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
Top Law News Court permits Hazare fast at MMRDA Ground December 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Friday allowed Team Anna to hold its proposed agitation at the MMRDA Grounds in suburban Bandra-Kurla Complex at concessional rates, entailing savings of nearly Rs.450,000, an India Against Corruption (IAC) official said here. IAC member Mayank Gandhi said that following the court?s order, the IAC would now re-apply through another registered […] Read more » Bombay High Court India Against Corruption MMRDA Grounds in suburban Bandra-Kurla Complex
Top Law News Court asks Facebook, Orkut to remove objectionable pictures December 22, 2011 / December 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has ordered several online social networking companies like Facebook, Google and Orkut to remove some pictures from their websites. The court of administrative civil judge Mukesh Kumar was hearing a petition filed by Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi who objected to images hurting religious sentiments. The court said: “The defendants are directed to […] Read more » civil judge Mukesh Kumar Facebook Orkut to remove objectionable pictures
Top Law News Kolkata blaze: Hospital director’s bail plea rejected December 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A West Bengal court Wednesday rejected the bail plea of AMRI Hospital director R.S. Agarwal, an accused in the hospital fire which killed 93 people Dec 9. The court also turned down the prosecution’s plea for his police custody and ordered Agarwal be kept at the state-run Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital (SSKM) Hospital under […] Read more » AMRI Hospital director R.S. Agarwal Hospital director's bail plea rejected Kolkata blaze
Top Law News Court refuses to stay toddlers’ admission in Delhi schools December 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to suspend the admission process for pre-school class in city schools, scheduled to start Jan 2 next year. Hearing a plea challenging the Delhi government’s guidelines on admissions by schools, the court said it would decide the issue Jan 6. NGO Social Jurist had moved court against the order […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw toddlers' admission in Delhi schools