Top Law News Salman Rushdie, family lose legal battle over bungalow in Supreme Court December 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Salman Rushdie, family lose legal battle over bungalow in Supreme Court With the Supreme Court directing them to honour the agreement, Renowned author Salman Rushdie and his family have lost a three-decade-old legal battle to retain their ancestral house here which his father had agreed in 1970 to sell to an another family. The apex court, however, has directed the buyer to pay the current market […] Read more » Anis Ahmed Rushdie battle over bungalow Civil Lines in North Delhi Congress leader Bhiku Ram Jain High Court of Delhi Salman Rushdie Supreme Court
Top Law News Centre rejects TCI interfering with coalpricing charge December 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the Delhi High Court the Coal Ministry has denied the allegation of UK-based The Children’s Investment (TCI) Fund, a shareholder in Coal India Ltd (CIL), that it interferes with the coal pricing decisions of the PSU (public sector undertaking). Justice Rajiv Shakdher today granted four weeks time to the hedge fund to file a rejoinder […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Coal India Ltd (CIL) Coal Ministry Inter Ministerial Group public sector undertaking Red Herring Prospectus TCI The Children's Investment (TCI) Fund
Top Law News 5p fine a day on late school fee: Govt asked to notify rule December 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The city government has been directed by the Delhi High Court to pass an order, apprising schools and public that as per rules, a school cannot charge more than five paisa per day as fine on late deposit of fees. Asking the Directorate of Education (DOE) to pass a speaking order publicising the little-known rule […] Read more » Delhi High Court Delhi School Education Act Delhi School Education Act and Rules 1973 Directorate of Education
Top Law News Set up night shelters where required: Delhi High Court to govt December 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court asked the city government on the to shift the temporary night shelters for the homeless and the poor closer to places where they work. A bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw allowed an NGO’s plea that the shelters are far from their workplaces and they should be […] Read more » Chief Justice D Murugesan city government Delhi High Court Master Plan of Delhi (MPD) 2021 NGO NGO Shahri Adhikar Manch Begharon Ke Liye Shahri Adhikar Manch Begharon Ke Liye suo motu cognisance
Top Law News Government to set up research centre on food December 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Parliament was informed that the government will set up a body for regulatory research and risk assessment under the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury said that there was […] Read more »
Top Law News Amputee sold defect prosthesis, firm to pay Rs 4.46L December 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A rehabilitation services company, which provides artificial limbs to amputees, has been directed by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 4.46 lakh to a handicapped man for selling him a defective electric hand. The South West District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum held the Indian office of UK-based Endolite, an artificial limbs maker, guilty of […] Read more »
Top Law News High Court sets aside CIC order to AIIMS to reveal ques papers December 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court set aside a Central Information Commission’s order to AIIMS to provide an information seeker the questions and their answers for its MBBS entrance tests from 1991 to 2010. “Having regard to an earlier judgement (on similar issue pertaining to AIIMS) of a division bench, I could not see any scope to […] Read more » AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences Central Information Commission Delhi High Court MBBS MBBS entrance exams
Top Law News Dimple Yadav moves High Court against election petition December 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav moved to Allahabad High Court seeking to quash a petition challenging her election from Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in a by-poll held earlier this year. Dimple’s counsel K R Singh submitted the application under Section 86(1) of the Representation of the People Act before single-judge bench of Justice Devendra Pratap […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Justice Devendra Pratap Singh Kannauj Lok Sabha Kannauj Lok Sabha by-election MP Dimple Yadav Prabhat Pandey Samajwadi Party UP chief minister's wife
Top Law News Night shelters in horrible condition: NGO tells highcourt December 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An NGO Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the city government had failed to provide even basic amenities for the poor living in night shelters and they are in a “horrible” condition. The NGO told the court that toilets at the night shelters are not functional and were “stinking”. Hearing the plea, a division […] Read more » Night shelters in horrible condi
Top Law News Court notice to Delhi government on power bills December 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The city government was on Wednesday asked by the Delhi High Court to respond to a plea for damages to consumers from the government and power distribution firm BSES Yamuna for allegedly raising “wrong” electricity bills. Issuing notice to the city government, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, BSES Yamuna Power Ltd and the Delhi Electricity […] Read more » allegedly raising wrong electricity bills BSES Yamuna Power Ltd Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Chief Justice D Murugesan Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission Delhi government on power bills government and power distribution firm BSES Yamuna Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw notice to city government
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 »