Top Law News Supreme court mulling total ban on plastic (Lead) May 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme court mulling total ban on plastic (Lead) The Supreme Court Monday said it would consider whether to completely ban the use of plastic in the interests of animals and the environment. An Supreme court bench headed by Justice GS Singhvi said this during the hearing of a PIL (public interest litigation), drawing attention of the court to the plight of animals, which were […] Read more » total ban on plastic
Top Law News Apex court notice to government on SIMI ban May 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on two pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, under which the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was banned six times since 2001. The court sought a response within 10 weeks on the petitions filed by two former SIMI […] Read more » ban on SIMI
Top Law News Supreme court reserves order on suit against Balakrishnan May 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday reserved its order on a petition seeking a presidential reference into allegations of misconduct against National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman K.G. Balakrishnan when he was the chief justice of India. Besides allegations of misconduct against Balakrishnan, it has also been alleged that his two sons-in-law and brother amassed wealth disproportionate […] Read more » suit against Balakrishnan
Top Law News Delhi land scam: Charges to be framed against 10 accused May 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A CBI special court has decided to frame charges against 10 accused, including ex-officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), for alleged lapses in the allotment of plots as part of the resettlement of slum dwellers. The accused were allegedly involved in allotment of plots in fictitious names under the scheme executed by the […] Read more » CBI Special Judge Anoop Kumar Mendiratta Delhi land scam
Top Law News Rajnath Singh wants Hindi in Supreme Court May 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Rajnath Singh wants Hindi in Supreme Court BJP leader Rajnath Singh Saturday advocated the introduction of Hindi and other Indian languages in the Supreme Court of India. Singh, who was the chief guest at the Annual Seminar of Bar Association of National Capital Region in Ghaziabad said that he was in favour of Hindi and other Indian languages in the Supreme court […] Read more » Hindi in Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Right to self-defence extends to killing only in grave danger’ May 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The right to self-defence cannot be used to escape aggressive offences punishable under law, and the person invoking the right has to demonstrate that there was fear of suffering grievous injury or death, the Supreme Court has ruled. “Right of private defence cannot be used to do away with a wrongdoer unless the person concerned […] Read more » 'Right to self-defence Justice Dipak Misra Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan killing only in grave danger'
Top Law News Court refuses to stay honorarium to Imams May 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Friday refused to stay the payment of honorarium by the West Bengal government to Imams in the state till a suit is pending in court. The high court was hearing a public interest litigation, filed by the BJP, which challenges the ex-gratia payment on the ground that a Supreme Court directive […] Read more » chief justice J.N. Patel honorarium to Imams Justice Sambuddha Chakrabarty
Top Law News Website content: Google, Facebook plea to be heard Aug 7 May 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday deferred till Aug 7 the hearing on pleas filed by Facebook and Google challenging a trial court’s order to prosecute them for allegedly hosting objectionable content on websites. Justice Suresh Kait adjourned the case and said its interim order, which refused to stay the summons issued against Google and Facebook […] Read more » Website content of Google and Facebook
Top Law News Government pension scheme for Indians abroad May 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is promoting a new Pension and Life Insurance Fund (PILF) scheme in a bid to provide financial security to poor Indians working abroad. PILF is for Indian workers aged between 18 and 50 who have a work permit or employment contract and whose passports carry the ‘Emigration Clearance Required’ stamp. Indian embassies have […] Read more » Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi Pension and Life Insurance Fund (PILF) pension scheme for Indians abroad pension scheme for NRI"S PILF
Top Law News Know where ‘Lakshman Rekha’ begins, SC tells media May 4, 2012 / May 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said media should know where the ‘Lakshman Rekha’ of reporting sub-judice matter begins while the Editors’ Guild of India questioned the court’s jurisdiction to frame guidelines for journalists. The apex court constitution bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice D.K. Jain, Justice S.S. Nijjar, Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and Justice J.S. […] Read more » lakshman Rekha For Media May 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday said media should know where the 'Lakshman Rekha' of reporting sub-judice matter begins while the Editors' Guild of India questioned the court's jurisdiction t New Delhi
Top Law News 2G: Arguments on charges against Essar, Loop Thursday May 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday reiterated that Loop was a front company of the Essar Group and was used to acquire licences and spectrum for offering second generation (2G) telecom services. Special Public Prosecutor U.U. Lalit, while advancing the probe agency’s argument on charge against Essar and Loop promoters, told CBI Special Judge […] Read more » 2G 2G telecom services CBI CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini Essar Group Special Public Prosecutor U.U. Lalit
Top Law News Going slow on hurried divorce May 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Speedy divorce got delayed Wednesday with a proposed amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, getting stalled in the Rajya Sabha. The Marriage Law (Amendment) Bill, which was to amend Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, for including “irretrievable breakdown of marriage” among the grounds for divorce, could not be passed after opposition parties, prominently BJP, opposed […] Read more » Law Minister Salman Khurshid