Top Law News No Republic Day celebration in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk January 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There was no Republic Day celebration in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk by the security forces Tuesday and neither was the tricolour hoisted by them atop the clock tower there, which had almost become a custom in the last 19 years of militancy Read more »
Top Law News Bifurcating Supreme Court: Government yet to take view January 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is yet to consider setting up regional branches of the Supreme Court in metropolitan cities as recommended by the Law Commission of India, Minister of Law and Justice M. Veerappa Moily said Monday Read more »
Top Law News Court declines relief to Ashok Chakra winner’s parents January 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court declines relief to Ashok Chakra winner’s parents The Delhi High Court refused to grant relief to the parents of Major Mohit Sharma -- posthumously selected for the Ashok Chakra award this year -- to attend the award-presentation ceremony. The court said the government had done its bit to send an invitation Read more »
Top Law News University grants panel fined for not filing response January 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has slapped a fine of Rs.10,000 on the University Grants Commission (UGC) for not responding to a notice on a lawsuit challenging the new eligibility conditions for lecturers Read more »
Top Law News Nothing will happen to deemed varsities: Apex court January 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday restrained the central government from derecognising 44 deemed universities for their questionable academic performance or poor infrastructure Read more »
Top Law News Rathore gets interim bail in Ruchika case (Lead) January 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday granted interim bail to disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore in two fresh complaints filed against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 1990 molestation of teenager Ruchika Girhotra Read more »
Top Law News Number of undertrials to be reduced, says Moily January 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The number of undertrials in jails across the country will be reduced by two-thirds within six months, Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Monday. Read more »
Top Law News Government committed to protect girl child: Tirath January 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Government committed to protect girl child: Tirath Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath today said that the government is committed to protect the girl child and take stringent action against the killing of female foeticide Read more »
Top Law News Hearing deferred on plea against Muslim women’s photos in voters’ list January 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday deferred hearing on a plea to prohibit display of photographs of burqa-clad Muslim women in the voters' list. Read more »
Top Law News Honour killing: Court allows lie-detector test January 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday allowed the police to conduct a lie-detector test on the family members of Sahibabad girl Monika Dagar, who was allegedly killed for honour for marrying against the wishes of her family. Read more »
Top Law News Notice to Indian Olympic Association on hockey body elections January 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday sought the response of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on the sports ministry's plea for replacing the returning officer for next month's Hockey India (HI) elections. Read more »
Top Law News Court pulls up lawyer for seeking adjournments January 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday pulled up a lawyer for unnecessarily seeking adjournments in a case, saying courts were not meant to give business to lawyers but to provide justice to litigants. Read more »