Top Law News AAP moves SC over Delhi assembly in suspended animation February 21, 2014 / February 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The AAP Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Feb 16 decision of the central government not to dissolve the Delhi assembly as recommended by then chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and keep it in suspended animation. The plea – likely to come up for hearing next week – said it was incumbent on the president […] Read more » AAP moves SC over Delhi assembly in suspended animation counsel Fali Nariman news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Rajiv assassination: SC suspends release of convicts February 21, 2014 / February 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered status quo and suspended the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to release seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said it will examine the procedural lapse in the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to grant remission and release within three […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam news Rajiv assassination Rajiv Gandhi assassination case Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Make delay a criteria for deciding mercy petition, says SC February 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government to include delay as a criteria in deciding the mercy petition of a death row convict. Pointing out that the government has set out certain criteria for deciding mercy petitions, the bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh said: “We hereby […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam delay a criteria for deciding mercy petition Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh
Top Law News Delhi HC orders surprise checks at juvenile homes February 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday ordered surprise checks of observation homes at regular intervals and issued guidelines for the safety of juveniles lodged in such homes after four incidents of rioting took place last year. A division bench of Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice R.V. Easwar said CCTVs shall be installed at all key points […] Read more » Justice R.V. Easwar Justice Ravindra Bhat juvenile homes surprise checks at juvenile homes
Top Law News Rajiv assassination conspirators escape noose release demanded February 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday commuted the death sentence to three key conspirators in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, holding the 11-year delay in deciding their mercy petitions “unreasonable and dehumanising”. Political parties in Tamil Nadu as well as the elated families have now demanded the trio’s release. A bench of Chief Justice […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh Rajiv assassination conspirators
Top Law News Pension Parishad says Interim budget is an absolute let-down February 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Members of the Pension Parishad Tuesday described the interim budget for 2014-15 as a “let-down”, and blamed the government for ignoring the rights of the elderly and deprived people. “Far from being pro-people, the budget has clearly exposed its bias towards the rich and privileged by undertaking fiscal consolidation at the cost of high priority […] Read more » Pension Parishad says Interim budget is an absolute let-down
Top Law News ‘Policy-implementation must for women’s empowerment’ February 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Women’s empowerment is possible only if state administrators implement the policies framed by the central government, K.G. Balakrishnan, National Human Rights Commission chairperson said Tuesday. “Though the policies framed by the central government aims at empowering women, the delay and sometimes the non-implementation of the policies in states becomes a barrier in their empowerment,” he […] Read more » 'Policy-implementation must for women's empowerment' Women's empowerment
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Top Law News Gadkari files defamation case against Kejriwal February 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment BJP leader Nitin Gadkari filed a defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal, who has resigned as Delhi chief minister, in a court here on Tuesday and said that Kejriwal has tarnished his image by calling him corrupt. The complaint was filed before metropolitan magistrate Gomati Manocha. The complaint said that on Jan 31 “Kejriwal has deliberately […] Read more » defamation case against Kejriwal Gadkari files defamation case against Kejriwal
Top Law News Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC commutes killers’ death sentence to life term February 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major relief to three condemned prisoners in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted their death sentence to life imprisonment, holding that the 11-year long delay in deciding their mercy petition had a dehumanising effect on them. A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said that the delay […] Read more » AG Perarivlan alias Arivu Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice SK Singh justices Ranjan Gogoi Rajiv Gandhi assassination case T Suthendraraja alias Santhan V Sriharan alias Murugan
Top Law News HC to hear AAP plea over complaint against Dikshit February 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday decided to hear a plea by the now former AAP government to withdraw an earlier petition against a trial court order for lodging a complaint against former chief minister Sheila Dikshit for alleged misusing government funds ahead of the 2008 assembly polls. Justice V.P. Vaish posted the matter for Feb […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Justice V.P. Vaish plea over complaint against Dikshit Sheila Dikshit for alleged misusing government funds
Top Law News No legal jurisdiction over international sport bodies: SC February 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said Indian courts’ jurisdiction does not extend to international organisations as it dismissed a plea by Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) seeking to implead International Hockey Federation (FIH) in its plea for recognition by the international body controlling hockey events. “It is the international body that will decide who will be its […] Read more » international sport bodies Justice H.L. Dattu Justice S.A. Bobde No legal jurisdiction over international sport bodies senior counsel U.U. Lalit
Top Law News Death penalty demanded for rape and murder accused. February 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The prosecution in a rape-murder case Monday told a court here that three men convicted for their barbaric act against a 19-year-old woman in 2012 should be awarded the death penalty. Additional Public Prosecutor Satwinder Kaur told Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat that the case falls under the category of “rarest of rare”. The court […] Read more » Additional Public Prosecutor Satwinder Kaur Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat Death penalty demanded for rape and murder accused. rape and murder accused
