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
Top Law News Exodus of people from northeast continues from Bangalore August 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Despite the government’s efforts to pacify the situation that has put the people of North East in a tizzy, an air of uncertainty hangs heavy in cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Chennai. Gripped by rumour fuelled fears of impending attacks on them, people from North East continued to flee southern cities Bangalore, Pune and Chennai […] Read more » approaching Facebook Assam violence Azad Hind Express catastrophic serial bomb explosions Chennai City Police depicted violent incidents ensure their safety Exodus continues in Chennai Exodus of people from northeast continues from Bangalore heading back home incidents of violence against people North East swarming North Easterners desperate objectionable links
Top Law News Ex-CWC official gets four-year jail term in graft case August 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court has awarded a four-year jail term to a senior official of the Central Water Commission (CWC) in a funds misappropriation case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Dharmesh Sharma, in a recently pronounced order, awarded the jail term to former deputy director of CWC J.P. Sharma, for allegedly hatching a […] Read more » allegedly hatching Central Bureau of Investigation Central Water Commission convict Sharma court also slapped a fine criminal conspiracy CWC J.P. Sharma deriving pecuniary benefit Ex-CWC official gets four-year jail term in graft case graft case rigorous imprisonment under section 420-B of the Indian Penal Code
Top Law News L N Mishra murder case: SC dismisses plea to quash trial August 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to quash the trial in the 1975 murder case of the then Railway Minister L N Mishra, saying proceedings cannot be terminated merely because they have not been concluded in the past 37 years. A bench of justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad dismissed a plea filed by […] Read more » C K Prasad dismissed Justice Dattu blamed justices H L Dattu L N Mishra murder case L N Mishra murder case: SC dismisses plea to quash trial murder case occasional by exceptional circumstances Railway Minister L N Mishra SC dismisses plea to quash trial trial in the case
Top Law News Geetika case: Ex Haryana Minister Kanda surrenders August 18, 2012 / August 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After being on the run for 10 days, controversial former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda surrendered before police in the wee hours today and was arrested in connection with the suicide of his former employee Geetika Sharma. Kanda, who was absconding for the past 10 days after police served him a notice to appear before them […] Read more » anticipatory bail anticipatory bail plea of Kanda apprehending his arrest Ex Haryana Minister Kanda surrenders Geetika case Geetika case: Ex Haryana Minister Kanda surrenders Geetika Sharma Govind Kanda was also arrested yesterday for allegedly Gurgaon residence Kanda and Chaddha were harassing her Kanda evade police Kanda surrendered before police MDLR Airlines non-bailable warrant against Kanda
Top Law News 2G case: Court allows A Raja to visit Tamil Nadu August 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Raja, former Telecom Minister and key accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, was today allowed by a Delhi court to visit Tamil Nadu for three days. Special CBI Judge O P Saini allowed the plea of the DMK MP to visit Tamil Nadu after CBI prosecutor did not object to it. “Accused […] Read more » 2G case 2G case: Court allows A Raja to visit Tamil Nadu 2G spectrum allocation scam case A K Srivastava case for the offences of cheating CBI prosecutor criminal breach criminal conspiracy Department of Telecom DMK MP Kanimozhi Prosecution Witness Tamil Nadu telecom secretary D S Mathur
Top Law News No mining in Karnataka till R&R measures are implemented: SC August 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on No mining in Karnataka till R&R measures are implemented: SC The Supreme Court on Friday said it would not allow resumption of mining activities of iron and ore in Karnataka unless there is a statutory compliance and full implementation of reclamation and rehabilitation measures. “You don’t press for resumption of mining activities unless we are sure that there is a statutory compliance. No mining activities […] Read more » CBI investigation Central Empowered Committee encroachment of forest areas illegal mining Justice Aftab Alam Karnataka mining activities No mining in Karnataka till R&R measures are implemented: SC rehabilitation measures resumption of mining Samaj Parivartana Samudaya statutory compliance