Court, Judiciary & Legal System Maintenance legal right of a married woman: Delhi court December 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has refused to set aside the interim maintenance awarded to a woman and her child from her estranged husband in a domestic violence case, saying it is the “legal right of a married woman to claim maintenance from her husband”. Special judge Sanjay Sharma dismissed the man’s appeal against the order of […] Read more » claim maintenance for legally-wedded wife claim maintenance from her husband Maintenance legal right of a married woman maintenance to prevent vagrancy and destitution
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Sahara’s fresh plea in SC for Subrato Roy’s release November 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sahara Group on Friday came out another plea for the release of its jailed chief Subrato Roy before the Supreme Court which asked those involved in the negotiation processes for sale of its three offshore hotels to prove their bona fide in raising the money to get him out.Roy, who was sent to jail on […] Read more » Justice A.K. Sikri Justice A.R. Dave Justice T.S. Thakur Subrato Roy's release
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Man Can’t Desert Wife & Kids On Ground of Unemployment: Court November 28, 2014 / November 28, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Man Can’t Desert Wife & Kids On Ground of Unemployment: Court A sessions court here has asked a magisterial court to award interim maintenance to a woman saying, “Husband cannot be permitted to desert wife and children on the ground of unemployment” in a city like Delhi where cost of living is high. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Lokesh Kumar Sharma allowed the appeal of the woman […] Read more » ASJ Lokesh Kumar Sharma Desert Wife & Kids On Ground of Unemployment
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC Quashes Point System of Nursery Admission in Delhi November 28, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The point system of nursery admissions devised by the Lt Governor for private unaided schools was today quashed by the Delhi High Court which said the government’s decision was “neither procedurally proper nor rational”. Justice Manmohan said the private unaided schools have the fundamental right to “maximum autonomy in day-to-day administration, including right to admit […] Read more » Justice Manmohan Point System of Nursery Admission
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Tihar has separate lock-ups for women : Delhi HC November 27, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court was Wednesday informed by the city government that there were separate in Tihar jail to protect them from sexual abuse, harassment and torture. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw was informed by Delhi government’s standing counsel Zubeda Begum that jail No.6 in Tihar was exclusively […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini Justice R.S. Endlaw lock-ups for women accused lock-ups for women in Tihar PIL) filed by advocate Avadh Kaushik separate lock-ups for women separate lock-ups for women in Tihar standing counsel Zubeda Begum
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Conflict of interest comes to haunt Srinivasan in SC November 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday told N. Srinivasan that before seeking reinstatement as BCCI president, he should address the question of conflict of interest that arose if he headed the cricket board while owning an IPL team, whose official has been found to be involved in betting, . A Bench of Justices T.S. Thakur and […] Read more » BCCI IPL spot fixing scandal IPL VI Justice Ibrahim Kalifulla Justice Mudgal panel report hearing Justices T.S. Thakur Kapil Sibal counsel of Mr. Srinivasan Srinivasan Supreme Court hearing
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Ban on Comedy Central transmission: HC dismisses plea November 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today upheld the Centre’s decision to stop for 10 days transmission of entertainment channel Comedy Central for airing shows having “obscene” and “vulgar” dialogues besides being derogatory to women, observing these may influence the future generation. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, while dismissing the […] Read more » Ban on Comedy Central transmission Chief Justice G Rohini Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Prohibition of transmission
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Remove hoardings or face dissolution: HC November 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pulling up municipal corporations in Maharashtra for not complying with earlier court orders on removing illegal hoardings, posters and banners exhibited by political parties, the Bombay High Court today warned that it would ask the state to dissolve the civic bodies. “It appears that only municipal corporations of Pune, Mumbai and Akola have substantially complied […] Read more » Bombay High Court check on illegal hoardings face dissolution Justice Abhay Oka Remove hoardings
Court, Judiciary & Legal System States told to ratify Judicial Appointments Commission Bill November 20, 2014 / November 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Seeking an early end to collegium system of judges appointing judges, Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has written to state governments to ratify the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill which will put in place a new mechanism to select Supreme Court and High Court judges. The Constitution amendment bill requires ratification by at […] Read more » National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill ratify Judicial Appointments Commission Bill
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC asks legal magazine to publish apology November 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed a legal news magazine to publish and put up in its website that it tendered an unconditional apology for the allegations made against the son of a judge of the court. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw directed the publication to print in […] Read more » allegations made against the son of a judge Chief Justice G Rohini Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC sore over poor maintenance of highways & roads in UP November 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Expressing displeasure over poor maintenance of highways and roads in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court today said it expected that the central and state governments would complete renovation work of Lucknow-Allahabad Highway by December 15. The Lucknow bench of the court also directed that all the pending issues related to it should be addressed […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud Justice Krishana Murari National Highway Authority of India NHAI PIL related to renovation of the highway poor maintenance of highways & roads poor maintenance of highways & roads in UP
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Migrants’ deportation to B’desh; SC issues notice to Centre November 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and the states on a plea seeking its direction to them not to deport back to Bangladesh the migrants who had come to India from there between 1947 and 1971. Agreeing to hear the PIL, a bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu sought responses […] Read more » Advocate Dhirendra Kumar Mishra Chief Justice H.L. Dattu Migrants' deportation to B'desh PIL filed by NGO 'Joint Action Committee for Bengali Refugee'
