Top Law News SC says reporting of trial proceedings can be postponed September 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today laid down a constitutional principle where aggrieved parties can seek from appropriate court the postponement of the publication of court hearings and a decision taken on a case-by-case basis. The court, however, refrained from framing broad guidelines for reporting of sub-judice court matters, saying it cannot be done “across the board.” […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia decision taken on a case-by-case basis framing guidelines after receiving complaints journalists from venturing into the contempt area Justices D K Jain Justices J.S. Khehar justices Ranjana Prakash Desai justices S S Nijjar neutralising technique postponement of reporting court proceedings SC says reporting of trial proceedings can be postponed SEBI trial proceedings can be postponed
Top Law News Cops chargesheet LeT module, 3 others in terror case September 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi police has chargesheeted four persons including a suspected LeT operative for allegedly planning to execute blasts at major shopping centres here at the behest of their Pakistani handlers. The charge sheet has also named seven Pakistani nationals and a Jammu and Kashmir native as suspects in the case. The charge sheet filed by […] Read more » 3 others in terror case Ahtisham's e-mail id incriminating messages alleged LeT militant Ahtisham Farooq Malick Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Prakash Cops chargesheet LeT module executing terrorist strikes at various sites Explosive Substances Act LeT commander Hanzala LeT militant Ahtisham Saijee Anwar seven Pakistani nationals open non-bailable warrants against them Shafaqat Ali Tuggu Shafaqat at Tuglaqabad suspected LeT operative Tawseef Ahmed Peer Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
Top Law News 65,000 Bihar police personnel begin protest September 10, 2012 / September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sixty-five thousand police personnel, mainly constables and havildars in Bihar Monday began the first of their five-phased protest against the government’s alleged apathy to grant them various allowances. All the police constables and havildars (sergeants) protested by wearing black badges during their duty hours in the first phase to draw the attention of the state […] Read more » 65000 Bihar police personnel begin protest Bihar police personnel begin protest Bihar Policemen's Association to demand various allowances Chief Minister Nitish Kuimar constables and havildars fifth phase of their protest five-phased protest against the government Inspector General-rank police Jitendra Kumar Singh Police officials deployed at Chief Minister Nitish Kuimar protested by wearing black badges Sixty-five thousand police
Top Law News Press Council chief slams sedition charge against cartoonist September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju Monday termed the sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi as “stupid” and demanded action against politicians and police responsible for arresting the cartoonist. “The charges are stupid and this is not sedition. This is misuse of the state machinery. Those politicians and policemen who have made this […] Read more » allegedly derogatory sketch and uploading it Anna Hazare Anna Hazare supporter and political cartoonist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption agitation Aseem Trivedi cartoons criticising politicians charge against cartoonist India Against Corruption Markandey Katju non-bailable arrest warrant issued Press Council chief slams sedition charge against cartoonist Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi Trivedi is an activist of India Against Corruption
Top Law News SC no to quashing chargesheet against Nirmal Yadav September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to quash the chargesheet against former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav who was allegedly involved in a multimillion rupee “cash in bag” corruption case. “At this stage we are not prepared to quash the chargesheet,” ruled the apex court bench of Justices H.L. Dattu and C.K. Prasad. […] Read more » Cash-for-judge scam chargesheet against former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge corruption case Court had earlier rejected her plea for the quashing Delhi-based hotelier Ravinder Singh dvocate general Sanjeev Bansal justices C K Prasad justices H L Dattu newly-appointed high court judge Nirmaljit Kaur Nirmal Yadav property dealer Rajiv Gupta SC no to quashing chargesheet against Nirmal Yadav senior counsel K.T.S. Tulsi
Top Law News Students beat up policemen in Ghaziabad September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three policemen, including a station in-charge, were injured in Ghaziabad Monday when angry college students attacked a police station and burnt it down. According to state home department officials, violence broke out in Muradnagar, about 470 km from here, when angry students of the Gandhi Inter College, protesting against the sacking of a school teacher, […] Read more » angry college students attacked a police station Arvind Dubey Gandhi Inter College Ghaziabad Rawli police station on fire state home department officials students attacked a police station and burnt it Students beat up policemen Students beat up policemen in Ghaziabad students went berserk and thrashed policemen violence broke out in Muradnagar
Top Law News Norway case rerun: Curbs on Indian couple meeting son in US September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a virtual replay of the Norway children custody case, a US-based Indian couple from West Bengal has been given limited access to their one-year-old son by the authorities who took the child under their care after he suffered head injury. Debasish Saha, 28, an engineer based in the US state of New Jersey, said […] Read more » Abhyigyan Arunabhash Bhattacharya by a Norwegian Debasish Saha huge cost of hiring a lawyer Indian couple meeting son in US Nirmal Saha lives in Balurghat in West Bengal Norway case rerun Norway case rerun: Curbs on Indian couple meeting son in US Norway children custody case US state of New Jersey US-based Indian couple from West Bengal West Bengal's South Dinajpur district
Top Law News Anna’s Cartoonist Supporter Sent to Police Custody September 10, 2012 / September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai court Sunday remanded Aseem Trivedi, an Anna Hazare supporter and political cartoonist, to seven days police custody for drawing an allegedly derogatory sketch and uploading it on his web portal, an activist said. Trivedi, 25, an activist of India Against Corruption, was picked up Saturday evening by Mumbai police from Bandra-Kurla following a […] Read more » allegedly derogatory sketch Anna Hazare supporter and political cartoonist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption agitation Anna's Cartoonist Supporter Sent to Police Custody bluffed IAC volunteers IAC alleged Trivedi IAC spokesperson India Against Corruption Mumbai police from Bandra-Kurla non-bailable arrest warrant issued against him objectionable banners
Top Law News Judicial activism shouldn’t erode constitutional principles: President September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday cautioned against judicial activism resulting in the erosion of constitutional principles of separation of powers between the three pillars of state and and called on Indian judiciary to reinvent itself through introspection and self-correction. Speaking at the valedictory function of the sesquicentennial celebrations (150 years) of the Madras High Court here, […] Read more » basic features of the Indian Constitution cautioned against judicial activism Chief Justice of the Madras High Court M.Y.Eqbal erosion of constitutional principles of separation government officials Indian judiciary to reinvent Judicial activism shouldn't erode constitutional principles: President Kerala and Karnataka High Courts lawyers Madras National Law School at Srirangam President Pranab Mukherjee Tamil Nadu Advocate's Welfare Fund Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid
Top Law News Check illegal migration from Bangladesh: Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung and other intellectuals have urged the government to take steps to tackle the presence of illegal Bangladesh migrants in Assam and other parts of the country, a statement said Sunday. Following a discussion on the recent violence in Assam, the activists said that there was a need to […] Read more » Asian Centre of Human Rights' Suhas Chakma Centre for Equity Studies' Harsh Mander Check illegal migration from Bangladesh: Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor illegal Bangladesh migrants in Assam illegal migration from Bangladesh illegally slipped across the Indo-Bangladesh border Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Jamia Millia's Centre for Northeast Studies director Sanjoy Hazarika Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Binod Khadria labour flow from Bangladesh National Foundation of India's Monica Banerjee scholars and activists held at the Jamia Millia unverified figures about migration violence in Assam
Top Law News Silicosis-affected workers die silent death in Delhi September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment For Gulli Devi, 55, even breathing is a pain. Every time she does so, she groans as it is accompanied by sporadic coughing. Suffering from silicosis, the reed-thin woman fends for herself as her husband and son died due to the same incurable disease that has claimed many lives in a village that is actually […] Read more » accompanied by sporadic coughing affluent south Delhi neighbourhoods battling silicosis Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia Director of PRASAR S.M. Azad dying of silicosis Gulli Devi national capital’s Lal Kuan village National Human Rights Commission People’s Rights and Social Research Centre prescribed medicines for tuberculosis Silicosis-affected workers die silent death in Delhi sufferer Narayani Devi Suffering from silicosis Workmen Compensation Act
Top Law News Bombay HC gives partial relief to insecticide co. September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has partially set aside an order of Principal Secretary (Agriculture) of Maharashtra suspending the licence of Krishi Rasayan Export in respect of insecticides traded by the company. Justice S C Dharmadhikari upheld last week the order to the extent of suspending the licence for insecticide ‘Ethephon’ from June to December 2012. […] Read more » Ahmednagar district Bombay HC gives partial relief to insecticide co. Ethephon Government lawyer R M Patne HC gives partial relief to insecticide co. insecticides traded by the company Justice S.C. Dharmadhikari Kripon Krishi Rasayan Export on grape plants Principal Secretary (Agriculture) of Maharashtra Rambhau Jagannath Dhavane