Top Law News Court notice to Delhi bar council March 8, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the state bar council and others on a plea for an early election of the Rohini Court Bar Association (RCBA) office bearers. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD), RCBA and […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw state bar council
Top Law News Excise official’s bail plea dismissed March 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A CBI special court here Wednesday dismissed the bail application of Central Excise Commissioner A.K. Srivastava allegedly involved in a graft case. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Talwant Singh denied bail to the excise commissioner accepting the prosecution’s submission that he could tamper with the evidence if released on bail. Srivastava had requested […] Read more » CBI Special court Central Excise Commissioner A.K. Srivastava Special Judge Talwant Singh
Top Law News Court wants government study on bus corridor March 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in south Delhi is creating chaos, the Delhi High Court said Wednesday while suggesting to the government that it conduct a scientific study into its functioning. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the government to consider involving expert agencies like […] Read more » Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Government gets court notice on demand for bridge March 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi government on a plea seeking construction of a pedestrian bridge over the busy Lala Lajpat Rai Marg near Jangpura neighbourhood in south Delhi. The bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notices to the transport commissioner, the public works […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri construction of a pedestrian bridge Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Draft law ready to regulate Delhi placement agencies March 7, 2012 / March 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it has prepared a draft legislation to regulate placement agencies in the city. The court was hearing a plea by NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan that alleged that some of the placement agencies were indulging in trafficking of children. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court draft legislation Justice R.S. Endlaw
Top Law News Dental student withdraws plea from court March 7, 2012 / March 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Jamia Millia Islamia dental student, who failed in his second year annual examination, was Tuesday denied relief by the Delhi High Court on his plea seeking permission to attend third year classes. He withdrew the plea. Shahroz Raza, a bachelor of dental surgery student, approached the court challenging the order of another judge who […] Read more » Delhi High Court Jamia Millia Islamia dental Justice B.D. Ahmed Justice V.K. Jain Shahroz Raza a bachelor of dental surgery student
Top Law News Court to hear plea against Dikshit March 29 March 7, 2012 / March 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court would March 29 consider an application opposing a police plea to withdraw a case against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit over an alleged election code violation in 2008. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Bansal Tuesday said: “Put up for consideration of locus standi of the application for March 29.” The application was filed […] Read more » Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Bansal Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi court election code violation in 2008
Top Law News Warring media, lawyers told to cool down March 6, 2012 / March 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Monday offered to mediate between media and lawyers in Karnataka following the March 2 attack on journalists in the civil court complex here. “It is unfortunate that such an event happened,” Ravi Shankar said in a statement offering “to mediate between the media and the lawyers”. The attack, by […] Read more » attack on journalists Chief Justice Vikramjit Sen illegal mining case Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Top Law News Delhi Police anti-drinking drive to continue after Holi March 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Police reiterated Monday that its stringent anti-drinking drive will continue after Holi too. In a message on the Delhi Police page on Facebook, which has over 100,000 followers, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg said that the stringent drive will continue after Holi too. A total of 585 “drunk drivers have been […] Read more » anti-drinking drive Delhi Police Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill
Top Law News Need stringent laws to curb child sexual abuse: Krishna Tirath March 6, 2012 / March 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sexual abuse of children has become a routine affair in India and there is a need to make stringent laws to deal with it, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said here Monday. “Sexual abuse has become a routine affair and there is a need for stringent laws to tackle this menace,” Tirath said […] Read more » child sexual abuse National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath
Top Law News Karnataka lawyers to boycott courts Monday March 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka State Bar Council on Sunday directed all lawyers across the state to stay away from the courts on Monday in protest against the police “excess” on some of its members on Friday when some advocates attacked mediapersons and policemen at the city civil court complex. “As a mark of protest against police excess […] Read more » Advocates Association of Bangalore general secretary A.P. Ranganath council president KN Subba Reddy Karnataka State Bar Council
Top Law News Antony’s wife, Resul Pookutty enrol as advocates March 5, 2012 / March 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment One was India’s most voted sound engineer fulfilling his father’s dream and the other the spouse of a top politician, seeking to empower women in her own ways. Resul Pookutty and Elizabeth Antony were the centre of attraction during the enrolment session at the Kerala high court on Sunday morning, when a total of 406 […] Read more »