Top Law News After vote, India says it stands by Sri Lanka March 23, 2012 / March 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After voting Thursday in favour of a US resolution in Geneva urging Colombo to probe alleged human rights abuses, India declared it will remain engaged with Sri Lanka. Within an hour after voting for a resolution that Colombo had dubbed “anti-Sri Lanka”, New Delhi sought to mollify hurt feelings in the island nation, making it […] Read more » human rights abuses Sri Lanka US resolution in Geneva
Top Law News Give licences to food vans, court tells MCD March 23, 2012 / March 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to give licences, within two weeks, to food catering vans in Delhi after civic agencies evicted them from Dwarka area of west Delhi for causing traffic jams. Justice Hima Kohli also directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to allot proper sites to catering […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Hima Kohli Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)
Top Law News Special IPS recruitment: Court seeks government’s response March 22, 2012 / March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the response of the central government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the government decision to recruit an additional 1,400 IPS officers through a special examination. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also asked Additional Solicitor General A.S. Chandhiok, representing the […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Special IPS recruitment
Top Law News Government disowns remarks on gays March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As the Supreme Court said parliament was the forum to decide the desirability of retaining Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the government Wednesday sought to disassociate itself from Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra’s controversial remark that homosexuality was immoral. Attorney General G. Vahanvati told an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
Top Law News Order reserved on plea seeking curb on ‘illegal charges’ by car dealers March 22, 2012 / March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on a plea seeking a curb on the illegal charges, including logistic charges, loading and unloading charges, levied by car dealers on buyers. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw reserved the order after conclusion of arguments from both the […] Read more » 'illegal charges' by car dealers Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Panel to check banned pesticides set up : Court March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The union agriculture ministry Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that a committee has been constituted for framing a policy for periodic checks to detect pesticide residues in vegetables and fruits. In a joint affidavit filed by the ministry, the Food Safety and Standard Authority (FSSI), and Delhi government, it was stated that a six […] Read more » Delhi High Court Food Safety and Standard Authority (FSSI) Justice Rajiv Shakdhar Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Top Law News Court takes up threat to Ayodhya verdict judges, lawyers March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a significant development, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to give it details of the steps it had taken to provide security cover to the judges who had delivered the verdict in Ayodhya shrine title suits and also to the lawyers who represented Hindu parties. Hearing […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Ayodhya verdict Justice D P Singh Justice D.K. Upadhyay Justice D.V. Sharma Justice D.V. Sharma Justice S U Khan Justice Sudhir Agarwal
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks attorney general’s assistance in gay law case March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Attorney General G. Vahanvati to assist the court in the hearing of the plea challenging the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalising the consensual sex between two consenting adults of the same sex. A bench of Justice G.S.Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya asked Vahanvati to assist the court in the […] Read more » gay law case Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Section 377 IPC Supreme Court
Top Law News Fine on IFCI, jail for executives for contempt of court March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sentenced Atul Kumar Rai, the chief executive officer and managing director of IFCI (formerly Industrial Finance Corporation of India), for a month in jail . The court awarded the sentence after it held Rai guilty for contempt of court and defiance of its orders. The court has also imposed a […] Read more » Atul Kumar Rai chief executive officer and managing director of IFCI Delhi High Court IFCI (formerly Industrial Finance Corporation of India) Justice Bhasin
Top Law News NHRC seeks response on unauthorised drug trial March 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission has asked the union health ministry and the Andhra Pradesh government to respond within six weeks on its demand for reports into unauthorized clinical drug trials on people and warned of action if it failed to do so. According to NHRC official, the commission can summon the authorities – as […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission unauthorised drug trial
Top Law News Supreme Court to rule if states can appeal acquittals in CBI cases March 20, 2012 / March 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will examine whether states could file an appeal challenging the acquittal in a criminal case, probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), if the agency was dragging its feet on the matter. A bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice S.S. Nijjar Monday issued notice to the central government and Congress […] Read more » acquittal in a criminal case Justice Altamas Kabir Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court
Top Law News India to vote against Sri Lanka: PM March 19, 2012 / March 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Prime Minister said today in Parliament that India is inclined to vote against Sri Lanka at a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. A resolution against the Sri Lankan government for alleged war crimes and human rights violations has been moved by the US, Norway and France. “We do not […] Read more » Dr Manmohan Singh Foreign Affairs Minister SM Krishna Nations Human Rights Council Sri Lanka