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
Top Law News Chhattisgarh gets notice for botched eye operations January 25, 2012 / January 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chhattisgarh High Court Tuesday issued notice to the state’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on botched eye operations in September that left several aged persons blinded in one eye. The high court, which is based at Bilaspur town, some 100 km from Raipur, issued the notice as it took up a public interest litigation […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party botched eye operations Chhattisgarh High Court
Top Law News ‘Nod needed for hearing Essar, Loop plea’ January 25, 2012 / January 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked Essar Teleholdings, Loop Telecom and the CBI to seek a clarification from the Supreme Court on the companies’ plea to delink their cases from the other co-accused in the 2G trial. The companies say their case should not be heard by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court […] Read more » 2G case Delhi High Court Justice B.D. Ahmed Justice V.K. Jain Loop Telecom and the Essar Group Supreme Court
Top Law News Court rejects plastic bag makers’ plea January 24, 2012 / January 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday refused to stay the state government’s draft notification aimed at putting a blanket ban on the manufacture, sale and use of plastic bags in Delhi. The bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R.S. Endlaw rejected the plea of the All India Plastic Industries Association, terming it premature. […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Court rejects plastic bag makers' plea Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw
Top Law News Paying minimum wages in rural job scheme: Supreme Court January 24, 2012 / January 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday reminded the central government that the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was a socially beneficial legislation and the government could not be seen as being reluctant in releasing funds for the scheme. “It’s (MGNREGA) a piece of beneficial legislation. You should give it yourself instead of being seen […] Read more » Justice Cyriac Joesph Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Karnataka High Court Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Supreme Court