Top Law News Geetika suicide case: Custody of Kanda, Chaddha extended October 9, 2012 / October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Tuesday extended the judicial custody of former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda and his employee Aruna Chaddha till Oct 12. The duo is accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma. While extending their custody, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate D.K. Jangala listed the matter for scrutiny of the charge-sheet […] Read more » Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate D.K. Jangala Chaddha extended Chaddha is a former official of Kanda's Custody of Kanda and Chaddha extended Delhi's Ashok Vihar area former flight attendant Geetika Sharma Geetika Sharma Geetika suicide case Geetika suicide case: Custody of Kanda Gopal Goyal Kanda and his employee Aruna Chaddha Kanda and Chaddha for harassing her and driving her to suicide Kanda and Chaddha have denied the allegations Kanda's now-defunct MDLR Airlines MDLR Airlines where Geetika had worked
Top Law News SC notice to Mayawati on disproportionate assets October 9, 2012 / October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sent a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), BSP chief Mayawati and the Centre on a review petition asking the court to further probe the disproportionate assets against the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. The Supreme Court in July this year had quashed an FIR filed by the CBI […] Read more » advocate Kamini Jaiswal BSP chief Mayawati CBI has no power to investigate CBI is at liberty to investigate illegal assets case disproportionate assets case against Mayawati FIR filed against the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister FIR filed by the CBI against Mayawati in the case pursue corruption case against Mayawati SC notice to Mayawati on disproportionate assets Supreme Court judgement filed by one Kamalesh Verma Taj Corridor case Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Top Law News Haryana rapes reflect skewed sex ratio: Child rights panel October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The spate of rapes in Haryana is a reflection of the adverse sex ratio in the state as well as the way the female sex is treated in society, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said Tuesday and demanded severe punishment for the rapists. “Gender discrimination and caste discrimination is reflected in […] Read more » caste discrimination demanded severe punishment for the rapists Gandhi demanded the "severest punishment" for the rapists Gandhi visited the family of a teenaged Dalit girl in Jind Gender discrimination Haryana is a reflection of the adverse sex ratio Haryana rapes reflect skewed sex ratio: Child rights panel National Commission for Protection of Child Rights PGIMS at Rohtak Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences severe punishment for the rapists Shanta Sinha NCPCR chairperson Sinha spoke as Congress chief Sonia Gandhi
Top Law News Tamil Nadu to file contempt plea against Karnataka October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Irked by Karnataka’s decision to stop release of Cauvery water, Tamil Nadu government on Friday decided to file a contempt petition “immediately” against its counterpart in the Supreme Court, saying its action amounted to impeding country’s federal structure. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa chaired a review meeting with her senior cabinet colleagues and officials here to […] Read more » action amounted to impeding country's federal structure amounting to dishonouring Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa chaired CRA ruling asking the upper riparian state decision contested by both states file a contempt petition against Karntaka government Irked by Karnataka's decision to stop release of Cauvery water Karnataka also impeded the federal structure Krishna Raja Sagar dam citing depleted storage locked in the decades-long Cauvery dispute Tamil Nadu gets its due share of water Tamil Nadu government Tamil Nadu to file contempt plea against Karnataka unilaterally stopped releasing water
Top Law News Notify fresh guidelines on tiger reserves in a week: SC October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme court today allowed the Centre to notify within a week its fresh guidelines on tiger conservation and indicated that it may modify its July 24 order staying all tourism activities in the reserved areas across the country. A bench of justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar, however, made it clear that the […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising critical tiger habitat usage fresh guidelines on tiger conservation guidelines to protect the depleting wild cat population guidelines ultra-vires of the Constitution Justices A K Patnaik justices Swatanter Kumar low-impact tourist visitation National Tiger Conservation Authority Notify fresh guidelines on tiger reserves in a week: SC preserve tiger population tourism activities in the reserved areas across the country tourism infrastructure tourist activities in the core areas of tiger reserves
Top Law News Hit-and-run case: Court rejects Salman’s plea to sell car October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has rejected the plea of Bollywood actor Salman Khan seeking permission to sell his Toyota Land Cruiser car which he was driving during the hit-and-run case in 2002 in which one person was killed and four others sustained injuries. The court yesterday rejected the application as the car is an evidence in […] Read more » Bandra metropolitan court seeking to sell his car Bollywood actor Salman Khan causing major injuries court had framed charges against Khan Court rejects Salman's plea to sell car culpable homicide not amounting to murder Hit-and-run case Hit-and-run case: Court rejects Salman's plea to sell car Khan's Toyota Land Cruiser Ramasray Pandey who witnessed the incident rammed into a bakery in suburban Bandra killing one rash and negligent driving Ravindra Patil his police bodyguard Toyota Land Cruiser car
Top Law News Owners of uninsured vehicle to pay damages: MACT October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has held both the original owner and a subsequent purchaser of an uninsured vehicle involved in road mishap liable to pay compensation to the mishap victim. MACT Presiding Officer B S Chumbak held both the original owner, in whose name the vehicle was registered and its “new bonafide purchaser’ liable […] Read more » accident involving the uninsured vehicle Brij Nandan Gupta compensation to the mishap victim During adjudication of Pushpa's plea for compensation East Delhi woman injured in the accident involving the uninsured vehicle Gurmeet Singh hit by a rashly-driven SUV Tavera Karkardooma resident Pushpa Rani MACT order came on the plea for compensation by Karkardooma MACT ordered West Delhi residents MACT Presiding Officer B S Chumbak Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Owners of uninsured vehicle to pay damages: MACT subsequent purchaser of an uninsured vehicle uninsured vehicle to pay damages
Top Law News Court reserves order on framing charges against Kalmadi October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A trial court has reserved for November 21 its order on framing of charges against former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi and others accused in a CWG -related corruption case. Special CBI Judge Talwant Singh concluded hearing the arguments on charges advanced by CBI as well as all the accused and reserved […] Read more » CBI had alleged Kalmadi Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Court reserves order on framing charges against Kalmadi CWG -related corruption case CWG OC Secretary General Lalit Bhanot CWG to Swiss Timing Director General (Procurement) Surjit Lal Joint Director General (Sports) A S V Prasad OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi OC's Director General V K Verma P D Arya and A K Madan of Faridabad-based Gem International Prevention of Corruption Act Scoring and Results (TSR) system special CBI judge Talwant Singh Swiss Timing Omega Treasurer M Jayachandran
Top Law News SC issues notice on right to education act October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the central government on a petition seeking exemption for unaided educational institutions from earmarking 25 per cent seats for students from the weaker sections of the society. Unaided minority educational institutions are exempted from doing so under the Right to Education Act, 2009, which calls for reserving […] Read more » autonomy and consensus and not on compulsion Compulsory Education Act Justice Dipak Misra Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan justice S.H. Kapadia Justice Swatanter Kumar minority and non-minority status principles of voluntariness Right of Children to Free Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules Right to Education Act Rohtagi was assisted by counsel Govind Goel SC issues notice on right to education act Senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi threat of non-recognition or non-affiliation
Top Law News Andhra IAS officer gets bail in illegal mining case October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court in Hyderabad on Monday granted interim bail to Indian Administrative Service officer Y Srilakshmi in the illegal mining case involving former Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court granted conditional bail to the suspended IAS officer on health grounds. The judge directed her to surrender again on […] Read more » Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh in violation of rules Andhra IAS officer gets bail in illegal mining case CBI judge to get bail in OMC case Chanchalguda Jail in cash-for-bail scam custody of Khan from Chanchalguda Jail former Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy illegal mining case Indian Administrative Service officer Y Srilakshmi Janardhana Reddy Janardhana Reddy's Obulapuram Mining Company Mehfuz Ali Khan to CBI custody for seven days Obulapuram Mining Company
Top Law News Scarlett case: Goa court permits CBI to examine witness via VC October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four years after the death of British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling, a special Goa court in a first, has permitted CBI to record evidence of a key prosecution witness in the case, through video conferencing. The investigation agency had earlier filed an application before the Goa Children’s Court, which is conducting trial in the case, […] Read more » British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling CBI counsel Ejaz Khan CBI to record evidence of a key prosecution witness in the case Children's Court judge Anuja Prabhu Desai Goa Children's Court lawyer Vikram Verma Michael Mannion Samson D'Souza and Placido Carvalho - were arrested Scarlett case Scarlett case: Goa court permits CBI to examine witness via VC Scarlett's mother Fiona Mackeown Scarlett's semi-nude corpse
Top Law News Court raps former Army Chief V K Singh on seperate plea October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Army Chief Gen V K Singh was today ticked off by a Delhi court for filing separate application seeking permanent exemption from personal appearance before it in a criminal defamation case against him and warned of “stern action”. Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja said Singh was increasing the work load of the court as he […] Read more » Army Chief V K Singh on seperate plea Court raps former Army Chief V K Singh on seperate plea criminal defamation case against Colonel Hitten Sawhney criminal defamation case against him criminal defamation case against Lt Gen B S Thakur criminal defamation case against Major General S L Narshiman criminal defamation case against V K Singh criminal defamation case against Vice Chief of Army S K Singh Former Army chief Gen V K Singh former Army chief's counsel Lt Gen(Retd) Tejinder Singh Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja V K Singh's application