Top Law News Poor suffer the most due to delayed justice: Ansari April 22, 2012 / April 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Poor suffer the most due to delayed justice: Ansari Criticising the delay in delivering justice, Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari Saturday said the poor people suffered the most due to delayed justice. “It is usually the individual citizen and the poor and marginalised among them, who bear the burnt of inadequate or non-existent Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanisms and extended judicial processes,” said Ansari while […] Read more » Calcutta High Court delayed justice Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Top Law News Court order on plea against army chief April 26 April 22, 2012 / April 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday reserved for April 26 its order on a defamation case filed by Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh against army chief Gen VK Singh, who has accused him of bribery. Metropolitan Magistrate Jasjeet Kaur listed the matter for order on the summoning of Army Chief and others after Tejinder Singh’s counsel said […] Read more » chief Gen VK Singh defamation case Delhi court Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh Metropolitan Magistrate Jasjeet Kaur Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar
Top Law News Punjab bans use of cancer causing pesticides in Malwa April 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Punjab has banned the manufacture, import and use of pesticides causing cancer in Malwa region of the state, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said Friday. The decision was taken based on directions by NHRC, which took suo motu cognizance of a media report, alleging that the disease of cancer among farmers in the Malwa region […] Read more » Department of Health and Family Welfare Department of Health and Family Welfare Malwa region National Human Rights Commission suo motu cognizance suo motu cognizance
Top Law News Court bans devotees’ entry to Kalighat ‘garbha griha’ April 21, 2012 / April 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court on Friday banned the entry of devotees to the ‘Garbha Griha’ (sanctum sanctorum) of Kalighat’s Kali Temple, saying the large number of visits was defacing the shrine. A division bench of Chief Justice J.N. Patel and Justice Sambuddha Chakrabarti, however, allowed any two priests on a day to enter the ‘Garbha […] Read more » Calcutta High Court chief justice J.N. Patel Justice Sambuddha Chakrabarti Kalighat's Kali Temple
Top Law News Fill vacant seats for poor students in summer vacations: Court April 21, 2012 / April 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday directed the state government’s education department to complete admission process for vacant seats for students from the economically weaker section (EWS) during the summer vacations to enable them to attend school after reopening in July 2012. The court’s order came after the government’s status report informed the court that around […] Read more » Chief Justice AK Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw RTE (Right to Education) Act 2009
Top Law News Kerala High Court orders probe into fake stamp papers April 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court Manjula Chellur on Friday gave directions to all the courts in the state for an immediate inquiry into the use of stamp papers, after a massive fraud of fake stamp papers was detected at a lower court here. A media report earlier this week showed the use […] Read more » fake stamp papers Judge B Sudheendra Kumar Kerala High Court
Top Law News Court restrains airing of CD ‘featuring’ Singhvi April 20, 2012 / April 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted a permanent injunction against publishing or distributing the contents of a CD allegedly depicting Congress spokesperson and senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi in a compromising position. The court’s direction came after Mukesh Kumar Lal, Singhvi’s former driver who allegedly prepared the CD, informed the court in a written […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Reva Khetrapal senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi
Top Law News Court wants 10 percent more judges for subordinate courts April 20, 2012 / April 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday directed the central and state governments to create 10 percent additional posts of the total regular judicial cadre for subordinate courts to fulfil the constitutional mandate of fair and expeditious justice to people. “Keeping in view the need of the hour and the constitutional mandate to provide fair and expeditious trial […] Read more » fast-track courts Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar subordinate courts Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks time frame for deciding mercy pleas April 20, 2012 / April 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government to set a time frame for deciding death row convicts’ mercy petitions pending before it. “You give us the time frame for deciding the mercy petitions which are pending before you,” the apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya told the government adding […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya mercy pleas senior counsel K.T.S. Tulsi Supreme Court
Top Law News Newspaper society opposes fresh norms on court reporting April 19, 2012 / April 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian Newspapers Society (INS) Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there was no need for any “further or fresh guidelines” on regulating media reporting on sub-judice matters and any violation of an accused’s right to free and fair trial by reporting could be addressed through the existing laws. “There may not be a need […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Indian Newspapers Society Justice D.K. Jain Justice J.S. Khehar Justice R.P. Desai Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court
Top Law News Ominous signs for democracy in Bengal: Kolkata scientist April 19, 2012 / April 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Warning that there were “ominous signs for democracy” in West Bengal, internationally acclaimed scientist Partho Sarothi Roy, who was arrested for supporting slum dwellers when they were being evicted, Wednesday accused the Mamata Banerjee government of “targeting the voices of protest”. “Signs are ominous about the state of democracy in West Bengal. It seems all […] Read more » Alipore Central Correctional Home scientist Partho Sarothi Roy Slum dwellers
Top Law News Bureaucrat gets bail in rural health scheme scam April 19, 2012 / April 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court here Wednesday granted bail to an Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat in a case related to alleged irregularities in utilising funds given to Uttar Pradesh by the central government under a rural health scheme, a lawyer said. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge A.K. Singh granted bail to Abhay Kumar Vajpayee, managing […] Read more » scheme scam special CBI court Special Judge A.K. Singh Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat