Top Law News Warrant against SHO in case against MNS chief April 20, 2013 / April 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court has issued a bailable warrant against a Delhi police official for failing to file a status report regarding lodging of an FIR against MNS chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly branding north Indian Muslims as insurgents and threatening to throw them out of Maharashtra. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Naveen Arora issued the bailable warrant against […] Read more » Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Naveen Arora Dwarka South police station SHO MNS chief Raj Thackeray Warrant against SHO in case against MNS chief
Top Law News Judge who upheld Kasab’s hanging demits office April 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Aftab Alam, the judge who was part of the Supreme Court bench which upheld the death sentence of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, demitted office today. Justice Alam also headed the bench which delivered the recent verdict dismissing Swiss pharma major Novartis AG’s plea seeking a patent for […] Read more » Judge who upheld Kasab's hanging demits office Justice Aftab Alam news Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab todays news Top news
Top Law News Tribes have right to maintain ties with land: SC April 20, 2013 / April 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI, 19 APRIL: With tribes being displaced due to industrialisation and mining, the Supreme Court has held that they have right to maintain relationship with their land which is their most important asset. The apex court said that social, political and cultural rights of indigenous people must be protected and any industrial venture cannot be […] Read more » news Niyamgiri hills of Odisha right to maintain ties with land Supreme Court Top news of today Tribes have right to maintain ties with land: SC
Top Law News Sustainable development a fundamental right: SC April 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sustainable development is an integral part of fundamental rights conferred on citizens by the Constitution and cannot be allowed to be hampered by environmental degradation, the Supreme Court has said. “Inter-generational equity and sustainable development have come to be firmly embedded in our constitutional jurisprudence as an integral part of the fundamental rights conferred by […] Read more » environmental damage Environmental issues Karnataka illegal mining Supreme Court Sustainable development Sustainable development a fundamental right: SC
Criminal Law News After Dutt, 7 more convicts get 4 weeks to surrender April 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on After Dutt, 7 more convicts get 4 weeks to surrender A day after actor Sanjay Dutt was granted four weeks time to surrender, seven other convicts including 70-year-old Zaibunnisa Anwar Kazi, were also given the same amount of time by the Supreme Court to turn themselves in to serve their remaining sentence in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Granting relief to Abdul Razak Memon, Altaf […] Read more » Abdul Razak Memon Altaf Ali Sayed five years imprisonment of Yusuf Khan Issaq Mohd Hajwane Kesri Adajania Sanjay Dutt Shariff Abdul Gafoor Parker alias Dadabhai Supreme Court surrender of sanjay Dutt TADA court Yusuf Mohsin Nulwalla Zaibunnisa
Top Law News SC full closes mines with max illegality in Ktk April 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An order has been given by the Supreme Court to “complete closure” of mines categorised as having maximum illegalities in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts in Karnataka, saying illegal mining there has played “havoc” with the economy and has had “a chilling and crippling effect on ecology and environment”. A bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam, however, […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh-Karnataka border Central Empowered Committee Chitradurga districts in Karnataka complete closure illegalities in Bellary order of Supreme court Tumkur districts in Karnataka
Top Law News Court appoints amicus in Dec 16 gangrape case April 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A lawyer as amicus curiae has been appointed by the fast court hearing in the regard of Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape case for its assistance and making up for the absence of accused Mukesh’s defence counsel who has ignored warnings not to skip hearings. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna after taking into note that Mukesh’s counsel M.L. […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna amicus curiae Dec 16 gangrape case Delhi High Court Delhi Legal Services Authority Juvenile Justice Board Section 309 of the Criminal Procedure Code
Corporate Law News Another SC judge recuses from hearing Mittal’s plea April 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two judges of Supreme court withdrew from hearing petitions by Bharti group chairman Sunil Mittal and Essar promoter Ravi Ruia with in four days, forcing Chief Justice Altamas Kabir to defer scrutiny of their pleas against a trial judge’s order summoning them as accused in the case of grant of excess spectrum during the NDA regime. Justice Vikramjit Sen had […] Read more » Bharti group chairman Sunil Mittal Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Essar promoter Ravi Ruia judges of Supreme court NDA regime
Top Law News PIL on drought mitigation steps: Notice to Guj govt April 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A notice to state government and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has been issued by the Gujarat High Court following a PIL seeking information on what measures have been taken to mitigate drought situation in Saurashtra and Ahmedabad. A division bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice JB Pardiwala issued notices and asked state government and AMC […] Read more » Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Amreli annual fund for water supply Gujarat High Court Jamnagar Junagadh Notice to Gujarat government PIL on drought mitigation Rajkot Rs 320 crore annual fund for water supply Saurashtra
Top Law News Delhi High Court gets 8 new judges April 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eight new judges has been appointed by the Delhi High court. All the judges had been sworn in as additional judges of the Delhi High Court by Chief Justice D Murugesan Now the strength of the Delhi High Court increased up to 43. Five lawyers from the Delhi High Court Bar and three from the trial courts judges […] Read more » Chief Justice D Murugesan Delhi Government Standing Counsel (Civil) Najmi Waziri Delhi High Court Delhi High Court Bar Delhi High Court Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Jayant Nath new judges in Delhi High court Sanjeev Sachdeva trial courts judges V K Rao Vibhu Bakhru
Top Law News Delhi HC issues notice to Delhi Govt, L-G on PIL to amend RTE Act April 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Notice to the Lt Governor and Delhi government has been issued by the Delhi High Court on a PIL seeking amendment in nursery admission procedure. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath (appointed yesterday) issued notice to the Lt Governor and Delhi Government on a Public Interest Litigation filed by an NGO […] Read more » Delhi government Notice to Delhi government Notice to Lt Governor nursery admission procedure public interest litigation RTE Act Section 13 of the Right to Education Act
Top Law News Will make guidelines to regulate sale of junk food – Centre to Delhi HC April 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Government has been informed by the Delhi High court that guidelines on regulating junk food and aerated drinks to be sold in and around schools will be soon be completed and will be out by July-end this year. Appearing before a bench comprising Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) […] Read more » AC Nielsen QRG-MARG Pvt. Ltd Additional Solicitor General Chief Justice D Murugesan Delhi High Court Food Safety and Standards Authority of India Justice Jayant Nath NGO Uday Foundation public interest litigation sale of junk food Union government