Top Law News A Delhi Court dismisses man’s plea to disown son June 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man’s plea to a Delhi court to declare his son as having no ties with him as he married without his consent and to divest him of his rights over his property, has been dismissed on the ground that the plea was “ineffective.” Senior Civil Judge Anil Kumar Sisodia dismissed the plea citing the […] Read more » A Delhi Court dismisses man's plea to disown son Delhi court disowning cases in matters marrying without parents consent plea to disown son cases Senior Civil Judge Anil Kumar Sisodia
Top Law News TN Secretariat row: Supreme Court refuses to step into the dispute June 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to interfere with a plea pending at the Madras High Court and seeking to restrain the Tamil Nadu Government from shifting the State secretariat building at Omandurar Government Estate in Chennai to erstwhile Fort St George on coast. “How can we issue a writ of prohibition to the high […] Read more » justices H L Gokhale and Ranjana Prakash Desai Res judicata Supreme Court TN Secretariat row TN Secretariat row: Supreme Court refuses to step into the dispute
Top Law News illegal mining case: order reserved for tomorrow June 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court today deferred its orders for tomorrow on the anticipatory bail plea of former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and his kin in the illegal mining case. “I don’t want to read it (orders) today. I will do it tomorrow”, said Justice Subash B Adi, who had yesterday reserved the orders for […] Read more » former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and his kin in the illegal mining case illegal mining case illegal mining case: order reserved for tomorrow illegal mining in Karnataka Karnataka High Court
Top Law News ‘Claim investigator can’t declare driving license to be fake’ June 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An insurance claim investigator cannot declare unilaterally a driving licence to be fake without any corroborating report from the transport authority, a Delhi district consumer forum has said. Maintaining that an insurance firm cannot reject a claim based on the “uncorroborated whimsical report” of its claim investigator, the New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum […] Read more » 'Claim investigator can't declare driving license to be fake' insurance claim investigator
Top Law News Bombay HC: directs St Xavier’s High School teachers to sort out salary dispute June 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Bombay HC: directs St Xavier’s High School teachers to sort out salary dispute The Bombay High Court has directed the management and teachers of St Xavier’s High School in Navi Mumbai to sort out their dispute regarding payment of salaries as per the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. A bench, comprising Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Nitin Jamdar, further directed the school management to file by June end […] Read more » Bombay HC: directs St Xavier's High School teachers to sort out salary dispute Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Nitin Jamdar dispute regarding payment of salaries as per the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. St Xavier's High School case St Xavier's High School teachers case
Top Law News Bombay HC grants divorce to Pak singer Adnan Sami June 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After several years of being embroiled in a matrimonial dispute, the Bombay High Court today granted divorce to Pakistani singer Adnan Sami and UAE citizen Sabah Galadari. Adnan had married Sabah in 2001, divorced her in 2004 and remarried her in 2007. Their relation, however, soured again and Sabah moved the family court for divorce […] Read more » Adnan Sami's divorce case Bombay HC Bombay HC grants divorce to Pak singer Adnan Sami divorce in muslims divorce of Adnan Sami Pak singer Adnan Sami
Top Law News SRK in trouble: Criminal complaint lodged against him June 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A private criminal complaint was filed in a local court against actor Shah Rukh Khan on Monday for his alleged involvement in the fracas at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai last month. The complaint was filed by local lawyer-cum-activist Indrajeet Singh Bhatia under section 200 of CrPc (examination of complainant) in the court of Judicial Magistrate […] Read more » SRK SRK in trouble SRK in trouble: Criminal complaint lodged against him SRK in Wankhede Stadium case
Top Law News Pakistan SC refers to Indian SC verdicts to disqualify Gilani June 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistan’s Supreme Court referred to two judicial verdicts by the Indian apex court in its ruling disqualifying Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani following his conviction of contempt. The four-page short order issued yesterday by a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry referred to a total of eight judicial verdicts, including six by Pakistani […] Read more » Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry Jagjit Singh vs State of Haryana (AIR 2007 SC 590) Pakistan SC Pakistan SC refers to Indian SC verdicts to disqualify Gilani Rajendra Singh Rana vs Swami Prasad Maurya (AIR 2007 SC 1305)"
Top Law News Nobody has right to give fatwa on secularism: BJP June 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launching a disguised attack on his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said the party will announce its own prime ministerial candidate and that nobody has the right to give fatwa on secularism. “The entire controversy doesn’t make a sense and BJP has not outsourced […] Read more » fatwa on secularism Nobody has right to give fatwa on secularism: BJP
Top Law News US asks India to make strong anti-trafficking law June 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A US report accusing India of being a source, destination, and transit country for forced labour and sex trafficking, has asked New Delhi to develop a comprehensive anti-trafficking law. The annual Trafficking in Persons Report released by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday places India for the second year among Tier 2 countries whose governments […] Read more » A US report on anti-trafficking law anti-trafficking law in India characteristic of bonded labour India's position in anti-trafficking law US asks India to make strong anti-trafficking law
Top Law News Coalgate scam: Ministry yet to submit files to CBI June 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI, probing the “Coalgate” scam, is yet to receive some important files which had been sought by the agency from the coal ministry immediately after registering preliminary enquiry (PE) into the matter The CBI on June 1 registered a PE to probe alleged irregularities in allotment of coal blocks to both private players and […] Read more » CBI probe on Coalgate scam case Coalgate scam case Coalgate scam: Ministry yet to submit files to CBI
Top Law News Orissa HC quashes Speaker decision on BJP MLA June 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa high court on Monday quashed a decision of the Orissa Assembly Speaker who upheld the membership of a BJP MLA despite the latter “mysteriously” abstaining from voting in the 2010 Rajya Sabha polls and disobeying the party whip. A two-member bench comprising chief justice V. Goapalgowda and Justice Sanjaya Mishra, while hearing a […] Read more » judiciary on MLA judiciary on speaker judiciary power against legislators Orissa HC quashes Speaker decision on BJP MLA Orissa High Court