Top Law News Justice Altamas Kabir to be next Chief Justice of India September 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Altamas Kabir will be the new Chief Justice of India and will assume charge Sep 29, said official sources Thursday. Incumbent Chief Justice SH Kapadia will relinquish office September 28. Born on July 19, 1948 at Kolkata, Justice Kabir did his LLB and MA from the University of Calcutta. He was enrolled at the […] Read more » Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Chief Justice of India Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court City Civil Court courts in Kolkata Incumbent Chief Justice SH Kapadia Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Altamas Kabir to be next Chief Justice Justice Altamas Kabir to be next Chief Justice of India Justice Kabir was responsible for the computerisation LLB and MA from the University of Calcutta National Legal Services Authority
Top Law News HC slams Mumbai Police for arresting cartoonist for sedition September 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today slammed Mumbai Police for arresting cartoonist Aseem Trivedi on “frivolous” grounds and “without application of mind”, saying its action breached his freedom of speech and expression. “How can you (police) arrest people on frivolous grounds? You arrest a cartoonist and breach his liberty of freedom of speech and expression,” a […] Read more » applied against the young cartoonist Aseem Trivedi frivolous government wanted protection from the citizens HC slams Mumbai Police for arresting cartoonist for sedition high court granted him bail amid mounting public outrage justices Amjad Sayyed justices D Y Chandrachud Kanpur-based cartoonist Mumbai Police for arresting cartoonist Aseem Trivedi Mumbai Police for arresting cartoonist for sedition person's liberties guaranteed to him in a civil society PIL filed by lawyer Sanskar Marathe Sanskar Marathe claiming Trivedi's arrest was illegal Trivedi's arrest was prima facie arbitrary
Top Law News Guwahati molestation: Prime accused gets bail September 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gauhati High Court Thursday granted bail to Amarjyoti Kalita, the main accused in the GS Road molestation case here. The court directed Kalita to furnish two sureties of Rs 10,000 each to the satisfaction of chief judicial magistrate, Kamrup, whose court will hear the case on a fast track basis from next week. Kalita, […] Read more » charges of molestation against the said accused Chief Judicial Magistrate Debo Das Dhanraj Basfor Diganta Basumatary Dipak Deb Ghanashyam Malik granted bail to Amarjyoti Kalita GS Road molestation case Guwahati molestation Guwahati molestation: Prime accused gets bail Hafizuddin IR lodged by the mother of the victimised girl Jitumoni Deka Kalita’s counsel Bhaskar Dev Konwar Kamrup lawful discharge of duty Nabajit Deka Nabajyoti Baruah Prime accused gets bail Puspendra Das Rubul Ali Rupkanta Kalita Sikandar Basfor
Top Law News SC to hear plea for providing printout of votes in EVMs September 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said it would attach priority to the hearing of a petition seeking provision of printouts for the recording of votes in electronic voting machines (EVMs) at the time of casting them during elections. A bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi said they will hear the matter on priority […] Read more » Ashok Desai will argue for the Election Commission ballot paper system of casting votes during elections electronic voting machines EVMs were not tamper-proof foreign private companies Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice P. Sathasivam Justice Ranjan Gogoi Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha constituency of union minister P. Chidambram recording of votes in electronic voting machines SC to hear plea for providing printout of votes in EVMs susceptible to hacking the Bharatiya Janata Party candidates time of casting them during elections
Top Law News Alter master plan to operate bus depot near Yamuna: Court September 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday granted six months time to the government to alter the city’s master plan in case it wants to continue to operate the Millennium Bus Depot on the banks of the Yamuna. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said that in case the […] Read more » Alter master plan to operate bus depot near Yamuna: Court Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Commonwealth Games concrete for depot's parking area construction was against the master plan Delhi Development Authority Delhi Transport Corporation government to alter the city's master plan in case Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw master plan and harmful to the river Millennium Bus Depot on the banks of the Yamuna operate bus depot near Yamuna take steps for amendment in the master plan
Top Law News NHRC notice on school turning away gangrape victim September 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Thursday sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government over a Dalit girl being allegedly denied admission in school because she was a gangrape victim. “A notice has been issued to Uttar Pradesh chief secretary and the director general of police to give reports within four weeks into the […] Read more » apex human rights body Dalit girl Dalit girl being allegedly denied admission Dalit girl made a video of the crime gangrape victim National Human Rights Commission NHRC notice on school turning away gangrape victim NHRC statement Prevention of Atrocities Act Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes school turning away gangrape victim victim of a gangrape village school in Bijnor district violation of human rights
Top Law News Man jailed for 2 yrs for critically injuring a trader September 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A cottage cheese trader has been sentenced to two years in jail by a Delhi court for critically injuring a fellow merchant in a fight over payment of dues. District Judge O P Gupta sentenced trader Anil Kumar of West Delhi for hitting cottage cheese supplier Bhagesh Chaudhary of Vikaspuri on his head and grievously […] Read more » attempting to commit culpable homicide Bhagesh Chaudhary of Vikaspuri Chaudhary demanded from Kumar cottage cheese supplier critically injuring a trader Delhi court for critically injuring a fellow merchant District Judge O P Gupta fight over payment of dues Man jailed for 2 yrs for critically injuring a trader no criminal antecedents trader Anil Kumar of West Delhi
Top Law News Youth jailed for 7 yrs for raping and robbing a woman September 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A youth has been sentenced to seven years in jail by a Delhi court for raping and robbing a woman in her house here. Additional Sessions Judge Yashwant Kumar sentenced 28-year-old Kanhaiya saying those who commit the rape are “psychologically sadistic persons.” “Sexual offences constitute an altogether different kind of crime which is the result […] Read more » a rapist degrades defiles the soul of a helpless female Delhi court for raping and robbing a woman Kanhaiya Kanhaiya's counsel pleaded for leniency North-West Delhi physical frame of his victim psychologically sadistic persons raping and robbing a woman robbed her of her valuables after raping her Sessions Judge Yashwant Kumar Youth jailed for 7 yrs for raping and robbing a woman
Top Law News HC’s fiat dashes Kalmadi’s hope to seek re-election September 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Controversial IOA chief Suresh Kalmadi was virtually barred from seeking his re-election as the sports body president with the Delhi High Court ordering today holding the polls for it strictly under the sports code that bars a person from seeking fourth term in the office. The National Sports Development Code provides that a person, who […] Read more » alleging irregularities in the election Athletics Federation of India Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Controversial IOA chief Suresh Kalmadi HC's fiat dashes Kalmadi's hope to seek re-election Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Kalmadi's hope to seek re-election lawyer Rahul Mehra National Sports Development Code PIL by lawyer Rahul Mehra polls for various posts of IOA various alleged maladies virtually barred from seeking his re-election
Top Law News Appoint people with judicial background to CIC: SC September 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Holding that Central and state Information Commissions perform quasi-judicial functions, the Supreme Court today asked the government to appoint people from judicial background also as its members. A bench of justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar also lifted the stay on appointment of information commissioners. The bench passed the order on a PIL challenging […] Read more » Appoint people with judicial background to CIC: SC Central Information Commission chief information commissioner Information Commissions perform quasi-judicial functions judicial background Justices A K Patnaik justices Swatanter Kumar PIL challenging section 12 posts of Information Commissioners are vacant in the CIC Right to Information Act work of the CIC under the RTI Act
Top Law News SC refuses to stop fuel loading in Kudankulam plant September 13, 2012 / September 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the fuel loading of the nuclear power plant at Kudankulam. The apex court will hear the matter on next Thursday. Earlier on the day, hundreds of people from Tamil Nadu’s Idinthakarai village, the epicentre of the protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), stood in the […] Read more » Forcible eviction India's atomic power plant operator jal satyagraha Kudankulam plan Madhya Pradesh against the Omkareshwar Dam MW reactors with Russian help at Kudankulam nuclear disaster at Fukushima in Japan Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd nuclear power plant at Kudankulam Omkareshwar Dam on the Narmada People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy protestors in Khandwa district stood in neck-deep water protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant refused to stay the fuel loading of the nuclear power plant SC refuses to stop fuel loading in Kudankulam plan SC refuses to stop fuel loading in Kundankulam plant Social activist Medha Patkar Tamil Nadu's Idinthakarai village
Top Law News Verma didn’t appear for recording of evidence in cheating case September 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Businessman Abhishek Verma today failed to appear before a Delhi court to record his evidence in a cheating-cum-defamation case lodged by him against his US partner as he is in CBI custody in a case involving alleged possession of Defence Ministry’s secret documents. Verma, who was in Tihar Jail along with his Romanian wife for […] Read more » cheating-cum-defamation against his US partner Defence Ministry's secret documents Enforcement Directorate's money laundering case evidence in a cheating-cum-defamation case lodged Metropolitan Magistrate Surya Malik Grover Official Secrets Act pre-summoning evidence Sports Minister Ajay Maken's complaint Verma didn't appear for recording of evidence in cheating case Verma in Tihar Jail Verma's complaint of cheating-cum-defamation Verma's counsel R K Gosain