Top Law News Man allowed divorce over wife’s ‘illicit’ affairs May 21, 2012 / May 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man was allowed by a Delhi court to end his marriage with his wife on the grounds of mental agony suffered due to her suspected illicit relationships. Additional District Judge Sujata Kohli, in an order made available on Monday, said: “It has been clearly established from the unrebutted testimony of the petitioner (man) that […] Read more » Additional District Judge Sujata Kohli Man allowed divorce Man allowed divorce wife's 'illicit' affairs wife's 'illicit' affairs
Top Law News Supreme court permits access to Kalighat temple’s sanctum sanctorum May 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday permitted devotees to access the sanctum sanctorum of Kolkata’s Kalighat temple to pay obeisance to the deity. An Supreme court bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya cleared the decks for the entry of devotees into the sanctum sanctorum after it stayed the April 20 order of the Calcutta High […] Read more » 'garbha griha' Justice Deepak Verma Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Kalighat temple's sanctum sanctorum Senior counsel Ashok Bhan
Top Law News N,D.Tiwari asked to furnish blood sample in Delhi High Court dispensary May 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress leader N.D. Tiwari has been asked to appear in the Delhi High Court dispensary on Saturday to submit his blood sample for a DNA test in a paternity suit. The court’s joint registrar, Deepak Garg, Monday asked the dispensary head to appoint a doctor to take Tiwari’s blood sample. “Let an option be given […] Read more » Congress leader N D Tiwari D.Tiwari asked to furnish blood sample Delhi High Court dispensary N
Top Law News Lok Adalat settles 1,400 power bill cases May 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Around 1,400 disputes related to electricity bills and power thefts involving Rs.3.5 crore were settled Sunday in a special Lok Adalat held here. The Lok Adalat was conducted by the Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA) at the Tis Hazari district court complex. “Approximately 1,400 cases were settled and the settlement amount was approximately […] Read more » 400 power bill cases Lok Adalat settles 1
Top Law News Mamata Banerjee: A study in contrast May 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mamata Banerjee’s car still stops at all traffic signals, she still lives in a single-storey house in a dingy lane, and wears her trademark cotton saris and rubber slippers. But professors get arrested for circulating her cartoons and for supporting slum dwellers, she loses her cool over uncomfortable questions and sees a conspiracy if there […] Read more » Mamata Banerjee- A study
Top Law News Personal liberty can’t be curtailed illegally: Supreme Court May 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Personal liberty is the “most precious and prized right” guaranteed by the Indian constitution and it can’t be taken away without following the due procedure of law, says the Supreme Court. The court said this as a caution while holding that a person who is already in custody could be ordered to remain in detention […] Read more » Personal liberty can't be curtailed illegally Supreme Court
Top Law News Divorced woman to get 50% share in husband’s property May 19, 2012 / May 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Divorced woman to get 50% share in husband’s property For the first time in the history of marriage laws in India, women and children have been given definite rights in the residential property of men in the event of a divorce. Taking up amendments to the Marriage Laws Amendment Bill, 2010, pending for discussion in the Rajya Sabha, where it was introduced last week, […] Read more » 50% share in the residential property 50% share in the residential property in case of divorc Divorced woman to get 50% share in husband's property Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill 2010
Top Law News Arrest warrants issued against Nirmal Baba May 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bihar court Saturday issued arrest warrants against self-styled godman Nirmal Baba in connection with a case of cheating and fraud filed by one of his disciples, officials said. The warrants were issued by the chief judicial magistrate in Araria district, court officials said. The court earlier this week rejected an anticipatory bail plea filed […] Read more » Arrest warrants issued against Nirmal Baba Arrest warrants Nirmal Baba
Top Law News RCB owner Sidhartha Mallya gets legal notice for tweets May 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player Luke Pomersbach who was arrested for allegedly molesting an American woman and beating up her fiance. Luke Pomersbach was granted bail on a surety of Rs 30,0000. Luke will have to surrender his passport. The court also directed Luke Pomersbach not to […] Read more » RCB owner Sidhartha Mallya RCB player Luke Pomersbach Sidhartha Mallya
Top Law News Four held for attack on Delhi judges May 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four people have been arrested for the attack on three judges and their driver here in an incident of road rage, police said Friday. Anil Raj, a salesman at a mall, and Rohit, who is jobless, were arrested Thursday while Anil’s brother Sunil Raj, who sells and buys scooters, and Prashant, a hairdresser, were arrested […] Read more » Additional District Judge M.K. Nagpal Additional Sessions Judge Inderjeet Singh driver Chaman Lal Metropolitan Magistrate Ajay Garg
Top Law News Tripura raises salaries of rural job scheme staff May 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Following an indefinite strike by the employees associated with the Mahatma gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), the Tripura government Friday increased their salaries. Briefing mediapersons about the cabinet decision, Tripura Rural Development Minister Jitendra Chaudhury said: “Around 3,000 staff of MGNREGS from now onwards would get a minimum of Rs.6,933 and the maximum […] Read more » rural job scheme staff Tripura raises salaries of rural job scheme Tripura Rural Development Minister Jitendra Chaudhury
Top Law News Italian marines case: Kerala Police file chargesheet May 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Keen to meet the 90-day deadline, the investigation team probing the Enrica Lexie firing case is likely to file the chargesheet against the two Italian Marines at the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Friday. The chargesheet holds Latorre Massimiliano, chief commander of the six- member security unit on board Enrica Lexie, as the first accused […] Read more » Continental Shelf Act 2002 Italian marines case Kerala Police file chargesheet Kochi City Police Commissioner M R Ajith Kumar special public prosecutor G Mohanraj THE SUA ACT