Top Law News Poor denied treatment at private hospital despite court order March 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bhram Pal Singh, a horse-cart puller in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur town, was in for a shock when a private hospital here denied him treatment for lack of money, despite the Delhi High Court’s direction to give free treatment to the economically weaker sections of the society. ‘The doctors at Venu Eye Institute and Research Centre […] Read more »
Top Law News Death sentence to five in Haryana honour killing March 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a landmark judgement in a Haryana honour killing case, a court here on Tuesday awarded capital punishment to five persons and life sentence to one for murdering a couple on the diktats of a self-styled community panchayat for marrying against societal norms. Additional District and Sessions Judge Vani Gopal Sharma pronounced the sentence after […] Read more »
Top Law News Amitabh critics are Taliban: Modi March 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lashing out at those objecting to Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s presence at a government function in Mumbai, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has dubbed them as “Talibans of untouchability”. Writing on his blog, Modi described 67-year-old Bachchan as a great artist with legendary humility and even taller achievements who has chosen to celebrate the glorious […] Read more »
Top Law News Larsen & Toubro gets court backing in highway project March 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has restrained the road transport ministry from interfering in one of the first highway projects awarded on a build-operate-transfer basis to Larsen and Toubro (L&T) at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. “I am satisfied that in the absence of grant of interim relief, the prayer made by the petitioner would become infructuous,” […] Read more »
Top Law News 1984 riots case: Judge to decide jurisdiction March 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Saturday sent the plea of a co-accused of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case to the district and sessions judge to decide its jurisdiction. Challenging the jurisdiction of the Karkardooma court, Kushal Singh, through his counsel, pleaded that all the cases should be transferred […] Read more »
Top Law News Modi appears before SIT March 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to appear on Sunday before the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with a 2002 Gujarat riots case, official sources said. SIT had summoned Modi in connection with a complaint of Zakia Jaffery, widow of former MP Eshan Jaffery who was killed by a mob along […] Read more »
Top Law News Dial four wrong entries to talk to railway enquiry executive! March 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tired of trying to reach a call centre executive in Indian Railways’ passenger information system 139? Just dial the number and then make four wrong entries and your call will be directly transferred to an executive. It is weird but that’s how it works. The revelation was made by an official of the Indian Railway […] Read more »
Top Law News CIC order for disclosing Sharm-e-Sheikh files stayed March 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed the order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) to disclose the file notings related to the India-Pakistan joint statement at Sharm-el-Sheikh. Following two Right to Information (RTI) petitions, Information Commissioner Annapurna Dixit, in a Jan 4 order, had asked the external affairs ministry to disclose the files related to […] Read more »
Top Law News Court orders CRPF to reinstate sacked trooper March 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday told the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to reinstate a trooper, sacked for not revealing his involvement in a case when he was eight years old. “The action of the CRPF for terminating the services of the petitioner without assigning any reason but apparently on the ground that he was […] Read more »
Top Law News Babbar Khalsa terrorist gets 10 years’ jail March 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court Tuesday sentenced Babbar Khalsa terrorist Jagtar Singh Hawara to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in a nearly 15 years old case. Additional district and sessions judge Ravi Kumar Sondhi also slapped a fine of Rs.4,000 on Hawara in the trial held in the model jail here. According to the police, Hawara was booked […] Read more »
Top Law News Court issues warrants against Delhi cops in gang rape March 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Court issues warrants against Delhi cops in gang rape Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ajay Kumar Pandey issued the warrant of Rs.5,000 for April 14. The court expressed unhappiness over the fact that Delhi Police had not filed the charge sheet in the case. “The IO as well as the supervising officer always appear late in the case, on many occasions they have not even […] Read more »
Top Law News Domestic violence case can be filed any time, rules court March 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Domestic violence case can be filed any time, rules court In a significant ruling that will help many women who are victims of domestic violence, the Delhi High Court Monday said the case can be filed any time if the action has happened. Justice V.K. Jain, setting aside the order of the trial court on the basis that the legislation came in 2006 and the […] Read more »