Top Law News Women get permanent commission in military March 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 4 Comments on Women get permanent commission in military The Delhi High Court Friday ordered the granting of permanent commissions to women officers in the Indian Air Force (IAF). A division bench of Justices S.K Kaul and M.P. Garg also ordered the reinstatement of all the short service commission women officers who had retired and who had approached the court seeking permanent commissions in […] Read more »
Top Law News Modi summoned on riots, Congress wants him to go March 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The 2002 Gujarat riots returned to haunt Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday when a Supreme Court-appointed investigation team summoned him for questioning March 21. The Congress immediately asked him to step down. According to Special Investigation Team (SIT) chief R.K. Raghavan, the move to question Modi follows an order from the Supreme Court on April […] Read more »
Top Law News Mining halt ordered in Bellary reserved forest March 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday halted mining and transportation of iron ore from six mines in Bellary reserved forest area in Andhra Pradesh by Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) owned by Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy and his brother. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice B.S. Chauhan halted the mining operations […] Read more »
Top Law News CBI asked to probe Kandla Port Trust land leases March 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against a former chairman and two officials of the Kandla Port Trust (KPT) and two private firms for irregularities in land allotment.”The accused officials of KPT in conspiracy with private companies concealed facts to change the purpose of land and transferred land at rates much […] Read more »
Top Law News Court reserves order on paternity suit against Tiwari March 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on the paternity case against Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari. A former Congress party activist, Ujjwala Sharma has claimed that her son Rohit Shekhar is the veteran politician’s natural son. Justice S.N. Dhingra reserved the order after hearing both parties. Sharma told the court in a written […] Read more »
Top Law News Sanjay Dutt finally free of terror charges March 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt can finally heave a sigh of relief as his acquittal from terror charges for his alleged role in the 1993 Mumbai serial terror bombing has gone unchallenged in the Supreme Court. Dutt’s name did not figure among the 50 other accused whose acquittal by a Mumbai anti-terror court in 2007 has […] Read more »
Top Law News Andhra plea for Muslim quota to be heard March 22 March 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday decided to hear March 22 an Andhra Pradesh government’s lawsuit challenging the state high court’s ruling striking down a law reserving four percent of seats for Muslim students in professional colleges. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice B.S. Chauhan gave the date after Attorney General […] Read more »
Top Law News Three granted bail in ashram stampede March 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Uttar Pradesh court Thursday granted bail to the secretary of spiritual guru Kripaluji Maharaj, the manager of his ashram in Pratapgarh and a food contractor in connection with last week’s stampede in which 63 people were killed. Hiranyamay Chatterji, manager of the Bhakti Dham Ashram, Amit Kumar, secretary of the guru, and Shiv Kumar, […] Read more »
Top Law News Adani bail: Petition seeks action against judge March 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A public suit filed in the Gujarat High Court has sought action against a judge and enquiry against the registrar for giving interim bail to businessman Rajesh Adani, charged with customs duty evasion, on the ground they had exceeded their brief. Arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Feb 27 in Goa, Rajesh Adani, […] Read more »
Top Law News Six special courts to try corruption cases in Bihar March 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Six special courts will be constituted in Bihar to try corruption cases against public servants, an official said Thursday. “The state government has decided to constitute six special courts for hearing corruption cases against public servants,” official sources said. “Two courts will come up each in Patna, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur districts,” the source said. The […] Read more »
Top Law News Iron Lady of Manipur re-arrested for refusing to eat March 11, 2010 / March 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Iron Lady of Manipur re-arrested for refusing to eat Human rights activist Irom Sharmila, jailed since 2000 for resorting to a hunger strike against alleged rights violations by the security forces in Manipur, was once again arrested by police on charges of attempted suicide. The activist continued her refusal to eat a single morsel of food. Sharmila, who earned the sobriquet Iron Lady of […] Read more »
Top Law News Apology for women raped by father for over 25 years March 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apology came on Wednesday after the publication of an executive summary of a serious case review, which acknowledged that the women were repeatedly raped, physically and sexually abused by their 57-year-old father in their home in Sheffield. The review said that the father moved his family 67 times to keep his crime secret. The […] Read more »