Top Law News Government declares war against huge backlog of court cases October 26, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Government declares war against huge backlog of court cases New Delhi, Oct 25 The central government Sunday declared a war against huge backlog of over 31 million court cases, finalising an ambitious scheme to appoint 15,000 trial court judges and 700 high court judges on contract for two years to work in three shifts to eliminate arrears within three years. The Congress-led United Progressive […] Read more » against huge backlog of court cases Government declares war
Top Law News Make Domestic Violence Act gender neutral October 26, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Make Domestic Violence Act gender neutral NEW DELHI – About 100 people staged a protest against the Domestic Violence Act in the capital Sunday saying it was “full of loopholes” and needed to be made “gender neutral”. Activists of Save the Family Foundation, who organised the protest, said that service providers must ensure that the law is made more gender neutral […] Read more » gender neutral Make Domestic Violence Act
Top Law News Court to the aid of consumer hit by inflated bill October 26, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Oct 25 The Delhi High Court has come to the rescue of a man who was slapped with bills amounting to over Rs.200,000 by BSES after he said he detected irregularities in the working of the power utility through an RTI application. The court has suspended payment of the bills. Purshottam Kalra, who […] Read more »
Top Law News J-K govt to bring Act aimed at water conservation October 26, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Srinagar, Oct 25 The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to introduce an Act related to conservation of water in the state to arrest the fast depletion of the natural resource. “There was no use of the Act earlier as water was available in abudance but now we have decided to introduce water conservation Act […] Read more »
Top Law News CBI arrests Income Tax comm, wife in DA case October 26, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai, Oct 25 CBI today arrested an Income Tax commissioner from Nagpur and his wife for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to their known source of income to the tune of Rs four crore. While IT commissioner Ajay Kumar Singh was arrested from Mumbai airport by CBI sleuths, his wife Mrunalika Singh was arrested from their […] Read more »
Top Law News Remove lacunas in various laws for speedy disposal of cases, Sagar October 26, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Underscoring the need for removing lacunas in various laws for speedy disposal of cases and also getting justice, Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Sagar urged people to go by the religious teachings which guide and command us to lead a pious life, free from criminal tendencies or aberrations. Mr […] Read more » speedy disposal of cases
Top Law News SC okays life to 17 for killing members of SC community October 26, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Oct 23 The Supreme Court has upheld the life sentences awarded to 17 members of the upper castes, who had killed 6 members of the Scheduled Caste community. In all, 40 people were charged with murder, rioting, unlawful assembly and also under Section 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The […] Read more » killing members of SC community SC okays life
Top Law News HC gets another woman judge October 26, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Oct 23 Ms Mukta Gupta was sworn in as additional judge of Delhi High Court today, raising the strength of women judges to eight. High Court Chief Justice A P Shah administered the oath in the presence of the full bench of High Court judges and lawyers. Ms Gupta, 48, has been appointed […] Read more » HC New Woman Judge
Top Law News Accused can’t be prosecuted on basis of vague allegations: SC October 26, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Oct 25 In a judgement with wide ramifications for criminal cases, the Supreme Court has held that the accused cannot be prosecuted on the basis of vague allegations. While dropping the proceedings against a woman’s aged in-laws — Neelu Chopra (76) and Krishan Swaroop Chopra (80), a bench comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar […] Read more » Accused can't be prosecuted on basis of vague allegations Supreme Court
Top Law News Dinakaran issue lingers on, SC Collegium fails to take decision October 26, 2009 / October 26, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Oct 25 The Supreme Court Collegium headed by the Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishanan today again failed to take a final decision on the fate of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran in relation to his elevation to the Supreme Court. The SC Collegium is reconsidering its decision on […] Read more » Dinakaran issue lingers on Justice Dinakaran’s elevation SC Collegium fails to take decision
Top Law News TN govt submits report on Justice Dinakaran to SC collegium October 12, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, The Tamil Nadu government has submitted its report to the Supreme Court collegium on Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, who is facing allegations of corruption and land grabbing and whose fate hinges on the findings of the report. Justice Dinakaran is among five judges who had been recommended by the […] Read more »
Top Law News CBI unearths Rs 20 cr coal scam involving former SECL chairman October 12, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on CBI unearths Rs 20 cr coal scam involving former SECL chairman New Delhi, In a massive expose, the CBI has unearthed a Rs 20 crore worth scam by a private coal company in Chhattisgarh involving the former Chairman and Managing Director of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL). The accused company ‘Aryan Coal Benefication Pvt Ltd’ sold stolen coal worth more than Rs 20 crore in a […] Read more »