Top Law News Assam Rifles win human rights debate competition November 19, 2011 / November 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Assam Rifles win human rights debate competition Assam Rifles won the best team trophy in an all-India debate on human rights among the central paramilitary forces at the National Security Guards (NSG) campus here Friday evening. The debate on “Adherence to Human Rights Norms Compromises Effectiveness of Security Forces” was organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) as part of its […] Read more » Assam Rifles win human rights debate competition Border Security Force National Security Guards
Top Law News Order banning SPOs only for Chhatisgarh : Supreme court November 19, 2011 / November 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said its earlier order directing the central and state governments to “cease and desist” from recruiting and deploying the Special Police Officers (SPOs) in operations against Maoists or against internal terror was restricted to Chhattisgarh only. A bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice S.S. Nijjar said the order of July […] Read more » Justice Altamas Kabir Justice S.S.Nijjar Order banning SPOs only for Chhatisgarh Supreme Court
Top Law News Court reserves order on students’ plea against IP university November 19, 2011 / November 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its order on a petition alleging that Guru Govind Singh Indraprashtha University (GGSIU) adopted “discriminatory” approach towards students of colleges affiliated to it. After both the parties concluded their arguments over the petition filed by 203 students of private colleges affiliated to the university, a bench of acting Chief […] Read more » Advocate Geeta Luthra Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court IP university Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Supreme Court not to meddle in fuel pricing November 18, 2011 / November 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined to entertain a plea challenging the deregulation of prices of petroleum products, saying fixing of petroleum prices was a matter of government policy and the court could not interfere in it. The plea challenging the fixing of prices by the public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) was heard by an […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court Supreme Court not to meddle in fuel pricing
Top Law News Court order to book Chouhan, Sushma Swaraj stayed November 18, 2011 / November 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court order to book Chouhan, Sushma Swaraj stayed Within hours of a Madhya Pradesh district court ordering registration of a case against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his Bharatiya Janata Party colleague Sushma Swaraj, a sessions court stayed the order to book the two in a case related to allegedly showing disrespect towards the national flag in 2010. The Nasrullaganj court in […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party Sushma Swaraj Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Madhya Pradesh district court
Top Law News Court notice to Vodafone November 18, 2011 / November 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued notice to telecom major Vodafone over its failure to restore services of international SIM card provider Matrix Cellular’s cell phone through which it provides services to 65,000 post-paid subscribers of Vodafone. Taking note of Matrix’s plea, Justice Vipin Sanghi issued notice to Vodafone Essar Mobile Service Ltd. Tuesday, seeking […] Read more » Court notice to Vodafone Delhi High Court Justice Vipin Sanghi
Top Law News States ignoring PM’s anti-graft missive: Supreme court November 17, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday expressed concern over states ignoring the prime minister’s missive asking them to provide infrastructure and set up special CBI courts for speedy trial of graft cases. The court told the states to do so within eight weeks. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya said the […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya States ignoring PM’s anti-graft missive Supreme Court
Top Law News Medicine prices should’nt rise: Supreme Court November 17, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Medicine prices should’nt rise: Supreme Court The Supreme Court Thursday told the central government that the prices of medicines should not rise further. “It should go down, not go up,” said an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya. The bench expressed the view that prices of medicines and ordinary lab tests were already too high and […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Medicine prices should'nt rise Supreme Court
Top Law News Court orders promotional avenues for Tihar jail officer November 17, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Accepting the plea of Tihar jail’s law officer, the Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Delhi government to create promotional avenues for him in the prison department. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw directed the government to create promotional posts for petitioner Sunil Gupta, the lone jail […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Tihar jail's law officer
Top Law News Amit Shah questions hearings in judges’ houses November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there could be no hearing of cases at judges’ houses away from the public gaze. He said this while referring to the Oct 30, 2010 hearing by the apex bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha on the […] Read more » Amit Shah questions hearings in judges' houses Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha Justice R.P. Desai Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court raps Uttar Pradesh on Taj Mahal protection November 16, 2011 / November 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday rapped the Uttar Pradesh government for failing to explain whether water supply for the wooden foundation of the Taj Mahal was sufficient to prevent any damage to the monument. The apex court bench of Justice D.K. Jain and Justice Anil R. Dave had issued notice to the government taking suo motu […] Read more » Justice Anil R. Dave Justice D.K. Jain Supreme Court Taj Mahal protection
Top Law News Supreme Court to lay down bail principles November 16, 2011 / November 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court to lay down bail principles The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would hold hearing to decide the principle for granting bail in cases which attract jail terms ranging from three to seven years. The supremecourt bench of Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice S.S. Nijjar and Justice J. Chelameswar said it would hold hearing on the question of principles involved in the grant […] Read more » Justice Altamas Kabir Justice J. Chelameswar Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court to lay down bail principles