Top Law News Trial court to decide on Chidambaram’s role in afternoon February 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Saturday deferred till 12:30pm the pronouncement of its order on Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy’s plea to prosecute home minister P Chidambaram in the 2G case. At 10am, Special CBI Judge allowed only Swamy to enter inside the court room and conveyed to him asked him to come before 12:30pm. “I […] Read more » Chidambaram's role in 2G spectrum Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi trial court
Top Law News Barred from Shivaji Park, MNS threatens street rally February 3, 2012 / February 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Barred from Shivaji Park, MNS threatens street rally The Bombay High Court Friday rejected the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s (MNS) petition for permission to hold a poll rally at Shivaji Park. Terming the move as “partisan”, MNS chief Raj Thackeray said his party would hold the rally on Mumbai streets. The court rejected the petition to hold the rally Feb 13 on the grounds […] Read more » Bombay High Court MNS chief Raj Thackeray Nationalist Congress Party
Top Law News Delhi poll panel gets notice on MCD elections February 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday sought the state election commission’s response to a plea that has challenged the earmarking of seats as reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SC) in the April 2012 elections to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). A bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Rajiv Shakdher Friday issued a notice […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Shakdher Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul MCD elections
Top Law News Nurses’ strike: Court orders police protection for hospital February 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court Wednesday directed police to provide protection to a private hospital which recruited 100 new nurses after failure of talks over the last three days to end a strike by the staff seeking better wages. Nurses at the Lakeshore hospital here are on a strike seeking better working conditions, forcing the management […] Read more » Kerala High Court Lakeshore hospital United Nurses Association
Top Law News Prosecuting corrupt officials: court sets deadline for government January 31, 2012 / January 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Prosecuting corrupt officials: court sets deadline for government The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the government should give sanction to prosecute accused officials within 3 months. If there is need for any consultation with the legal authorities, the government might give its sanction within 4 months. However, the SC left it for Parliament to frame guidelines for giving sanction to prosecute officials. […] Read more » court sets deadline for government Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court
Top Law News Court allows judge to join Ph.D. course in Delhi varsity January 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday allowed Metropolitan Magistrate Twinkle Wadhwa to pursue her Ph.D. course from Delhi University and directed the university to take a decision on her plea to relax the condition on taking a two-year study leave. The court said the academic council of the university had the power to relax the provisions […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw Metropolitan Magistrate Twinkle Wadhwa Ph.D. course
Top Law News Supreme Court questions Gujarat on probe against Setalvad January 31, 2012 / January 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the Gujarat government why it was recording statements of witnesses alleging that social activist Teesta Setalvad doctored affidavits of victims of the 2002 riots when the proceedings had already been stayed by the court. The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.P. Desai asked the state government […] Read more » Gujarat High Court Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai Supreme Court
Top Law News Schools seek government aid for educating disabled January 30, 2012 / January 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Private unaided schools here have sought government aid and two years for putting in place infrastructure for teaching disabled children — as desired by the Delhi High Court. The schools told the court that the responsibility of educating the disabled students was on the government and the burden could not be shifted to private unaided […] Read more » Delhi High Court Unaided Private Schools
Top Law News Supreme Court upset at ex-judges giving opinion on matters January 30, 2012 / January 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has taken strong exception to the tendency among litigants to attach opinions by former apex court judges to their PILs in a bid to bolster their claim. The bench voiced its disapproval with: “If we can’t honour this court, who will do it?” The court had taken objection to former judges rendering […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia ex-judges giving opinion on matters Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court angry over ex-judges’ opinions filed by litigants January 29, 2012 / January 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court angry over ex-judges’ opinions filed by litigants The Supreme Court has taken strong exception to the tendency among litigants to present opinions from former judges of the top court in a bid to bolster their case pending before it. The court aired its disapproval with an observation: “If we can’t honour this court who will do it?” The apex court had taken […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia ex-judges' opinions filed by litigants Justice Ganguly Supreme Court
Top Law News Court allows nursery admissions at 3-plus January 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday gave a go-ahead to schools to admit children aged three-plus years to nursery classes. The court refused to interfere with age criteria for pre-school and pre-primary classes, and said the schools which have admitted children aged three-plus will continue to do so. The court gave its order on a plea […] Read more » Delhi High Court NGO counsel Ashok Agarwal Nursery admissions
Top Law News No harmful adulterants in Delhi milk : Court January 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that none of the 446 milk samples checked by its agencies from Jan 1, 2009 to Aug 4, 2011 were found to contain any harmful adulterants like detergent or urea. An affidavit filed by the department of prevention of food adulteration (PFA), Delhi, claimed that milk […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw No harmful adulterants in Delhi milk