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 »
Top Law News Indian students always welcome in UK: British minister February 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Students from India are “always welcome” in his country, British Minister Pat McFadden said on Tuesday though Britain has stopped accepting student visa applications at its three centres in northern India. “Students from India are always welcome in the UK. In fact, the UK universities are always very keen to get Indian students who are […] Read more »
Top Law News Now, fines for spitting and urinating in Patna February 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to keep the Bihar capital clean and garbage free, the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to impose a Rs.100 fine for spitting, urinating and littering and a Rs.200 fine for throwing garbage in public places. PMC commissioner K. Senthil Kumar, who issued the directive, told IANS here Tuesday: ‘It will be […] Read more »
Top Law News MPs cannot be unseated unless charges proved: Supreme Court February 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on MPs cannot be unseated unless charges proved: Supreme Court The Supreme Court has reiterated that an elected representative cannot be unseated on mere charges that he won the election through electoral malpractice and corruption unless the charges are proved “beyond reasonable doubt like a criminal charge”. A bench of Justice D.K. Jain and Justice P. Sathasivam emphasised this legal principle while dismissing a lawsuit […] Read more »
Top Law News Urban development ministry to decide Sainik Farms’ fate February 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday asked the Urban Development Ministry to decide the fate of the Sainik Farms colony in south Delhi by the end of the year. A division bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Mukta Gupta directed the government to take a final decision on the status of the colony by Dec […] Read more »
Top Law News CIC asks MCD to reveal details of illegal cell towers February 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on CIC asks MCD to reveal details of illegal cell towers The Central Information Commission has asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to reveal the names of the companies which have illegally erected cell phone towers across the national capital. The decision came on an application filed by Karam Chand, a resident of Kashmere Gate area in central Delhi, seeking details of all the cell towers […] Read more »
Top Law News Bailable warrant against Haryana legislator Abhay Chautala February 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A city court Monday issued a bailable warrant against Haryana legislator Abhay Singh Chautala for failing to appear before it in a grafts case. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Judge P.S. Teji directed Chautala, an Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) legislator, to appear before the court Feb 22. The court took the coercive action […] Read more »
Top Law News NHRC intervenes to get Orissa’s Dalit family justice February 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Kallu Sethi, a washerman in Orissa, has been running from pillar to post against oppression by the powerful upper castes in his village. He finally approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which has directed his case be taken up in an open court, signalling hope for others similarly facing oppression. Kalu Sethi’s problems began […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex court seeks Gujarat stand on 64 terror cases transfer February 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday sought the Gujarat government’s stand on a joint plea by 64 suspected terrorists, allegedly involved in the 2008 serial bombings in five Indian cities, for shifting their trial outside the state. A bench of Justice Altmas Kabir and Justice T.S. Thakur sought the state’s stand on the plea by the suspects […] Read more »
Top Law News Chhattisgarh produces six of 12 missing tribals before apex court February 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed a Delhi district judge to record the statements of the six Chhattisgarh tribals presented by the state government in accordance with the order last week to locate 12 missing persons. A bench of Justices B. Sudershan Reddy and S.S. Nijjar had last Monday directed the Chhattisgarh government to produce before […] Read more »