Top Law News Music industry hails new copyright law May 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian entertainment industry has hailed as a historic decision the parliamentary approval accorded to the Copyright Act (Amendment) Bill, 2012, which strengthens the royalty claims of musicians, lyricists and those in similar fields. But at the same time, musicians feel the system to collect and monetise royalties should be put in place soon. While […] Read more » Copyright Act (Amendment) Bill 2012 Music industry hails new copyright law Music industry new copyright law new copyright law for Music industry
Top Law News Court notice over girls’ admission to Delhi school May 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the state government on a plea seeking directions to ensure conducive atmosphere for girls’ admission to a 350-year-old school in central Delhi. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R.S. Endlaw sought responses by July 18 from the government, the director of education, […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court girls' admission to Delhi school Justice R.S. Endlaw
Top Law News Aarushi case: Arguments on charges conclude May 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Arguments on framing charges against Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the parents of murdered teenager Aarushi, concluded in a Ghaziabad court on Wednesday. Special CBI judge S. Lal reserved his order, which will be pronounced on Thursday. The arguments had begun Tuesday. This was after the court had Monday adjourned the case for a day after […] Read more » Aarushi case: Arguments on charges conclude Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice J.S. Khehar Rajesh and Nupur Talwar senior counsel Pinaki Misra Special CBI judge S. Lal
Top Law News Court slams panel over girl’s adoption May 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Child Welfare Commission’s (CWC) decision to recommend a girl for adoption without the permission of her biological father was termed as a “gross human rights violation”, by a Delhi court. Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau’s remarks came while hearing a petition moved by rape convict Bhola who complained that the decision to recommend his […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau Child Welfare Commission Court slams panel over girl's adoption CWC panel over girl's adoption
Top Law News Have power to frame CNG tariff rules: court May 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it has the power to frame tariff regulations for Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) that distributes compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped gas in Delhi and adjoining region. IGL had moved court contending that the regulatory […] Read more » CNG tariff rules Delhi High Court Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board
Top Law News Case against Ramdev: Court asks police to file reply May 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here Tuesday asked Delhi Police to file reply in a case against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for allegedly giving an objectionable speech against parliamentarians. Metropolitan Magistrate Purshotam Pathak asked the Patel Nagar police station in central Delhi to file an action taken report in the case by June 22. The court was hearing […] Read more » Case against Ramdev Case Ramdev Metropolitan Magistrate Purshotam Pathak objectionable speech against parliamentarians Vibhor Anand's counsel V.K. Anand
Top Law News Parts of hostile witness’s evidence can be used: Supreme court May 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Parts of hostile witness’s evidence can be used: Supreme court Judges should not treat as totally erased the evidence tendered by a witness whom the prosecution terms as hostile during a trial, the Supreme Court has said. “It is a settled legal proposition that the evidence of a prosecution witness cannot be rejected in toto merely because the prosecution chose to treat him as hostile […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Dipak Misra Parts of hostile witness's evidence can be used Supreme Court
Top Law News Framing of charges underway in Aarushi case May 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The initial arguments to frame charges against Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the parents of murdered teenager Aarushi, finally began in a Ghaziabad court Tuesday afternoon. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) prosecutor R.K. Saini submitted before the court of Special CBI Judge S. lal that the parents were responsible for killing their daughter and had […] Read more » arushi case Arushi-Hemraj murder case Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice J.S. Khehar senior counsel Pinaki Misra
Top Law News Deaf-mute can be credible witness: Supreme Court May 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday said a deaf-mute need not be prevented from giving evidence in court merely on account of his physical disability as he can do so either by writing or through gestures. The court said this while upholding the Rajasthan High Court’s verdict of May 29, 2005 by which it had quashed […] Read more » Deaf-mute can be credible witness Deaf-mute can be witness Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi government clears marriage registration bill May 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the government Monday clearing the draft Delhi Registration of Marriages Bill 2012, married couples in the capital will soon have to get their marriages registered and failing to do so may invoke a fine of up to Rs.10,000. The bill is likely to be presented in the budget session of the Delhi assembly starting […] Read more » Delhi Registration of Marriages Bill 2012 Hindu Marriage Act marriage registration bill Special Marriage Act
Top Law News B.S. Yeddyurappa charge sheeted in land case May 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was Monday charge sheeted in a land case, further weakening him in his battle to unseat his successor D.V. Sadananda Gowda. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) first chief minister in Karnataka has been charged with “criminal misconduct as public servant” to cause a loss of over Rs.80 million to […] Read more » B.S. Yeddyurappa charge sheeted in land case
Top Law News Court sends activist’s death probe to crime branch May 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday shifted the probe into the death of a right to information activist in a road accident here last month to the crime branch of Delhi Police and sought fortnightly reports on the investigation. Activist and retired government employee Ravinder Balwani, an aide of Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal and a […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw Kejriwal's NGO Parivartan Ravinder Balwani Ravinder Balwani rti activist