Top Law News Sukna land scam: Court dismisses petition of officer facing court martial February 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday dismissed the petition of Lt. Gen. P.K. Rath who is to face court martial along with former military secretary Lt. Gen. Avadesh Prakash in the Sukna land scam, in Darjeeling district of West Bengal. A division bench of Justices Geeta Mittal and Vipin Sanghi dismissed Rath’s petition saying that the […] Read more »
Top Law News Locals reject rehabilitation package of South Korean steel major February 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In another setback to the beleaguered Posco project, the people who will be displaced when the South Korean steel major sets up a $12 billion steel plant have rejected the rehabilitation and compensation package offered to them. Read more »
Top Law News Vegetable vendor’s plea moves apex court February 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has sought the Maharashtra government’s response to a lawsuit filed by a vegetable vendor accusing a Pune-based private trust of selling her two granddaughters to a Spanish couple under the garb of adoption. Read more »
Top Law News Habibullah not to take up Kashmir RTI post February 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, who resigned from his post last year to join the newly set up Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission (JKSIC), has reportedly told state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that he will not be able to take the post. Read more »
Top Law News Terror alert in Delhi, Indore, Kanpur after Pune blast February 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A general alert was sounded across the country and the cities of New Delhi, Indore and Kanpur put on high alert on Sunday, a day after a bomb blast ripped through a popular eatery in Pune killing nine people. Read more »
Top Law News Two foreigners among nine dead; punish bombers quickly, says PM (Roundup February 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said the terrorists who killed seven Indians and two foreigners here in India's worst attack since the Mumbai massacre must be quickly brought to justice as the opposition sought the axing of upcoming talks with Pakistan. Read more »
Top Law News Britain partially lifts visa restrictions on north Indians February 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Britain Saturday partially lifted visa restrictions on north Indian students, nearly two weeks after they were imposed on suspicion of large-scale irregularities. Read more »
Top Law News Court decries improper government action against defence firms February 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has pulled up the defence ministry for not following the proper course of law before blacklisting seven defence firms on corruption charges Read more »
Top Law News Why no admission to poor students, court asks school February 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday said it is the responsibility of schools, which got land at throw away prices from the government, to fill up 15 percent seats with students from economically poor background. Read more »
Top Law News Rights groups find shortcomings in bill against communal violence February 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Demanding penal action against government officials wherever communal clashes occur, jurists, lawyers and rights activists Saturday said if the proposed bill to tackle communal violence is not amended to include this provision, it would be “dangerous” for society Read more »
Top Law News Denied apex court job, Shah gets online petition for CIC February 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An online petition to have the outgoing Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Ajit Prakash Shah as India’s Chief Information Commissioner has been launched with many supporting the bid. Read more »
Top Law News Suspected Maoists abduct official in Jharkhand February 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Suspected Maoists abduct official in Jharkhand Layak is the third BDO who has been abducted by the Maoist rebels in the last six months in Jharkhand. Read more »