Top Law News Businessman to pay maintenance to wife & daughter August 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has directed a businessman to pay Rs 10,000 per month as interim maintenance to his estranged wife and minor daughter. Additional District Judge Sujata Kohli awarded the maintenance saying the man has admitted that he has no other liability to maintain, apart from his wife and the toddler. The court fixed Rs […] Read more » alimony from her husband to maintain her dignity Ashok Vihar-based businessman Businessman to pay maintenance to wife & daughter child requires basic necessities District Judge Sujata Kohli divorce case dowry harassment estranged couple estranged wife and daughter maternal grand father woman's maternal house
Top Law News SC extends ban on tourism in areas of tiger reserves August 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticized the Union government for changing its stand on core areas of tiger reserves being kept out of bounds for tourists. The apex court extended the interim ban on tourism in core areas till August 29. The SC said that because of callous attitude of the authorities in enforcing rules […] Read more » apex court extended the interim ban authorities in enforcing rules Centre's counsel Waseem Ahmed Kadiri core areas of tiger reserves except filling affidavits guidelines for conservation of tiger interim ban on tourism Justices A K Patnaik justices Swatanter Kumar SC extends ban on tourism in areas of tiger reserves tiger reserves
Top Law News Nupur wants forensic expert’s cross-examination deferred August 22, 2012 / August 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A CBI special court here on Tuesday adjourned the proceedings in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case for a day after accused Nupur Talwar filed a plea seeking the deferment of the cross-examination of a witness and forensic expert. Nupur Talwar, Aarushi’s mother, sought delaying of the cross-examination of B K Mahapatra, a scientist from the […] Read more » Aarushi Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case Allahabad High Court order rejecting her bail plea Central Forensic Science Laboratory co-accused Rajesh Talwar cross-examination of a witness Dasna jail in Ghaziabad Nupur Talwar Nupur Talwar filed a plea seeking the deferment Nupur Talwar was taken into custody Nupur Talwar’s bail application Nupur wants forensic expert’s cross-examination deferred Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district
Top Law News Geetika’s case: police again fail to get Aruna’s custody August 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Tuesday once again rejected the plea of investigators to get the custody of Aruna Chaddha to confront her with former Haryana Minister and key accused in Geetika Sharma suicide case saying they failed to give fresh and cogent reasons for her custodial interrogation. “The Investigating Officer has failed to disclose any […] Read more » Aromafoods Chaddha's counsel Kapil Singla Chief Metropolitan Magistrate D K Jangala custodial interrogation custodial interrogation of Chaddha custody of Aruna Chaddha to confront Emirates Airline employee Geetika Sharma suicide case Geetika's case: police again fail to get Aruna's custody police custody remand of accused Aruna Chaddha rejected the plea of investigators
Top Law News HC asks IAF to let its airman join as CISF officer August 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian Air Force has been asked by the Delhi High Court to relieve one of its airmen within a week to enable him join the CISF as an assistant commandant. A bench of justices Pradeep Nadrajog and Manmohan Singh directed IAF to give 24-year-old Airman Sandeep Kumar its no-objection certificate to join CISF, saying […] Read more » Airman Sandeep Kumar Aspirations of the youth of this country Central Para Military Force HC asks IAF to let its airman join as CISF officer IAF IAF to issue NOC Kumar deserves a pardon Kumar's plea against the IAF decision Manmohan Singh directed IAF NOC on the alleged ground Pradeep Nadrajog
Top Law News HC to MMRDA, officials: File reply on Thane dam August 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today sought reply from the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) and senior government officials on a plea alleging dereliction on their part in allowing a private firm to construct a dam in neighbouring Thane district. A division bench headed by Justice D D Sinha was hearing an application filed by […] Read more » Advocate Gayatri Singh bureaucrats HC to MMRDA officials: File reply on Thane dam initiate criminal action Justice D. D. Sinha Mira-Bhayander MMRDA Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authorit PIL alleging private firm to construct a dam Shramik Mukti Sanghatana Thane district
Top Law News Kerala legislator gets bail in murder case August 22, 2012 / August 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator T.V. Rajesh was Tuesday granted bail by the Kerala High Court in the murder of Indian Union Muslim League worker Abdul Shukoor in February. Rajesh was lodged in jail after his anticipatory bail plea was dismissed and he surrendered before a court in his home town Kannur Aug 13. […] Read more » Abdul Shukoor anticipatory bail plea arrested in the murder of Shukoor Communist Party of India-Marxist Congress-led United Democratic Front CPI-M leader Indian Union Muslim League Kerala legislator gets bail in murder case P. Jayarajan Rajesh Rajesh's counsel Shukoor was allegedly murdered
Top Law News Madras HC seeks details of Kudankulam power project August 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court Tuesday ordered the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to file a fresh consent order for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) Thursday. The court also ordered Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) to file an affidavit Thursday detailing the implementation of the recommendations made by a task force set up by […] Read more » Atomic Energy Regulatory Board KNPP challenging Kudankulam Kudankulam in Tirunvelveli district Kudankulam Marine Environment Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project Kudankulam power project Madras HC seeks details of Kudankulam power project Madras High Court Sundarrajan contends Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board tolerance temperature limits
Top Law News Rehabilitate Bengali Muslims only after verification: Bodo groups August 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two Bodo groups including the National Democratic Front of Bodoland’s (NDFB) pro-talk faction Saturday demanded that the Assam governmentverify the citizenship status of the Bengali-speaking Muslims, displaced during last month’s clashes, before rehabilitating them. The pro-talk faction of the NDFB, also known as NDFB (Progressive) and People’s Joint Action Committee for Bodoland Movement – a […] Read more » Assam government verify the citizenship Bangladeshis Bengali-speaking Muslims Bodo-dominated Kokrajhar district BTAD areas chief Badaruddin Ajmal communal politics displaced in Kokrajhar Gobinda Basumatary Muslim migrants National Democratic Front of Bodoland's National Register of Citizens (NRC) is updated Rehabilitate Bengali Muslims only after verification: Bodo groups
Top Law News Accused should not gain from police lapses: SC August 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An accused facing trial should not be allowed to take advantage of slipshod investigation by police, the Supreme Court has said, cautioning judges against acquitting an offender if the prosecution case stood unshaken. “This court has repeatedly observed that the court must not get influenced by the inefficiency of the investigating agency and acquit the […] Read more » accused facing trial Accused should not gain from police lapses: SC complainant Karambir Yadav conviction of Joginder evidence of a sole eyewitness instant case investigating agency Juvenile Justice Act kidnapped murdering Pushpinder prosecution case Ram Chander Yadav slipshod investigation by police Varun Kumar accused of murdering Pushpinder
Top Law News Kanda sent to seven-day police custody August 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gopal Goyal Kanda, the former Haryana minister who is the prime accused in the suicide of former air hostess Geetika Sharma, has been sent to seven days in police custody by a court in Delhi. Mr Kanda, who was arrested by the Delhi Police in the wee hours today amidst high drama, was produced in […] Read more » amidst high drama anticipatory bail plea Arguing against bail for Mr Kanda Ashok Vihar police station criminal conspiracy criminal intimidation defunct MDLR Airlines Delhi Police raided destruction of evidence Geetika Sharma's Facebook account Govind Kanda was arrested by the police investigation is impartial Kanda Kanda sent to seven-day police custody prime accused in the suicide suicide
Top Law News No intention to tinker with judicial independence, says government August 18, 2012 / August 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Maintaining that judicial independence can co-exist with judicial accountability, the government Friday said it has no intention to impair the independence of judiciary through the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill. A government, in a statement, said it was not true that the bill would impair the independence of judiciary. “The ministry of law and justice, […] Read more » Accountability Bill Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia's department of justice eminent jurists functioning democracy functioning judiciary judicial accountability judicial independence Judicial Standards Kapadia legal expert No intention to tinker with judicial independence unnecessary risk