Top Law News CJI comes under RTI: Delhi HC September 3, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court upheld the Chief Information Commissioner’s order that the RTI Act covers the Chief Justice of India’s office because he is a public authority. For practical purposes, the judgment throws open the Chief Justice of India to public scrutiny. It also means that a person can move an RTI to seek information about […] Read more »
Top Law News Right To Education Bill gets assent September 3, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, which makes education a fundamental right of every child in the 6 to14 age group, has come into force with the Presidential assent. The assent was given on August 26 and the Act was notified the following day. Read more »
Corporate Law News court summons Nitish Kumar September 3, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bihar court has summoned Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to appear before it on September 9 in connection with a petition alleging his involvement in the murder of a Congress activist at Barh in November 1991. Additional CJM Ranjan Kumar passed the order on September 1, asking Kumar and LJP MLA Dularchand Yadav to appear […] Read more »
Top Law News No any functions in delhi parks: HC September 3, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court expressed concern over the damage done to the parks in the capital. The parks were not meant for such functions and if these events were allowed to be held there, an irreparable damage would be caused to the flora and fauna of the capital,” a division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit […] Read more »
Top Law News Living Separately for years? Then divorce: SC September 3, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court has said it is “not acceptable” that a husband and wife go on living separately for years because one of them does not agree to a mutual divorce. A bench of Justice Altmas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph gave this ruling, while dissolving a sour marriage between a man and his wife, who […] Read more »
Top Law News HP High Court judges to declare assets September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court have also decided to follow the footsteps of Supreme Court justices and make their assets public. “A decision to declare assets has been taken unanimously by all the nine judges, including acting Chief Justice RB Mishra, after the apex court judges’ resolve to make public their assets, Official […] Read more »
Top Law News Gujarat High Court reserves order September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat High Court reserved its order on the constitutionality and validity of the State government’s notification banning the publication, sale and distribution of Jaswant Singh’s book on Jinnah in the State. As the three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan resumed the hearing on a public interest litigation filed by two writers challenging […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex Court refuses to pass any directions against Mayawati September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court refused to pass any directions against UP Chief Minister Mayawati for allegedly defying its orders and constructing certain structures for proposed Kanshi Ram Research Institute, Lucknow, but said it would examine the charge if the petitioner submits concrete details. A bench of Justices B. N. Aggrawal and Aftab Alam said, We cannot rely […] Read more »
Top Law News Delhi HC dismisses petition of disqualified DUSU candidates September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today dismissed petition of five DU candidates who challenged their disqualification from the Delhi University Union elections. Justice Sanjeev Khanna rejected the plea filed by Deepak Negi and Umesh Tomar of NSUI and Rohit Chahal, Lalit Kumar and Ashok Khare of ABVP. Negi and Chahal were candidates for president’s post. Tomar was […] Read more »
Top Law News HC dismisses residents petition against Delhi Metro September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court dismissed the petition of Greater Kailash residents, who wanted a say in the inquiry into the mishap at the DMRC work site at Zamrudpur. During the day, DMRC lawyer Virender Sood submitted the Action Taken Report in the case at the Court. After going through the report filed by Mr Sood, a […] Read more »
Top Law News Legal services helpline inaugurated in Haryana September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Common man in Haryana can obtain legal advice regarding their cases on a helpline. Justice Adarsh Kumar Gel of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman of Haryana State Legal Services Authority inaugurated the legal services helpline (0172-2604055). Stating this here, the Haryana State Legal Services Authority Member Secretary said any person seeking […] Read more »
Top Law News Delhi HC judge resigns September 1, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Neeraj Kishan Kaul, who was appointed a judge of the Delhi HC over four months back, has resigned. he wanted to go back to practising as a lawyer. Neeraj Kaul (46) had taken oath as an Additional Judge of the High Court on April 15. The judge said that he has sent his resignation […] Read more »