Top Law News Court reserves order on using derogatory words against Dikshit May 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday reserved its order on Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s plea seeking issuance of summons against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta in a defamation case. Metropolitan Magistrate Saumya Chauhan put up the matter for order June 4 after Dikshit’s counsel Mehmood Pracha concluded his argument. Pracha told the court that Gupta […] Read more » BJP Leader Vijender Gupta derogatory words against Dikshit Metropolitan Magistrate Saumya Chauhan Vijender Gupta in a defamation case
Top Law News Himachal court questions government on ailing cancer centre May 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court Wednesday directed the state government to file a reply on why posts of medical physicists and physicist technicians in the regional cancer centre here, of the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, had not been filled. The court noted that it was only on account of delay in filling vacancies […] Read more » ailing cancer centre Chief Justices Kurian Joseph Himachal court Justice Dharamchand Chaudhary
Top Law News Smoking hastens cardiac problems, cancer in youngsters May 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Abhishek Shetty led the typical life of a young employee in an IT company. A regular smoker, the 32-year-old had a hectic schedule, odd sleeping hours and irregular meals – all of which caught up with him, and he suffered a heart attack at what his doctor called a “shockingly young age”. “Five years back […] Read more » cancer in youngsters Smoking hastens cardiac problems
Top Law News Rs 36 lakh of fee for judges to fix case, HC told May 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A litigant at the Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday alleged that his counsel had charged Rs 38 lakh from him, out of which Rs 36 lakh was to be paid to the judges for settling a case in his favour. Taking a strong note of the matter, division bench comprising Justice Rajive Bhalla […] Read more » fee for judges to fix case Justice Nirmal Yadav Punjab and Haryana High Court Rs 36 lakh of fee for judges
Top Law News Students of northeast demand special constitutional status May 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Demanding a special constitutional status for the northeastern states, almost all students’ bodies in the region will jointly launch a massive agitation June 7, an official said here Wednesday. This is for the first time that all the student bodies from the seven northeastern states will hold a joint agitation under the banner of […] Read more » demand special constitution Students of northeast Students of northeast demand special constitutional status
Top Law News ‘Welfare funds not fully used in northeast’ May 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik Tuesday expressed concern over the poor fund utilisation in social welfare sector in the northeast states. Chairing a one-day conference of state ministers for welfare and social justice of all northeast states here, Wasnik said that many of them had not fully utilised the allotted funds […] Read more » 'Welfare funds not fully used in northeast' Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik
Top Law News DDA ordered to pay Rs.3,000 damages to RTI applicant May 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Information Commission has directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to hand out a compensation of Rs.3000 to an RTI applicant for providing “misleading information” which caused her mental and physical harassment. Laxmi Aggarwal had filed a right to information (RTI) application with the DDA on March 11, 2011, inquiring the time of de-sealing […] Read more » Central Information Commission DDA ordered to pay
Top Law News Web content case: No relief to Facebook India May 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Wednesday dismissed the application of Facebook India seeking removal of its name from a civil suit against various social networking sites for allegedly displaying objectionable content. Administrative Civil Judge Parveen Singh did not accept the plea of Facebook India that it was not responsible for the content appearing on website “facebook.com”. “It […] Read more » Administrative Civil Judge Parveen Singh Web content case
Top Law News Stay order on land bought by Subhash Ghai in Haryana May 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bollywood producer-director Subhash Ghai suffered another setback on Tuesday when the Punjab and Haryana high court stayed the execution of a sale deed of land purchased by his Mukta Arts in Badhsa village of Jhajjar district in Haryana. The decision comes roughly a month after the Supreme Court directions ordering the quashing of 14.5 acres […] Read more » land bought by Subhash Ghai
Top Law News HC asks govt to set up compensation commission in a week May 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday directed the Punjab government to set up a compensation commission within one week to decide the claims of victims of large scale violence witnessed in some parts of the state in 2009, in the wake of the death of a particular community leader, Sant Ramanand, in Vienna […] Read more » Chief Justice M.M. Kumar Justice Alok Singh Punjab and Haryana High Court set up compensation commission
Top Law News Punjab: Tribunal to probe land grabs by VIPs in Union Territory periphery May 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The illegal possession of land by top politicians, bureaucrats and police officers of Punjab in the periphery of Chandigarh will now be investigated by a tribunal. While issuing the directions on Tuesday, the Punjab and Haryana high court set a four-month deadline for the tribunal to complete the probe and submit a report. The three-member […] Read more » DGP Sumedh Singh Saini land grabs by VIPs in Union Territory Parkash Singh Badal Tribunal to probe land grabs by VIPs
Top Law News No sanction needed to remove corrupt babus: High court May 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a first, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has reinterpreted provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act to hold that public servants, who can be removed by the subordinate authorities other than the government, are not entitled to protection of sanction. It means that they can be proceeded against even without the grant of […] Read more » Justice Mehinder Singh Sullar No sanction needed to remove corrupt babus Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 Punjab and Haryana High Court to remove corrupt babus