Top Law News Court seeks ATR on corruption complaint against Dikshit November 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Police aksed by the Delhi court to file status report on a complaint against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely for alleged corruption in grant of fitness certificate to commercial vehicles. Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal directed the Anti-Corruption branch of Delhi Police to file its status report within six weeks […] Read more » Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit commercial vehicles corruption complaint corruption complaint against Dikshit Court seeks ATR Delhi Police I&C lane test M/s ESP India private company RTI activist Vivek Garg Transport Department Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely
Top Law News Guv rejects aged convicts premature release plea November 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has been informed by the Maharashtra government that the plea of two women convicts, aged 80 and 90, seeking premature release from prison on account of old age, had been rejected by Governor K Sankaranarayanan. A High Court bench had recently asked the state to urgently consider the plea of the two […] Read more » Bombay High Court Maharashtra government plea of aged women convicts premature release from prison rejected by Governor K Sankaranarayanan
Top Law News Court confirms 7-year jail to two for bid on Naidu November 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district upheld the seven-year sentence awarded to two men for attempting to assassinate former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. The fourth district court of Chittoor, however, struck down the lower court’s order sentencing Maoist leader Panduranga Reddy alias Sagar and gelatin stick trader Gangi Reddy to seven-year jail due to lack […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district B. Gopalakrishna Reddy Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Chittoor district Panduranga Reddy Tirupati
Top Law News 2G: High Court asks Centre to respond to Essar”s plea November 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court asked the Centre to respond to the pleas of Essar Teleholdings Ltd and its promoters, Ravi and Anshuman Ruia, for quashing of the charges framed against them in a case linked to the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Notice has been issued by Justice AK Pathak to the Ministry of Law, the CBI and […] Read more » 2G 2G spectrum allocation scam 420 of IPC advocate Mukul Rohatgi CBI department of telecommunications DoT Essar Group director Essar Group director (Strategy and Planning) Vikas Saraf. Essar Teleholdings Ltd. Essar''s plea High Court Justice AK Pathak Kiran Khaitan Law Ministry Loop Mobile India Ltd Loop Telecom Pvt Ltd Ministry of Law Prevention of Corruption Act Ravi and Anshuman Ruia Ruias and Essar Teleholdings Ltd section 120 B of IPC Telecom firm The Delhi High Court
Top Law News Three cops held guilty for dereliction of duty, HC told November 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has been informed that three police officers including a former senior police inspector have been found guilty for dereliction of duty in a departmental inquiry conducted against them. The police officers were found guilty of delaying registration of FIR on a cognisable complaint. This was informed to a division bench of […] Read more » Additional Commissioner of Police Bombay High cognisable complaint Farooq Shaikh FIR guilty for dereliction of duty Justices A S Oka and S S Jadhav police inspector Sanjay Bhalerao
Top Law News Woman denied alimony for concealing facts in court November 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi court denied a woman for the relief of alimony from her estranged husband on the ground that she had left her job to become eligible for it. By refusing to order the woman’s husband to pay her maintenance for suppressing material facts from the court, Metropolitan Magistrate Shivali Sharma noted that she had left her […] Read more » Amity University Delhi court Delhi court denied Masters in Hospital Administration Metropolitan Magistrate Shivali Sharma
Top Law News Youth acquitted of charges of outraging modesty November 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A youth facing trial for allegedly assaulting a girl to outrage her modesty has been acquitted by a Delhi court as the victim resiled from her statement in complaint. Metropolitan Magistrate Savitri let off Delhi resident Suraj saying the girl has not supported her complaint upon which the prosecution case is based. “I have seen […] Read more » Delhi court Delhi resident Suraj Metropolitan Magistrate Savitri outraging modesty Youth acquitted
Top Law News High Court rejects writ for dismissal of Shatrughan’s election November 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A petition seeking cancellation of election of actor-politician Shatrughan Singha from Patna Saheb parliamentary seat has been rejected by The Patna High Court rejected Justice V N Sinha did not find merit in the petition of one Ghanshyam Lal Jamuar who had demanded cancellation of the poll in the constituency in 2009 in which Shatrughan Sinha was elected. […] Read more » BJP candidate frivolous ground Ghanshyam Lal Jamuar Justice V N Sinha Lok Sabha Patna High Court Patna Saheb Shatrughan Singha Shatrughan Sinha
Top Law News God’s money’ not for advertisements: Himachal court November 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The spending of temple offerings for advertisements by a religious trust has not found favour with the Himachal Pradesh High Court. It has directed the state government not to spend money of the Baba Balak Nath Mandir (temple) in the state for promoting its activities. “The temple trust shall not spend any money by way […] Read more » aba Balak Nath Mandir (temple) Himachal Pradesh High Court
Top Law News High Court seeks Delhi Police’ response to Gopal Kanda’s bail plea November 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The city police has been asked by The Delhi High Court to file its response to the bail application of former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, an accused in the air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case. “You just file the reply to the bail application. Put up for hearing on November 19,” Justice Pratibha Rani told […] Read more » ASG Luthra Delhi Police former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda Geetika Sharma suicide case Gopal Goyal Kanda Gopal Kanda High Court hostess Geetika Sharma Information and Technology under section 66-A of the Information and Technology
Top Law News 40 voters in Himachal reject all candidates November 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Himachal Pradesh Forty electors rejected all the candidates for the assembly polls and went away without voting. “Forty voters invoked Rule 49-O of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, by not voting for any candidate in the assembly elections ” Neeraj Sharma, officer on special duty with the state election department. He said the maximum […] Read more » Chamba and Una (three each) Conduct of Election Rules election department election result Hamirpur and Solan (two each) and Kullu district (one). Himachal Pradesh Kangra district Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti Mandi Shimla (nine) Sirmaur and Bilaspur (four each)
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Centre to be proactive in inter-states dispute November 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has been asked by the Centre to play a pro-active role for expeditious resolution of various inter-state disputes including those on river water. A bench of justices R S Lodha and A K Dave said the Centre must provide accommodation and other facilities to the tribunal and its members adjudicating such disputes for […] Read more » Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati inter-states dispute justices R S Lodha and A K Dave Mhadei basin Mhadei river Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal Ministry of Water Resources river water Supreme Court