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
Top Law News Court moved to lift ban on Jamia Millia students’ union poll December 21, 2011 / December 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former student of Jamia Millia Islamia Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a 2006 decision of the central university to ban elections to the students union. Petitioner Ikrar Khan alleged that it was unreasonable on the part of the university to ban the election from March 2006. He said that the […] Read more » Delhi High Court Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia students' union poll
Top Law News Lawyers’ strike affects life in Jammu December 20, 2011 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Normal life was affected in parts of this city Tuesday as the Bar Association of Jammu called a strike to demand the rollback of the Jammu and Kashmir government’s decision to transfer land and property registration from the judiciary to the executive. Some parts of Jammu saw a partial response while others saw a complete […] Read more » Bar Association of Jammu Bar Association president B.S. Salathia Lawyers' strike
Top Law News Pawar’s assailant granted bail December 20, 2011 / December 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Arvinder Singh, who was arrested for slapping Union Minister Sharad Pawar at a function here last month, was on Monday granted bail by a Delhi court. District Judge HS Sharma granted bail to Singh while directing him not to indulge in any violent activity in the future. Singh was granted bail on a personal bond […] Read more » Delhi court District Judge HS Sharma Union Minister Sharad Pawar
Top Law News 56,383 cases pending in Supreme Court December 20, 2011 / December 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Inadequate number of judges and delay in filling vacancies were among the various reasons responsible for the large number of pending cases in courts, including 56,383 cases in the Supreme Court, law and justice minister Salman Khurshid said Monday. The minister told the Rajya Sabha in reply to a written question that till Oct 31, […] Read more » 56383 cases pending in Supreme Court law and justice minister Salman Khurshid Supreme Court
Top Law News Lack of Judges, Adjournments Delaying Justice: Experts December 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Lack of Judges, Adjournments Delaying Justice: Experts The Supreme Court’s desire to know how a railway minister’s assassination case has dragged on for 37 years has again brought into sharp focus delays in the justice system. Legal experts blame the state of affairs on a low judge-population ratio, frequent adjournments as well as transfer of cases. Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, in his […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia High Court judge Rupinder Singh Sodhi low judge-population ratio Supreme Court
Top Law News Court rejects petition challenging minister’s election December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh High Court Friday dismissed a petition challenging School Education Minister Archana Chitnis’s election from Burhanpur constituency in the 2008 assembly polls. Justice R.C. Mishra also slapped a fine of Rs.10,000 on the petitioner saying that it was a frivolous plea with no substantial evidence to prove the allegations, the minister’s advocate, Mrigendra […] Read more » Justice R.C. Mishra Madhya Pradesh High Court School Education Minister Archana Chitnis's
Top Law News Supeme court declines order on national medical entrance test December 17, 2011 / December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined to pass an order on the central government’s plea seeking amendment of the Medical Council of India’s December 2010 notification to hold a National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate medical courses from academic year 2013-14 instead of 2012-13. Apparently not pleased with the latest position of the central government, a […] Read more » Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu national medical entrance test Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court judge recuses himself from hearing PIL on army chief’s age December 17, 2011 / December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court judge Justice T.S. Thakur Friday recused himself from hearing a petition seeking the quashing of the defence ministry’s July 21, 2011 order fixing Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh’s date of birth as May 10, 1950. As a consequence of this order, the army chief will retire a year earlier than he would have […] Read more » judge Justice T.S. Thakur Justice B.S. Chauhan Supreme Court