Top Law News Farmer scores victory over president’s family members February 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A humble, unemployed farmer fought for nearly three years to save his tiny two-acre land from none other than the family members of President Pratibha Patil – and succeeded here Wednesday. The president’s office declined to comment on the matter. Read more »
Top Law News CBI did not seek sanction to prosecute Justice Yadav: CJI February 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Referring to news reports based on the condemnation by the bar, apex court secretary general said, "This is to clarify that no such request for sanction to prosecute a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has been made by the CBI to the CJI regarding the alleged delivery of cash at the judge's doorstep." Read more »
Top Law News Court sends Shibu Soren’s brother to judicial custody February 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Wednesday sent Lalu Soren, younger brother of Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren, to 14-day judicial custody in an eight-year-old hit and run case. Read more »
Top Law News Court adjourns Rathore’s case till March 10 February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court adjourns Rathore’s case till March 10 Taking cognizance of the attack on disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore and his counsel Narayan Dutt Sharma, a local court here Wednesday adjourned the case in connection with his appeal against his conviction till March 10. Read more »
Top Law News Indian illegal immigrants in US up 64 percent last decade February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India accounted for the third highest increase in the number of illegal immigrants in the US in 10 years, according to a new government report, though only 2 per cent of all illegal immigrants were Indians Read more »
Top Law News Apex court clears government way to acquire south Delhi land February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has paved the way for acquisition of over 50,000 bigha south Delhi land for planned development of the national capital by the Union government. Read more »
Top Law News Court permits minor maintenance at Mayawati’s ‘dream projects’ February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday allowed the Uttar Pradesh government to take up some minor maintenance work at the memorial sites to various Dalit leaders in Lucknow, where all further construction and masonry work had been halted by the court last September Read more »
Top Law News Rathore attacker sent to police custody (Lead) February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Central Bureau of Investigation special court held Rathore guilty in December of molesting 15-year-old Ruchika in Panchkula town in 1990 Read more »
Top Law News Did probe panel withhold Gujarat riots evidence: apex court February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked a special panel probing the 2002 Gujarat riots to respond to allegations that it withheld crucial evidence on the role of senior politicians and police officers in fomenting violence. Read more »
Top Law News Seema Azad branded Maoist for exposing police, says PUCL February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Members of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) alleged Tuesday their organising secretary Seema Azad has been falsely branded as a Maoist because of “her campaigns exposing the police misdeeds, particularly their connivance with illegal miners”. Read more »
Top Law News Vedanta mining poses health hazard in Orissa: Amnesty (Lead) February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian government is not providing adequate information about the hazards caused by an aluminium refinery of British mining major Vedanta in Orissa although it poses a serious threat to the health of the local communities, an Amnesty International report released here Tuesday said. Read more »
Top Law News Andhra Muslims demand constitutional amendment for quota February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Many Muslim groups in Andhra Pradesh staged protests Tuesday, mounting pressure on the state government to press for a constitutional amendment in higher education and jobs, a day after the high court struck down reservations for the community a third time. Read more »