Top Law News Court asks Delhi to shut polluting industries in villages March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the state government to shut polluting industries that are operating in some villages on the Delhi-Haryana border within four weeks. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta asked the ministry of industries of the Delhi government, the Delhi Jal Board, BSES (electricity […] Read more »
Top Law News Reduce noise near Delhi airport, orders court March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to take steps to check noise pollution near the airport that is affecting people at a hospital and a residential area nearby. A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said: “Some immediate measures should be […] Read more »
Top Law News Court asks civic agencies to free trees of concrete March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed civic agencies to speed up the process of removing concrete from around trees in the national capital to enable their better growth and granted them three months to complete the work. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta asked the Municipal Corporation […] Read more »
Top Law News Adani case: Gujarat High Court judge pulls up registrar March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Gujarat High Court judge has pulled up the court registrar for placing before him a petition by ‘rich and powerful’ businessman Rajesh Adani without completing the official procedure. Justice A.S. Dave in an order reprimanded Registrar (judicial) G.K. Upadhyay Tuesday for ‘unnecessary haste’ in moving the case before him. ‘The rich and the powerful […] Read more »
Top Law News Gujarat riot victim seeks to present more evidence March 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea for direction to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to consider some more evidence in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots will come up for ruling Thursday. Salim Sheikh, an eyewitness and victim in the riots at the Naroda Patia neighbourhood here, had approached the Special Trial Court hearing the case through […] Read more »
Top Law News Pushkin Chandra’s killers get life term March 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Pushkin Chandra’s killers get life term A city court Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to two men convicted for murdering a gay man, Pushkin Chandra, and his friend Kuldip in 2004. Additional Sessions Judge A.K. Kuhar sentenced Rajesh Rekhwar, 27, and Moti, 25, under Sections 302 (murder) and 308 (theft) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court also imposed a fine […] Read more »
Top Law News ‘PMO approval not taken for ad featuring ex-Pakistani air chief’ February 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The union ministry of women and child development did not seek the mandatory approval of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) before publishing the prime minister’s photograph in a controversial advertisement featuring a former Pakistani air force chief, the answer to a Right to Information (RTI) application has revealed. The revelation was made by the WCD […] Read more »
Top Law News Help civic agency solve water woes, court tells residents February 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fed up with not receiving water supply for nearly three months, a resident of east Delhi’s Shahdara area has approached the Delhi High Court, which in turn has asked residents of the area to help the civic authorities solve the water crisis. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta […] Read more »
Top Law News 52 acquitted in eight Kandhamal riot cases February 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fifty two people have been acquitted in eight separate cases of rioting in Orissa’s Kandhamal district in 2008, an official said on Sunday. “Fifty two people were acquitted in eight separate cases late Saturday. Two cases were heard in fast track court-I and six cases were heard in fast track court-II. They were acquitted for […] Read more »
Top Law News Plea to cancel Shiromani Akali Dal’s registration February 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Election Commission of India on a plea seeking the party’s de-registration as it was allegedly violating the principles of secularism. The notices, returnable by April 17, were issued by a division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan B.Lokur and […] Read more »
Top Law News Teachers approach court for revised salaries February 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Teachers approach court for revised salaries Twenty-one teachers of the Guru Nanak Public School, West Punjabi Bagh here, approached the Delhi High Court saying the school was not implementing the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. The teachers filed their petition through advocates Ashok Agarwal and Kusum Sharma and pleaded that why their salaries were not revised according to the Sixth Pay Commission […] Read more »
Top Law News Panel to examine paramilitary presence on Osmania campus February 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Panel to examine paramilitary presence on Osmania campus The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Andhra Pradesh government to form a high-level three-member panel to examine if paramilitary forces needed to be deployed on the Osmania University campus, dubbed as the hotbed for the movement for separate Telangana. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly said the panel headed by […] Read more »