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No force to ensure strike: court tells Tripura government

April 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Guwahati High Court Monday asked Tripura’s ruling Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), not to apply force to ensure Tuesday’s strike to protest rising prices. It also directed the state government to take adequate measures to maintain normalcy. The ruling Left Front has called the shutdown in Tripura Tuesday as […]

Supreme Court needed 7 more judges till March 31

April 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court was short of seven judges and there were 251 vacancies in high courts across India till March 31, the Lok Sabha was informed Monday. Among the high courts, the Allahabad High Court has the maximum 88 vacancies. Calcutta has 22, Patna has 21, Punjab and Haryana has 20, Andhra Pradesh has 18 […]

Petition seeks stay on declaring IIT entrance result

April 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Petition seeks stay on declaring IIT entrance result

Citing an error, a non-government organisation (NGO) has approached the Delhi High Court seeking a stay on the publication of the result of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) entrance exam held April 11. The petition has also sought a fresh entrance test. It is likely to come up in court Tuesday. Raising the issue of […]

Amarinder Singh ouster unconstitutional, says apex court

April 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court Monday said former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s ouster from the state assembly on charges of corruption was unconstitutional. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan ordered the restoration of Amarinder Singh’s membership to the present assembly. The senior Congress leader was expelled from the Punjab state assembly Sep […]

Journalists attacked at Madras High Court function

April 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

A few journalists covering the installation of a B.R. Ambedkar statue at the Madras High Court Sunday were beaten up by some lawyers when they began filming the clash between two groups of advocates. The fracas started when a section of lawyers waved black flags and shouted slogans against Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, demanding action […]

Tamils protest Bachchan’s proposed Sri Lanka visit

April 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Hundreds of Tamils shouting slogans took to the streets outside the residence of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan in Mumbai today (April 25). Indian media reported that the protesters were showing their agitation against his decision to visit Sri Lanka as chief guest for the India International Films Awards (IIFA) function in June. “We urge him […]

Social activists back suggestion on incest law

April 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Social activists back suggestion on incest law

A city court’s suggestion for enacting a separate law to deal with incest has been supported by social activists who say it will help check exploitation of women and children. In a recent order, Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Kamini Lau while giving life term to a man who raped his minor daughter said that it […]

Alaknanda residents allege police inaction on mosque construction

April 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Residents in south Delhi’s Alaknanda area Sunday complained of police inaction over alleged illegal construction in a local mosque. Some 10-15 residents protested Sunday morning near Madni Mosque located in the Aravali Apartments complex alleging that the room the construction of which was begun by the mosque authorities Saturday night to expand its premises into […]

Win sons’ trust, restore mother’s position, court tells woman

April 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

A woman who stood trial on charges of killing her stepson but was acquitted has been told by the Supreme Court to win the trust of her own sons before seeking their custody from her divorced husband. Both the boys had deposed against her. ‘The better course would be that the mother should first be […]

Poor facilities in lower courts slammed

April 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Supreme Court judge S.H. Kapadia, tipped to be the Chief Justice of India in May, Saturday lamented the pathetic infrastructure in the lower courts in various states. Justice Kapadia made the remarks at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of a 12-acre Supreme Court annexe complex at the Pragati Maidan. The complex will include lawyers chambers, litigants’ […]

Court dismisses public interest lawsuit as ‘personal’

April 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Gujarat High Court Friday dismissed as ‘personal’ a public interest lawsuit (PIL) which claimed that the officer bearers of Surendranagar Peoples Cooperative Bank Ltd were responsible for irregularities and had duped the bank of Rs.85 crore of the depositors’ money. The bank is under process of liquidation. The PIL filed by Gunvant Naraniya sought […]

Gujarat dismisses claims of ‘duress’ by terror law convicts

April 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Gujarat government Friday dismissed as ‘allegations’ the claims of two men convicted under the Prevention Of Terrorism Act (POTA) for attacking a prominent lawyer in Surat city in May 2002, that their confessional statements had been made under duress and police had made them sign blank papers. Mohammed Ashraf Ismail Nagori and Mohammed Tahir […]