High Profile Cases Calcutta HC extends stay on Singur land return November 3, 2011 / November 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court on Thursday extended the stay on state government move to return to farmers the land acquired in Singur till the hearing on Tata Motors’ appeal in the case is completed. “The division bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghosh and Mrinal Kanti Chaudhuri extended the stay on the distribution of land till […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Justice Mrinal Kanti Chaudhuri Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh Singur land return
High Profile Cases Amar Singh can go to Singapore for treatment November 3, 2011 / November 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday allowed former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh to visit Singapore for treatment of his kidney infection from Nov 8-30. While permitting the Rajya Sabha MP to travel to Singapore, the special court of Sangita Dhingra Sehgal directed that he deposits Rs.500,000 or gives a similar amount as a bank guarantee. The […] Read more » Amar Singh can go to Singapore for treatment cash-for-votes case Delhi High Court Sangita Dhingra Sehgal
High Profile Cases No bail for Kanimozhi, seven others November 3, 2011 / November 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and seven others accused in the 2G spectrum allotment scam were Thursday dismissed by a CBI special court that said all the applications were without merit. They will continue to be lodged in Tihar Jail. Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini said: “All the bail applications are dismissed. The […] Read more » 2G spectrum allotment scam Judge O.P. Saini said Kanimozhi Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi
Top Law News Lawyers seek help for Madras high court judge CS Karnan November 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Lawyers seek help for Madras high court judge CS Karnan Advocates here met Chief Justice MY Eqbal of the Madras high court and sought help for Justice CS Karnan, a judge from the Dalit community who has complained of discrimination. A group of lawyers from the high court called on the chief justice, seeking justice for the judge and action against those responsible for the […] Read more » Chief Justice MY Eqbal judge CS Karnan judge from the Dalit community Madras High Court
Consumer Law News Junk food ban plea: Food product makers move court November 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The All India Food Processors Association (AIFPA) Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court, pleading that the court should hear them before passing any final order on a petition that seeks ban on carbonated beverages and junk food in school and college canteens. The AIFPA in its application filed before the division bench of Acting Chief […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Junk food ban plea Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Government clarifies on women army officers’ promotion November 3, 2011 / November 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it was considering grant of promotion to a section of women army officers whose services were restored on the court’s direction. The court was hearing a petition by the defence ministry challenging a Delhi High Court verdict that directed the army and the air force to grant […] Read more » air force Government Supreme Court women army officers' promotion
Criminal Law News Manu Sharma seeks 12-day parole for brother’s marriage November 2, 2011 / November 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Manu Sharma, serving life sentence in the Tihar Jail for killing ramp model Jessica Lall in 1999, Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court, seeking parole to attend his brother’s marriage and related functions between Nov 10 and 21. Parole is the temporary release of a convict from prison before the end of the tenure of […] Read more » Delhi High Court Jessica Lall Justice V.K. Shali
Top Law News Court notice to Delhi government on pre-school admissions November 2, 2011 / November 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi government on an NGO’s plea for direction to prohibit private schools in the national capital from admitting children less than four years of age in pre-primary classes. Accusing various unaided private schools of admitting children below four years in their pre-primary classes, the NGO in […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw NGO's plea pre-school admissions
Top Law News Unauthorized construction: MCD must respond November 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) must respond to a petition against it for failing to seal and stop illegal construction in Chandni Chowk and nearby city areas, the Delhi High Court said Wednesday. Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, while issuing a notice to MCD, asked its counsel H.S. Phoolka […] Read more » Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw MCD Unauthorized construction
Top Law News Women’s security of prime concern: President November 2, 2011 / November 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Security of women should be of prime concern for law enforcing authorities, President Pratibha Patil said in this Uttar Pradesh capital Wednesday, stressing on the role of women’s empowerment in the development of the country. “Families worry about the lack of security for women members of the family in India of the 21st Century. This […] Read more » Isabella Thoburn College President Pratibha Patil Women's security
High Profile Cases Ayodhya demolition behind 1993 Mumbai blasts, supreme court told November 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told Tuesday that the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts were linked to the demolition of Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid Dec 6, 1992 and the subsequent riots targeted at the minority community. In pursuance of narrow ideological designs, “the house of God was demolished in the name of God”, said senior counsel Jaspal Singh, […] Read more » 1993 Mumbai blasts Ayodhya demolition Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice P. Sathasivam Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Jayalalithaa moves supreme court against graft case trial November 2, 2011 / November 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Bangalore court order directing her to appear before it again Nov 8 in a disproportionate assets case involving Rs.66 crore. She contended that she was asked by the supreme court to appear before the trial court hearing the case against her Oct 20-21, […] Read more » Bangalore court order Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa