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 »
Top Law News HP High Court judges to declare assets September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court have also decided to follow the footsteps of Supreme Court justices and make their assets public. “A decision to declare assets has been taken unanimously by all the nine judges, including acting Chief Justice RB Mishra, after the apex court judges’ resolve to make public their assets, Official […] Read more »
Top Law News Gujarat High Court reserves order September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat High Court reserved its order on the constitutionality and validity of the State government’s notification banning the publication, sale and distribution of Jaswant Singh’s book on Jinnah in the State. As the three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan resumed the hearing on a public interest litigation filed by two writers challenging […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex Court refuses to pass any directions against Mayawati September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court refused to pass any directions against UP Chief Minister Mayawati for allegedly defying its orders and constructing certain structures for proposed Kanshi Ram Research Institute, Lucknow, but said it would examine the charge if the petitioner submits concrete details. A bench of Justices B. N. Aggrawal and Aftab Alam said, We cannot rely […] Read more »
Top Law News Delhi HC dismisses petition of disqualified DUSU candidates September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today dismissed petition of five DU candidates who challenged their disqualification from the Delhi University Union elections. Justice Sanjeev Khanna rejected the plea filed by Deepak Negi and Umesh Tomar of NSUI and Rohit Chahal, Lalit Kumar and Ashok Khare of ABVP. Negi and Chahal were candidates for president’s post. Tomar was […] Read more »
Top Law News HC dismisses residents petition against Delhi Metro September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court dismissed the petition of Greater Kailash residents, who wanted a say in the inquiry into the mishap at the DMRC work site at Zamrudpur. During the day, DMRC lawyer Virender Sood submitted the Action Taken Report in the case at the Court. After going through the report filed by Mr Sood, a […] Read more »
Top Law News Legal services helpline inaugurated in Haryana September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Common man in Haryana can obtain legal advice regarding their cases on a helpline. Justice Adarsh Kumar Gel of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman of Haryana State Legal Services Authority inaugurated the legal services helpline (0172-2604055). Stating this here, the Haryana State Legal Services Authority Member Secretary said any person seeking […] Read more »
Top Law News Delhi HC judge resigns September 1, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Neeraj Kishan Kaul, who was appointed a judge of the Delhi HC over four months back, has resigned. he wanted to go back to practising as a lawyer. Neeraj Kaul (46) had taken oath as an Additional Judge of the High Court on April 15. The judge said that he has sent his resignation […] Read more »
Top Law News HC cancels results of PCS “prelims”, orders fresh test September 1, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Allahabad High Court has cancelled the results of UPPCS (Preliminary) Examinations-2007 and asked the state Public Service Commission to hold the test afresh within a month. A division bench of Justices Amitav Lala and Uma Nath Singh passed the order while allowing a writ petition filed by Dhananjay Singh, who had appeared for the examinations […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex Court stays proceedings in HCs on BCI’s rule September 1, 2009 / September 1, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court stayed proceedings in all High Courts challenging the Bar Council of India (BCI) rules putting a cut off of upper age limits for admission to five and three-year course for law degree across the country. The BCI, an apex body of lawyers, has approached the Supreme Court against the notices issued by various […] Read more »