Top Law News India’s food inflation still hovers around 18 percent (Lead) February 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on India’s food inflation still hovers around 18 percent (Lead) Rising food prices, not negative inflation, is what alarms corporate India. “There is no fear of deflation and this is just a temporary phenomenon. The negative inflation number that we see today is the result of a sharp drop in prices of fuel, power and lubricants,” said Amit Mitra, secretary general of Federation of Indian […] Read more »
Top Law News Human rights body condemns Maoist killing in Bihar February 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) Thursday strongly condemned the killing of at least 10 people in Bihar by Maoists, saying that the act cannot be justified ‘by any means’. Suhas Chakma, director of ACHR said: ‘The wanton killing of civilians cannot be justified under any circumstances and constitutes an act of terrorism. These […] Read more »
Top Law News Investor sells Vedanta shares over human rights violations February 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Human right activists, tribal leaders and social activists in Orissa Sunday welcomed the Church of England’s decision to sell its shares in British mining major Vedanta due to its dissatisfaction with the company’s rights’ record in the state. “It is a great step by the Church. It understood the peoples’ concern to protect their livelihood, […] Read more »
Top Law News Centre misleading court on canal projects: Madhya Pradesh February 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government is misleading the Supreme Court on the ongoing construction of two canals for the Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar reservoir projects, the Madhya Pradesh government told the court Wednesday. The state government accused the union government of making a wrong submission in an affidavit, which said the two “projects cannot be allowed as […] Read more »
Top Law News High court admits Sajjan Kumar’s anticipatory bail plea February 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on High court admits Sajjan Kumar’s anticipatory bail plea The Delhi High Court Wednesday admitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s anticipatory bail plea challenging a trial court order rejecting bail in connection with cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Justice S.L. Bhayana reserved the order till 2 p.m. after hearing arguments from both sides. Apprehending arrest, the former union minister had approached the court […] Read more »
Top Law News Higher judiciary can order CBI probe February 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government and the Central Bureau of Investigation Wednesday took opposite stands before the Supreme Court on the higher judiciary’s power to order CBI probes into criminal cases.Their submissions were made before a five-member constitution bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, which was hearing a bunch of petitions by various state governments questioning the […] Read more »
Top Law News Aamir Khan resigns from Copyright Act panel February 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Miffed by media reports that he is trying to harm writers, Bollywood star Aamir Khan has resigned from the 10-member committee formed by the government to look into the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act. “It seems to me that there is an attempt by certain people to attack me in public by printing lies […] Read more »
Top Law News Killer of infant gets death sentence February 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Indore court in Madhya Pradesh Tuesday awarded death sentence to a man for killing an infant, a lawyer said. “Indore Sessions Judge K.C. Garg awarded death sentence to 50-year-old Birju Ahirwar against whom 25 cases were pending in different courts, for killing one-year-old Arman on Dec 13 last year,” Public Prosecutor Ravindra Singh Gaur […] Read more »
Top Law News Batla House: Court questions delay in appeal February 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked petitioner advocate Prashant Bhushan why had he delayed filing an appeal for the copy of the post-mortem examination report of the three people killed in the Batla House shootout in September 2008. A division bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Veena Birbal asked Bhushan to explain the […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex court seeks views on illegal shrines February 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked all states and union territories to apprise it of their policies on existing religious structures built illegally on public land. A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and K.S. Radhakrishnan asked all states and union territories to file affidavits within four weeks, detailing as to how they propose to deal with […] Read more »
Top Law News Two nabbed for Pune blast, toll rises to 10 February 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Two nabbed for Pune blast, toll rises to 10 Two people have been arrested in connection with the Feb 13 bombing here, police said Tuesday as the toll in the terror attack rose to 10 with a 24-year-old college student from Uttar Pradesh succumbing to his injuries. Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh said two people had been nabbed Monday night but declined to give details. […] Read more »
Top Law News Quick trials for cases involving foreigners soon February 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Goa government is taking special steps to ensure that cases involving foreigners are tried quickly and efficiently, state chief secretary Sanjiv Srivastava said Tuesday. Srivastava told reporters Goa was making efforts to try cases in which foreigners were involved through fast track courts. “We will move the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court […] Read more »