Top Law News Police remand of Delhi blasts accused extended February 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A city court Monday remanded in two days’ police custody five suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists allegedly involved in the Sep 13 serial bombings in Delhi last year Read more »
Top Law News Rathore’s attacker gets bail February 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here Friday granted bail to Utsav Sharma, who attacked disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra. Read more »
Top Law News Communal violence bill needs amendments, say civil rights groups February 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A bill on tackling communal violence which is to be presented in parliament in March needs further amendments like defining newer crimes, especially against women, to make it more effective, feel jurists, human rights activists and lawyers who deliberated on its clauses. Read more »
Top Law News Haryana likely to start evening courts February 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Haryana government is considering evening courts on a trial basis to clear the backlog of cases, state government officials said here Friday. Read more »
Top Law News District magistrates should ensure borewells are capped: court February 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment District magistrates would be held responsible in case of children falling into open borewells in areas under their jurisdiction and it is their responsibility to ensure that such death-traps are capped, the Supreme Court said Thursday Read more »
Top Law News Foreign students working illegally to be expelled from Britain February 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Foreign students from outside Europe will be deported from Britain if they are found to be working illegally, the British government said Wednesday. Read more »
Top Law News West Bengal Muslims divided over job reservation February 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment West Bengal’s Muslims are divided over the government’s move to reserve 10 percent of government jobs for socially, economically and educationally backward in the community Read more »
Top Law News High court to examine if retired judge can work privately February 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday agreed to examine the issue whether a retired judge of the Supreme Court and the high court can be debarred from taking up arbitration work while holding a constitutional post. Read more »
Top Law News Cycle rickshaws need of the hour, ban arbitrary: Court February 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday termed the ban on cycle rickshaws on the city’s arterial roads “arbitrary” and stressed that non-motorised vehicles were the need of the hour in the wake of rising pollution and global warming. Read more »
Top Law News Court issues notice to MCD over ‘ghost’ employees February 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the state government over an alleged scam relating to ghost employees in the civic agency Read more »
Top Law News CBI defends clean chit to Tytler in anti-Sikh riots case February 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday justified its closure report that gave a clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case before a city court. Read more »
Top Law News Apex court rues lack of basic amenities to people February 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment If words could bring warmth to the capital’s homeless in the biting winter cold, this was it. Read more »