Top Law News HC notice to CBI on Raja’s plea against charge order July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought CBI’s stand on former Telecommunication Minister A Raja’s plea challenging the trial court’s order on framing of charges against him in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Justice A K Pathak issued notice to the CBI and sought its reply by September 6, the date slated for hearing of similar […] Read more » 2G spectrum case A. Raja CBI CBI in 2G spectrum case Delhi High Court former Telecommunication Minister A Raja Telecommunication Minister A Raja
Top Law News MACT: Tutor gets Rs 19 lakh for loss of leg July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A private coaching centre tutor, who lost one of his legs after having been run over by a recklessly driven tempo, has been awarded a compensation of nearly Rs 19 lakhs by a road mishap MACT. Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) ordered Reliance General Insurance company Ltd, with which the offending vehicle was insured, to […] Read more » compensation in road accidents MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Reliance General Insurance company Ltd
Top Law News SC seeks govt’s reply on ‘killings’ by BSF July 9, 2012 / July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court(SC) today sought the Centre’s reply on a plea for probe into the alleged torture and extra-judicial killings by the Border Security Force(BSF) personnel in the border area of West Bengal. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar asked the government to file its response within three weeks. The court’s […] Read more » 'killings' by BSF 'West Bengal border area of West Bengal Border Security Force BSF Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Kolkata SC Supreme Court torture and extra-judicial killings by Border Security Force torture and extra-judicial killings by BSF West Bengal Police
Top Law News SC seeks details of sites damaged in Gujarat riots July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gujarat government to file a survey report of the religious sites which were damaged and destroyed during the 2002 Gujarat riots in the state. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra also asked the state government to quantify the amount needed for building and repairing […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots 2002 post-Godhra riots Godhra riots Gujarat Gujarat government Gujarat High Court Gujarat riots Gujarat riots victims Justice Dipak Misra Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan National Human Rights Commission NHRC post-Godhra riots Supreme Court supreme court on gujarat riots
Top Law News RTE: 95% schools don’t comply with RTE guidelines July 9, 2012 / July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Right to free education is a dream of every welfare state, India took initiative in this regard by introducing RTE but it appears that it is still a dream. Two years have been passed since the Right to Education came into existence but its goal is still unfulfilled more than 95 per cent of schools […] Read more » data relating to RTE guidelines under the RTE act Haryana implementation of RTE act information of RTE Right to Education Right to free education RTE RTE forum
Top Law News Petition for calling PM Manmohan Singh as ‘Shikhandi’ July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After facing the criticism for taking potshots at Prime(PM) Minister Manmohan Singh, core member of team Anna, Prashant Bhushan will now have to face litigation over his remark. A city-based lawyer has filed a petition in court seeking permission to register a case against Prashant Bhushan for using the word ‘Shikhandi’ for Prime Minister Manmohan […] Read more » Manmohan Singh PM PM Manmohan Singh Prashant Bhushan Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Shanti Bhushan shikhandi Supreme Court lawyer supreme court senior lawyer Team Anna core member Team Anna member
Top Law News ‘suicide capital’: Gujarat’s Rajkot among top 5 in India July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajkot is the official suicide capital of Gujarat. With suicide rate of 28 (number of suicides per lakh inhabitants as per mid-year population estimates), it shares third spot jointly with Chennai. Only two newly-introduced cities this year by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) — Kollam in Kerala and Durg Bhilai in Chhattisgarh — are ahead […] Read more » ‘suicide capital’ Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India ADSI Chattisgarh cities of Gujarat Gujarat Kerala Madhya Pradesh National Crime Records Bureau NCRB NCRB data NCRB's annual publication NCRB's annual publication Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India Rajkot Saurashtra suicides in India
Top Law News Delhi High Court: Woman hit by court signboard awarded Rs 19 lakh July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman who became mentally disabled after a signboard at the Rohini district court fell on her head has been awarded a compensation of Rs 19 lakh by the Delhi High Court, which brushed aside claims of the defendants that the incident was an “act of God”. The victim, Harinder Kaur, was in the court […] Read more » act of God act of God an exception to absolute liability Delhi HC Delhi High Court Delhi high court decisions Delhi high court decisions on compensation Delhi high court decisions on law of tort exceptions to absolute liability High Courts in India Justice Vipin Sanghi law of tort MCD MCD commissioner PWD Rohini district court
Top Law News Trade Mark: FIR against Canon TM violation July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has ordered to file FIR for a case of illegal use of “Canon” trademark of Japanese multi-national Canon Kabushiki Kaisha by unknown persons. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Manish Yaduvanshi had asked the police to register the FIR on a complaint of copyright and trademark violation by the Japanese firm. After registering […] Read more » ACMM Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Canon Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Canon TM violation Copyright Act FIR in Trade Mark FIR in Trade Mark cases FIR in Trade Mark violation cases TM violation TMA trade mark trade mark violation of canon Trade Mark violations Trade Mark violations in India Trade Marks Act
Top Law News SC: “Courts must take up poll petition to preserve purity” July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Courts are duty-bound to examine the petitions of defeated candidates and preserve the purity of the election process, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled keeping in view that the elections often got vitiated by electoral malpractices and irregularities. “An election which is vitiated by reason of corrupt practices, illegalities and irregularities enumerated in Sections 100 and […] Read more » corruption in election elections in India game of elections in India SC SC decisions SC on election process SC on malpractices of election Supreme Court supreme court decision on election malpractices supreme court decisions supreme court latest decisions
Top Law News Airlines launch legal battle against 3-fold tariff hike July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Stung by the three-fold hike in aeronautical tariff to use the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, various airlines of the country have jointly moved the Delhi High Court contending that it will not only hit their operations but also adversely affect the Indian economy. The airlines have challenged the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority’s (AERA) April […] Read more » AERA airlines Airport Economic Regulatory Authority Delhi High Court Delhi International Airport Limited Federation of Indian Airlines IGI airport Indira Gandhi International Airport international airlines connectivity
Top Law News Ramadoss in medical college scam: Bailable warrant issued July 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today issued a bailable warrant against former Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss after he failed to appear before it in a case of allegedly allowing a medical college to go ahead with admissions without having sufficient resources. Special CBI Judge Talwant Singh issued bailable warrant of Rs 10,000 against PMK leader Ramadoss after […] Read more » Anbumani Ramadoss CBI CBI judge former Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss IPC section 120-B medical college scam Medical Council of India Ramadoss Special CBI Judge special CBI judge Talwant Singh