Criminal Law News AMRI case: Directors’ police custody extended by 3 days December 21, 2011 / December 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A West Bengal court Tuesday extended by three days the police custody of six Advanced Medicare & Research Institute (AMRI) Hospital directors facing trial in connection with the devastating fire in the medical facility that left 93 people dead. “In the interest of justice and for the purposes of investigation, this court thinks fit to […] Read more » AMRI case Directors' police custody extended by 3 days West Bengal court
Top Law News Court moved to lift ban on Jamia Millia students’ union poll December 21, 2011 / December 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former student of Jamia Millia Islamia Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a 2006 decision of the central university to ban elections to the students union. Petitioner Ikrar Khan alleged that it was unreasonable on the part of the university to ban the election from March 2006. He said that the […] Read more » Delhi High Court Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia students' union poll
Criminal Law News Dey murder: Vora’s custody extended till Jan 3 December 21, 2011 / December 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court on Tuesday extended till January 3 the judicial custody of all the eleven accused, including woman journalist Jigna Vora, arrested in connection with the murder of the senior crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey. Vora, who had, on December 13 filed an application in the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court, seeking […] Read more » Control of Organised Crime Act court Dey murder Vora's custody extended till Jan 3
Top Law News Lawyers’ strike affects life in Jammu December 20, 2011 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Normal life was affected in parts of this city Tuesday as the Bar Association of Jammu called a strike to demand the rollback of the Jammu and Kashmir government’s decision to transfer land and property registration from the judiciary to the executive. Some parts of Jammu saw a partial response while others saw a complete […] Read more » Bar Association of Jammu Bar Association president B.S. Salathia Lawyers' strike
High Profile Cases Gita ban case work of ‘misdirected individuals’, says India December 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Describing a legal move to ban the Bhagwad Gita in Russia as the work of “misdirected and motivated individuals”, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Tuesday said India has taken up the issue at the highest levels with the Russian government and hoped for a resolution. A day after a belligerent opposition raised a furore in […] Read more » External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Gita ban case misdirected and motivated individuals nation's human rights commission
Top Law News Pawar’s assailant granted bail December 20, 2011 / December 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Arvinder Singh, who was arrested for slapping Union Minister Sharad Pawar at a function here last month, was on Monday granted bail by a Delhi court. District Judge HS Sharma granted bail to Singh while directing him not to indulge in any violent activity in the future. Singh was granted bail on a personal bond […] Read more » Delhi court District Judge HS Sharma Union Minister Sharad Pawar
High Profile Cases Raja hatched 2G conspiracy: Former aide December 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jailed former communications minister A. Raja’s former additional private secretary Aseervatham Achary Monday told a special court here that the DMK leader hatched the conspiracy on 2G spectrum licences much before he headed the ministry. Achary, a key witness of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 2G case, while deposing before Special Judge […] Read more » 2G spectrum former communications minister A. Raja special Judge O.P. Saini
Top Law News 56,383 cases pending in Supreme Court December 20, 2011 / December 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Inadequate number of judges and delay in filling vacancies were among the various reasons responsible for the large number of pending cases in courts, including 56,383 cases in the Supreme Court, law and justice minister Salman Khurshid said Monday. The minister told the Rajya Sabha in reply to a written question that till Oct 31, […] Read more » 56383 cases pending in Supreme Court law and justice minister Salman Khurshid Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Hindus make last bid to save Bhagavad Gita from ban in Russia December 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Hindus make last bid to save Bhagavad Gita from ban in Russia In a last ditch effort to save Bhagavad Gita from a ban, as reported earlier, aghast Hindus in Russia appealed to the Siberian court to seek the views of the nation’s human rights panel on the religious text and preachings, before pronouncing its verdict. Following their last-minute plea, represented by their advocate Mikhail Fralov, the […] Read more » advocate Mikhail Fralov Bhagavad Gita nation’s human rights panel
Criminal Law News Six get life term for Bangalore terror attack December 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Six people, suspected to be members of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, were Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Karnataka court for a terror attack at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science here in 2005 that killed a retired professor. Fast track court Judge V.R. Revankar awarded the punishment to Mohammed Riaz-ur-Rehman of Andhra Pradesh, and […] Read more » Bangalore terror attack Judge V. R. Revankar Karnataka court
Top Law News Lack of Judges, Adjournments Delaying Justice: Experts December 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Lack of Judges, Adjournments Delaying Justice: Experts The Supreme Court’s desire to know how a railway minister’s assassination case has dragged on for 37 years has again brought into sharp focus delays in the justice system. Legal experts blame the state of affairs on a low judge-population ratio, frequent adjournments as well as transfer of cases. Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, in his […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia High Court judge Rupinder Singh Sodhi low judge-population ratio Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Declining sex ratio attributed to misuse of medical technology December 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Demographers and development specialists Sunday identified the misuse of advanced medical technology as a major factor responsible for the decline in the sex ratio in Rajasthan and other northern states. They underlined the twin needs for raising social awareness on the issue and strictly implementing the laws against sex determination and female foeticide. The occasion […] Read more » Declining sex ratio misuse of medical technology sex determination