Top Law News Illegal mining: Court allows probe of Krishna, Kumaraswamy’s role January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a jolt to External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and a major embarrassment to the Congress, the Karnataka High Court Friday allowed probe into charges that he had illegally de-reserved large forest areas for mining when he was chief minister during 1999-2004. Also facing embarrassment is former prime minister and Janata Dal-Secular president H.D. Deve […] Read more » External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna illegal mining Judge N K Sudhindra Rao Justice N. Ananda Karnataka High Court
Top Law News Delhi lawyers strike work against bills January 21, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi lawyers Friday observed a day-long strike as part of the Bar Council of India’s nationwide protest against two bills, including one which they claim will take away the powers of the council to hear complaints against lawyers, said the Delhi Bar Association. The strike paralysed legal proceedings at all six district court complexes. Around […] Read more » Delhi Bar Association Delhi lawyers Higher Education and Research Bill 2011 Legal Practitioners Bill 2010
Top Law News Law panel study on backlog of cases sought January 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Law panel study on backlog of cases sought The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will ask the Law Commission to undertake a study on the additional courts and judges needed in lower judiciary to tackle piled up cases. The government assured the court that it will “request the Law Commission to consider and convey to the government … its recommendations […] Read more » Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice T.S. Thakur Law panel study on backlog of cases Supreme Court
Top Law News Expel three Christian priests: Kashmir Sharia court January 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Sharia court Thursday issued a decree seeking expulsion of three Christian priests from Jammu and Kashmir and monitoring of the activities of Christian missionary schools in the Valley. Maintaining that the decree of the Sharia (Muslim Personal Law) court was not against the Christians in any manner, Kashmir’s grand mufti Bashir-ud-Din told a media […] Read more » Christian missionary schools Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir Sharia court three Christian priests
Top Law News Court puts off hearing on Google, Facebook pleas January 20, 2012 / January 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday adjourned the hearing on petitions of Google India and Facebook India challenging a trial court’s order to prosecute them for allegedly hosting objectionable content. “The matter is likely to be taken up Feb 2 or Feb 3,” said Justice Suresh Kait. Google India and Facebook India earlier told the high […] Read more » Delhi High Court facebook Google Justice Suresh Kait Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar
Top Law News Supreme Court stays bar association resolution on membership January 19, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday stayed a resolution of its bar association that sought to overcome an apex court verdict restricting its membership to control bogus voting in its election. An apex court bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir stayed the resolution till Friday when it will take up the matter for hearing. The resolution, passed […] Read more » bar association resolution on membership Justice Altamas Kabir Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi’s lower court lawyers to strike work Jan 20 January 19, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers in all districts courts have decided to abstain from work on January 20 to enforce a nationwide protest against the Centre’s proposal to establish an ombudsman consisting of judges to hear complaints against lawyers. The Co-Ordination Committee of all bar associations of Delhi district courts said in a statement that the Bar Council of […] Read more » Bar Council of India Co-Ordination Committee Delhi district courts
Top Law News In intercaste marriage, facts decide offspring’s status: Supreme Court January 19, 2012 / January 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said that the determination of caste of a person born of a marriage between a tribal and a non-tribal cannot be determined in complete disregard of attending facts of the case. In such a marriage, there may be a presumption that the child has the caste of the father. This presumption […] Read more » intercaste marriage Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai Supreme Court
Top Law News Government reply sought on plea over bus corridor January 19, 2012 / January 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi government to file its reply on a petition by autorickshaw drivers to allow three and four-wheelers to run on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in south Delhi. The petition was filed by Nyay Bhoomi, an organisation representing autorickshaw drivers, through its president Lt. Col. B.B. Sharan. The […] Read more » Bus Rapid Transit corridor Delhi High Court Justice A.K. Sikri Justice R.S. Endlaw
Top Law News Nursery admissions on course as court reserves order January 19, 2012 / January 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the admission process for pre-school (nursery) classes in city schools which are scheduled to put up on February 1 the first list of selected toddlers for the 2012-13 academic session. Hearing a plea challenging the Delhi government’s guidelines on admissions to schools, the court reserved […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw Nursery admissions
Top Law News Court tells Sterlite to seek licence from pollution board January 18, 2012 / January 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Sterlite Industries to apply afresh to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for the renewal of its licence to run its Tuticorin copper smelting plant. The plea would be decided after an inquiry by the board in accordance with pollution control laws, the court said. The apex court bench […] Read more » Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board
Top Law News Lawyers’ protest clogs central Bangalore January 18, 2012 / January 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hundreds of lawyers protesting police assault on one of their colleagues caused massive traffic jams in the heart of the city for over six hours Tuesday, leaving the city dwellers and commuters fuming. The protest that started around 12.30 p.m. at Mysore Bank circle, one of the busiest junctions in the IT city’s central business […] Read more » Association president K.N. Subba Reddy Lawyers' protest clogs central Bangalore Police Commissioner B.G. Jyothiprakash Mirji