Top Law News HC disapproves reducing jail remissions without applying mind March 4, 2013 / March 4, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Certain guidelines for prison authorities to follow while cutting down remissions of prisoners who do not surrender after expiry of parole or furlough period has been laid down by the Bombay High Court. The high court pulled up prison authorities for their tendency to use ready-made printed proformas with blank spaces filled in later, to […] Read more » Bombay High Court expiry of parole guidelines for prison authorities jail remissions without applying mind quasi-judicial spirits remissions of Shafi Qureshi ritualistic procedural exercise total remission period
Top Law News Private hospitals can’t deny treatment to rape victims: Delhi HC March 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The state government and the police has been directed by the Delhi High Court to ensure that proper publicity is being given to apprise the rape and other victims of road accident or criminal offenses about their right to speedy treatment in the nearby hospitals. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice VK Jain […] Read more » Commissioner of Delhi Police Commissioner of Police criminal offenses Delhi High Court Government of National Capital Territory Delhi High court orders Private hospital rape victim speedy treatment state government state police
Top Law News Bombay HC asks State to install CCTV cameras on National Highways March 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Bombay HC asks State to install CCTV cameras on National Highways The state Government has been directed by the Bombay high court to install CCTV cameras on National Highways across the state to detect over-speeding of vehicles and avoid accidents. The court has asked the state to install it on the all the lamp posts, fitted on the highway. The suggestion came from a bench headed by […] Read more » amicus curiae Bombay High Court CCTV cameras on National Highway Justice Ajay Khanwilkar lamp posts on highway National Highways state government
Top Law News Mobile cos tell court they can’t provide call records March 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act Court has been told by the Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) that it cannot provide call data records (CDR) to the accused of 2006 Mumbai train blasts case free. The company told the court that its accumulated losses as of May 31, 2012 were Rs 3031.18 crore. “If the cost […] Read more » 2006 Mumbai train blasts case Airtel call data records Loop Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act Court MCOCA Tata Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Vodafone
Top Law News ‘Not within province to complain about DoT’s wrong’ March 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Attorney General G E Vahanvati told a Delhi court that it was not within his “province” to file a complaint with regard to anything wrong in the DoT’s press release for issuance of LoIs for 2G spectrum as it was upto the department to issue the statement. Vahanvati, who was deposing as a prosecution witness […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Department of Telecom DoT's wrong former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura LoIs for 2G spectrum secretary R K Chandolia Solicitor General telecom minister A. Raja
Top Law News Regularisation of illegal constructions regrettable: SC March 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has expressed concern over illegal constructions coming up in cities and said it is ‘regrettable’ that government authorities are regularising them. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya said that the government authorities have ‘miserably’ failed to perform their duties in implementing municipal laws for planned development of […] Read more » arbitrary regularisation of illegal construction Esha Ekta Apartments Co-operative Housing Society Limited illegal constructions municipal law regrettable Regularisation of illegal constructions Supreme Court
Top Law News Ishrat case: Court to decide CBI plea against denial of remand February 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Special CBI Court will decide on March 1 whether to set aside the order of the judicial magistrate denying custody of two senior Gujarat police officers to CBI in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate H S Khutwad, last Friday, denied CBI a remand of Superintendent of Police Girish Singhal, […] Read more » Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate H S Khutwad Brijrajsinh Jhala case by CBI CBI counsel Ejaz Khan denial Ejaz Khan Gujarat High Court Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case Judge Gita Gopi Police Girish Singhal senior Gujarat police officers special CBI court
Top Law News Ishrat case: Court to decide CBI plea against denial of remand February 28, 2013 / February 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Special CBI Court will decide on March 1 whether to set aside the order of the judicial magistrate denying custody of two senior Gujarat police officers to CBI in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate H S Khutwad, last Friday, denied CBI a remand of Superintendent of Police Girish Singhal, […] Read more » Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate H S Khutwad Brijrajsinh Jhala case by CBI CBI counsel Ejaz Khan denial Ejaz Khan Gujarat High Court Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case Judge Gita Gopi Police Girish Singhal senior Gujarat police officers special CBI court
Top Law News Persuade state govts to increase judiciary funds: CJI to HC February 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment All the chief justices of high court has got a written statement by the Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir to persuade their respective state governments to double the number of subordinate courts and to increase the funds provided to the judiciary by the states. He told that while the Centre has been providing funds […] Read more » 17945 sanctioned posts 18 871 sanctioned strength of judges Altamas Kabir Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir chief justices of high court fast-track courts funds for the infrastructure and computerization prime minister
Top Law News Raja’s letter to PM not based on discussion with me: AG February 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Here in Delhi court the Attorney General G E Vahanvati told that former Telecom Minister A Raja‘s letter to the Prime Minister regarding the DoT’s policy to be adopted for 2G spectrum allocation was not based on discussion with him and the then External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee. He said the contents of Raja’s December 26, 2007 letter […] Read more » Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee former Telecom Minister A. Raja Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee prime minister Special Public Prosecutor U.U. Lalit
Top Law News Rail Budget presented in Parliament February 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal presented the 2013-14 Rail Budget in Parliament. Following are the highlights of the Budget : — Sixth seeven new Express trains to be introduced — Twenty six new passenger services, 8 DEMU services and 5 MEMU services to be introduced — Run of 57 trains to be extended — Frequency […] Read more » 2013-14 Rail Budget Rail budget Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal
Top Law News SC direction bringing change to life of Vrindavan widows February 27, 2013 / February 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After the order of Supreme Court an NGO Sulabh International is trying to improve the condition of widows who are living in government shelter homes at Vrindavan. A bench comprising Justices DK Jain and Madan B Lokur had taken strong exception to the manner in which the bodies of widows were disposed by chopping them into […] Read more » International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKON) Mathura civil hospital National Legal Service Authority NGO Sulabh International Supreme Court Uttar Pradesh government Vrindavan