Top Law News Can Rama Sethu be made national monument, asks Supreme Court March 28, 2012 / March 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government to make its stand clear on whether the ancient Rama Sethu could be declared as a national monument. A bench headed by Justice HL Dattu granted a day’s time to Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Haren Raval to take instructions from the relevant government departments on the issue […] Read more » Justice HL Dattu national monument Rama Sethu Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court commences hearing in mercy petition cases March 28, 2012 / March 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday commenced hearing on the question whether a convict who has filed a mercy petition was entitled to remission of death sentence on the grounds of inordinate delay in deciding his plea. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya asked Additional Solicitor General Harin Rawal how 20 mercy petitions […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Harin Rawal Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya mercy petition cases Supreme Court
Top Law News Balance freedom of press with rights of accused : Supreme Court March 28, 2012 / March 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said it has to frame guidelines to balance the freedom of press with that of the right of an accused under trial in a criminal case, but was told that it could not enforce them in the absence of law backing it. “Anything that has not been enacted could not be […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Justice D.K. Jain Justice J.S. Khehar Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court reserves verdict on anti-gay sex petitions March 28, 2012 / March 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the Delhi High Court’s judgement decriminalising consensual sex among adults of the same gender. The apex court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi reserved the verdict on the conclusion of the arguments that had spread over many weeks. The hearing witnessed […] Read more » anti-gay sex petitions Delhi High Court Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
Top Law News Z-security provided to judges linked to Ayodhya Title suit March 27, 2012 / March 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Uttar Pradesh government Monday informed the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court (HC) that it had provided Z-category security to the three judges connected to the Ayodhya Title suit. The security provided to Justice SU Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice DV Sharma (now retired), was owing to threat perceptions emanating from terror groups […] Read more » Allahabad High Court (HC) Ayodhya Title suit Justice DK Upadhyay Justice DP Singh Justice DV Sharma Justice SU Khan Justice Sudhir Agarwal Z-category security
Top Law News Prior sanction needed for proceeding against army, court told March 27, 2012 / March 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The union government Monday told the Supreme Court that prior section was necessary for instituting legal proceedings against army personnel engaged in anti-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. It, however, sought to assure the apex court that ‘highest priority would be given to the preservation and protection of […] Read more » Armed Forces Special Powers Act Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi court dismisses godman’s plea to drop MCOCA charges March 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday dismissed a plea by ‘godman’ Shiv Murat Dwivedi, accused of running a prostitution ring in south Delhi, seeking to drop the case under MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act) against him. Dwivedi alias Ichchadhari Sant Swami Bhimanand Ji Maharaj Chitrakoot Wale, was arrested Feb 26, 2010 along with seven […] Read more » Delhi High Court Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act Justice Suresh Kait MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act)
Top Law News Court appoints provisional liquidator for Dunlop India March 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta high court on Monday appointed a provisional liquidator to take charge of the assets of Dunlop India Ltd (DIL). This effectively means that chairman Pawan Ruia or the company’s board of directors won’t be allowed to transfer property from the company till the court hears out the dozen-odd winding up petitions pending against […] Read more » Advocate general Anindya Mitra Calcutta High Court Dunlop India Ltd (DIL) Justice Sanjib Banerjee
Top Law News Court questions government on discouraging woman army officers March 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday questioned the government on its approach of discouraging short service commission women officers opting for permanent commission in the army. ‘Why are you not encouraging the women officers and indulging in the game of pick and choose,’ said a bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.L. Gokhale. The court’s statement […] Read more » Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha service commission women officers Supreme Court
Top Law News Changes in marriage law welcome, say women March 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Changes in marriage law welcome, say women The government’s move to make divorce a quicker process has been largely welcomed as a long overdue step though some women activists and lawyers have voiced doubts over doing away with the six month cooling off period. The common strain among the women was that law should move along with changing times and there should […] Read more » lawyer Meenakshi Lekhi marriage law Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill 2010 Supreme Court Supreme Court lawyer
Top Law News Corruption major roadblock in India’s development: Court March 24, 2012 / March 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Friday observed while punishing six persons, including a bank manager, that corruption was a major roadblock in India’s development. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge V.K. Maheshwari said: “Corruption is considered to be one of the major road-blocks in India’s journey from a developing to a developed economy.” The court […] Read more » Conducting public prosecutor Brijesh Shukla Conducting public prosecutor Brijesh Shukla Delhi court Special Judge V.K. Maheshwari
Top Law News Supreme Court’s nod to e-counselling for PG medical courses March 24, 2012 / March 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday permitted the online counselling for allotment of 50 percent seats of all-India quota for admission in post graduate medical courses in the country. A bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan paved the way for the e-counselling for admission in post graduate medical courses when it gave its nod […] Read more » Justice Deepak Verma Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan PG medical courses Supreme Court