Top Law News Special CBI courts to be set up in Lucknow, Ghaziabad June 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two special CBI courts will be set up in the Uttar Pradesh capital and Ghaziabad in connection with the Rs.5,000 crore National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) scam. According to informed sources, CBI Joint Director Javed Ahmad has held meetings with senior officials of the state government in this regard. CBI wants early approval of its […] Read more » National Rural Health Mission scam NHRM scam Rs.5000 crore scam Special CBI courts in Lucknow Ghaziabad Special CBI courts to be set up in Ghaziabad Special CBI courts to be set up in Lucknow
Top Law News President okays three high courts in northeast June 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Pratibha Patil has given her formal approval for setting up separate high courts in three northeastern states — Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya. “We received the copy of the much awaited act on Saturday,” Tripura’s Law Department Secretary Datamohan Jamatia said. A cheering Chief Minister said: “A separate high court in Tripura is a result […] Read more » High Court in Manipur High Court in Meghalaya High Court in Tripura High Court in Tripura Manipur and Meghalaya three high courts in northeast
Top Law News Criminal record of juveniles should be obliterated over time: Delhi High Court June 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Criminal record of juveniles should be obliterated over time: Delhi High Court The criminal past of a juvenile should be “obliterated” after a period of time and not be allowed to stand in the way of his future life, the Delhi High Court has ruled. A division bench of Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed and Justice V.K. Jain, citing previous judgments given by the court, observed: “The intention […] Read more » Care and Protection of Children Criminal record of juveniles Delhi High Court Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed Justice V.K. Jain Juvenile Justice Act 2000
Top Law News Kiran Bedi to host radio talk show June 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former top cop Kiran Bedi, also a prominent member of Team Anna, will soon be hosting an interactive talk show on an internet radio channel to put forward her views on issues like corruption. “The Kiran Bedi Show” is scheduled to air every week at ‘Radiowalla’ on Saturdays at 9 p.m. and the first […] Read more » Kiran Bedi to host radio talk show
Top Law News Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar sworn-in as J&K chief justice June 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar was sworn in as the new chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court here Friday. Governor N.N. Vohra administered the oath of office at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Complex. The warrant and the notification of appointment of Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar as the chief justice was read out by the […] Read more » Governor N.N. Vohra J&K chief justice Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar
Top Law News Indian Muslims split over wedding age June 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi High Court ruling that a Muslim girl can marry once she attains the age of puberty has sharply split the community, with clerics backing the law and virtually everyone else against it. Muslim religious leaders across the country are pleased with the court verdict that based its judgement on the Sharia, the moral […] Read more » Indian Muslims split over wedding age muslim girls can marry at theageof12-13
Top Law News Court frames charges against IFS officer in trafficking case June 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Paving the way for their trial in a case of alleged trafficking 8 persons to Germany in 2005, a Delhi court today framed charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against an IFS officer and three others. Special CBI Judge Kanwaljeet Arora said there was prima facie evidence that accused Rakesh Kumar, former Director General (DG) […] Read more » IFS officer in trafficking case Special CBI Judge Kanwaljeet Arora
Top Law News Transfer of case to another court casts doubt on judge June 9, 2012 / June 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Transferring a case from one court to another on mere “apprehension and presumption” of a litigant is not only an “abuse” of law but also casts a doubt on “integrity and competence” of a judge, the Delhi High Court has said. “The transfer of a case from one court to another on mere presumptions and […] Read more » doubt on judg Justice Mukta Gupta Transfer of case to another court
Top Law News High Court collects evidence against Sessions Judge June 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking a serious note of complaints made by four persons against the Sessions Judge who absolved former Minister Rajendra Rathore of the charge of involvement in the Dara Singh fake encounter case, the Registrar (Vigilance) of the Rajasthan High Court on Friday summoned them for giving evidence to support their allegations. All four, including Sushila […] Read more » A. K.Jain evidence against Sessions Judge High Court Inspector General of Police A. Ponnuchami
Top Law News Ex-Army chief made accused in defamation case June 9, 2012 / June 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ex-Army chief V K Singh, along with four senior serving officers, has been made an accused in a criminal defamation case filed by Lt General (retd) Tejinder Singh, who has accused them of misusing their official positions, power and authority to defame him. Metropolitan magistrate Jay Thareja asked the former Army chief and others to […] Read more » A K Antony of the bribery bid defamation case Ex-Army chief made accused Ex-Army chief V K Singh Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja
Top Law News No violation is minor: MoEF June 9, 2012 / June 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Whether a project developer builds a factory or a part of it illegally, the environment ministry will treat the entire construction illegal and won’t classify the violations as major and minor, unlike a proposal that was mooted earlier. A move had been made to dilute the norms of the ministry of environments and forests […] Read more » ministry of environments and forests MoEF No violation is minor
Top Law News High Court releases women beggars” June 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has ordered release of five women beggars from a welfare home on an undertaking by them and their husbands that they would not further indulge in begging in the Capital and go back to their native place in Rajasthan, dismissing the finding of a Special Metropolitan Magistrate that they are “professional […] Read more »