Top Law News HC to AICTE: Probe if colleges run unapproved courses August 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has been asked by the Delhi High Courtto probe into an allegation that various engineering colleges are conducting unapproved courses. Disposing of a plea for direction to colleges to stop unapproved courses, a bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikriand Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked AICTE, […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri AICTE counsel allegations colleges despite notices from AICTE conducting unapproved courses HC to AICTE: Probe if colleges run unapproved courses Probe if colleges run unapproved courses Shabad Welfare Society Shabad Welfare Society of Allahabad unapproved courses
Top Law News Court discharges 3 Crime Branch officials August 13, 2012 / August 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has discharged three policemen, including an inspector, of corruption charges for want of proper sanction for prosecution, but has proceeded against them for allegedly extorting money from a businessman. Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal discharged Inspector K G Tyagi, Sub-Inspector Mukesh Singh and Assistant Sub- Inspector Rajbir Singh of the Crime Branch […] Read more » alleged corruption charges against the trio complaint by Abhinav Aggarwal corruption charges Court discharges 3 Crime Branch officials Crime Branch discharged Inspector discharged three policemen Indian Penal Code for extortion Investigation was incomplete Prevention of Corruption Act
Top Law News Proposal to declare Matheran rly on heritage list August 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Centre’s proposal to UNESCO to confer heritage status on the 105-year-old Matheran toy train railway is mired in controversy with the descendants of its founder Sir Adamjee Peerbhoy moving the Bombay High Court to rename the railway after him. The Court has expedited the hearing of the petition although it has not come up for […] Read more » 167th birth anniversary of Sir Adamjee Peerbhoy confer heritage status controversy Matheran Matheran Municipal Council Ajay Sawant Matheran railway Matheran rly on heritage list Matheran toy train railway Neral on the foothills of Matheran palanquin Proposal to declare Matheran rly on heritage list railway on heritage list UNESCO
Top Law News PIL alleges Rs 26,000 cr irrigation scam in Vidarbha August 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL filed in the Bombay High Court has alleged that an unholy nexus of contractors, officers and politicians has siphoned off a staggering amount of Rs 26,000 crore meant for irrigation projects in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. A division bench of justices Pratap Hardas and M L Tahaliyani has issued notices to the Union […] Read more » Bombay High Court has alleged Gosikhurd project irrigation projects in Vidarbha irrigation scam in Vidarbha irrigation water for power plants Lokmanya Bapuji Aney Smarak Samiti PIL PIL alleges PIL alleges Rs 26000 cr irrigation scam in Vidarbha PIL cites newspaper rampant corruption Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation
Top Law News Kanda moves Delhi High Court for anticipatory bail August 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Absconding former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, wanted in connection with the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, Monday moved the Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail. The matter will come up for hearing Tuesday. On Aug 9, Kanda’s anticipatory bail plea was dismissed by a sessions court that said allegations against him were […] Read more » anticipatory bail criminal intimidation Delhi High Court Delhi High Court for anticipatory bail Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail Geetika hanged Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda Kanda moves Delhi High Court for anticipatory bail Kanda's anticipatory bail plea MDLR Airlines
Top Law News Anti-nuclear activists to continue protests at Kudankulam August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Anti-nuclear activists have claimed that the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board’s (AERB) clearance to load enriched uranium fuel in the first 1,000 MW reactor at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is a violation of the atomic regulator’s commitment to the court. Referring to the batch of petitions filed in the Madras High Court against the […] Read more » Anti-nuclear activists Anti-nuclear activists to continue protests at Kudankulam challenging the legality Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa deadly and shameful legacy enriched uranium fuel Indian nuclear establishment Kudankulam Madras High Court MW reactor Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd PMANE violation of the atomic regulator's commitment
Top Law News Geetika suicide: Chaddha to be questioned for another day August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday extended by a day the police custody of the now-defunct MDLR Airlines’ official Aruna Chaddha in a case related to the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma here Aug 5. Duty Magistrate Manish Khurana extended the time for custodial interrogation of Chaddha till Sunday after police said her custody was […] Read more » anticipatory bail Aruna Chaddha Charges of criminal intimidation Counsel B.S. Rana appeared for Chaddha custodial interrogation Geetika left a suicide note blaming Chaddha Geetika Sharma Geetika suicide Geetika suicide: Chaddha to be questioned for another day Geetika worked as a flight attendant Geetika's brother Haryana's former minister Gopal Goyal Kanda MDLR Airlines north Delhi's Ashok Vihar police custody police plea
Top Law News Lawyer murder: Watchman sent to police custody August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai magistrate court on Saturday remanded Sajjad Ahmed Mughal, the watchman accused in the murder of 25-year-old woman lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha to police custody till Aug 17. Mughal allegedly killed Purkayastha early Thursday by slitting her throat in an apartment because she had rebuked him. Mughal was presented before a magistrate court around noon, […] Read more » Atanu Puryakastha Lawyer murder: Watchman sent to police custody lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha to police custody magistrate court Mughal Mumbai magistrate court Mumbai Police revenge for his humiliation Sajjad Ahmed Mughal Security Agencies Regulation Act watchman accused in the murder Watchman sent to police custody
Top Law News Ansari sworn in as 14th Vice-President August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hamid Ansari was sworn-in as the Vice-President of the country for the second consecutive term by President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Saturday. Mr Ansari, 75, was administered the oath by the President at a grand ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. He had defeated NDA candidate Jaswant Singh with a comfortable margin earlier this […] Read more » Ansari sworn Ansari sworn in as 14th Vice-President comfortable margin Hamid Ansari Hamid Ansari was sworn National Conference Nationalist Congress Party NDA candidate President Pranab Mukherjee Rashtrapati Bhawan Vice-President
Top Law News Kashmir Sikhs allege discrimination August 11, 2012 / August 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sikhs in the Kashmir valley Saturday alleged that they are being neglected by both the central and the state governments. Jagmohan Singh Raina, chairman of all parties Sikh coordination committee, Kashmir told media persons here: “In 1947, 35,000 Sikhs were killed because of the strife, and since then we continue to suffer in Kashmir. “The […] Read more » allege discrimination internal displacement certificate Jagmohan Singh Raina Kashmir Sikhs Kashmir Sikhs allege discrimination Kashmir valley loacl sikhs leader Sikh community Sikh coordination committee Sikh massacre Sikhs suffer in Kashmir
Top Law News Three sentenced to ten years RI August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has sentenced three persons, two of them Delhi residents, to rigorous imprisonment for ten years in a case of armed robbery and violent attack on police personnel here in September 2011. Additional District and Sessions Judge Krishan Kumar sentenced Sandeeep and Randhir, both residents of Delhi, and Sandeep of Jhajjar district, to […] Read more » court here has sentenced three persons Delhi residents Krishan Kumar NH 8 police party at Dharuhera rigorous imprisonment for ten years each ten years in a case of armed robbery Three sentenced to ten years RI trio stole at gunpoint verdict pronounced violent attack on police personne
Top Law News PM to grace 150th anniversary fete of Bombay HC August 11, 2012 / August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh would be the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year-long sesquicentennial celebrations of the Bombay High Court at National Centre for Preforming Arts (NCPA) here on August 18. The other dignitaries who would grace the occasion include Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Union Law […] Read more » 150 years of establishment 150th anniversary fete of Bombay HC August 18 Central Hall in the High Court Dr Manmohan Singh inaugurated Milind Deora National Centre for Preforming Arts PM to grace 150th anniversary fete of Bombay HC Prithviraj Chavan in the Central Court Hall