Top Law News Delhi High Court reserves order on gurdwara February 23, 2012 / February 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a plea filed by the stategovernment against a single judge’s order restraining it from issuing a notification for next month’s Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) elections. A division bench of acting chief justice A K Sikri and justice Rajiv Shah Endlaw reserved their order […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee Justice Rajiv Shah Endlaw Justice Vipin Sanghi
High Profile Cases Supreme Court asks states for details of pending mercy pleas February 22, 2012 / February 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The supreme court here Wednesday directed the home secretaries of all states to send all records pertaining to the pending mercy petitions to the union home secretary. The court directed that these records should be sent through special messengers within three days. The apex court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi gave this direction after […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi mercy petitions to the union home secretary Supreme Court union home secretary
High Profile Cases Notice to Bihar on new norms for MP’s development funds February 22, 2012 / February 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Bihar government on a petition challenging its decision to frame different guidelines for implementing the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS). A bench of Justice D.K. Jain and Justice Anil R. Dave issued notice on a public suit by Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad, a Lok Sabha […] Read more » Justice Anil R. Dave Justice D.K. Jain Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme Supreme Court
Top Law News Suit on objectionable content motivated, says Yahoo India February 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Yahoo India, facing trial for hosting allegedly objectionable material on its website, has told a Delhi court that the suit against it was “motivated” and should be dismissed. Facebook India filed its reply in the case Tuesday. “The suit is a complete abuse of the process of law,” Yahoo India said in its reply to […] Read more » advocate Santosh Pandey Civil Judge Praveen Singh Facebook India social networking websites
Top Law News Court seeks Jamia Millia reply on students’ union poll ban February 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought Jamia Millia Islamia’s response by March 18 on a petition for quashing a 2006 decision of the central university to ban elections to the students’ union. The division bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Rajiv Shakdher sought the university’s response while hearing a petition by Hamidur Rahman, […] Read more » Delhi High Court Jamia Millia Islamia Justice Rajiv Shakdher Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Criminal Law News Bhanwari Devi case: CBI getting threats, court told February 22, 2012 / February 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI on Tuesday told the Rajasthan high court that it was receiving threats and its witnesses in the Bhanwari Devi case were being forced to turn hostile. Agency counsel Panne Singh, during the hearing of the habeas corpus petition filed by Amarchand, husband of Bhanwari Devi, told the court that the CBI has done a […] Read more » Bhanwari Devi Case Justice Govind Mathur Justice KC Joshi Rajasthan High Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court pulls up Modi on FIR against activist February 21, 2012 / February 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up the Gujarat government for filing a frivolous FIR against social activist Teesta Setalvad in connection with the 2002 Gujarat Riots case involving the digging up of unidentified bodies buried at Lunawada in Gujarat. The apex court bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam told counsel for the Gujarat government that […] Read more » 2002 Gujarat Riots case Justice Aftab Alam Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court issues notice to Jayalalithaa February 21, 2012 / February 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on a CBI petition challenging the quashing of its FIRs and chargesheets by the Madras High Court in a case against her under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The apex court bench issued the notice after the CBI told it that there […] Read more » Madras High Court Prevention of Corruption Act Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa
Criminal Law News Reply to Aarushi parents’ plea, Supreme Court tells CBI February 21, 2012 / February 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the CBI to file its reply on the plea by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar seeking a transfer of the trial in their daughter Aarushi’s 2008 murder from a Ghaziabad special CBI court to New Delhi. The apex court bench headed by Justice B.S. Chauhan has asked the Central Bureau of […] Read more » Aarushi's 2008 murder Additional Solicitor General Harin Rawal Justice B.S. Chauhan Supreme Court
Top Law News Inflation no reason to increase rent, rules court February 21, 2012 / February 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has ruled that the landlords governed by the rent control act can’t approach civil courts to raise rents in line with the inflation or cost price index. Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Shah Endlaw said the jurisdiction of the civil court in this regard is barred by section […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 Justice Rajiv Shah Endlaw
Criminal Law News Dey murder: Chargesheet against Vora likely today February 21, 2012 / February 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai police are likely to file a chargesheet against woman journalist Jigna Vora on Tuesday in the murder of senior scribe J. Dey who was shot dead in June last year, an official said here. “We are likely to file a supplementary chargesheet against Vora tomorrow (Tuesday). We have gathered enough evidence against her to […] Read more » Commissioner of Police Devendra Bharti Dey murder special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act
High Profile Cases Govt to seek hearing of Vodafone case in open court February 20, 2012 / February 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Government is likely to seek the hearing of its review petition for reconsideration of Vodafone taxation case judgement, in the open court. Normally, review petition is decided by its circulation among the judges of the bench which earlier decided the matter in their chambers without hearing. The Centre has filed a review petition against […] Read more » and Judges K S Radha Krishnan Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Supreme Court Swatanter Kumar Vodafone taxation case