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
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