Top Law News SC unhappy over media reporting on observations September 8, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bench of the SC expressed its displeasure over the reporting of court proceedings by the media saying observations made by it are often reported out of context leaving no scope for the judges to defend themselves. Justice Markandey Katju said, “A judge cannot come out to say and clarify about the report. A judge […] Read more »
Top Law News Allow use of Hindi in Court, request lawyers September 8, 2009 / January 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers grops have started a signature campaign in Delh High Court and district courts of the capital, requesting that they be allowed to argue their cases in Hindi language also apart from the English. The signature campaign began earlier this week in the district courts and reached the high court. After collecting signatures from the […] Read more »
Top Law News SC pulls up UP over memorials September 8, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court pulled up the UP government over the construction of various memorials in State capital ‘Lucknow’ dedicated to Dalit icon BR. Ambedkar and Chief Minister Mayawati. Justice B.N. Agrawal and Justice Aftab Alam asked the UP government not to make “any further construction on various properties” in Lucknow which are facing litigation in the […] Read more »
Top Law News Advocates started signature compaign for allow Hindi in courts September 7, 2009 / September 7, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A group of lawyers have started a signature campaign in the Delhi High Court of Delhi and the five district courts of the Capital, requesting that they be allowed to argue their cases in Hindi also apart from the English. “We have received a huge response from the lawyers and collected over 3,000 signatures so […] Read more » Hindi in Courts
Top Law News Rajasthan HC judges to make public their assets September 5, 2009 / September 5, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Rajasthan HC judges to make public their assets All 29 judges of Rajasthan High Court unanimously decided to make public their assets and also those owned by their dependents. Chief Justice Jagdish Bhalla told reporters, “All the judges of the HC have taken a consensus decision to disclose their assets. Besides, it has also been resolved that the assets of the dependents and […] Read more »
Top Law News NSUI’s Petition against DUSU Election Nomination rejection was dismissed September 5, 2009 / September 5, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court a bench of comprising Justices B N Aggarwal, G S Singhvi and Aftab Alam, upheld the Delhi High Court order dismissing the petition filed by two NSUI candidates for the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections against cancellation of their nominations. The Returning Officer had cancelled the nomination papers of the two petitioners, […] Read more » DUSU Election
Top Law News CJI comes under RTI: Delhi HC September 3, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court upheld the Chief Information Commissioner’s order that the RTI Act covers the Chief Justice of India’s office because he is a public authority. For practical purposes, the judgment throws open the Chief Justice of India to public scrutiny. It also means that a person can move an RTI to seek information about […] Read more »
Top Law News Right To Education Bill gets assent September 3, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, which makes education a fundamental right of every child in the 6 to14 age group, has come into force with the Presidential assent. The assent was given on August 26 and the Act was notified the following day. Read more »
Top Law News No any functions in delhi parks: HC September 3, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court expressed concern over the damage done to the parks in the capital. The parks were not meant for such functions and if these events were allowed to be held there, an irreparable damage would be caused to the flora and fauna of the capital,” a division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit […] Read more »
Top Law News Living Separately for years? Then divorce: SC September 3, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court has said it is “not acceptable” that a husband and wife go on living separately for years because one of them does not agree to a mutual divorce. A bench of Justice Altmas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph gave this ruling, while dissolving a sour marriage between a man and his wife, who […] Read more »
Top Law News Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage, only SC can grant divorce September 3, 2009 / September 5, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage, only SC can grant divorce No courts in the country except the Supreme Court can grant divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of matrimonial relationship. ‘This doctrine of irretrievable breakdown of marriage is not available even to the High Courts which do not have powers similar to those exercised by the Supreme Court under Art 142 of the Constitution’ […] Read more »
Top Law News Madras HC Judges also going to declare assets September 3, 2009 / September 5, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today in the evening in a full court meeting Chaired by Chief Justice H. L. Gokhale announced that its judges would declare their assets before 31 October 2009. The meeting decided that the details of the assets would be soon submitted to the Chief Justice. The details would be also avilable on the official website of […] Read more »