Criminal Law News Court sends notices over Rajasthan’s missing people March 2, 2012 / March 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Rajasthan High Court Thursday sent notices to the state’s home secretary and director general of police demanding to know their efforts to trace about 10,000 people who went missing in the past eight years in the state, a lawyer said. “The division bench of Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice N.K. Jain has asked […] Read more » Chief Justice Arun Mishra Justice N.K. Jain Rajasthan High Court Rajasthan's missing people
High Profile Cases Government seeks time till March 2013 for 2G licence auction March 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking time till March 2013 for auctioning the 2G licences and allocation of spectrum, cancelled by the apex court by its Feb 2 order. The application for clarificatory orders/direction has sought the court’s nod for conducting the auction of the cancelled 2G licences broadly in accordance […] Read more » 2G licence auction Central Government Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi spectrum allocation Supreme Court
Top Law News Cabinet OKs tougher penalties under Motor Vehicle Act March 2, 2012 / March 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the proposed changes in the Motor Vehicle Act. This paves way for passing the legislation in Parliament to increase penalty on traffic rule violators across the country. The new bill which will be introduced in the Rajya Sabha duing the Budget session has provision to slap Rs 500 fine […] Read more » Motor Vehicle Act Rajya Sabha Union Cabinet
High Profile Cases High court gives nod for Delhi gurdwara polls March 1, 2012 / March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday gave the go-ahead to the Delhi government to conduct the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) elections, directing it to fix a fresh schedule for the polls soon. A division bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw allowed the plea of the Delhi government filed against a […] Read more » Delhi High Court Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) elections Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Justice Vipin Sanghi
High Profile Cases Deshmukh challenges ‘grave strictures’ in Supreme Court March 1, 2012 / March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Cabinet Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the “extremely grave strictures” against him by the Bombay High Court, while quashing the allotment of land to film-maker Subhash Ghai’s production house for setting up a state-of-the-art film institute. The high court, in its Feb 9 verdict, quashed the joint venture agreement between […] Read more » Bombay High Court Film Corporation and Mukta Arts Supreme Court Union Cabinet Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh
Top Law News AIIMS gets notice for not giving amputees artificial limbs March 1, 2012 / March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for failing to comply with its earlier order to provide artificial limbs within one month to victims of the September 7, 2011, blast outside the court. A bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw […] Read more » AIIMS Chief Justice AK Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Government asked to finalise policy on ex-judges’ advice March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Union government was asked by the Delhi High Court to finalise within three months a uniform policy on legal opinions and pieces of advice given by former Supreme Court judges to litigants. The court, meanwhile, also asked its registry not to accept and list petitions for hearing if they contain opinions of retired apex […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court ex-judges' advice Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Supreme Court assails state’s neutrality on gay sex March 1, 2012 / March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday assailed the “new phenomenon” of the government not taking any position on the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalizing consensual gay sex. A bench of Justice G.S.Singhvi and Justice S.J.Mukhopadhaya said: “It is a new phenomenon. The state says we are neutral. He (Additional Solicitor General Mohan Jain) says that he has […] Read more » gay sex Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Court reserves order on N.D. Tiwari’s paternity suit March 1, 2012 / March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on the plea of a 32-year-old man, who claims to be the biological son of Congress leader N.D. Tiwari, against its earlier order that Tiwari cannot be compelled to give his blood samples for DNA test to decide the paternity suit. A division bench of Acting Chief […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Congress leader N D Tiwari Delhi High Court Justice Gita Mittal Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
High Profile Cases CWG graft case: Court notice to CBI on Reddy’s bail plea March 1, 2012 / March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a bail plea of A.K. Reddy, who has been arrested for alleged irregularities in a Rs.141 crore contract for timing, scoring and result (TSR) equipment for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG). Issuing the notice, Justice Mukta Gupta sought the CBI’s […] Read more » bail plea of A.K. Reddy CWG graft case CWG Organising Committee's former chief Suresh Kalmadi Delhi High Court Justice Mukta Gupta
Top Law News High Court rejects petitions against reservation for Scheduled Caste in MCD polls February 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today dismissed a batch of petitions seeking quashing of a state EC notification by which seats for Scheduled Caste candidates were reserved in the upcoming polls of trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). “We do not find any merit in the petitions, they are dismissed,” a bench of justices Sanjay Kishan […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Shakdher Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Municipal Corporation of Delhi Scheduled Caste
Top Law News Anticipatory bail in UP: Court wants early decision February 29, 2012 / February 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Tuesday asked the union government to expedite its decision on the issue of anticipatory bails in Uttar Pradesh. A bench of Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice S.V.S. Rathore asked the union home secretary and the secretary to the president to take a prompt decision on the matter. […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Anticipatory bail in UP Justice S.V.S. Rathore Justice Sudhir Agarwal