Court, Judiciary & Legal System Can’t Perform Expensive Surgeries for Free: AIIMS October 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Expressing its inability to perform for free high-class treatments and expensive surgeries due to financial constraints, the AIIMS Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it is the duty of the central or state governments to release funds for the purpose. Filing an affidavit before Justice Vibhu Bakhru, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences’ […] Read more » AIIMS Can't Perform Expensive Surgeries for Free Justice Vibhu Bakhru National Illness Assistance Fund NIAF RAN Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Private schools are profit centres: Delhi HC October 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Private schools are “profit centres”, the Delhi high court on Thursday observed while hearing arguments in a PIL seeking grant of free books and uniforms to children belong to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category admitted to private unaided schools. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul made the observation in response […] Read more » Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed Justice Siddharth Mridul Private schools Private schools are profit centres profit centres
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC disqualifies 5 HJC MLAs who merged with Congress in 2009 October 9, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Punjab and Haryana High Court today set aside the order of Haryana Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Sharma accepting the “merger” of five members of Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) into Congress in 2009, terming it as “hasty” and “bad in law”. In his 57-page verdict, Justice K Kannan, while allowing the writ petition filed by HJC chief […] Read more » Dharam Singh Chhokar disqualifies 5 HJC MLAs Punjab and Haryana High Court Rao Narender Singh Satpal Sangwan Speaker Kuldeep Sharma Vinod Bhayana Zile Ram Chochra
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC seeks report on SP’s convention from Lucknow DM October 9, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court today sought a report from Lucknow district magistrate on whether necessary conditions were fulfilled while granting permission for ruling Samajwadi Party’s ongoing national convention at a park here. A Lucknow bench of Justices V K Shukla and B K Srivastava, which was hearing a plea seeking cancellation of permission for the […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Justice B K Srivastava Justice V K Shukla SP's convention from Lucknow DM
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Non-bailable warrant emerges against Kalraj Mishra October 9, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The warrant was in connection with a case of violation of poll code during 2009 LS elections. A court here has re-issued a non-bailable warrant against Union minister Kalraj Mishra in connection with a case of violation of poll code during 2009 Lok Sabha elections. The Chief Judicial Magistrate court on August 31 had issued […] Read more » Assistant Prosecution Officer Amarnath Tewari Kalraj Mishra non-bailable warrant Non-bailable warrant emerges against Kalraj Mishra
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Helmets Are Mandatory Exept For Sikh Women October 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Women riding pillion on a two-wheeler will have to wear helmets now while Sikh women can continue to ride without a helmet. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has given the go-ahead to the transport department’s proposal to make helmets mandatory for women riding a two-wheeler and keeping Sikh women out of its ambit on religious […] Read more » Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung Delhi Motor Vehicle Rules 1993 Helmets Are Mandatory
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Self-attestation a revolutionary decision October 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Self-attestation a revolutionary decision Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh Tuesday said the government move to provide for self-certification of documents was a “revolutionary decision”. Addressing the launch of an international symposium here and later interacting with the media, he said self-certification marks a departure from the established system of over 65 years. Replacing the need for attestation […] Read more » Self-attestation Self-attestation a revolutionary decision
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC demands uninterrupted power in courts October 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court granted two weeks’ time to the Law Secretary to file a counter on a plea seeking a direction to take steps to provide generators or inverters in every court in the state for uninterrupted power. It also directed the Law Secretary to deposit Rs 5000 with the mediation centre. When the […] Read more » Chennai advocate Chitra Velu Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Justice M Sathyanarayanan The Madras High Court uninterrupted power in courts
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s broom sweep away legal cobwebs? October 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Narendra Modi government is determined to clean up the country in more ways than one. In an ambitious move, the government intends to junk in one stroke at least 287 obsolete laws and thousands of old appropriation bills which are choking the statute book. Not only does India have one of the lengthiest constitutions […] Read more » 1086 central laws 287 obsolete laws 5000 state laws Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi Control of Accommodation) Act 1949 Dacoity Suppression Acts 1836 Delhi High Court judge Rupinder Singh Sodhi legal cobwebs simplify legal language useless laws
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Patna stampede: Probe team records statements of officials & injured October 6, 2014 / October 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The panel probing the Dussehra day stampede at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna recorded the statements of top officials and the injured on Sunday and may submit its report to the state government on Monday. The two-member committee, comprising Principal Home Secretary Amir Shubani and Additional Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey, visited the spot […] Read more » Additional Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey Gandhi Maidan Patna District Magistrate Manish Kumar Verma Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj Patna stampede Principal Home Secretary Amir Shubani
Bar, Bench & Firm News Court, Judiciary & Legal System Fair and efficient probe can curb corruption: Delhi court October 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Only a “fair and efficient probe through field investigation” can curb corruption, a court here has said while acquitting two accused in a graft case for want of evidence. “However, the single most important factor directly affecting the efficacy of the Prevention of Corruption Act in fulfilling the objective of curbing corruption is the need […] Read more » Fair and efficient probe can curb corruption Prevention of Corruption Act
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Self-employed don’t disclose actual income: Court October 4, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Self-employed people did not disclose their income truthfully, a court here has said while ordering a man to pay his estranged wife Rs.7,500 per month for the maintenance of his disabled child. Metropolitan Magistrate Vandana directed the man to pay Rs.7,500 for the maintenance of his son, observing that child’s chronological age is approximately 17 […] Read more » Metropolitan Magistrate Vandana Self-employed don't disclose actual income
