Top Law News On the rise: Divorces under 25 December 29, 2011 / December 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Twenty five-year-old Seema Sharma got married seven months ago and now she is fighting for a divorce in the court on grounds of mental and physical torture by her husband. Like her, many are bearing the brunt of being called divorcees or separated after their marriage lasted only for a few months or years. The […] Read more » Advocate Osama Suhail Divorces under 25 jeevansathi.com business head Rohit Manghnani
Top Law News Supreme court spared neither holy cows, nor corrupt in 2011 December 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It was a year of judicial activism as the Supreme Court was in 2011 called on to adjudicate on a wide swathe of issues ranging from governance, to graft, to police high-handedness. In the process it was as harsh on the corrupt as on holy cows — and even cautioned judges to stay within the […] Read more » holy cows Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
Top Law News Opposition for withdrawal of judges bill December 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A much delayed bill which provides for a mechanism for investigation against judges was taken up for consideration in the Lok Sabha amid demands that it should be withdrawn and amended to give it more teeth. The Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010, which was introduced in December, 2010 has now been brought with fresh […] Read more » Judges Inquiry Act1968 Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill 2010 Justice Soumitra Sen Law Minister Salman Khurshid
Top Law News Court frees man branded a gangster, slams police December 28, 2011 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A vegetable seller has been freed by a Delhi court, which slammed the police for invoking a stringent law meant to deal with criminal gangs and keeping him behind bars without evidence. Rajeev, who was jailed for offences under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, was freed by Additional Session Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal in […] Read more » Delhi court Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act
Top Law News Two AMRI officers remanded in judicial custody December 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A city court on Monday sent two officers of AMRI Hospital, where 93 people died in a fire, to judicial custody till January five. Chief Judicial Magistrate of Alipore court S M Shahnawaz sent Sanjib Pal and S Upadhayay, who were in police custody, to judicial custody on a prayer by the prosecution. Pal declined […] Read more » AMRI Hospital Chief Judicial Magistrate of Alipore court S M Shahnawaz Two AMRI officers remanded in judicial custody
Top Law News Mumbai jail’s women inmates go on hunger strike December 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than two dozen women inmates of the Byculla district jail here have gone on a hunger strike, protesting poor hygiene and improper food served to them, a lawyer said Monday. ‘The inmates have been complaining since long about the inferior quality and inadequate quantity of food served to them twice daily by the jail […] Read more » 2008 Malegaon blast lawyer Ganesh Sovani Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act Special Judge Y.D. Shinde
Top Law News Andhra high court cancels ex-official’s bail in mining case December 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Monday set aside the order of a special CBI court granting bail to former bureaucrat VD Rajagopal in the illegal mining case involving the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy. The high court, which had stayed the order of the lower court Dec 16, cancelled the bail on the […] Read more » Andhra High Court cancels ex-official's bail in mining case
Top Law News Kolkata rickshaw pullers may get photo IDs December 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Kolkata’s hand-pulled rickshaws, considered by many as colonial relics and banned by the previous Left Front government for being inhuman, might get a new lease of life with the civic body mulling the issue of photo identity cards to the 6,000-odd pullers. “We are planning to issue the cards. Probably by January we may […] Read more » Kolkata rickshaw pullers photo IDs
Top Law News Derogatory content to be removed from websites by February 6 December 26, 2011 / December 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Derogatory content to be removed from websites by February 6 In yet another blow to 21sites including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Youtube, a Delhi court has issued summons to them for facing trial for allegedly webcasting objectionable content. Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Sudesh Kumar took cognizance on a private criminal complaint and has directed the Centre for taking “immediate appropriate steps” and also file […] Read more » civil judge Mukesh Kumar Delhi court Derogatory content to be removed from websites Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar websites like Facebook Google and Yahoo
Top Law News Court restrains Star India’s cookery shows December 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A district court here Saturday restrained Star India Pvt Ltd from exhibiting and telecasting shows under the trademark `Master Chef India 2` on Star Plus, and `Master Chef Australia` and `Master Chef USA` on Star World channel till further orders. The stay was granted on the suit filed by Wings Entertainment Ltd. Pankaj Yadav, advocate […] Read more » Additional District Judge Vimal Kumar Court restrains Star India's cookery shows
Top Law News Plea against Indian Science Congress thrown out December 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a man seeking cancellation of the 99th Indian Science Congress (ISC), the largest national science event, to be held here next month, or shifting of its venue, a lawyer said on Saturday. Quashing the petition filed by Manoj Das as “frivolous”, Justice BP Das and […] Read more » 99th Indian Science Congress Justice BK Nayaka Justice BP Das Orissa High Court
Top Law News Court issues notice, Is CIC empowered to prosecute for perjury? December 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the Department of Personnel Training (DOPT) on a plea seeking its direction on whether the Central Information Commission (CIC) was legally empowered to prosecute an entity or a person for the offence of perjury if false documents are filed before the commission. A Delhi-based lawyer, Shanmuga Patro […] Read more » Delhi High Court Department of Personnel Training Justice V.K. Shali