Top Law News Order banning SPOs only for Chhatisgarh : Supreme court November 19, 2011 / November 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said its earlier order directing the central and state governments to “cease and desist” from recruiting and deploying the Special Police Officers (SPOs) in operations against Maoists or against internal terror was restricted to Chhattisgarh only. A bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice S.S. Nijjar said the order of July […] Read more » Justice Altamas Kabir Justice S.S.Nijjar Order banning SPOs only for Chhatisgarh Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Bhatta-Parsaul rape: Court orders FIR against 30 cops November 19, 2011 / November 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A noida court on Friday ordered that FIRs be registered against five senior police officers and 25 constables for raping and robbing a woman in Bhatta village on May 7. The FIRs have been filed against former circle officer of Dankore Uday Veer Singh Khokhar, ex-station officers (SO) Anuj Chaudhary, Inder Kumar Badola, Rajeev Kumar, […] Read more » Bhatta-Parsaul 'rape' Court orders FIR against 30 cops lawyer Ved Prakash Sharma noida court
Top Law News Court reserves order on students’ plea against IP university November 19, 2011 / November 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its order on a petition alleging that Guru Govind Singh Indraprashtha University (GGSIU) adopted “discriminatory” approach towards students of colleges affiliated to it. After both the parties concluded their arguments over the petition filed by 203 students of private colleges affiliated to the university, a bench of acting Chief […] Read more » Advocate Geeta Luthra Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court IP university Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Criminal Law News Class 10 student rapped for uploading classmate’s obscene photo November 19, 2011 / November 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Class 10 student rapped for uploading classmate’s obscene photo The Delhi High Court Friday came down heavily on a class 10 student, who had uploaded a morphed “obscene” picture of one of his female classmates on social networking site Facebook, as well as his parents. After Justice Hima Kohli reprimanded the student of a private school in Vasant Kunj area of south Delhi, who […] Read more » Class 10 student rapped Delhi High Court Justice Hima Kohli uploading classmate’s obscene photo
Top Law News Supreme Court not to meddle in fuel pricing November 18, 2011 / November 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined to entertain a plea challenging the deregulation of prices of petroleum products, saying fixing of petroleum prices was a matter of government policy and the court could not interfere in it. The plea challenging the fixing of prices by the public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) was heard by an […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court Supreme Court not to meddle in fuel pricing
Criminal Law News Sadhvi Pragya files fresh bail plea November 18, 2011 / November 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two months after the Supreme Court rejected her bail plea, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, one of the prime accused in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case, has once again sought bail on “grounds of parity”, her lawyer said in Mumbai on Friday. Three other co-accused in the same case – Shivnarayan Kalsangra, Shyam Sahu and […] Read more » Malegaon blast case Sadhvi Pragya files fresh bail plea Special Judge YD Shinde Supreme Court
Top Law News Court order to book Chouhan, Sushma Swaraj stayed November 18, 2011 / November 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court order to book Chouhan, Sushma Swaraj stayed Within hours of a Madhya Pradesh district court ordering registration of a case against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his Bharatiya Janata Party colleague Sushma Swaraj, a sessions court stayed the order to book the two in a case related to allegedly showing disrespect towards the national flag in 2010. The Nasrullaganj court in […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party Sushma Swaraj Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Madhya Pradesh district court
Criminal Law News Strong proof against 13 cops in Sohrabuddin killing: Shah November 18, 2011 / November 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thursday washed his hands off the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case and told the Supreme Court that there was “good evidence” against 13 policemen for their involvement in the killing. The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.P. Desai was told that then deputy inspector general of police “Geetha Johri did […] Read more » Gujarat's Additional Advocate General Tushar Mehta Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai Sohrabuddin killing
Top Law News Court notice to Vodafone November 18, 2011 / November 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued notice to telecom major Vodafone over its failure to restore services of international SIM card provider Matrix Cellular’s cell phone through which it provides services to 65,000 post-paid subscribers of Vodafone. Taking note of Matrix’s plea, Justice Vipin Sanghi issued notice to Vodafone Essar Mobile Service Ltd. Tuesday, seeking […] Read more » Court notice to Vodafone Delhi High Court Justice Vipin Sanghi
Top Law News States ignoring PM’s anti-graft missive: Supreme court November 17, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday expressed concern over states ignoring the prime minister’s missive asking them to provide infrastructure and set up special CBI courts for speedy trial of graft cases. The court told the states to do so within eight weeks. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya said the […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya States ignoring PM’s anti-graft missive Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Srilakshmi appears before CBI in illegal mining case November 17, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Srilakshmi appears before CBI in illegal mining case IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, who was accused number four in the CBI’s FIR in the illegal mining case involving former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, appeared before the investigating agency this morning. Srilakshmi was being questioned by the CBI sleuths since morning, sources said. She was currently Commissioner for Family Welfare and was Secretary for […] Read more » CBI Chanchalguda Jail IAS officer Y Srilakshmi illegal mining case
Top Law News Medicine prices should’nt rise: Supreme Court November 17, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Medicine prices should’nt rise: Supreme Court The Supreme Court Thursday told the central government that the prices of medicines should not rise further. “It should go down, not go up,” said an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya. The bench expressed the view that prices of medicines and ordinary lab tests were already too high and […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Medicine prices should'nt rise Supreme Court