Top Law News Why not death, supreme court asks Hawara December 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Why not death, supreme court asks Hawara The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted for his involvement in the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, on a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking enhancement of his life imprisonment term to death penalty. Hawara was convicted by the trial court and awarded death sentence […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation Justice B.S. Chauhan Supreme Court
Top Law News Policy issues not for courts: Supreme Court December 5, 2011 / December 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Policy issues not for courts: Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Monday said it was not for the courts to involve themselves in issues of policy which come under the domain of the government and Parliament. “As as far as public safety is concerned, Article 21 of the Constitution is there. For all other issues, they may not be for the court […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia Policy issues not for courts Supreme Court
Top Law News Deaf demand recognition for sign language December 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thousands of deaf people Saturday demanded official recognition for sign language, saying that they have not been heard in 64 years of independence. In a rally held in the national capital, over 4,000 deaf people from all over the country gathered for a march on World Disabled Day, observed Dec 3, to demand official recognition […] Read more » Deaf demand recognition for sign language National Association of the Deaf World Disabled Day
Top Law News Change suspected Maoist conduit’s jail: Supreme court December 3, 2011 / December 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday directed the Chhattisgarh government to shift suspected Maoist conduit Soni Sori from Jagdalpur jail in Dantewada district to Raipur central jail on a plea alleging that she was under threat in her present cell. Sori was arrested in Delhi Oct 4 by Delhi Police. An apex court bench of Justice Altamas […] Read more » Change suspected Maoist conduit's jail Justice Altamas Kabir Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court
Top Law News Court turns down plea of 200 failed students December 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback to hundreds of students of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, the Delhi High Court Friday turned down a petition of over 200 students, refusing to promote the unsuccessful students to the next session. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw declined to give relief to […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News High Court notice to N.D. Tiwari on paternity suit December 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to ND Tiwari on a plea filed by a man against its earlier order that the veteran Congress leader cannot be compelled to give his blood samples for DNA testing to decide the youth’s paternity suit. A bench comprising of acting Chief Justice A K Sikri […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahay Endlaw N.D. Tiwari on paternity suit
Top Law News ‘Dam 999’ director moves Supreme Court against ban December 1, 2011 / December 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The director of the film ‘Dam 999’, which has been banned in Tamil Nadu for supposedly taking a pro-Kerala stand in the Mullaperiyar dam row, Wednesday said he had filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the move. The film has been made with a `global view` as dams have collapsed in Brazil, China […] Read more » ‘Dam 999’ director Sohan Roy Mullaperiyar dam row pro-Kerala stand Supreme Court
Top Law News Court questions government on hockey coach’s plea December 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government and Hockey India (HI) after taking note of a hockey coach’s plea alleging that the latter was threatening players to prevent them from taking part in the World Series Hockey (WSH) tournament starting next month. The tournament, a joint initiative of the Indian Hockey […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court International Hockey Federation Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Kashmir rights panel defunct for over a month now November 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The functioning of Jammu and Kashmir’s State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) remained suspended for more than a month Tuesday as the government is yet to nominate its new chief after its previous chairperson’s term expired last month, panel sources said Tuesday. ‘Both the judicial and the administrative functioning of the commission have remained suspended for […] Read more » Gulzar Singh Slathia Jammu and Kashmir's State Human Rights Commission Justice (retd) Syed Bashir-ud-Din
Top Law News Can’t stigmatise judiciary, Supreme Court warns CBI November 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “One can’t stigmatise the judiciary,” the Supreme Court Tuesday said, slamming the CBI for casting aspersions on the subordinate judiciary in Gujarat while seeking the transfer of the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing’s trial outside the state. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.P. Desai pulled up the Central Bureau of […] Read more » 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing’s Can’t stigmatise judiciary CBI Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai Supreme Court
Top Law News Woman IAS officer sent to judicial custody November 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court Tuesday remanded Andhra Pradesh IAS officer Y. Srilakshmi to judicial custody till Dec 12 in an illegal mining case involving former Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy’s Obulapuram Mining Co (OMC). The court sent her to CBI custody for three days. The judge directed the CBI to produce her again before the […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh IAS officer Y. Srilakshmi special CBI court Woman IAS officer sent to judicial custody
Top Law News Fighting traditions and laws, tribal women seek property rights November 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It’s 8 in the morning and a group of women is ready to trudge miles of rugged, cold and inhospitable Himalayan terrain to spearhead a campaign — educating tribal women of Kinnaur about their rights to inherit ancestral property. With traditional folk songs on their lips, the members of the Mahila Kalyan Parishad, a women’s […] Read more » Fighting traditions and laws Mahila Kalyan Parishad tribal women seek property rights