Top Law News SC lays down directions on Haj pilgrimage April 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Here in New Delhi the state government has been directed by the Supreme court of India to frame a five-year policy for regulating the Hajj pilgrimage to replace the current annual plan which it termed as “ad-hoc and unsatisfactory. The apex court also held the government’s policy allowing repeaters to accompany lady and elderly pilgrims as […] Read more » ad-hoc and unsatisfactory constitutional Delhi government fair and reasonable Haj Policy 2013-2017 Legal mehrams pilgrimage for lady pilgrims Supreme Court unmarriageable kin
Criminal Law News ‘Irreparable loss if delay not condoned in Babri case’ April 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: According to the CBI which has told in the Supreme Court here that by not condoning delay in filing appeal against the Allahabad High Court’s order on dropping conspiracy charge against BJP leader L. K. Advani and others in the Babri Masjid demolition case would cause irreparable loss. The agency contended before a bench […] Read more » 2G case Advani Allahabad High Court Ashok Singhal B L Sharma Babri Masjid demolition case BJP leader L. K. Advani C R Bansal CBI conspiracy charge against L. K. Advani Dharam Das Giriraj Kishore Jagdish Muni Maharaj Kalyan Singh Mahant Avaidhynath Moreshwar Save Murli Manohar Joshi Nritya Gopal Das Param Hans Ram Chandra Das R V Vedanti Sadhvi Ritambhara Satish Nagar Satish Pradhan section 120B of IPC Supreme Court Uma Bharti V H Dalmia Vinay Katiyar
Top Law News Govt officials’ ACRs can’t be made public: SC April 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea for disclosure of the annual confidential reports (ACRs) of public servants under the RTI Act has been rejected by the Supreme court of India. A bench of justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhaya upheld the Delhi High Court’s order that the annual performance appraisal reports (APARs), previously known as ACRs, of a public […] Read more » activist R K Jain annual confidential reports Delhi High Court Excise public servants under the RTI Act RTI Act. Section 8(1)(i) of the RTI Act Service Tax Appellate Tribunal Supreme Court of India
Criminal Law News Minor cannot be put in lock up: SC April 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Minor cannot be put in lock up: SC NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file response within a week on detention of a 10-year-old rape victim by police in Bulandshahr, when she approached them to lodge a complaint. “A minor cannot be put in lock up,” a bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir said while […] Read more » 10-year-old rape victim advocate Anita Shenoy Bulandshahr Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Minor cannot be put in lock up: SC thana in-charge Gayashree Chauhan and sub-inspector Sarita Dwivedi
Banking & Finance Law News BCCI-Nimbus row: SC asks banks to deposit Rs 400 cr April 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked three nationalised banks to deposit Rs 400 crore towards securing the claim of BCCI in a dispute over termination of the Rs 1,600-crore contract between the cricket board and Nimbus Communications, pending the hearing of their dispute. A bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Desai asked Punjab National Bank, […] Read more » BCCI BCCI-Nimbus row: SC asks banks to deposit Rs 400 cr Indian Bank Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Desai Punjab National Bank senior advocate C A Sundaram Union Bank of India
Top Law News Asiatic lion to have second home: SC April 16, 2013 / April 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Asiatic lion to have second home: SC NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed concerned organizations to shift Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh. Asiatic lions will now have a second home in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno wildlife sanctuary as the apex court permitted their relocation in limited numbers from Gujarat’s Gir forest. The Supreme Court rejected Narendra Modi government’s refusal to allow translocation of […] Read more » Asiatic lion to have second home: SC Asiatic lions Cheetah Reintroduction Programme Gujarat's Gir forest Kuno Palpur sanctuary Madhya Pradesh's Kuno wildlife sanctuary translocation of lions
Top Law News Zakia files protest plea against SIT clean chit to Modi April 16, 2013 / April 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Zakia files protest plea against SIT clean chit to Modi Zakia Jafri, wife of 2002 post-Godhra riots victim and former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, on Monday filed a protest petition in a local court seeking rejection of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report giving a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in the Gulburg Society riot case. The petition also sought […] Read more » Gulberg Society massacre Narendra Modi role post-Godhra riots protest petition SIT probe Zakia Jafri
Top Law News HC upholds ban on ad of height-enhancing drug April 15, 2013 / April 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A petition has been rejected by the Bombay High Court for challenging food and Drugs Administration (FDA) order to TV channels prohibiting advertisements of a drug which promises to increase a person’s “stature”. ‘STEPUP Body Growth Formula’, the drug, is manufactured by Siddhi Vinayak Herbals, Indore and marketed by GMT Teleshopping, which had filed the petition. […] Read more » Abhay Oka Bombay High Court Drugs and Magic Remedies Act Food and Drugs Administration GMT Teleshopping Indore Justices Mridula Bhatkar Madhya Pradesh authorities Siddhi Vinayak Herbals STEPUP Body Growth Formula
Criminal Law News Court lets off man accused of raping neighbour April 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man accused of raping a 14-year-old neighbour has been let off by a fast track court which noted that his medical examination did not find him “competent” of establishing physical relationship. The court also relied upon the girl’s medical report which did not prove that she was raped. “In the MLC of accused there […] Read more » acquitted the man girl hostile Khajuri Khas medical examination physical relationship rape case rape of minor raping a 14-year-old neighbour
Criminal Law News Ponty case: Accused gets two months interim bail April 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Narender Ahlawat, Delhi High Court, interim bail, murder case of Ponty Chadha, Ponty Chadha murder case, Hardeep, humanitarian ground, psychological health of Ahlawat, neurological health of Ahlawat, Namdhari, Sachin Tyagi, charges of murder, cases under the Arms Act, Narender Ahlawat has been granted two months interim bail by the Delhi High Court here in New Delhi. Ahlawat was the main accused in the murder case […] Read more » cases under the Arms Act charges of murder Delhi High Court Hardeep humanitarian ground interim bail murder case of Ponty Chadha Namdhari Narender Ahlawat neurological health of Ahlawat Ponty Chadha murder case psychological health of Ahlawat Sachin Tyagi
Top Law News In-laws living away from couple can’t be tried under DV Act: HC April 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: “A matrimonial dispute a woman cannot seek protection from her in-laws under the Domestic Violence Act if they live separately from the couple,” mentioned by the Delhi High court here. The court, however, said if the woman faced any kind of violence or harassment from her in-laws, who live far distance from the […] Read more » Delhi High Court domestic relationship Domestic Violence Act' emotional or economic harassment by in laws physical or sexual protection under Domestic Violence Act
Top Law News Forgery: Court orders FIR against 3 MEA officials April 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Police has been directed by the local court to register an FIR against six persons, including three officials of the External Affairs Ministry, for their alleged role in submitting a forged document in judicial proceedings. Metropolitan magistrate Navita Kumari Bagha asked the station house officer of Tilak Marg police station to lodge the FIR on […] Read more » Delhi High Court Delhi Police Delhi resident Satwant Singh Dahiya Embassy of India in Tokyo External Affairs Ministry FIR against 3 MEA officials Forgery case Metropolitan magistrate Navita Kumari Bagha section 156(3) of CrPC Tilak Marg police station