Top Law News HC upholds CAT order to revoke officer’s suspension September 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today upheld a Central Administrative Tribunal’s order which had revoked on July 1 this year the 12-year-long suspension of controversial Indian Revenue Service officer Ashok Aggarwal, facing a CBI probe into several cases against him. A bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Manmohan Singh upheld the CAT’s order to revoke Enforcement […] Read more » Aggarwal's suspension CAT order to revoke officer's suspension CAT's order to revoke Enforcement Directorate Central Administrative Tribunal Enforcement Directorate's former Deputy Director Aggarwal's suspension HC upholds CAT order to revoke officer's suspension Indian Revenue Service officer Ashok Aggarwal justices Manmohan Singh Justices Pradeep Nandrajog refrain from penning a lengthy decision Rejecting the government's argument that Aggarwal Special Review Committee of finance ministry Special Review Committee's recommendation Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
Top Law News ‘No permanent status for women in combat areas’ September 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government has told the Supreme Court that it would not be possible to grant permanent commission status to women officers in combat wings like infantry, mechanised infantry and armoured corps. In an additional affidavit filed before the apex court, the defence ministry has said that combat support arms/ services have to sustain prolonged conflict […] Read more » 'No permanent status for women in combat areas' affidavit filed before the apex court armoured corps army ordnance corps army service corps electronics mechanical engineers granting permanent commission infantry mechanised infantry sustain prolonged conflict hazards women in combat areas women officers in combat support arms women officers in combat wings
Top Law News SC grants bail to Nupur but has to be in jail for 7 more days September 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Dentist Nupur Talwar, who has been in jail for over four months in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, was today granted bail by the Supreme Courtwhich directed her to be released by September 25. In view of ongoing trial in which the CBI is examining the witnesses, a […] Read more » Aarushi Aarushi murder case Aarushi was found dead in her bedroom Aarushi’s murder case Allahabad High Court Justices A K Patnaik Justices J.S. Khehar Nupur Talwar Nupur's bail plea rejected Rajesh Talwar co-acused in the case SC grants bail to Nupur but has to be in jail for 7 more days Solicitor General Siddharth Luthra Supreme Court grants bail to Nupur Talwar but has to be in jail for 7 more days Talwar's residence in Jalvayu Vihar twin murder case
Top Law News Pleas of Abhishek Verma, wife rejected September 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The pleas of businessman Abhishek Vermaand his wife for their release from judicial custody in the Enforcement Directorate’s money launderingcase was dismissed today by a Delhi court. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gautam Manan also extended the judicial custody of Verma and his Romanian wife Anca Maria Neascu till October 1 after the couple was produced […] Read more » Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gautam Manan Delhi Court dismisses Abhishek Verma ED had registered a money laundering case Enforcement Directorate's money laundering case Gautam Manan also extended the judicial custody of Verma his wife's plea Indian government's blacklist money laundering case Pleas of Abhishek Verma pleas of businessman Abhishek Verma Romanian wife Anca Maria Neascu severe agony and injustice Swiss arms-dealing firm
Top Law News Bombay HC upholds death sentence for BPO employee’s murderers September 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Monday upheld the death sentence of two people in the 2007 rape and murder case of a Pune BPO employee Jyotikumari Chaudhari. Chaudhari, 22, was raped and killed in November 2007 by her office cab driver Purshottam Borate and a friend of his, Pradip Kokate while they picked her up for […] Read more » Bombay HC upholds death sentence for BPO employee's murderers Bombay High Court BPO employee BPO employee Jyotikumari Chaudhari BPO employee's murderers cab driver Purshottam Borate Jyotikumari Chaudhari Mumbai-Pune Expressway outskirts of Pune Pradip Kokate rape and murder case of a Pune BPO
Top Law News Equal varsity reservation for disabled as SC/ST: Court September 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has held that a university here has to provide equal reservation to disabled candidates in admission as available to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe candidates to avoid “discrimination”. The court said it was “discriminatory” on the part of Delhi Technical University (DTU) to provide only five percent relaxation in admission to […] Read more » AIEEE examination became eligible Anamol Bhandari Bhandari eligible based Bhandari for admission in B.Tech course Delhi Technical University disabilities belonging to SC/ST categories DTU's admission criteria for general category candidates eligible for admission Equal varsity reservation Equal varsity reservation for disabled as SC/ST: Court Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw SC/ST candidates for B.Tech programmme at DTU technical education department of the Delhi government
Top Law News SC orders release of Nupur Talwar on bail September 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Nupur Talwarin connection with the May 2008 Aarushi -Hemraj double murder case. The apex court ordered the Ghaziabad trial court to release Nupur Talwar on bail on September 25. It asked the CBI to complete examination of all prosecution witnesses by then. Nupur, a co-accused in the […] Read more » Aarushi murder case Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case dentist husband Rajesh Talwar destruction of evidence with common intention Ghaziabad has charged the Talwars under sections 302/34 Ghaziabad trial court to release Nupur Talwar on bail Ghaziabad's Dasna Jai Indian Penal Code murder with common intention prosecution witnesses Rajesh Talwar SC orders release of Nupur Talwar on bail sensational double murders
Top Law News US custody row: President Mukherjee assures grandparents of all help September 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The grandfather of one-year-old Indrashish Saha – who has been taken into custody by the child welfare services in New Jersey in USA – today met President Pranab Mukherjee who has assured all help in the matter. “The president is aware about the case and he has assured me that he will take up the […] Read more » Congress general secretary Omprakash Mishra Debashish Saha financially for his legal battle External Affairs Minister SM Krishna Indrashish Saha Mr Mukherjee at the Raj Bhavan Nirmal Krishna Saha President Mukherjee assures grandparents US authorities of mishandling the baby US custody row: President Mukherjee assures grandparents of all help US-based Indian couple from West Bengal West Bengal governments to fight the legal battle
Top Law News Hyderabadi youth say they were implicated in false case September 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Hyderabadi youth say they were implicated in false case Two Hyderabadi youth, who returned home after spending over four years in a jail in Madhya Pradesh, said they were implicated in a false case under what they call a “conspiracy” by police to terrorize Muslim youth. Baleeguddin Jaber and Muqeemuddin Yasir were acquitted in a criminal conspiracy case by a court in Indore Thursday […] Read more » alleged conspiracy to attack state police headquarters anti-Muslim attitude by the police Baleeguddin Jaber criminal conspiracy case by a court in Indore Hyderabadi youth say they were implicated in false case Mecca Masjid blast case Moulana Naseeruddin Muslims wrongly arrested in the case police to terrorize Muslim youth religious organization Wahdat-e-Islami Saeedabad neighbourhood amid slogans Students Islamic Movement of India youth implicated in similar false cases in Gujarat
Top Law News Delhi lawyers to go on strike September 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers here will strike work Sep 17 to protest against the government’s decision to create two more revenue districts that will increase magisterial courts, waste money and inconvenience litigants, the agitators say. The co-ordination committee of all the District Bar Association of Delhi said Saturday that creating two more revenue districts is an arbitrary decision […] Read more » burden on the litigants Delhi lawyers to go on strike District Bar Association of Delhi huge waste of public money inconvenience litigants increase magisterial courts litigants in inconvenience protest against the government’s decision R.N. Vats chairman of the committee revenue districts is an arbitrary decision revenue districts that will increase magisterial courts waste money
Top Law News Tibetans in exile to discuss self-immolations in Tibet September 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tibetans in exile will go into a special session this month to discuss the burning issue of self-immolations by a growing number of Buddhist activists in Tibet. The first session was held here in November 2008 after the riots that erupted in Lhasa had spread to other areas of western China. At that time, the […] Read more » Buddhist activists in Tibet Central Tibetan Administration CTA's website quoting the Dalai Lama current urgent and critical situation in Tibet Dalai Lama fled Tibet igniting self-immolation protests in Tibet prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay riots that erupted in Lhasa subsequent Chinese crackdown Tibet Autonomous Region Tibetan democracy Tibetan Task Force on Negotiation Tibetans in exile to discuss self-immolations in Tibet wearing his trademark maroon robes
Top Law News Jayalalithaa wants Supreme Court to take up Katchatheevu September 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tamil Nadu will petition the Supreme Court to immediately take up its case against the gifting of Katchatheevu island by India to SriLanka, according to Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. An official statement Saturday said the chief minister conveyed the decision to her officials late Friday. “It was decided to petition the Supreme Court to take […] Read more » case against the gifting of Katchatheevu island Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Court to take up the case challenging the gifting of Katchatheevu DMK then ruled Tamil Nadu gifting of Katchatheevu immediately International Maritime Boundary Line Jayalalithaa wants Supreme Court to take up Katchatheevu Katchatheevu Katchatheevu island by India to SriLanka Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam livelihood of fishermen in Rameswaram Sri Lankan Navy Tamil Nadu is closest to northern Sri Lanka worship at the shrine of St. Anthony