD ‘ghost’ employees: court demands inquiry report

February 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to file a detailed inquiry report over an alleged scam relating to ‘ghost’ employees in the civic agency. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta directed the MCD to file a detailed inquiry report by April […]

Admit economically weak students, court tells schools

February 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up a few private schools for not giving admission to students from economically weaker sections of the society. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta pulled up Modern School and the Indian School for filing vague and baseless affidavits with regard to the […]

Tribals appeal for separate religion code in census (Lead)

February 25, 2010 / February 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Tribal groups from several states across the country Wednesday held a protest here, demanding they be listed under a distinct ‘religion code’ in the 2011 population census. Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahay, who visited the protest-site, promised to take their demands to the government. Nearly 150 people of various tribal groups […]

Allocate more money for children: NGO

February 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Allocate more money for children: NGO

With the union budget round the corner, child rights NGO CRY Wednesday said that more funds should be allocated for sectors like health and education which impact children directly. ‘Children who live and grow in poverty are deprived of almost every fundamental right. They are much more likely to be malnourished, be living in unprotected […]

Tenant fined Rs.1 lakh for dragging on case for years

February 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Delhi High Court Tuesday slapped a fine of Rs.1 lakh on a tenant of a property for dragging on the property dispute case for years together and not letting the owner use it. Justice S.N.Dhingra, dismissing the plea of tenant S.S. Gupta, said: “The present petition is an effort to drag on the execution […]

Notice to Bangalore police on closing eateries post-midnight

February 24, 2010 / March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court Tuesday sought the stand of the Karnataka government and the Bangalore police on a lawsuit challenging a police order that all eateries, restaurants and hotels in the metropolitan city close after midnight. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly sought the stand on a lawsuit by several hotelier […]

Save power, hold IPL during day, NGO urges apex court

February 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

In a bid to avoid power wastage, a Howrah-based civil society group has moved the Supreme Court for rescheduling the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, beginning March 12, during the day instead of night time. In its lawsuit filed in the apex court treasury Tuesday, Howrah Ganatantri Nagrik Samity and its general secretary Subhas […]

‘Biotech bill against Indian constitution’

February 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Several clauses of the 2009 draft of the National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill, which is awaiting the cabinet’s approval, go against India’s Constitution, a leading biosafety expert said here Tuesday. The 2009 draft of the bill, proposed by the government’s Department for Science and Technology, seeks to make a national biotech regulator the ultimate authority […]

Show proof of Maoist link to Telangana stir, says apex court

February 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Andhra Pradesh government to substantiate its claim that Maoists have infiltrated the student ranks of Osmania University, which is spearheading the movement for a new Telangana state. “Where is the input of the infiltration inside the campus? What is the proof available? We would like to have it,” a […]