High Profile Cases Agnivesh should weigh his words: Supreme Court November 8, 2011 / November 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up social activist Swami Agnivesh for hurting the religious sentiments of people by describing as “pakhand”, or hypocrisy, the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine. The apex court bench of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice C.K. Prasad told Agnivesh that he should weigh his words “many a time before uttering […] Read more » Agnivesh Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu Supreme Court
Top Law News Micromax Mobile withdraws ‘bai’ ad, Shiney Ahuja relieved November 8, 2011 / November 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Micromax Mobile has withdrawn its controversial ‘Bai commercial’, which poked fun at Shiney Ahuja, after the actor initiated legal action against the company, said his publicist here Tuesday. The advertisement attempted to take a humorous dig at Shiney, who was convicted two years ago of raping his domestic help and is currently out on bail. […] Read more » Bombay High Court Micromax Mobile Shiney Ahuja relieved
High Profile Cases Yeddyurappa gets bail, three weeks after arrest November 8, 2011 / November 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, arrested in two corruption cases, is likely to walk out of jail later Tuesday after the court granted him bail. The high court granted him bail in one case Tuesday, while he got bail in the other one Nov 3. Justice B.V. Pinto of the high court granted bail […] Read more » High Court Justice B.V. Pinto Yeddyurappa gets bail
High Profile Cases 2G scam: Swamy’s plea against Chidambaram posted for Dec 3 November 8, 2011 / November 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court on Tuesday deferred its hearing on Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy’s plea to make Home Minister P. Chidambaram a co-accused in the 2G case. But it asked the agency to make available to the complainant a file apparently containing a conversation between Chidambaram and 2G accused former communications minister A. Raja. […] Read more » 2G scam CBI judge O.P. Saini Supreme Court Swamy's plea against Chidambaram
Top Law News Kudankulam row: Expert panels to meet Tuesday November 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The expert committees appointed by the central and Tamil Nadu governments to allay fears of locals about the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu will meet Tuesday to discuss the ways of carrying out their mandate, an official said. ‘The members of the two committees will be meeting for the first time. […] Read more » A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Kudankulam nuclear plant
Top Law News Use discretion to further ends of justice: Supreme court November 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Use discretion to further ends of justice: Supreme court The Supreme Court has said that when a court exercises its discretion in either condoning or refusing to condone delay in initiating a proceeding, it should be to further the ends of justice. “The discretion of this court under Article 136 of the constitution is meant to further the ends of the justice and this […] Read more » Article 136 Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Supreme Court
Top Law News Girl opts to live with father, gets court nod November 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After a 12-year-old girl expressed her desire to live with her father, the Delhi High Court has transferred her custody to her father from that of her mother, who has been granted visitation rights. Before deciding an application filed by the girl’s mother, the judge spoke to the child in chamber. “The child is mature […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Indermeet Kaur
Top Law News Activists demand strong Lokayukta in Meghalaya November 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Anti-graft activists in Meghalaya Monday demanded amendment to the Meghalaya Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta Act, 2002 on the lines of the ombudsman in Uttarakhand. ‘We want the Meghalaya government to either amend or repeal the existing Meghalaya Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta Act, 2002 since, in the present form, it is toothless and anti-people,’ Meghalaya Right to Information […] Read more » Anti-graft activists in Meghalaya Meghalaya Right to Information Movement chief Michael Syiem
Top Law News Court tells Delhi varsity to admit girl to law course November 6, 2011 / November 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A law course aspirant from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category has been allowed admission to the Delhi University by the Delhi High Court, which quashed its earlier order telling her to compete with general category candidates. The court order, made available Saturday, came on a petition by Salma Khan, who applied for admission to […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Gambhir Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Criminal Law News Court orders Rs.10 lakh relief for raped minor girl November 6, 2011 / November 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court orders Rs.10 lakh relief for raped minor girl The Gauhati high court has asked the central government to pay Rs.10 lakh compensation to a minor girl whose school principal raped her in 1998 in Tripura. The girl, then a class 8 student, delivered a baby in hostel the next year, an official said Sunday. “The high court in a judgment Friday asked the […] Read more » Gauhati High Court Rs.10 lakh compensation to a minor girl Tripura women's commission
Top Law News Satyam Ramalinga Raju released on bail November 5, 2011 / November 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After spending nearly 32 months in jail, erstwhile Satyam Computers Services Ltd founder chairman B. Ramalinga Raju, his brother B. Rama Raju and former chief financial officer V. Srinivas were Saturday released, a day after they were granted bail by the Supreme Court in the multi-crore accounting fraud. The trio came out of Chanchalguda Central […] Read more » former chief financial officer V. Srinivas Satyam Ramalinga Raju Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court wants zero tolerance for police atrocities November 5, 2011 / November 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court wants zero tolerance for police atrocities The Supreme Court has said that police atrocities are violative of the constitutional mandate of protection of life and liberty and not resisting them amounts to erosion of the rule of law. “Tolerance of police atrocities… would amount to acceptance of systemic subversion and the erosion of the rule of law,” said the apex court […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice P. Sathasivam police atrocities Supreme Court