Top Law News Blacklisted Israel Military Industries moves Delhi High Court May 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the defence ministry and the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) on a plea by the Israel Military Industries (IMI), Israel’s state-run defence equipment supplier, seeking to set aside OFB’s decision cancelling its contract to set up a plant to manufacture an advanced propellent for artillery ammunition at Nalanda […] Read more »
Top Law News Supreme court mulling total ban on plastic (Lead) May 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme court mulling total ban on plastic (Lead) The Supreme Court Monday said it would consider whether to completely ban the use of plastic in the interests of animals and the environment. An Supreme court bench headed by Justice GS Singhvi said this during the hearing of a PIL (public interest litigation), drawing attention of the court to the plight of animals, which were […] Read more » total ban on plastic
Top Law News Apex court notice to government on SIMI ban May 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on two pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, under which the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was banned six times since 2001. The court sought a response within 10 weeks on the petitions filed by two former SIMI […] Read more » ban on SIMI
Top Law News Supreme court reserves order on suit against Balakrishnan May 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday reserved its order on a petition seeking a presidential reference into allegations of misconduct against National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman K.G. Balakrishnan when he was the chief justice of India. Besides allegations of misconduct against Balakrishnan, it has also been alleged that his two sons-in-law and brother amassed wealth disproportionate […] Read more » suit against Balakrishnan
Top Law News Delhi land scam: Charges to be framed against 10 accused May 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A CBI special court has decided to frame charges against 10 accused, including ex-officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), for alleged lapses in the allotment of plots as part of the resettlement of slum dwellers. The accused were allegedly involved in allotment of plots in fictitious names under the scheme executed by the […] Read more » CBI Special Judge Anoop Kumar Mendiratta Delhi land scam
Top Law News Rajnath Singh wants Hindi in Supreme Court May 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Rajnath Singh wants Hindi in Supreme Court BJP leader Rajnath Singh Saturday advocated the introduction of Hindi and other Indian languages in the Supreme Court of India. Singh, who was the chief guest at the Annual Seminar of Bar Association of National Capital Region in Ghaziabad said that he was in favour of Hindi and other Indian languages in the Supreme court […] Read more » Hindi in Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Right to self-defence extends to killing only in grave danger’ May 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The right to self-defence cannot be used to escape aggressive offences punishable under law, and the person invoking the right has to demonstrate that there was fear of suffering grievous injury or death, the Supreme Court has ruled. “Right of private defence cannot be used to do away with a wrongdoer unless the person concerned […] Read more » 'Right to self-defence Justice Dipak Misra Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan killing only in grave danger'
Environment Law News Firm fined Rs.100 crore for violating environmental laws May 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 4 Comments on Firm fined Rs.100 crore for violating environmental laws In a landmark judgment, the green bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday imposed Rs.100 crore in damages on Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. (JAL), a subsidiary of the JP Group, for having set up a cement plant and the dismantling of a thermal plant, both in the state’s Solan district, by violating environment laws and […] Read more » Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Sanjay Karol Nalagarh-based environment NGO Himparivesh Environment Protection Society Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Nalagarh-based environment NGO Rs.100 crore for violating environmental laws violating environmental laws
Top Law News Court refuses to stay honorarium to Imams May 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Friday refused to stay the payment of honorarium by the West Bengal government to Imams in the state till a suit is pending in court. The high court was hearing a public interest litigation, filed by the BJP, which challenges the ex-gratia payment on the ground that a Supreme Court directive […] Read more » chief justice J.N. Patel honorarium to Imams Justice Sambuddha Chakrabarty
Top Law News Why no social security for unorganised workers : NAC asks government April 30, 2012 / April 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Advisory Council (NAC) has pulled up the central government for failing to formulate a social security package for India’s 430-million informal sector workers even though the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act (UWSSA) was passed three years ago. “The centre has not formulated a minimum social security package for all workers in the unorganised […] Read more » NAC communication National Advisory Council Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act in 2008 UPA government
Criminal Law News Five miscreants arrested with weapons in Jammu April 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jammu Police have arrested five miscreants along with sharp-edged weapons from the heart of the city of this winter capital, police said. “The night patrolling party of Pacca Danga Police Station late last night incepted a group of six people in the city area,” police sources said here. They said the miscreants tried to escape […] Read more » Five miscreants Jammu Police Pacca Danga Police Station weapons in Jammu
Criminal Law News Aarushi murder case : Nupur Talwar’s bail plea rejected April 30, 2012 / April 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A CBI court here Monday rejected the bail plea of denist Nupur Talwar, an accused in the 2008 murder of her daughter Aarushi and the family’s domestic help Hemraj. Her lawyer said an appeal would be filed in a sessions court. Nupur Talwar was taken into custody Monday morning, shortly after surrendering before a special […] Read more » 2008 murder mystry 2008 twin murder case Aarushi murder Aarushi murder case CBI lawyer R.K. Saini dentist Nupur Talwar Ghaziabad court heinous case of double murder Hemraj Hemraj murder Justice A.K. Patnaik murder case of Aarushi and Hemraj murder mystry of aarushi and hemraj murder of Aarushi murder of Aarushi and Hemraj Noida residence Nupur Talwar Nupur Talwar surrender Nupur Talwar taken into custody Nupur Talwar's bail plea rejected servant Hemraj Talwar couple