Top Law News Ensure safety of whistleblowers, activists: High Court December 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Criticising the Maharashtra government for failing to frame guidelines on safety of social activists and organisations that face threat due to their activism, the Bombay High Court asked the state to take immediate steps to ensure their security. a division bench of acting Chief Justice D D Sinha and Justice K K Tated said, “It is […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice D D Sinha and Justice K K Tated High Court Maharashtra government Nitin Deshpande Pune-based RTI activist Satish Shetty
Top Law News Supreme Court go-ahead to MCI for common entrance exam December 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has given its go-ahead to the Medical Council of India (MCI) for holding the first-ever common entrance examination for admission to MBBS, BDS and post-graduate courses but restrained it from declaring the results until further orders. The court also allowed various states, universities and other institutions entitled to conduct their respective examinations for MBBS, […] Read more » BDS BDS and post-graduate course common entrance examination entrance examination for admission to MBBS MBBS Medical Council of India Medical Council of India (MCI) Medical Council of India and the Dental Council of India National Eligibility and Entrance Test Supreme Court Union of India
Top Law News No metalled roads for Amarnath yatra December 17, 2012 / December 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There will be no metalled or motorable road constructed on the route to the annual Amarnath Yatra, the Supreme Court has ruled on an issue that has stoked a lot of controversy recently. The apex court, in its judgement on December 13, has made it amply clear that its order was to ensure that there […] Read more » Amarnath Yatra annual Amarnath Yatra Baltal July-August Kashmir valley metalled or motorable road Pakistan leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani Panchtarni and Chandanvadi Supreme Court
Top Law News Hospital, BMC fail to reach agreement, High Court told December 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has been informed that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and multi-speciality hospital Seven Hills Healthcare have failed to arrive at an amicable solution in an ongoing dispute over 20% reservation of beds for poor patients. In June this year, FI Rebello has appointed by the High Court, retired Chief Justice of Allahabad […] Read more » 300 beds BMC Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation FI Rebello former Bombay HC judge High Court hospital Justices AM Khanwilkar and RD Dhanuka multi-speciality hospital Seven Hills Healthcare retired Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court Seven Hills Healthcare unconditional NOC
Top Law News Supreme Court go-ahead to MCI for holding common entrance exam December 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has given its go-ahead to the Medical Council of India (MCI) for holding the first-ever common entrance examination for admission to MBBS, BDS and post-graduate courses but restrained it from declaring the results until further orders. Various states has been allowed by the court also, universities and other institutions entitled to conduct their respective […] Read more » Entrance Test (NEET) MBBS MCI decision Medical Council of India National Eligibility and Entrance Test Supreme Court
Top Law News Life term to woman for strangulating husband December 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman, who had strangulated her husband two years ago here allegedly to marry another man, has been awarded life imprisonment by a Delhi court. The court, however, acquitted the woman’s alleged paramour of the charges of murdering her husband Shivnath due to lack of evidence against him. District Judge O P Gupta also imposed […] Read more » Delhi court District Judge O P Gupta life imprisonment section 302 (murder) of the IPC
Top Law News ‘No need to amend rule on helmet for woman’ December 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The city government on Friday told the Delhi High Court that “there is no need to amend the motor vehicle rules to make helmet mandatory for woman as the issue is sensitive.” Appearing for the Delhi government, Counsel Zubeda Begum told this to Justice Rajiv Shakdher and placed before him the file, dealing with Transport […] Read more » Counsel Zubeda Begum Delhi Commission for Woman Delhi government Delhi High Court Delhi Motor Vehicle Rules 1993 Delhi Motor Vehicles Rules Justice Rajiv Shakdher Zubeda Begum
Top Law News Supreme Court for death sentence to life in brutal murder case December 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The death sentence of a convict has commuted by the Supreme Court has commuted, who had brutally killed a woman and raped and injured her relative, to life imprisonment on the ground that he was drunk and not in proper state of mind at the time of committing the offence. A bench of justices Swatanter Kumar […] Read more » brutal murder death penalty justices Swatanter Kumar and Madan B Lokur pertaining to death sentence Section 354(3) of the CrPC Supreme Court
Top Law News SCBA Election 2012: MN Krishnamani Won by 136 Votes December 14, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on SCBA Election 2012: MN Krishnamani Won by 136 Votes Here in Delhi Supreme Court bar association election 2012 (SCBA) has been done successfully after the victory of Senior Advocate MN Krishnamani. Senior advocate MN Krishnamani Won by 136 Votes in Supreme Court bar association election 2012. In between this elections (SCBA) president PH Parekh did not run for the Supreme Court Bar Association election […] Read more » Advocate Neeraj Kumar Sharma advocate Rupinder Singh Suri advocates Adish Aggarwala Anoop George Chaudhari bar association Bhim Singh Brijendar chahr K Radhakrishnan Neeraj Kumar Sharma as assistant treasurer Pallav Shishodia president PH Parekh Rajiv Dutta Ram Jethmalani SB upadhyay SCBA Senior Advocate MN Krishnamani Supreme Court Supreme Court Bar Association Supreme Court bar association election 2012 Won by 136 Votes
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks response from Centre on Kargil Hero’s case December 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Response from the Centre on Kargil martyr Capt Saurabh Kalia’s father’s plea has been sought by the Supreme Court seeking its direction to the government for raising the case of his son’s torture at the hands of Pakistan Army at the International Court of Justice. Notice has been issued by a Bench headed by Justice R M […] Read more » Advocate Arvind K Sharma Capt Sourav Kalia Centre on Kargil martyr Capt Saurabh Kalia Home Affairs and External Affairs International Court of Justice international forum Justice R.M. Lodha Kalia's agony ministry of defence N K Kalia Pakistan Army Supreme Court
Top Law News Zee boss and son’s protection from arrest extended till Dec 20 December 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court extended till December 20 the interim protection from arrest granted to Zee Group Chairman Subhash Chandra and his son in the case of alleged Rs 100 crore extortion bid from Congress MP Naveen Jindal’s firm by two editors of the news channel. “Interim protection for the two is extended till December 20,” Additional Sessions […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Raj Rani Mitra Chandra and Goenka Congress MP Naveen Jindal's firm Interim protection Punit Goenka Punit Goenka's counsel Special Public Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan Zee boss Zee Group chairman Subhash Chandra
Top Law News Retired bureaucrat jailed for amassing illegal wealth December 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 72-year-old former MD at Khadi Gram Udyog was on Wednesday given a five-year jail term and fined Rs10 lakh by a Delhi court for possessing disproportionate assets of over Rs52 lakh. CBI special judge Dinesh Kumar Sharma handed down the jail term to S Malaichamy, an IAS officer of 1971 batch (AGMU cadre), who […] Read more » CBI CBI special judge Dinesh Kumar Sharma Election Commissioner in 2001 IAS officer IAS officers MD at Khadi Gram Udyog The Indian Administrative Service