Top Law News Accused can’t be prosecuted on basis of vague allegations: SC October 26, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Oct 25 In a judgement with wide ramifications for criminal cases, the Supreme Court has held that the accused cannot be prosecuted on the basis of vague allegations. While dropping the proceedings against a woman’s aged in-laws — Neelu Chopra (76) and Krishan Swaroop Chopra (80), a bench comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar […] Read more » Accused can't be prosecuted on basis of vague allegations Supreme Court
Top Law News Dinakaran issue lingers on, SC Collegium fails to take decision October 26, 2009 / October 26, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Oct 25 The Supreme Court Collegium headed by the Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishanan today again failed to take a final decision on the fate of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran in relation to his elevation to the Supreme Court. The SC Collegium is reconsidering its decision on […] Read more » Dinakaran issue lingers on Justice Dinakaran’s elevation SC Collegium fails to take decision
Top Law News TN govt submits report on Justice Dinakaran to SC collegium October 12, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, The Tamil Nadu government has submitted its report to the Supreme Court collegium on Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, who is facing allegations of corruption and land grabbing and whose fate hinges on the findings of the report. Justice Dinakaran is among five judges who had been recommended by the […] Read more »
Top Law News CBI unearths Rs 20 cr coal scam involving former SECL chairman October 12, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on CBI unearths Rs 20 cr coal scam involving former SECL chairman New Delhi, In a massive expose, the CBI has unearthed a Rs 20 crore worth scam by a private coal company in Chhattisgarh involving the former Chairman and Managing Director of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL). The accused company ‘Aryan Coal Benefication Pvt Ltd’ sold stolen coal worth more than Rs 20 crore in a […] Read more »
Top Law News 11 New CBI Courts will be set up October 11, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CBI Director Ashwani Kumar told that Eleven new Central Bureau of Investigation courts will come up across the country and the 60 existing ones will be upgraded soon. There are 9,345 cases pending in various CBI courts across India and the 60 existing CBI courts have poor infrastructure and hence there has been a delay […] Read more »
Top Law News Allahabad High Court gives go-ahead to Yamuna Expressway October 9, 2009 / October 10, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court Friday upheld the validity of land acquisition notification for setting up the Yamuna Expressway, allowing the state government to go ahead with the ambitious project. The court observed that the land acquisition proceedings adopted for the project cannot be termed as illegal or unlawful, officials said. A division bench comprising Justices […] Read more »
Top Law News Brazilian Court orders Google to pay woman over comments on Orkut October 9, 2009 / October 10, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Brazilian judge has ordered Google to pay 5,000 reais ($2,847) to a woman for not removing offensive comments about her posted on the Orkut website. Judge Marco Aurelio Froes ruled in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday that the US-based company was liable because it did not remove the postings on the social networking site. Froes […] Read more »
Top Law News Supreme Court stops high court from interfering in Maharashtra polls October 9, 2009 / October 10, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has junked a Bombay High Court ruling related to the Maharashtra assembly polls, saying the constitutional bar on ‘interfering’ in the election process was like the Great Wall of China. Justice B.N. Agrawal and Justice Aftab Alam, constituting a bench, Tuesday scrapped the high court order that had asked the Election Commission […] Read more »
Top Law News High court takes up Sukhram appeal, asks registry for evidence October 9, 2009 / October 10, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the registry to file all records and evidences against former telecom minister Sukhram, who was convicted by a lower court and sentenced to three years in jail in a corruption case. A division bench comprising Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Suresh Kait asked the registry to furnish all […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex Court orders to Stop construction work at Noida park October 9, 2009 / October 10, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex Court orders to Stop construction work at Noida park In yet another setback to the Mayawati government, the Supreme Court Friday stopped all building and construction activities in the upcoming Noida park, which is also being developed as a memorial for Dalit leader Kanshi Ram and the present Uttar Pradesh chief minister. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justice […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex court moved to stop idol immersion in rivers October 9, 2009 / October 10, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex court moved to stop idol immersion in rivers The Supreme Court Friday refused to accord an urgent hearing to a plea for stopping the environment-harming immersion of idols of various deities in rivers and water bodies across India after Hindu festivals. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice B.N. Agrawal said it would hear the plea in due course. The lawsuit […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex court contends with lawsuit on Tirupati laddoo October 9, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Kerala scientist has moved the Supreme Court challenging the grant of ‘geographical indication (GI) status’ under the Intellectual Property Rights laws to Tirupati Laddoo – the famous offering devotees get as ‘prasadam’ at the Lord Venkateswara temple in Andhra Pradesh. In his public interest lawsuit, scientist R.S. Praveen of the National Institute for Interdisciplinary […] Read more »