Top Law News SC chides government over Bhopal’s toxic waste May 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday chided the central government for not doing anything for disposing toxic waste for 28 years since the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya said that there was total “apathy” in dealing with the situation “because the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerji Bhopal's toxic waste German Society for International Cooperation GIZ Gujarat Pollution Control Board Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya SC
Top Law News Sports Games purchases:Suresh Kalmadi May 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi Monday told a Delhi court hearing a graft case that the youth affairs and sports ministry was aware of purchases made for the 2010 sporting event. “Everything related to the Games was brought to the notice of youth affairs and sports ministry,” said Kalmadi, while […] Read more » CBI special judge Talwant Singh Commonwealth Games CWG Prevention of Corruption Act Sports Games purchases Suresh Kalmadi
Top Law News Court refuses to accept Tejinder Singh’s plea May 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Monday refused to accept the plea of Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh seeking an end to an inquiry and pronouncement of its order on issuing summons to Army chief General V K Singh in a defamation case. Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja said that summons had already been issued to the Defence […] Read more » accept Tejinder Singh's plea Army chief General V.K. Singh Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja Tejinder Singh's plea
Top Law News Harassed by Pakistani son, court rescues Indian father May 28, 2012 / May 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment He returned from Pakistan after two decades and forcibly took over his father’s apartment. A Delhi court has now ordered him to vacate. Additional District Judge Inderjeet Singh May 24 said Raju had failed to establish his right on the property and was “duty bound to vacate and hand over the possession of the […] Read more » Additional District Judge Inderjeet Singh court rescues Indian father Babu Ram
Top Law News Will Modi be BJP’s prime ministerial candidate? May 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi appears to have emerged as a front-runner in the faction-ridden Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as its prime ministerial candidate. Although the BJP doesn’t say so, political pundits say this much is easy to infer after the just concluded national executive meet in Mumbai BJP president Nitin Gadkari, who […] Read more » Modi be BJP's prime ministerial candidate narendra modi the next p.m. of India next prime minister of India -Narendra Modi
Top Law News School marks can’t be revealed under RTI: Court May 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court has ruled that the marks secured by a student in the secondary school examination cannot be obtained even under the Right to Information (RTI) Act as this would defeat the objective of replacing marks with grades introduced in 2010. The high court’s ruling came while hearing a plea filed by the Central […] Read more » CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw School marks can't be revealed under RTI
Top Law News Juvenile justice system ineffective: Enforcement agencies May 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s juvenile justice system has not been effective in safeguarding the rights of half a million street children in the capital, according to various enforcement agencies. This situation exists despite implementation of the landmark Juvenile Justice Act (Care and Protection of Children) in 2000. Representatives of concerned agencies met on Saturday to take stock of […] Read more » Child Welfare Committee CWC Enforcement agencies Juvenile Justice Act Juvenile justice system ineffective SJPU Special Juvenile Protection Units
Top Law News Give copies of remand application to Kazmi: Court May 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Friday allowed the plea of journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, held for his alleged role in the Feb 13 blast in an Israeli embassy car here, to supply him the copy of the remand application. Additional Sessions Judge Surinder Singh Rathi allowed Kazmi’s plea and set aside the magistrate’s order. The court […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Surinder Singh Rathi Kazmi's counsel Mehmood Pracha Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi
Top Law News Court seeks report from home ministry, DGCA on Vectra May 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday sought records from the home ministry and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for the basis on which the operating permit of the aviation firm Global Vectra Helicorp was suspended. Hearing the case filled by Global Vectra, aviation arm of the Ravi Rishi-led Vectra Group which operates a fleet of […] Read more » Delhi High Court DGCA on Vectra Global Vectra Helicorp Justice Vipin Sanghi
Top Law News Court reserves order on further probe in case against army chief May 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court reserves order on further probe in case against army chief A Delhi court Friday reserved its order, for May 28, on further investigations in a defamation case filed by Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh against Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh. Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja reserved his order after the retired army officer submitted a CD, which contains the visuals of the interview of the army […] Read more » Additional Director General Public Information Major Gen. S.L. Narsimhan Army Chief Gen V K Singh army vice chief Lt. Gen. S.K. Singh Director General Military Intelligence Lt. Gen. B.S. Thakur Directorate General of Public Information staff officer Lt. Col. Hitten Sawhney Lt. Col. Hitten Sawhney Lt. Gen. B.S. Thakur Major Gen. S.L. Narsimhan Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja S.K. Singh Tejinder Singh
Top Law News 2G case: Charges framed against Essar, Loop promoters May 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi Court will pronounce its order on Friday on farming of charges against Essar group and Loop Telecom promoters for allegedly committing offences of cheating and criminal conspiracy for obtaining the 2G spectrum licences from government. “Put up for order on May 25. All the five accused person shall remain present in the […] Read more » 2G case 2G case: Charges framed against Essar 2G case: Charges framed against Loop promoters (Lead) Anshuman Ruia Essar group Director (Strategy and Planning) Essar group promoters Anshuman Ruia Essar group promoters Ravi Ruia I P Khaitan Kiran Khaitan Loop promoters Loop Telecom promoters I P Khaitan Ravi Ruia Vikash Saraf
Top Law News NHRC seeks solution on Mayanmarese asylum seekers May 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked Myanmar’s rights panel to engage with the government at Yangon to press for a solution to the issue of hundreds of Mayanmarese asylum seekers in India, an official said Friday. “The issue was raised by NHRC during its meeting here with a visiting delegation of the Myanmar […] Read more » Mayanmarese asylum seekers NHRC NHRC chairperson K.G. Balakrishnan