Intellectual Property News High court takes serious note of grabbing army land December 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on High court takes serious note of grabbing army land In what is being described as an unprecendented step, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Thursday summoned Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Anoop Misra to make personal appearance in a PIL alleging large-scale grabbing of land earmarked and used as the Indian Army firing range in Lucknow. Besides the chief secretary, a bench headed […] Read more » Allahabad High Court grabbing of land earmarked judge Justice Pradeep Kant
Top Law News Supreme court wants just relief to road accident victims December 9, 2011 / December 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday awarded a compensation of nearly Rs.11 lakh, including interest, to the parents of a man who died in a road accident in Tamil Nadu in 1999 and emphasised on giving just relief to victims of such incidents. Anbu alias Anbarasu died in an accident on Perunduri Road of Erode district in […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya relief to road accident victims Supreme Court
Top Law News Court stays information panel’s order on banks December 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday stayed a Central Information Commission (CIC) order asking the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to give details of inspection reports of cooperative banks to a Right to Information (RTI) applicant. Justice Vipin Sanghi stayed the order against the rural development bank in view of a similar pending […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Vipin Sanghi National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
Top Law News Supreme Court Stays Goa Information Panel Order December 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday stayed all proceedings arising out of a notice by the Goa information commissioner asking the governor’s office to furnish all the reports it had sent to the president during the political turmoil in the state in 2007. The apex court bench headed by Justice Balveer Bhandari issued notice saying that some […] Read more » Bombay High Court Goa Information Panel Order Justice Balveer Bhandari Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Court allows Swamy to depose in 2G case December 8, 2011 / December 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy was Thursday permitted by a special CBI court here to again depose before it as a witness to prove Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s alleged complicity in the 2G spectrum case. While allowing Swamy’s plea to be recalled as a witness, CBI special Judge O.P. Saini observed: “In view of the […] Read more » 2G spectrum case Court allows Swamy to depose in 2G case Judge O.P. Saini
Top Law News TRS leader’s detention under NSA illegal: Court December 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday ordered release of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader Cheruku Sudhakar, declaring his detention under the National Security Act (NSA) as illegal. Acting on petitions by his wife, TRS and Telangana Advocates Joint Action Committee (JAC), the court directed the government to immediately release Sudhakar on bail. The order […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader Cheruku Sudhakar TRS leader's detention under NSA illegal
Top Law News Court asks police to book Vidya Balan for obscenity December 8, 2011 / December 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Controversies continue to dog `The Dirty Picture` with a city court directing police to book actress Vidya Balan for posing for indecent photographs on the film posters and promos. Nampally criminal courts ordered the Nallakunta police station in the city to book a criminal case against the Bollywood star. The court passed the orders on […] Read more » actress Vidya Balan Andhra Pradesh High Court Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 1986 The Dirty Picture
High Profile Cases 16 officers get notice over misuse of national emblem December 8, 2011 / December 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta high court Wednesday ordered notices be issued to 16 Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service officers in West Bengal, asking why contempt proceedings should not be started against them for misuse or improper display of the national emblem. Acting on a petition by K Dey, a division bench of Justice PC Ghosh […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Justice PC Ghosh Justice Tarun Gupta misuse of national emblem
Top Law News Court reserves order on plea against Hockey India ‘threats’ December 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a plea alleging that Hockey India (HI) was threatening players to prevent them from taking part in the World Series Hockey (WSH) tournament. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw reserved its order after conclusion of arguments by […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Indian Hockey Federation Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
High Profile Cases Why cap on SMSes, Delhi high court asks Trai, government December 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notices to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and the central government on a petition challenging the regulator’s imposition of a cap of 200 SMSes per day per person. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw has given two weeks […] Read more » Chief Justice AK Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
High Profile Cases Cash-for-votes: Order reserved on complaint against Amar Singh December 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A trial court here Wednesday reserved till Dec 12 its order on a complaint by a prosecution witness in the 2008 cash-for-votes case, alleging that accused and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh and others allegedly abducted him ahead of his deposition before a parliamentary panel. Hasmat Ali alleged he was abducted Sep 25, 2008 from […] Read more » Amar Singh cash-for-votes Delhi High Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Supreme Court breather for Chandolia December 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday stayed the Delhi High Court proceedings by which it had suspended the special CBI court’s order granting bail to former telecom minister A. Raja’s ex-personal secretary R.K. Chandolia. The apex court bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir stayed the high court proceedings after senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi mentioned the matter before […] Read more » 2G scam Justice Altamas Kabir Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court breather for Chandolia