Top Law News No mixing drinking and driving, revelers warned December 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Continuing their campaign against drunken driving, Delhi Police on Saturday warned the denizens of the city to obey rules on New Year’s Eve and strictly eschew drunken driving. “We are prepared to come down heavily on all violations, particularly drunken driving,” Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg posted on the force’s Facebook page which […] Read more » Facebook page New Year's Eve No mixing drinking and driving revelers warned
Top Law News Ram Jethmalani’s daughter passes away December 31, 2011 / December 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rani Jethmalani, Supreme Court lawyer and daughter of former law minister Ram Jethmalani, passed away in Mumbai on Saturday, family sources said. She was in her early 50s. She had been admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital since December 9 due to multi-organ complications. However, it was not immediately clear if she was in the […] Read more » daughter of former law minister Ram Jethmalani Rani Jethmalani Supreme Court lawyer
Top Law News Court rejects Janardhana Reddy’s interim bail plea December 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Friday rejected the petition of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy for two days’ interim bail to attend his mother’s death anniversary ceremony at Bellary. The mining baron, a key accused in the illegal mining case, wanted the special court dealing with the CBI cases to send him to Bellary with […] Read more » former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy illegal mining case Judge Naga Murthy Sarma
Top Law News New year revellers, beware of infected alcometers December 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It will be a double whammy for drunken Delhiites taking to the wheel this New Years’ eve. Apart from stringent fines including imprisonment, one may contract diseases courtesy infected alcometers. According to doctors and health experts, the disposable straw on top of the devices could carry millions of germs and bacteria if re-used and when […] Read more » beware of infected alcometers new year celebration New year revellers
Top Law News Hospitalised AMRI director denied bail December 30, 2011 / December 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A West Bengal court on Thursday denied bail to a director of the AMRI Hospital where a fire earlier this month killed 94 people, and ordered he be physically present before the court Jan 2. The director is currently admitted at the state-run SSKM Hospital. “Accused No 7 (RS Agarwal) is denied bail but considering […] Read more » AMRI Hospital chief judicial magistrate CH Karim West Bengal court
Top Law News Police to bar new religious processions December 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With a growing number of daily religious and political processions herr taking a toll on policing, police have decided to deny permission for new religious events. Hyderabad Police Commissioner A.K. Khan appealed to religious groups and political parties to help reduce such events. He told reporters Thursday that police would not allow the existing processions […] Read more » Hyderabad Police Commissioner A.K. Khan Police to bar new religious processions
Top Law News Two top lawyers’ contest on Lokpal December 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two top lawyers – Arun Jaitley of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Abhishek Manu Singhvi of the Congress – set the pace of debate on the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday with their debate. Here are the points and counter-points: Jaitley: You (the government) want to control appointments, want government control […] Read more » Abhishek Manu Singhvi Arun Jaitely BJP CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Central Vigilance Commission Congress party CVC Two top lawyers' contest on Lokpal
Top Law News Constitute pay commission within three months: Himachal court December 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court Thursday directed the state government to constitute an independent pay commission, within three months, to fix pay scales of the government employees. A bench of Chief Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice D.D. Sud expressed surprise that the state has no pay commission of its own. ‘It’s now more than 40 […] Read more » Chief Justice Kurian Joseph Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Constitute pay commission within three months Himachal court Justice D.D. Sud
Top Law News Hindus in Russia celebrate Gita verdict; brace for possible appeal December 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As Hindus in Russia celebrated their legal victory over efforts to have the Bhagavad Gita banned, they are bracing to counter any move by Tomsk city state prosecutors to appeal against the Siberian court verdict dismissing the plea to brand the revered text as “extremist” literature. With the Leninsky district court Federal Judge G.E. Butenko […] Read more » Gita verdict in Russia Hindus in Russia celebrate Gita verdict; brace for possible appeal K.V. Dhananjay
Top Law News Schemes changing situation of minorities: PM December 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said the central government has launched several schemes based on recommendations of the Sachar Committee and these were bringing a change in the situation of the minorities. Speaking at the International Dalit and Minorities Conference here, the prime minister said that it was often said that the government had not […] Read more » former chief justice of the Delhi High Court Rajinder Sachar Manmohan Singh PM Rajinder Sachar Sachar Committee Schemes changing situation of minorities
Top Law News Hawkers cannot be allowed to choke streets: Court December 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has ruled that a Supreme Court-appointed committee was not empowered to stay the order of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on eviction of squatters and upheld the civic agency’s power to maintain streets and keep it free for movement. “Hawkers cannot be allowed to choke the streets leaving hardly any […] Read more » choke street Delhi High Court Hawkers Hawkers cannot be allowed to choke streets Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Crummy Tis Hazari courthouse to finally get a facelift December 29, 2011 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Air-conditioners, CCTV cameras, new furniture and amenities – Tis Hazari, Delhi’s oldest district court complex, is in for a much needed facelift with the government giving its nod to a proposal mooted two years ago. The renovation for the complex is set to be completed by March 2012, according to Delhi Bar Association president Rajiv […] Read more » advocate K.K. Sharma Delhi Bar Association president Rajiv Khosla Tis Hazari