Top Law News SC urged to direct re-evaluation of CIL’s worth July 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL Monday urged the Supreme Court to order re-evaluation of Coal India Ltd’s worth and sought the cancellation of its shares issued through an IPO in October 2010 on account of their “gross undervaluation” which caused a Rs.175,000 crore loss to public exchequer. The PIL petitioner, Ehsan Khalid, told the court that though the […] Read more » Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Coal India Ltd Ehsan Khalid gross undervaluation Justice Fakir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla Justice Vikramajit Sen national news news SC urged to direct re-evaluation of CIL's worth todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Ads on Delhi autorickshaws: Court to hear plea Tuesday July 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court is likely to hear Tuesday the plea of a group of autorickshaw drivers against the government’s June 6 order prohibiting them from putting advertisements and posters on their commercial vehicles. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru, which was to hear the plea Monday put […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party AAP Ads on Delhi autorickshaws: Court to hear plea Tuesday Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed Justice Vibhu Bakhru national news news Prashant Bhushan todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court to hear why school denied admission to sisters July 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court by the father of three young sisters against a government-run school which allegedly refused to admit them. The petition is likely to come up Tuesday for hearing. The father, Hari Ram, said in the petition filed through advocate Ashok Agarwal that he approached the Rajkiya […] Read more » Ashok Agarwal Court to hear why school denied admission to sisters Hari Ram national news news Rajkiya Sarvodya Kanya Vidyayalaya todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC tells petitioners to move high court on CAG appointment July 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the former chief election commissioner N. Gopalaswami to move the Delhi High Court as it declined to entertain his petition challenging the appointment of former defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as the CAG of India. “Go to high court,” said the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir […] Read more » CAG chief election commissioner Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Comptroller and Auditor General Fali Nariman N. Gopalaswami national news news SC tells petitioners to move high court on CAG appointment Shashi Kant Sharma todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Daily lauds Pakistan’s first-ever female jirga July 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An influential Pakistani daily Monday lauded a group of women in Swat Valley who have established the country’s first ever female jirga whose “objective is to counter the typically misogynistic decisions”. An editorial in the Dawn said it is difficult to believe that in a country that boasts of female fighter pilots, not to mention […] Read more » Daily lauds Pakistan's first-ever female jirga female jirga national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News 600,000 inquiries about bribery received in China July 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prosecutors in China received more than 600,000 inquiries about bribery involving companies or individuals in the first six months this year, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate said. The figure represents a 76.5 percent rise from the same period last year, as more government departments and trade associations are taking advantage of such inquiries to prevent possible corruption, […] Read more » 600000 inquiries about bribery received in China national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Supreme Court move ruffles jailbirds’ feathers in Bihar July 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court move ruffles jailbirds’ feathers in Bihar The Supreme Court judgment July 10 to keep politicians in lawful confinement out of the electoral fray, even if they are not convicted, has caused worry to deepen among many Bihar leaders. Many top political leaders of the state, including former chief minister and leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Lalu Prasad, have been […] Read more » ruffles jailbirds' feathers in Bihar
Top Law News Court acquits ‘rapist’ held on basis of suspicion July 14, 2013 / July 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment No matter how strong the suspicion is, it cannot take the place of proof, the Delhi High Court has said while acquitting a man of charges of rape and abduction of a four-year-old neighbour. Justice G.P. Mittal, in a recent judgment, upheld the trial court’s decision which acquitted Nand Ji Prasad of raping the minor […] Read more » Court acquits 'rapist Court acquits 'rapist' held on basis of suspicion rapist acquits on basis of suspicion
Top Law News Court agrees to hear plea to decongest Delhi road July 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear a petition seeking urgent measures to improve traffic flow on the busy Vikas Marg for reducing accidents and saving motorists’ time and energy. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru, before which the petition came up recently, decided to hear it […] Read more » Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed Court agrees to hear plea to decongest Delhi road decongest Delhi road Justice Vibhu Bakhru plea to decongest Delhi road
Top Law News Make laws on gender violence more citizen-friendly July 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Laws dealing with gender violence need to be simple and short so that victims as well as protectors do not have any problem understanding or interpreting them, experts at a seminar here opined Saturday. “In India, the laws are not harmonised. As part of moving forward on gender issues we have to understand how to […] Read more » gender violence laws more citizen-friendly laws on gender violence Make laws on gender violence more citizen-friendly
Top Law News Court notice on plea alleging discrimination in DU’s open school July 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the central government, Delhi University on a PIL alleging that practice and procedure followed by School of Open Learning (SOL) is very “arbitrary and discriminatory”. The students who take admission in university’s SOL are treated as “second class citizens” and “indifferently”, the plea alleged. A division bench […] Read more » Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed discrimination in DU's open school DU's open school Justice Vibhu Bhakru
Top Law News Kedarnath has become a ‘ghost town’, SC told July 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As Supreme Court on Friday asked the NDMA to file a status report on the rescue and relief operation in flood-devastated Uttarakhand, it was told that pilgrimage centre of Kedarnath has become a “ghost town” with scores of bodies buried under the earth brought by rain and floods. A bench of Justice A.K.Patnaik and Justice […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik justice M Y Eqbal Kedarnath has become a 'ghost town'; SC told National Disaster Management Authority national news NDMA news pilgrimage centre of Kedarnath todays news todays top news Top news