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 »
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 »