Top Law News SC stays part of its verdict on appointments in info panels April 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed its direction that only sitting or retired chief justices of High Courts or an apex court judge can head the Central and State Information Commissions. A bench of justices A. K. Patnaik and A.K. Sikri also directed “that wherever a Chief Information Commissioner is of the opinion that intricate […] Read more » Central Information Commission chief information commissioner Chief Justice of India Chief Justices of the High Court information commissioners retired chief justices of High Courts retired judges of apex court Right to Information Act RTI Act. State Information Commission
Top Law News Chautala key conspirator in JBT scam: CBI to HC April 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Delhi High court the CBI has contended that former Haryana Chief Minister O P Chautala was the “main conspirator” in the junior basic trained (JBT) teachers’ recruitment scam of 2000. Opposing the bail plea of Chautala, jailed for 10 years in the scam, Solicitor General (SG) Mohan Parasaran, who argued for CBI, submitted before Justice […] Read more » Chautala key conspirator Delhi High Court Directorate of Primary Education district-level selection committees Education Minister former Haryana Chief Minister O P Chautala illegally recruitment JBT scam JBT teachers O P Chautala Staff Selection Commission
Top Law News SC lays down directions on Haj pilgrimage April 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Here in New Delhi the state government has been directed by the Supreme court of India to frame a five-year policy for regulating the Hajj pilgrimage to replace the current annual plan which it termed as “ad-hoc and unsatisfactory. The apex court also held the government’s policy allowing repeaters to accompany lady and elderly pilgrims as […] Read more » ad-hoc and unsatisfactory constitutional Delhi government fair and reasonable Haj Policy 2013-2017 Legal mehrams pilgrimage for lady pilgrims Supreme Court unmarriageable kin
Top Law News Govt officials’ ACRs can’t be made public: SC April 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea for disclosure of the annual confidential reports (ACRs) of public servants under the RTI Act has been rejected by the Supreme court of India. A bench of justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhaya upheld the Delhi High Court’s order that the annual performance appraisal reports (APARs), previously known as ACRs, of a public […] Read more » activist R K Jain annual confidential reports Delhi High Court Excise public servants under the RTI Act RTI Act. Section 8(1)(i) of the RTI Act Service Tax Appellate Tribunal Supreme Court of India
Top Law News Asiatic lion to have second home: SC April 16, 2013 / April 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Asiatic lion to have second home: SC NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed concerned organizations to shift Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh. Asiatic lions will now have a second home in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno wildlife sanctuary as the apex court permitted their relocation in limited numbers from Gujarat’s Gir forest. The Supreme Court rejected Narendra Modi government’s refusal to allow translocation of […] Read more » Asiatic lion to have second home: SC Asiatic lions Cheetah Reintroduction Programme Gujarat's Gir forest Kuno Palpur sanctuary Madhya Pradesh's Kuno wildlife sanctuary translocation of lions
Top Law News Zakia files protest plea against SIT clean chit to Modi April 16, 2013 / April 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Zakia files protest plea against SIT clean chit to Modi Zakia Jafri, wife of 2002 post-Godhra riots victim and former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, on Monday filed a protest petition in a local court seeking rejection of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report giving a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in the Gulburg Society riot case. The petition also sought […] Read more » Gulberg Society massacre Narendra Modi role post-Godhra riots protest petition SIT probe Zakia Jafri
Top Law News HC upholds ban on ad of height-enhancing drug April 15, 2013 / April 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A petition has been rejected by the Bombay High Court for challenging food and Drugs Administration (FDA) order to TV channels prohibiting advertisements of a drug which promises to increase a person’s “stature”. ‘STEPUP Body Growth Formula’, the drug, is manufactured by Siddhi Vinayak Herbals, Indore and marketed by GMT Teleshopping, which had filed the petition. […] Read more » Abhay Oka Bombay High Court Drugs and Magic Remedies Act Food and Drugs Administration GMT Teleshopping Indore Justices Mridula Bhatkar Madhya Pradesh authorities Siddhi Vinayak Herbals STEPUP Body Growth Formula
Top Law News In-laws living away from couple can’t be tried under DV Act: HC April 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: “A matrimonial dispute a woman cannot seek protection from her in-laws under the Domestic Violence Act if they live separately from the couple,” mentioned by the Delhi High court here. The court, however, said if the woman faced any kind of violence or harassment from her in-laws, who live far distance from the […] Read more » Delhi High Court domestic relationship Domestic Violence Act' emotional or economic harassment by in laws physical or sexual protection under Domestic Violence Act
Top Law News Forgery: Court orders FIR against 3 MEA officials April 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Police has been directed by the local court to register an FIR against six persons, including three officials of the External Affairs Ministry, for their alleged role in submitting a forged document in judicial proceedings. Metropolitan magistrate Navita Kumari Bagha asked the station house officer of Tilak Marg police station to lodge the FIR on […] Read more » Delhi High Court Delhi Police Delhi resident Satwant Singh Dahiya Embassy of India in Tokyo External Affairs Ministry FIR against 3 MEA officials Forgery case Metropolitan magistrate Navita Kumari Bagha section 156(3) of CrPC Tilak Marg police station
Top Law News President may form own opinion on mercy pleas: SC April 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that while the president or a governor cannot overturn its final verdict, in appropriate cases they can form an opinion whether a case is made out for grant of pardon or reprieve. An apex court bench of said: “Although he/she (president/governor) cannot overturn the final verdict of the court, […] Read more » President may form own opinion on mercy pleas
Top Law News Terror suspect Abu Jundal alleges torture by police April 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, a 26/11 mastermind and prime accused in a conspiracy case of attack on Maharashtra Police Academy here, has complained to a local court that he was tortured with electric shocks by police, a charge denied by the prosecution. Jundal, who was produced before a special court here yesterday along with […] Read more » 26/11 ATS Crime branch police Delhi Police Human Rights Commission International Court in Hague Lashker-e-Toiba Maharashtra Police Academy Mumbai Police Saudi Arabian Court Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal
Top Law News SC refuses to believe Bhuller’s medical report April 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to give credence to Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar’s medical reports which said that he became mentally disturbed due to living for a long time under the shadow of death, while turning down his plea for commutation of death penalty to life imprisonment. “Though the documents produced by K T […] Read more » Allied Sciences Associate Professor in Psychiatry Bhuller's medical report Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital Devinderpal Singh Bhullar Dr. Rajesh Kumar Institute of Human Behaviors Khalistani terrorist physically and mentally Supreme Court