Top Law News Don’t turn to us for everything, Supreme Court tells government April 3, 2012 / April 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday slammed the tendency of government departments to seeks its decision before acting when confronted with a contentious situation. “Everyone wants the decision of the court be it army, minister of defence or the home ministry. They want the stamp of this court,” said a bench of Justice B.S.Chauhan and Justice Swatanter […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court United Liberation Front of Asom
Top Law News West Bengal to give stipend to new lawyers April 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to encourage would-be lawyers, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said her government will give a stipend of Rs.1,000 to new registered lawyers for one year. “West Bengal is the only state where we have set up 19 human rights courts and five CBI courts. Manpower is a very big problem. […] Read more » CBI courts new lawyers stipend West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Top Law News Supreme Court issues notice on sterilization April 3, 2012 / April 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central and all state governments on a petition seeking that sterilization should be done only by trained doctors in proper hospitals. Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.L. Gokhale issued notice on senior counsel Collin Gonsalves’ petition which alleged that NGOs were carrying out sterlization in the most […] Read more » Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha sterilization Supreme Court
Top Law News With new judge, Supreme Court has 26 judges April 2, 2012 / April 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Mohamad Ibrahim Khalifullah was on Monday sworn-in as a judge of the Supreme Court, taking the strength of the apex court to 26 judges. He was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice SH Kapadia. Before his elevation to the apex court, Justice Khalifullah was chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia Justice Khalifullah Justice Mohamad Ibrahim Khalifullah Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi cops pulled up for dacoity case flip-flop April 2, 2012 / April 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has acquited five men accused of dacoity and pulled up the Delhi Police for making contradictory statements in the case. Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Tewari, while acquitting five accused being tried for committing a dacoity, observed Saturday that they were arrested by six police officers who were only armed with batons. “It […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Tewari dacoity case flip-flop Delhi Police
Top Law News Worthless ex-teachers have no right to re-employment: Court April 2, 2012 / April 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “Worthless” school teachers cannot claim a right to re-employment after retirement, the Delhi High Court has said. The court’s observation came while rejecting petitions of two retired Delhi Public School teachers who alleged they were not considered for re-employment despite a 2007 notification of the directorate of education on the issue. “The notification is not […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw Worthless ex-teachers
Top Law News High court permits usage of water cess levied on NHPC April 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jammu and Kashmir High Court, in an ‘important order’ Saturday, permitted the state government to utilise for welfare schemes the money collected from National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) as water usage charges. The operative part of the High Court order reads: ‘Permission is accordingly granted with the condition that in case the petitioner succeeds, […] Read more » Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Jammu and Kashmir High Court National Hydro-electric Power Corporation
Top Law News Court quashes Karnataka police chief’s appointment April 1, 2012 / April 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court has quashed the appointment of Shankar Bidari as state police chief in view of alleged atrocities on women and tribals by police teams headed by him during the hunt for forest brigand Veerappan. The court said if the allegations against him were true then Bidari is “worse than Saddam Hussain or […] Read more » Justice H.S. Kempanna Justice N. Kumar Karnataka High Court Karnataka police
Top Law News Supreme Court to examine opening of Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple vault March 30, 2012 / March 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court to examine opening of Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple vault The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine a plea for opening of “vault B” of the famed Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple as sought by an expert committee to further strengthen the security apparatus around the purported massive wealth stored in it. A bench of justices R M Lodha and A K Patnaik said it will […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.M. Lodha Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court wants balanced reporting of court proceedings March 30, 2012 / March 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday advocated balanced reporting of court proceedings, saying reports need to carry views of both sides. “My personal view is that if the views of both the sides are covered, particularly when one’s reputation is involved, then many of these problems would not arise,” Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said. He was hearing […] Read more » balanced reporting of court proceedings Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia D.K. Jain judge J.S. Khehar judge Ranjana Prakash Desai judge S.S. Nijjar Supreme Court
Top Law News Dunlop appeals against liquidator’s appointment, court refuses stay March 30, 2012 / March 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Thursday refused to stay its order appointing a liquidator for tyre-maker Dunlop India Ltd (DIL) after the company sought an injunction against this. A bench of justices K.J. Sengupta and J.M. Bagchi also asked the liquidator to act as a “special officer of the court” and prepare an inventory of the […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Dunlop India Ltd (DIL) justice J.M. Bagchi Justice K.J. Sengupta
Top Law News D.P.C will soon start Short Term Courses March 30, 2012 / May 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on D.P.C will soon start Short Term Courses Today D.P.C has announced to start short term awareness and training courses . In this regard D.P.C has signed an MOU with Manu Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd. Through these programes for general public, government workers, officials as well as those who work in non- governmental organizations will get benefitted and will learn how to improve their […] Read more » short term courses in D.P.C