Top Law News Urea scam: Court rejects plea to transfer case September 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The plea of 1995 Urea scam accused Tuncay Alankus, a Turkish national, for transfer of his case from the CBI court presently hearing it to another court has been rejected by the District and Sessions court. Alankus, the executive of scam-tainted Turkish firm Karsan, had sought transfer of Rs 13.3 million Urea scam case to […] Read more » biased frame of mind against the applicant Court rejects plea to transfer case Dismissing Alankus' plea District and Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta District and Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta rejected his plea district judge that as the case was fixed for defence evidence ourt the photocopies of letters written to witnesses scam-tainted Turkish firm Karsan Turkish national Urea scam Urea scam accused Tuncay Alankus Urea scam case Urea scam: Court rejects plea to transfer case
Top Law News Anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan questions witness’s conduct September 24, 2012 / September 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, facing trial in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, today questioned the conduct of the key witness and complainant in a court here that she did not tell any authority for 22 years about her not having faith in the Delhi Police probe. Continuing the final arguments in the case, Kumar’s counsel […] Read more » anti-Sikh riots case Anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan questions witness's conduct complainant Jagdish Kaur Congress leader Sajjan Kumar CrPC but she refused to cooperate Delhi police had earlier probed the riots cases Delhi Police probe District Judge J R Aryan Kumar's counsel I U Khan Sajjan questions witness's conduct Summons were sent to Kaur in Punjab
Top Law News Websites’ content: Court questions official September 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday questioned a central government official to explain the process of serving summons on US-based websites, including Facebook and Google, for allegedly hosting defamatory content on their sites. Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja sought the presence of union home ministry’s Under Secretary Amar Chand Oct 9 in a case against 21 social networking […] Read more » Blogspot case against social networking sites and websites committing offences of criminal conspiracy Court questions official court was hearing a criminal case filed by journalist Vinay Rai facebook Google hosting objectionable content Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty Orkut sale of obscene books and objects serving summons on US-based websites union home ministry's Under Secretary Amar Chand Websites' content Websites' content: Court questions official Yahoo YouTube
Top Law News Plea on political donations to be heard Sep 26 September 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The chief information commissioner (CIC) will Sep 26 hear a plea asking political parties to give out information on donations received by them, said NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) Saturday. The ADR approached the CIC in March 2011 as save for the Communist Party of India (CPI), no other national political party had provided […] Read more » ADR approached the CIC Bahujan Samaj Party Bharatiya Janata Party chief information commissioner Communist Party of India Communist Party of India-Marxist manpower to provide the information Nationalist Congress Party NGO Association for Democratic Reforms Plea on political donations Plea on political donations to be heard Sep 26 RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI application
Top Law News Accident victim’s kin get Rs 20.42L compensation September 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The family of a 31-year-old road mishap victim, who died 10 months after the accident involving an auto rickshaw, has been awarded a compensation of Rs 20.42 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT). The MACT asked United India Insurance Company Ltd, with which the offending vehicle was insured, to pay the money to […] Read more » accident involving an auto rickshaw Accident victim's kin get Rs 20.42L compensation Anil Kumar Tiwari Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital injuries suffered in the accident ISBT flyover at Kashmiri Gate MACT Presiding Officer Dinesh Bhatt Motor Accident Claims Tribunal negligent driving of the respondent plea by victim's family members Tiwari was rushed Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital Tiwari was working with a private firm United India Insurance Company Ltd
Top Law News Swiss Citizens Reject Harsher Smoking Law September 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a referendum held in Switzerland, citizens rejected harsher smoking laws which would have almost completely banned lighting up in public, Swiss media group SRG SSR reported. The motion was voted down by 65.4 percent of voters in 25 of the nation’s 36 cantons, although 51 percent of voters in Geneva approved it. Turnout was […] Read more » banned lighting up in public citizens rejected harsher smoking laws claiming existing laws against smoking in public Geneva have stricter regulations Isolated smoking rooms referendum held in Switzerland Reject Harsher Smoking Law Swiss anti-smoking group Swiss Citizens Reject Harsher Smoking Law Swiss Federal Government Swiss law Swiss media group SRG SSR reported Switzerland
Top Law News HC grants protection to student against college order September 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has granted protection to an engineering student whose admission on reserved seat was cancelled by his college pending submission of caste validity certificate. “Since the petitioner has moved the Scrutiny Committee way back in August 2010, we do not find it appropriate that his admission should be cancelled at this stage,” […] Read more » Bachelor of Engineering Caste Scrutiny Committee college pending submission of caste validity certificate Divisional Caste Scrutiny Committee Divisional Caste Scrutiny Committee at Nashik HC grants protection to student against college order Justice A A Sayed Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Prasad Pawar's application for caste verification protection to student against college order Rajput Bhamta community Scrutiny Committee to produce documents
Top Law News Legal education will remain under purview of BCI: Khurshid September 24, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Law Minister Salman Khurshid today made it clear that legal education would remain within the purview of Bar Council of India, saying the apex lawyers’ body could decide best what is necessary in this area. His comments came in wake of strong opposition from the apex lawyers’ body about a proposed Bill of the HRD […] Read more » Bar Council of India BCI's control over legal education Bill of the HRD Ministry chemistry Higher Education and Research HRD minister Kapil Sibal Indian Law Institut Law Minister Salman Khurshid legal education Legal education will remain under purview of BCI: Khurshid Management mathematics people enrolling to legal education physics read law not to crack law Supreme Court Bar Association
Top Law News Siblings jailed for selling minors for prostitution September 24, 2012 / September 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Saturday sentenced two siblings to seven years in jail for selling minor girls for prostitution, saying “human trafficking of girl child is the most abominable of crimes”. Additional Sessions Judge Gurdeep Singh handed down the jail term to Veena and her brother Ashok for running a racket of kidnapping minor girls, […] Read more » Ashok for running a racket of kidnapping minor girl case of kidnapping minor girls girl child is the most abominable of crimes human trafficking of girl kidnapping minor girls minor girl lodged a missing report selling minor girls for prostitution selling minors for prostitution Siblings jailed Siblings jailed for selling minors for prostitution siblings to seven years in jail for selling minor girls Veena and Ashok in a village in Rajasthan Veena and Ashok were arrested
Top Law News PM for building climate that attract investments September 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday favoured building a climate that attracts investments and establishes fair and effective regulatory institutions and legal processes. Addressing a Conference on Economic Growth in Asia and Changes of Corporate Environment, he said the government is bracing to meet international standards in corporate laws and will soon bring before Parliament […] Read more » building climate that attract investments Changes of Corporate Environment Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia CJI designate Altamas Kabir commercial and corporate laws Companies Bill corporate and economic laws Corporate Social Responsibility Economic Growth in Asia effective regulatory institutions encourages establishes fair Investment Law Minister Salman Khurshid legal processes PM for building climate that attract investments prime minister Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Public Interest regulation of stock exchanges rewards innovation Social Action Litigation
Top Law News Virbhadra graft case: Recording of evidence in November September 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former union minister Virbhadra Singh may not succeed in coming out clean in the corruption case pending against him since 2009 before the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections with the court fixing six days in November for recording of evidence. Only about 60 prosecution witnesses may dispose by then in the trial going on in Shimla […] Read more » corruption case pending against Virbhadra Singh criminal misconduct when he was chief minister Former union minister Virbhadra Singh framing the graft charges against the couple Indian Administrative Service officer Mohinder Lal Pratibha Singh Pratibha Singh was a former MP Prevention of Corruption Act Shimla district court Special Judge B.L. Soni Special Public Prosecutor Jiwan Lal Sharma Virbhadra graft case Virbhadra graft case: Recording of evidence in November Virbhadra Singh Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh Virbhadra Singh's political adversary Vijai Singh Mankotia Virbhadra Singh's telephonic conversation
Top Law News Court orders treatment to HIV positive jail inmate September 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Tihar jail authorities have been directed by a Delhi court to provide proper medical treatment to an HIV positive prison inmate after his check-up at an appropriate hospital. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Prakash gave the order on the plea by 34-year-old HIV positive man, arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police for his […] Read more » Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Prakash Court orders treatment to HIV positive jail inmate Delhi court to provide proper medical treatment to an HIV Delhi Police for his alleged role in a cheating and forgery case directions are issued to concerned jail superintendent Hepatitis B and requires proper medical examination and treatment HIV positive jail inmate HIV positive man arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police HIV positive prison inmate after his check-up at an appropriate hospital jail superintendent to furnish a compliance Tihar Jail authorities treatment to HIV positive jail inmate