Top Law News Government asked to finalise policy on ex-judges’ advice March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Union government was asked by the Delhi High Court to finalise within three months a uniform policy on legal opinions and pieces of advice given by former Supreme Court judges to litigants. The court, meanwhile, also asked its registry not to accept and list petitions for hearing if they contain opinions of retired apex […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court ex-judges' advice Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Supreme Court assails state’s neutrality on gay sex March 1, 2012 / March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday assailed the “new phenomenon” of the government not taking any position on the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalizing consensual gay sex. A bench of Justice G.S.Singhvi and Justice S.J.Mukhopadhaya said: “It is a new phenomenon. The state says we are neutral. He (Additional Solicitor General Mohan Jain) says that he has […] Read more » gay sex Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
Top Law News High Court rejects petitions against reservation for Scheduled Caste in MCD polls February 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today dismissed a batch of petitions seeking quashing of a state EC notification by which seats for Scheduled Caste candidates were reserved in the upcoming polls of trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). “We do not find any merit in the petitions, they are dismissed,” a bench of justices Sanjay Kishan […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Shakdher Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Municipal Corporation of Delhi Scheduled Caste
Top Law News Anticipatory bail in UP: Court wants early decision February 29, 2012 / February 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Tuesday asked the union government to expedite its decision on the issue of anticipatory bails in Uttar Pradesh. A bench of Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice S.V.S. Rathore asked the union home secretary and the secretary to the president to take a prompt decision on the matter. […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Anticipatory bail in UP Justice S.V.S. Rathore Justice Sudhir Agarwal
Top Law News Railways appeals single judge’s order on competition panel February 29, 2012 / February 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian Railways Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court against the order of a single judge that held that Competition Commission of India (CCI) is empowered to hear complaints against it for alleged abuse of its dominant position in goods transport sector. Hearing the plea of the Indian Railways that challenged the CCI jurisdiction to […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Indian Railways Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Justice Sanghi
Top Law News “Married but not legally wed” – A Book for Rights of Woman February 28, 2012 / February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment 29 feb, New Delhi: A book on laws for protection of women against violence “Married but not legally wed” written by Dr. Charu Walikhanna & Jyotika kalra is released in Krishn Menon Bhawan at 4:00 pm.The venue is in front of Supreme Court. The book is released by Speaker of Lok Sabha Mrs.Meera Kumar and […] Read more » “Married but not legally wed” A Book for Rights of Woman Domestic Violence Act 2005 Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear PIL against Cairn-Vedanta deal February 28, 2012 / February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear March 2 a suit that wants the acquisition of Cairn India, the nation’s biggest onshore oil deposit, by Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta Resources declared invalid. A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the apex court Monday seeking invalidation of the government approval for the Cairn Energy-Vedanta deal under which Vedanta […] Read more » Cairn-Vedanta deal public interest litigation Supreme Court
Top Law News Andhra high court admits petition for liquor mafia probe February 28, 2012 / February 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court Monday admitted for hearing a public interest litigation seeking a comprehensive probe into the liquor mafia allegedly involving politicians and bureaucrats. The court directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to submit in a sealed cover a report on the progress it made in the investigations so far and adjourned the hearing […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Anti-Corruption Bureau liquor mafia probe TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu
Top Law News Supreme Court nod on river interlinking February 27, 2012 / February 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today gave the green signal for implementing the ambitious project to interlink India’s rivers, saying it was in national interest. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia also constituted a high-powered committee headed by the water resources minister to work out the roadmap for the project. The court said that […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia interlink India's rivers Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Separated wife entitled to maintenance as per husband’s financial status’ February 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on ‘Separated wife entitled to maintenance as per husband’s financial status’ The Delhi High Court has ruled that a wife, though separated, is entitled to maintenance depending on her husband’s financial position. “A life on alimony is not to be a life different from what the wife would have led if the relationship had not gone sour. The quantum of maintenance inter alia depends upon the […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court husband's financial position Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Final day of the 2nd International Conference on Human Rights Concerns held in Hindi Bhawan February 26, 2012 / February 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The second and final day of the 2nd International Conference on Human Rights Concerns of Indian Diaspora saw some brainstorming sessions on the issues of human rights violations of Indians in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh among others. In a session on Sri Lanka, speakers which included Karim Assaad, M N Krisknamani, President, HRDI, […] Read more » 2nd International Conference on Human Rights Concerns Chairman of the organising committee Gopal Agarwal Indian Diaspora
Top Law News Another NGO accuses Assam government of ‘negligence’ February 26, 2012 / February 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Another non-governmental organisation (NGO) Saturday alleged that starvation had led to the deaths of 12 persons in the Bhuban Valley tea estate in Assam’s Barak Valley region, and that the state government had turned a blind eye to the whole matter. The Peoples’ Rights Forum (PRF) presented to the media their survey report on the […] Read more » Bhuban Valley tea estate in Assam's Barak Valley region non-governmental organisation (NGO) Peoples' Rights Forum Supreme Court