Top Law News Give licences to food vans, court tells MCD March 23, 2012 / March 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to give licences, within two weeks, to food catering vans in Delhi after civic agencies evicted them from Dwarka area of west Delhi for causing traffic jams. Justice Hima Kohli also directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to allot proper sites to catering […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Hima Kohli Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)
High Profile Cases TRAI had no information about spectrum : Court March 23, 2012 / March 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former chief of India’s telecom regulator on Thursday told the court hearing the 2G scam case that the panel had no authentic information about the spectrum’s availability in 2007. Testifying as a prosecution witness in the 2G spectrum allocation case, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) ex-chairman Nripendra Mishra told the Central Bureau of […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation case special Judge O.P. Saini Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI
Criminal Law News Kin of deceased man vandalise Noida government hospital March 22, 2012 / March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Doctors at the Noida district hospital went on strike for nearly 14 hours Wednesday after the kin of a deceased man assaulted them Tuesday night. According to sources in the hospital, two accident patients – Virendra Kumar (29) and Khushboo (23) – were brought to the hospital at around 10.30 p.m. Tuesday by the staff […] Read more » Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) N.P. Mishra the deceased Virendra's body Noida government hospital
Criminal Law News High Court frowns at slow probe in Maval firing case March 22, 2012 / March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Wednesday slammed the Maharashtra government for going slow on police officials who opened fire last year at protesting farmers at Maval, near Pune, resulting in three deaths. Observing that prima facie it appeared to be a case of ‘homicidal murder’, a division bench comprising Justice P.B. Majmudar and Justice R.D. Dhanuka […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice P.B. Majmudar Justice R.D. Dhanuka Maval firing case
High Profile Cases Supreme Court moved challenging quashing of FIR against Yeddyurappa March 22, 2012 / March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Advocate Srijin Basha moved the Supreme Court Wednesday challenging the Karnataka High Court order quashing the FIR against former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa in an illegal mining case. Basha is the original complainant in the case. The high court had quashed the FIR and sanction for prosecution on the grounds that Yeddyurappa was not […] Read more » Advocate Srijin Basha illegal mining case Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Supreme Court
Top Law News Special IPS recruitment: Court seeks government’s response March 22, 2012 / March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the response of the central government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the government decision to recruit an additional 1,400 IPS officers through a special examination. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also asked Additional Solicitor General A.S. Chandhiok, representing the […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Special IPS recruitment
Top Law News Government disowns remarks on gays March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As the Supreme Court said parliament was the forum to decide the desirability of retaining Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the government Wednesday sought to disassociate itself from Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra’s controversial remark that homosexuality was immoral. Attorney General G. Vahanvati told an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Malegaon blast: Purohit’s custodial interrogation put off March 22, 2012 / March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday extended its interim order staying the Bombay High Court verdict permitting custodial interrogation by the NIA of Malegaon bomb blast accused Prasad Srikant Purohit and Sudhakar Dhar Dwivedi till April 10. The court would that day examine whether offences alleged against the two justified invoking of the Maharashtra Control of Organised […] Read more » Bombay High Court Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act Malegaon blast Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Ask government to conduct 2G auction by June: Uninor to Supreme Court March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Telecom service provider Uninor Wednesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court asking it to direct the government to conclude the 2G auction by June 2. “We have filed a review petition in the Supreme Court this afternoon,” said Sigve Brekke, managing director of Uninor. The Supreme Court last month ordered cancellation of 122 licences, […] Read more » 2G auction by June 2 Sigve Brekke managing director of Uninor Supreme Court Telecom service provider Uninor
High Profile Cases Russian court dismisses plea to ban Gita March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Russian court dismisses plea to ban Gita Hindus in Russia Wednesday won a major legal battle when a court in Siberia dismissed a state prosecutors’ case seeking a ban a Russian translation of Bhagavad Gita. The higher court in Tomsk, where the state prosecutors had filed an appeal, upheld a lower court verdict delivered in December dismissing the case. “We have won […] Read more » dismisses plea to ban Gita higher court in Tomsk ISKCON Russian translation of Bhagavad Gita
Top Law News Order reserved on plea seeking curb on ‘illegal charges’ by car dealers March 22, 2012 / March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on a plea seeking a curb on the illegal charges, including logistic charges, loading and unloading charges, levied by car dealers on buyers. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw reserved the order after conclusion of arguments from both the […] Read more » 'illegal charges' by car dealers Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Panel to check banned pesticides set up : Court March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The union agriculture ministry Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that a committee has been constituted for framing a policy for periodic checks to detect pesticide residues in vegetables and fruits. In a joint affidavit filed by the ministry, the Food Safety and Standard Authority (FSSI), and Delhi government, it was stated that a six […] Read more » Delhi High Court Food Safety and Standard Authority (FSSI) Justice Rajiv Shakdhar Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul