Top Law News Notice to government, Google on anti-Islam film December 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the central government and Google India on a plea that videos of the controversial anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” be removed from various sites, including YouTube. A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also issued notices to the commissioner of police […] Read more » Google on anti-Islam film
Top Law News Agra lawyers, activist march for a high court bench December 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment According to the directives of the apex court, no demonstration or meeting can be held within 500 metres of the Taj Mahal. A few lawyers, however, tried to sneak in but were prevented by the police and security forces. Politicians from various parties, including the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, supported the demand for the […] Read more »
Top Law News Modi visa ban: US lawmakers back Gujarat riot victims December 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A bipartisan group of US lawmakers joined family members of the victims of the 2002 Gujarat riots, including the widow of a former Indian parliamentarian, to seek a US visa ban for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Victims of the Gujarat riots will not get any justice if Modi becomes India’s prime minister, said […] Read more » Modi visa ban
Top Law News Free TVs no waste of public money, Tamil Nadu tells SC December 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Free distribution of televisions, laptops and mixer-grinders among people by the government is linked to the directive principles of state policy and not a waste of public resources, Tamil Nadu told the Supreme Court Tuesday. Senior counsel Shekhar Naphade, appearing for the state, told an apex court bench headed by Justice P. Sathasivam: “The state […] Read more » Free TVs no waste of public money
Top Law News Namdhari’s police custody extended till Dec 5 December 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Sunday extended for three more days the police custody of Sukhdev Singh Namdhari who was booked for the murder of Hardeep Singh, brother of slain liquor baron Ponty Chadha. Namdhari, a witness to the Nov 17 shootout at a farmhouse in south Delhi in which both the brothers were killed, has been […] Read more » Namdhari's police custody
Top Law News Himachal court stays de-allocation of coal block December 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court has stayed the de-allocation of a coal block in West Bengal to Himachal EMTA Power Ltd (HEPL) by the Union Coal Ministry. The Interim orders were passed by the court on a petition filed by HEPL, challenging the letter de-allocating the coal block and the deduction of 50 per cent […] Read more » de-allocation of coal block
Top Law News Bill to bar judges from making unrelated comments December 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is set to retain in Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill the controversial provision that gags judges of higher judiciary from making observation in courts during hearing of cases. Contesting that prohibiting judges from making observations that had no bearing on the case before the court was a gag provision, Law and Justice […] Read more » bar judges from making unrelated comments
Top Law News SC notice to government on plea against issuing Aadhaar card December 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Read more » Aadhaar card Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Justice J. Chelameswar
Top Law News Court asks police official to tender apology November 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court asked a Delhi police official to tender an apology to a magistrate with an undertaking to be careful in discharging his duties in future. Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar gave the order, waiving a fine of Rs 10,000 imposed on Sub-Inspector Bal Kishan in June this year by the magisterial court, which had […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar
Top Law News Actor directed to pay Rs 10K maintenance to wife November 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment TV and film artist Ankit Sagar, who has appeared in films like No One Killed Jessica, has been directed by a Delhi court to pay an interim maintenance of Rs 10,000 to his wife and two minor children. Metropolitan Magistrate Kiran Gupta directed Sagar alias Pradeep Hartia to pay the maintenance to his estranged wife […] Read more » artist Ankit Sagar Metropolitan Magistrate Kiran Gupta No One Killed Jessica
Top Law News Snake charmer’s jail term reduced from three years to 17 days November 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A snake charmer has sentenced to three-years jail term for illegally possessing an Indian cobra has been reduced by a Delhi court to 17-days imprisonment already undergone by him during his trial. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Narinder Kumar gave the ruling on Uttar Pradesh native Dhan Pal Nath’s appeal against the trial court’s order sentencing […] Read more » Indian cobra Shahdara in North East Delhi
Top Law News CWG QBR scam: 3 former OC officials appear in court November 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three former CWG Organising Committee (OC) officials, accused in a case related to financial bungling during the 2009 Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) in London before the Games, had appeared before the city court in response to the summons issued against them. A UK–based businessman, also an accused in the case, granted exemption from personal appearance […] Read more » CWG Organising Committee Queen’s Baton Relay UK–based businessman