Top Law News Court allows nursery admissions at 3-plus January 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday gave a go-ahead to schools to admit children aged three-plus years to nursery classes. The court refused to interfere with age criteria for pre-school and pre-primary classes, and said the schools which have admitted children aged three-plus will continue to do so. The court gave its order on a plea […] Read more » Delhi High Court NGO counsel Ashok Agarwal Nursery admissions
High Profile Cases 2G Scam: Ravi Ruia, three others issued fresh summons January 28, 2012 / January 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here issued fresh summons for Feb 22 appearance to promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom, accused in the 2G spectrum scam case, after they failed to appear before the court Friday. The summons were issued to corporate honchos Ravi Ruia, Anshuman Ruia, I.P. Khaitan and Kiran […] Read more » 2G scam Essar Group and Loop Telecom Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini special Central Bureau of Investigation court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court relief for Krishna January 27, 2012 / January 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a breather for External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, the Supreme Court Friday stayed the probe by the Karnataka Lokayukta police into the de-reservation of 11,620 sq km of forest land for mining when he was the Karnataka chief minister during 1999-2004. An apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra […] Read more » External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court suspends bail for Kobad Ghandy January 27, 2012 / January 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday suspended the Andhra Pradesh High Court order granting bail to Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, accused of conspiracy in a bomb attack and the 2005 killing of then assembly deputy speaker Narsi Reddy. The apex court bench headed by Justice B.S. Chauhan also issued a notice to Ghandy on a petition by […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice B.S. Chauhan Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court to hear SM Krishna’s plea today January 27, 2012 / January 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will today hear a petition by External Affairs Minister SM Krishna challenging the registration of an FIR by the Karnataka Lokayukta (ombudsman) police on allegations that he had illegally de-reserved forest blocks for mining when he was chief minister 1999-2004. A bench of Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar and Justice […] Read more » External Affairs Minister SM Krishna Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Speaker acted in haste on 16 Karnataka legislators: Supreme Court January 27, 2012 / January 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Holding the disqualification of 16 Karnataka assembly members as mala fide, the Supreme Court Wednesday said that the speaker acted in haste to ensure that then chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa did not lose a trust vote. Therefore, we hold that the impugned order of the speaker is vitiated by mala fides,” said an apex court […] Read more » Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Cyriac Joseph Supreme Court
Top Law News No harmful adulterants in Delhi milk : Court January 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that none of the 446 milk samples checked by its agencies from Jan 1, 2009 to Aug 4, 2011 were found to contain any harmful adulterants like detergent or urea. An affidavit filed by the department of prevention of food adulteration (PFA), Delhi, claimed that milk […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw No harmful adulterants in Delhi milk
High Profile Cases Plea for CBI probe into corporate ministry theft January 25, 2012 / January 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Plea for CBI probe into corporate ministry theft A finance company has moved the Delhi High Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the theft from the ministry of corporate affairs of documents related to a case involving a Delhi-based hotelier, a lawyer said Tuesday. VLS Finance, a non-banking finance company, in its plea filed Monday, alleged the documents related […] Read more » corporate ministry theft Delhi High Court Home Minister P. Chidambaram
Top Law News Chhattisgarh gets notice for botched eye operations January 25, 2012 / January 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chhattisgarh High Court Tuesday issued notice to the state’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on botched eye operations in September that left several aged persons blinded in one eye. The high court, which is based at Bilaspur town, some 100 km from Raipur, issued the notice as it took up a public interest litigation […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party botched eye operations Chhattisgarh High Court
Criminal Law News Amit Shah seeks Supreme Court nod to stay in Gujarat January 25, 2012 / January 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah Tuesday sought the permission of the Supreme Court to “enter, stay and function” in the state, from where he has been barred since Oct 30, 2010 by an apex court order. Shah sought modification of the order which, while declining to suspend the bail granted by the Gujarat High Court, […] Read more » 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing Gujarat High Court Gujarat minister Amit Shah Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Nod needed for hearing Essar, Loop plea’ January 25, 2012 / January 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked Essar Teleholdings, Loop Telecom and the CBI to seek a clarification from the Supreme Court on the companies’ plea to delink their cases from the other co-accused in the 2G trial. The companies say their case should not be heard by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court […] Read more » 2G case Delhi High Court Justice B.D. Ahmed Justice V.K. Jain Loop Telecom and the Essar Group Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Deport Pakistanis who have completed jail terms: Supreme Court January 25, 2012 / January 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Deport Pakistanis who have completed jail terms: Supreme Court In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court Tuesday directed the government to deport within a month 54 Pakistani nationals who are languishing in Indian jails for many years despite completing their sentences. The apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.L. Gokhale said: “Procedure can’t be allowed to overweigh the law and liberty” […] Read more » Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Pakistan High Commission Supreme Court