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 »
Top Law News Help civic agency solve water woes, court tells residents February 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fed up with not receiving water supply for nearly three months, a resident of east Delhi’s Shahdara area has approached the Delhi High Court, which in turn has asked residents of the area to help the civic authorities solve the water crisis. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta […] Read more »
Top Law News 52 acquitted in eight Kandhamal riot cases February 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fifty two people have been acquitted in eight separate cases of rioting in Orissa’s Kandhamal district in 2008, an official said on Sunday. “Fifty two people were acquitted in eight separate cases late Saturday. Two cases were heard in fast track court-I and six cases were heard in fast track court-II. They were acquitted for […] Read more »
Top Law News Plea to cancel Shiromani Akali Dal’s registration February 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Election Commission of India on a plea seeking the party’s de-registration as it was allegedly violating the principles of secularism. The notices, returnable by April 17, were issued by a division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan B.Lokur and […] Read more »
Top Law News Teachers approach court for revised salaries February 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Teachers approach court for revised salaries Twenty-one teachers of the Guru Nanak Public School, West Punjabi Bagh here, approached the Delhi High Court saying the school was not implementing the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. The teachers filed their petition through advocates Ashok Agarwal and Kusum Sharma and pleaded that why their salaries were not revised according to the Sixth Pay Commission […] Read more »
Top Law News Panel to examine paramilitary presence on Osmania campus February 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Panel to examine paramilitary presence on Osmania campus The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Andhra Pradesh government to form a high-level three-member panel to examine if paramilitary forces needed to be deployed on the Osmania University campus, dubbed as the hotbed for the movement for separate Telangana. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly said the panel headed by […] Read more »
Top Law News Court allows expelled student to sit for examination February 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday allowed a Class 11 student expelled from his school for allegedly molesting a girl to sit for his final term examination. Justice G.S. Sistani stayed the expulsion order served on the student by the Chander Shekhar Azad Sarvodya Bal Vidyalaya, New Friends Colony, subject to the condition that the petitioner […] Read more »
Top Law News Sajjan Kumar gets anticipatory bail in 1984 riot cases February 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was on Friday granted anticipatory bail by Delhi High Court in two 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases. Earlier on Thursday, Delhi Police suspended a personal security officer of Sajjan Kumar for making a false diary entry on the leader’s whereabouts which, police claim, helped Kumar give his escorts the slip and go […] Read more »
Top Law News Madhya Pradesh allowed to resume work on dam projects February 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday permitted the Madhya Pradesh government to resume the stalled canal work for the Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar dam projects, saying construction work that had been going on for years cannot be stopped. ‘A construction work which has been going on for 15 years cannot be stopped like this. Even the photographs […] Read more »
Top Law News Cabinet clears Women’s Reservation Bill February 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Cabinet has cleared the Women’s Resrvation Bill which provides for 33 per cent reservation to women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies. The bill was easily one of the most contentious pieces of legislation to be considered by Parliament. It has been hanging fire for close to 14 years due to lack of political […] Read more »