Top Law News Hearing deferred on plea against Muslim women’s photos in voters’ list January 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday deferred hearing on a plea to prohibit display of photographs of burqa-clad Muslim women in the voters' list. Read more »
Top Law News Honour killing: Court allows lie-detector test January 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday allowed the police to conduct a lie-detector test on the family members of Sahibabad girl Monika Dagar, who was allegedly killed for honour for marrying against the wishes of her family. Read more »
Top Law News Notice to Indian Olympic Association on hockey body elections January 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday sought the response of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on the sports ministry's plea for replacing the returning officer for next month's Hockey India (HI) elections. Read more »
Top Law News Court pulls up lawyer for seeking adjournments January 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday pulled up a lawyer for unnecessarily seeking adjournments in a case, saying courts were not meant to give business to lawyers but to provide justice to litigants. Read more »
Top Law News Court defers hearing on tsunami victims’ resettlement plea January 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday deferred by two months the hearing on a plea by Kerala's tsunami victims against the state government move to allocate land to them on improper location. Read more »
Top Law News Court dismisses Swamy’s suit against Sonia Gandhi January 22, 2010 / January 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court dismisses Swamy’s suit against Sonia Gandhi A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar dismissed the petition filed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy seeking direction to the Election Commission to hold an inquiry against Sonia Gandhi. Read more »
Top Law News Soren called to Delhi for meet on Maoists January 22, 2010 / January 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday that Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren was coming to New Delhi Jan 28 for a meeting on Maoist insurgency Read more »
Top Law News CBI names 51 officials in Ayodhya missing files case January 22, 2010 / January 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As many as 51 Uttar Pradesh officials have been named by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a case of missing files related to the Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid row Read more »
Top Law News A law e-book has been launched January 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 7 Comments on A law e-book has been launched It is a treat for tech-savvy book lovers. For the first time ever in India, a law e-book has been launched on wireless e-book reader Kindle Read more »
Top Law News All SC judges will take call on HC order: CJI January 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on All SC judges will take call on HC order: CJI New Delhi: The 26 judges of the Supreme Court (SC) will together discuss and decide whether the Delhi high court’s judgment, that the office of the chief justice of India (CJI) falls within the ambit of the RTI Act, should be challenged. The verdict can be challenged only in SC. The apex court is already […] Read more »
Top Law News Chief Justice of India (CJI) comes under RTI, rules Delhi High Court January 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: In a landmark verdict, the Delhi high court on Tuesday said the Chief Justice of India is a public authority and his office comes within the ambit of the RTI Act as the concept of judicial independence is not judge’s personal privilege but responsibility cast on the person. This is in sharp contrast […] Read more » Chief Justice of India CJI
Top Law News Court terms Rathore’s crimes ‘spine-chilling’, rejects bail plea January 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court terms Rathore’s crimes ‘spine-chilling’, rejects bail plea Declining anticipatory bail to former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore in fresh cases registered against him, a court in Panchkula town Friday observed that Rathore’s crime had a “spine-chilling” and “hair raising” impact. The decision means Rathore could now be arrested any time. Additional district and sessions judge Sanjeev Jindal, while dismissing Rathore’s anticipatory bail […] Read more »