Top Law News Suit on objectionable content motivated, says Yahoo India February 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Yahoo India, facing trial for hosting allegedly objectionable material on its website, has told a Delhi court that the suit against it was “motivated” and should be dismissed. Facebook India filed its reply in the case Tuesday. “The suit is a complete abuse of the process of law,” Yahoo India said in its reply to […] Read more » advocate Santosh Pandey Civil Judge Praveen Singh Facebook India social networking websites
Top Law News Court seeks Jamia Millia reply on students’ union poll ban February 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought Jamia Millia Islamia’s response by March 18 on a petition for quashing a 2006 decision of the central university to ban elections to the students’ union. The division bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Rajiv Shakdher sought the university’s response while hearing a petition by Hamidur Rahman, […] Read more » Delhi High Court Jamia Millia Islamia Justice Rajiv Shakdher Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Top Law News Inflation no reason to increase rent, rules court February 21, 2012 / February 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has ruled that the landlords governed by the rent control act can’t approach civil courts to raise rents in line with the inflation or cost price index. Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Shah Endlaw said the jurisdiction of the civil court in this regard is barred by section […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 Justice Rajiv Shah Endlaw
Top Law News Azhar faces warrant in cheque bounce case February 19, 2012 / February 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi court Saturday issued non-bailable warrant against former Indian cricket team captain and MP Mohammed Azharuddin for not appearing in court on the day of final verdict in a cheque-bounce case, a lawyer said. Metropolitan Magistrate Vikrant Vaid issued non-bailable warrant against Azhar, whose counsel Firoj Khan Ghazi said that he was busy campaigning in […] Read more » cheque bounce case counsel Gurvinder Singh Talwar Indian cricket team captain and MP Mohammed Azharuddin Metropolitan Magistrate Vikrant Vaid
Top Law News Supreme Court cautions High Courts against curbs on trial February 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The high courts are taking unduly long time in deciding cases in which trial court proceedings are stayed at the stage of registration of first information report ( FIR), investigation or framing of charges, the Supreme Court has said. Describing it as a serious matter, the apex court bench of Justice (since retired) A.K. Ganguly […] Read more » High Court Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice T.S. Thakur Supreme Court
Top Law News Notice to Delhi, central governments on unauthorised colonies February 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to central and Delhi governments on a plea challenging their powers to regularise unauthorised colonies. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Shah Endlaw also issued notice, returnable by May 2, to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi Development Authority Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Shah Endlaw Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Top Law News Court reserves order on MCD polls February 17, 2012 / February 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its order on petitions by a group of councillors seeking quashing of the state election commission’s decision to reserve seats for candidates of the Scheduled Castes in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections to be held in April. The councillors of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress moved […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Shakdher Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul MCD polls
Top Law News Scope of penal provision on gay sex wide: Supreme Court February 17, 2012 / February 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Scope of penal provision on gay sex wide: Supreme Court The Supreme Court Thursday said the scope of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was wide and could not be limited to holding homosexuality or sex between the same sex as being against the order of nature and criminal. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya said that […] Read more » homosexuality Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
Top Law News Court orders police action on lawyer’s assault February 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Delhi government to ensure that a police complaint was lodged under appropriate provisions over an alleged assault on a lawyer in south Delhi the day before. Family members of Sanjeev R. Vashisht, 38, alleged that he was was beaten up badly Wednesday near Bhagat Singh College by goons […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw lawyer's assault
Top Law News Notice to government over re-appointment of Jamia Hamdard VC February 16, 2012 / February 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the central government through the human resource development ministry, the University Grants Commission (UGC) against the continuation of G.N. Qazi as Jamia Hamdard vice-chancellor as he turned 65 in August last year. Justice Siddharth Mridul sought their response as well of the Jamia Hamdard Society, by May […] Read more » Delhi High Court Jamia Hamdard VC Justice Siddharth Mridul
Top Law News Homosexuality, lesbian relationships unnatural : Supreme Court February 16, 2012 / February 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday was told that homosexuality and lesbian relationship were unnatural and against the order of nature as provided under the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Senior counsel Amarendra Saran told the court during the hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the Delhi High Court’s July 2, 2009 verdict […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya lesbian relationship Supreme Court
Top Law News Court rejects Jagan aide’s plea for laptop in jail February 16, 2012 / February 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Vijay Sai Reddy, a jailed aide of YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, to allow him to use his laptop in prison. Vijay Sai Reddy, who is in jail in a case related to Jaganmohan’s alleged illegal assets, approached the high court after […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Indian Administrative Service officer B.P. Acharya Vijay Sai Reddy