Top Law News Court relief for man who tape recorded proceedings January 8, 2012 / January 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has set aside its earlier order of sending a businessman for mental check-up for recording court proceedings on his mini-tape recorder. The division bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice R.V. Easwar Friday said that till Jan 23, the next date of hearing, the order for mental check-up of Deepak Khosla […] Read more » Delhi High Court Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences Justice R.V. Easwar Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Top Law News Court fines Sheila Dikshit Rs.3,000 January 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday fined Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dixit Rs.3,000, for failing to file a reply in her defamation case against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijendra Gupta. Justice Kailash Gambhir imposed the fine even as Dikshit’s counsel sought adjournment of the case, saying he needed more time to file […] Read more » c.m of delhi slapped Rs. 3000 by delhi court Court fines Sheila Dikshit Rs.3 Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission DERC Justice Kailash Gambhir
Top Law News Agra lawyers to step up stir for high court bench January 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers in the five districts of Agra division have decided to intensify their agitation for an Allahabad High Court bench in this city. And this will include a siege to the Taj Mahal. Agra shutdown will be observed Jan 16, followed by a ‘gherao’ of the Taj Jan 21. Lawyers in Mathura, Firozabad, Aligarh, Hathras, […] Read more » advocate Rajvir Singh Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court bench high court bench in Agra
Top Law News Lawyers’ protest stays new petition format in Jharkhand January 6, 2012 / January 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jharkhand High Court Friday kept in abeyance a new format for petitions after lawyers protested. The format issued by the court Thursday sought petitioners’ caste, religion, sex, telephone number, e-mail id and other details. The lawyers had lodged their protest terming it impractical. “The notice issued Jan 4 in relation to computerised presentation form […] Read more » Jharkhand High Court Subodh Dubey
Top Law News Sukh Ram’s surrender put off by court till Friday January 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday put off by a day former telecom minister Sukh Ram’s surrender in the 1996 equipment purchase scam. The 84-year-old ex-minister could not appear in court as he is undergoing treatment at a hospital here. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Dharmesh Sharma ordered two other convicts, former deputy director-general of […] Read more » CBI Special Judge Sanjiv Jain Delhi court former telecom minister Sukh Ram Special Judge Dharmesh Sharma
Top Law News Court seeks reply from car dealers on ‘illegal charges’ January 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought a response from an association of car dealers over a plea seeking to curb the collection by its members in the capital of allegedly illegal charges from car buyers. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R.S. Endlaw also allowed the association to become party […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court illegal charges Justice R.S. Endlaw
Top Law News Court notice to ex-Lokayukta Hegde in defamation case January 4, 2012 / January 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court Wednesday issued notice to former Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde, a former Supreme Court judge, in a defamation case filed by Superintendent of Police (Intelligence) Hemanth Nimbalkar. The case, which was filed in March 2011, pertains to a raid conducted by the Lokayukta police in March 2009 on the office and residence […] Read more » defamation case former Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde Karnataka High Court
Top Law News Supreme Court Breather for 5 HJC Legislators January 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a breather to five Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) legislators who sought to merge their party’s legislative wing with the Congress, the Supreme Court Wednesday stayed the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s direction to the Haryana assembly speaker to decide on their fate. The apex court bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir suspended the operation […] Read more » Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) legislators Justice Altamas Kabir Supreme Court
Top Law News Ajay Singh Chautala seeks quashing of corruption charges, trial January 4, 2012 / January 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Ajay Singh Chautala Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court for quashing of the charges and trial against him for allegedly possessing wealth exceeding his known sources of income. The matter is listed for hearing by Justice M.L. Mehta Wednesday. A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge had on […] Read more » Delhi High Court Indian National Lok Dal leader Ajay Singh Chautala Justice M.L. Mehta Prevention of Corruption Act
Top Law News Mangalore crash: Supreme Court notice on Rs.75 lakh compensation January 3, 2012 / January 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the central government and Air India on a petition seeking a minimum compensation of Rs75 lakh each for the 158 passengers killed in the May 2010 air crash in Mangalore. An apex court bench issued the notice after senior counsel Harish Salve appearing for petitioner S […] Read more » Mangalore crash senior counsel Harish Salve Supreme Court
Top Law News Court issues notice on lack of teachers in air force school January 3, 2012 / January 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday sought a response from the Delhi government on a petition seeking filling up of vacant posts of teachers in the Air Force Senior Secondary School here. The parents of some students studying in the school in west Delhi approached the court seeking direction to fill up the 14 vacant posts […] Read more » advocate Ashok Agarwal Air Force Senior Secondary School Delhi High Court Justice Siddharth Mridul
Top Law News Supreme court notice to Chhattisgarh on judges’ appointment January 3, 2012 / January 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notices to the central and Chhattisgarh governments on a plea seeking an independent inquiry into the alleged lapses in selection of civil judges in the state in 2008. The petition, moved by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), sought court monitoring of the probe by an independent agency. The […] Read more » Chhattisgarh on judges' appointment Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court