Top Law News Supreme Court clears decks for teachers’ recruitment in Assam February 8, 2012 / February 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday set aside an Assam High Court order thus paving the way for the recruitment of more than 82,000 elementary school teachers in the state. The Assam High Court, in its March 5, 2010 ruling, had imposed a ban on further recruitment of teachers in lower and upper primary schools. The High […] Read more » Assam High Court Justice Deepak Verma Right to Education Act Supreme Court
Top Law News Election Commission notifies ban on Exit Polls in five states February 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Election Commission has notified the period for ban on Exit poll from 0700 hrs on January 28 to 1730 hrs on March 3 as required under section 126 A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, both on electronic and print media about the ongoing elections to legislative assemblies in five states. Besides, […] Read more » Election Commission Representation of the People Act 1951 section 126 A
High Profile Cases CWG graft case: Court reserves order on Swiss firm’s plea February 8, 2012 / February 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on a plea of a Swiss firm, accused in a corruption case linked to the 2010 Commonwealth Games, seeking restriction on any possible action against it for not appearing in trial court. Swiss Timing is an accused in a Commonwealth Games corruption case for allegedly getting a […] Read more » CWG graft case Delhi High Court Swiss firm's plea
Top Law News Cop made to do frontrolls in court area, lawyers file complaint February 8, 2012 / February 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers at Patiala House courts here Tuesday were aghast when they saw a constable made to do frontrolls within the complex as punishment on the orders of his officer. On the lawyers’ complaint, a court directed the Delhi Police chief to take action against the officer. According to eye-witnesses, around 11 a.m. Tuesday Additional Deputy […] Read more » Advocate Mahender Singh Yadav District Judge H.S. Sharma Patiala House court
Top Law News Court reserves order on officials’ appraisal reports February 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on a plea that performance appraisal reports of government staffers, officially known as the Annual Confidential Report (ACR), should be available under the Right to Information (RTI) Act in “public interest”. The petitioner — RTI activist R.K. Jain — has raised the question whether performance appraisal reports […] Read more » Advocate Prashant Bhushan Delhi High Court Right to Information Act
Top Law News Cyber attack on website of petitioner against Facebook, others February 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The website of a petitioner and Islamic scholar who dragged Facebook, Google, Yahoo and others to court over allegedly objectionable content has been defaced and left with a message “Probably best not to piss the social networking sites off!” Petitioner Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi told that his website www.fatwaonline.in has been defaced for the past […] Read more » Cyber attack on website Delhi court facebook Google Yahoo
Top Law News Calcutta High Court stays compensation to hooch victims’ families February 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Monday stayed the payment of compensation declared by the West Bengal government to the families of victims of last December’s hooch tragedy in South 24 Parganas. The division bench of Chief Justice J.N. Patel and Justice Sambuddha Chakrabarti stayed the payment of compensation for eight weeks in a public interest litigation […] Read more » Calcutta High Court chief justice J.N. Patel December's hooch tragedy Justice Sambuddha Chakrabarti
High Profile Cases Tata Teleservices to seek review of 2G decision February 7, 2012 / February 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the Supreme Court ordering the cancellation of three of its licences, Tata Teleservices Ltd. (TTL) on Monday said it will be filing a review petition against the decision as the company had applied for these licences in 2006 which were delayed and given to them in 2008. The company wants to be delinked from […] Read more » 2G Supreme Court Tata Teleservices Ltd.
Criminal Law News Bhanwari case: CBI gets notice for quizzing suspect’s mother February 7, 2012 / February 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Rajasthan High Court Monday issued show-cause notices to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director and other officials involved in missing nurse Bhanwari Devi’s case for alleged harassment of a Congress legislator’s 80-year-old mother in the name of interrogation, a lawyer said. The notices were issued on the petition filed by Amari Devi, mother of […] Read more » Justice Govind Mathur missing nurse Bhanwari Devi Rajasthan High Court Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna
Top Law News Objectionable content: Facebook, others get 15 days to file replies February 6, 2012 / February 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Admonishing internet firms like Google and Facebook, a Delhi court on Monday gave 15 days to 22 social networking sites to remove ‘objectionable’ contents from their websites. According to media reports, a judge presiding over the matter said that these sites did not deserve any more time. These firms have been asked to file a […] Read more » 22 social networking websites google and facebook Objectionable content
Top Law News Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on clinical trials February 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking investigation into illegal and unethical clinical trials of drugs which are yet to be approved by the drug controller. An Apex Court bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha issued notice on a plea by Madhya Pradesh-based ‘Swasthya Adhikar Manch’ that, in […] Read more » Justice R.M. Lodha Madhya Pradesh-based 'Swasthya Adhikar Manch' Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court Issues Notice to CBI on Pappu Yadav’s Bail Plea February 6, 2012 / February 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court (SC) Monday asked CBI to respond to a plea by former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav seeking bail. Pappu Yadav is serving life imprisonment for his involvement in the murder of Bihar CPI (M) MLA and trade union leader, Ajit Sarkar. An Apex Court bench headed by Justice Altamash Kabir […] Read more » Justice Altamash Kabir Pappu Yadav's Bail senior counsel R.S. Sodhi Supreme Court