Top Law News Sesa Goa issued notices for violating norms April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court Monday issued notice to top officials of Vedanta Resources-owned Sesa Goa, Goa’s biggest mining company, for alleged violation of ore transportation norms. The notice was issued by Justice F.M. Reis in response to a petition filed by green activist Ramesh Gauns, who claimed that Sesa Goa had […] Read more » alleged violation of ore transportation norms Bombay High Court chief operating office P.K. Mukherjee Justice F.M. Reis
Top Law News Hearing on Raghava’s petition adjourned April 10, 2012 / April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court Monday adjourned the hearing on the petition of Emaar MGF finance head (south) G. Vijaya Raghava, challenging further investigations against him in Emaar township case. Justice Subhash Reddy adjourned to April 16 the hearing on the petition. Raghava’s counsel raised objection to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not serving […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Emaar MGF finance head (south) G. Vijaya Raghava Emaar township case Justice Subhash Reddy
Top Law News Complaint filed against SRK for smoking in Jaipur stadium April 10, 2012 / April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A complaint was filed in a court here Monday against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan for publicly smoking at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium during an Indian Premier League – match Sunday between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders, a lawyer said. The complaint was submitted in the court of the additional chief judicial magistrate. […] Read more » Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan Kolkata Knight Riders lawyer Nem Singh Rathore Rajasthan Royals Sawai Man Singh Stadium
Top Law News H.D. Kumaraswamy survives bigamy charge April 10, 2012 / April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court Monday dismissed a petition charging former Karnataka Chief Minister and now Lok Sabha member H.D. Kumaraswamy of bigamy. The petition, filed by a Bangalore advocate Sashidhar Belagumba, had sought Kumraswamy’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha on the ground that he had married a second time even though his first wife is […] Read more » Bangalore advocate Sashidhar Belagumba Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen Karnataka High Court Lok Sabha member H.D. Kumaraswamy
Top Law News Blame game over delay faced by new Bengal judges April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The swearing-in ceremony of seven new judges of the Calcutta High Court had to be deferred by several hours Monday, leading to a blame game as to who was responsible. While the West Bengal law minister said the delay was caused by the governor not signing the required papers, a senior High Court official said […] Read more » Calcutta High Court chief justice J.N. Patel chief minister Mamata Banerjee Law Minister Moloy Ghatak
Top Law News Court verdict delay violates constitutional mandate: Jurists April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court verdict delay violates constitutional mandate: Jurists Jurists have voiced concern on judges allegedly sitting over verdicts long after the conclusion of the arguments and said the practice violated the right to speedy justice guaranteed by the constitution. Former attorney general of India Soli Sorabjee observed: “You are creating, may be out of necessity, the mafia culture” and the former chief justice […] Read more » Article 21 Former attorney general of India Soli Sorabjee former chief justice of India J.S. Verma
Top Law News Be sensitive to women’s requirements: Jairam Ramesh April 9, 2012 / April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh Sunday called upon the bureaucracy to be more gender sensitive while constructing low cost toilet blocks in villages as it is linked to the empowerment of women. The minister pulled up the administrative machinery across the country for half-heartedly implementing the scheme. He said that as per Census 2011, 60 […] Read more » empowerment of women Kalina Campus Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh
Top Law News Only parliament can modify reserved communities list: Court April 8, 2012 / April 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has ruled that only parliament can modify the list of reserved communities, while upholding a magisterial court’s order that awarded punishment to a man who misrepresented himself as a Scheduled Caste for getting a government job. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge P.S. Teji, while setting aside a revision petition filed […] Read more » Delhi court reserved communities Scheduled Caste Special Judge P.S. Teji
Top Law News BBMP Asst EE house raided, Rs 2.35 cr property seized April 8, 2012 / April 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Karnataka Lokayukta in a raid seized property worth about Rs 2,35,72,307 disproportionate to known source of income from BBMP, Bangalore Uttarahalli Sub-Division Assistant Executive Engineer S Venkatesh. The raids were conducted on the premises belonging to Venkatesh at Koramangala and the residence of Ms Jayamma, his mother-in-law at yanagunte village in Hoskote Taluk and at […] Read more » Bangalore Uttarahalli Sub-Division Assistant Executive Engineer S Venkatesh BBMP Lokayukta ADGP H N Satyanaraya Rao
Top Law News Sheila Dikshit worried for women’s safety in Delhi April 8, 2012 / April 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday expressed concern about the safety of women in the national capital after being told about tapes made by a news channel containing remarks by Delhi police officials blaming women for provoking rape. “I have not seen those tapes myself, but I will watch them and talk to the […] Read more » Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit safety of women women's safety in Delhi
Top Law News Use land reforms not gun to check Maoism: Experts April 8, 2012 / April 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Distribution of surplus land to landless tribals would be more effective than using the paramilitary forces to check Maoism, experts suggested to Saturday. Speaking here at a round table discussion on ‘Naxalite Maoist Insurgency: A Solution’, former bureaucrats and security experts said the Maoists had come to occupy the vacant space that the government had […] Read more » Central Reserve Police Force Former additional chief Secretary of West Bengal S.C. Agarwal Maoism National Security Council member E.N. Rammohan Naxalite Maoist Insurgency paramilitary forces
Top Law News Lawyers’ protest paralyses Delhi courts April 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Work in six district courts here was paralysed Saturday following a day-long strike by lawyers protesting against an attack on two advocates earlier in the week. “Lawyers abstained from work against the attack on two advocates Thursday night in east Delhi by some petrol pump employees,” said Rajiv Khosla, former president of the Delhi Bar […] Read more » Advocate Neeraj Sharma Advocate Rajeev Sharma Delhi court former president of the Delhi Bar Association Rajiv Khosla Lawyers' protest