High Profile Cases Supreme court questions JNU on students’ union poll November 29, 2011 / November 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the Jawaharlal Nehru University, its students union and the organisation Youth for Equality to file affidavits stating their respective positions on holding elections to the varsity’s student body. The court said that “this is a matter of holding JNUSU (Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union) elections. The elections to JNUSU could […] Read more » Jawaharlal Nehru University JNUSU elections Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice J.S. Khehar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser, police tell supreme court November 29, 2011 / November 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser, police tell supreme court Delhi police Monday told the Supreme Court that yoga guru Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser and was responsible for the events culminating in the police operation to evict him and his anti-graft supporters from Ramlila ground here past midnight June 4. It was Baba Ramdev who transformed a crowd of 30,000 people into a “belligerent angry […] Read more » Baba Ramdev played rabble-rouser Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G case: Kanimozhi, four others get bail November 28, 2011 / November 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday granted bail to DMK MP Kanimozhi and four other accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. The order on the bail plea of former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura was reserved. Allowing bail to Kanimozhi and the other four, Justice V.K. Shali said all the five bail “applications are allowed”. […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation scam case Delhi High Court Justice V.K. Shali Kanimozhi four others get bail
High Profile Cases Supreme Court stays SAT order to 2 Sahara firms to refund investors November 28, 2011 / November 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to Sahara group, the Supreme Court today stayed the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) order directing its two companies to refund around Rs 17,400 crore to their investors and asked for the details of their assets and liabilities. A bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia directed the two companies to file […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Sahara Housing Investment Corporation Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Corruption case: Former telecom minister Sukhram granted bail November 28, 2011 / November 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday granted bail on health grounds to former telecom minister Sukh Ram, who has been given five years rigorous imprisonment by a trial court for corruption. The court has asked Sukh Ram to furnish two sureties of Rs.10 lakh. “Keeping in view the appellent’s (Sukh Ram) age who is 86 years […] Read more » Delhi High Court former telecom minister Sukh Ram judge R.P. Pandey Justice Suresh Kait
Top Law News Fighting traditions and laws, tribal women seek property rights November 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It’s 8 in the morning and a group of women is ready to trudge miles of rugged, cold and inhospitable Himalayan terrain to spearhead a campaign — educating tribal women of Kinnaur about their rights to inherit ancestral property. With traditional folk songs on their lips, the members of the Mahila Kalyan Parishad, a women’s […] Read more » Fighting traditions and laws Mahila Kalyan Parishad tribal women seek property rights
Top Law News Three NE states could get own High Courts soon November 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya could soon get their own High Courts that would help in quicker disposal of cases, save litigants time and money, and fulfil a long-standing demand of these states. All the eight northeastern states, excluding Sikkim, come under the jurisdiction of the Gauhati High Court situated in Assam. It has benches in […] Read more » Gauhati High Court Three NE states could get own High Courts soon Tripura Manipur and Meghalaya
Environment Law News ‘Rohtang’s ecology needs preservation’ November 27, 2011 / November 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Human interference disturbing the fragile ecology of a high Himalayan mountain pass overlooking this tourist resort has caught the attention of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. It has directed the officers concerned to bring all records related to the ongoing construction activity near the Rohtang Pass (13,050 ft), located 52 km from here, on next […] Read more » ‘Rohtang’s ecology needs preservation’ Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Rajeev Sharma Justice Sanjay Karol
High Profile Cases Yeddyurappa faces police probe in one more case November 27, 2011 / November 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In more trouble for former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and the state’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, police Saturday began probing into a case of illegal land deal by him and housing minister V Somanna. The probe is on the direction of the Lokayukta (ombudsman) special court judge N.K. Sudhindra Rao on a complaint by […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa special court judge N.K. Sudhindra Rao
Top Law News Child rights panel slams facilities in Bengal hospital November 27, 2011 / November 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Slamming lack of infrastructure at West Bengal’s Malda district hospital where a series of crib deaths occurred in October and November this year, India’s supreme child rights panel Saturday said the hospital does not have requisite facilities to treat newborns. According to a release here Saturday, a five-member team, led by National Commission for Protection of […] Read more » Child rights panel slams facilities in Bengal hospital India's supreme child rights panel National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
Top Law News Judiciary must exercise restraint: Kapadia November 26, 2011 / November 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Judiciary must exercise restraint: Kapadia Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia Saturday urged the judiciary to exercise restraint and resist the temptation of encroaching upon the domains of the government and Parliament lest it jeopardises the entire system. “The judiciary needs to work in the area demarcated by the constitution,” said Chief Justice Kapadia at a function here to mark […] Read more » Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia Judiciary must exercise restraint National Law Day
Top Law News Agnivesh demands judicial probe into Kishenji killing November 26, 2011 / November 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Agnivesh demands judicial probe into Kishenji killing Social worker Swami Agnivesh on Saturday demanded judicial probe into the killing of top Maoist leader Kishenji in a gun battle in Junglemahal area of West Bengal. “We demand judicial probe in killing of Kishenji… He was killed in encounter is claimed by the police, and on the other hand other people are terming it […] Read more »