Top Law News Apex court clears government way to acquire south Delhi land February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has paved the way for acquisition of over 50,000 bigha south Delhi land for planned development of the national capital by the Union government. Read more »
Top Law News Court permits minor maintenance at Mayawati’s ‘dream projects’ February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday allowed the Uttar Pradesh government to take up some minor maintenance work at the memorial sites to various Dalit leaders in Lucknow, where all further construction and masonry work had been halted by the court last September Read more »
Top Law News Rathore attacker sent to police custody (Lead) February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Central Bureau of Investigation special court held Rathore guilty in December of molesting 15-year-old Ruchika in Panchkula town in 1990 Read more »
Top Law News Did probe panel withhold Gujarat riots evidence: apex court February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked a special panel probing the 2002 Gujarat riots to respond to allegations that it withheld crucial evidence on the role of senior politicians and police officers in fomenting violence. Read more »
Top Law News Seema Azad branded Maoist for exposing police, says PUCL February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Members of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) alleged Tuesday their organising secretary Seema Azad has been falsely branded as a Maoist because of “her campaigns exposing the police misdeeds, particularly their connivance with illegal miners”. Read more »
Top Law News Vedanta mining poses health hazard in Orissa: Amnesty (Lead) February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian government is not providing adequate information about the hazards caused by an aluminium refinery of British mining major Vedanta in Orissa although it poses a serious threat to the health of the local communities, an Amnesty International report released here Tuesday said. Read more »
Top Law News Andhra Muslims demand constitutional amendment for quota February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Many Muslim groups in Andhra Pradesh staged protests Tuesday, mounting pressure on the state government to press for a constitutional amendment in higher education and jobs, a day after the high court struck down reservations for the community a third time. Read more »
Top Law News Paternity suit: N.D. Tiwari gets more time to reply February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday gave a week’s time to veteran politician and former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari on a paternity suit filed by a youth claiming to be his biological son. Read more »
Top Law News Centre ignoring mining hazards in Orissa, says Amnesty report February 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian government is not providing adequate information about the hazards caused by an aluminium refinery of British mining major Vedanta in Orissa though it poses a serious threat to the health of the local communities, an Amnesty International report released here Tuesday said. Read more »
Top Law News Bengal to adopt Ranganath Mishra Commission recommendations February 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Bengal to adopt Ranganath Mishra Commission recommendations West Bengal’s Left Front government Monday decided to adopt the Ranganath Mishra Commission’s recommendations for the betterment of economically, socially and educationally backward minority Muslims in the state Read more »
Top Law News Andhra High Court quashes reservation for Muslims (Lead) February 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court Monday quashed a legislation providing four percent reservation to Muslims in education and jobs, terming it unconstitutional Read more »
Top Law News 1984 Sikh riots: Trial court told to wrap up cases in six months February 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday directed the trial court to wrap up the four cases pending in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases within six months Read more »