Top Law News HIV positive demand passage of AIDS bill November 24, 2011 / November 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment People living with HIV/AIDS Wednesday appealed to the government to pass a long pending draft legislation which seeks to bring relief to over 2.5 million people affected by the condition in India. The HIV/AIDS bill has been pending with the government for the last five years. Pradeep Datta from NGO Nayi Umang said: “The bill […] Read more » HIV positive demand passage of AIDS bill NGO Lawyer Anand Grover
Top Law News Supreme Court declines to interfere in order against Naidu November 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to interfere in an Andhra Pradesh high court order directing the CBI and ED to probe allegations of financial irregularities against former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu and three others. An apex court bench headed by justice Dalveer Bhandari asked the three petitioners — Rithwick Projects Ltd chairman cum managing director […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh high court order former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu Justice Dalveer Bhandari Supreme Court
Top Law News Kashmir Pandit Group Files PIL Against Arundhati Roy November 23, 2011 / November 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activists of a Kashmiri Pandit organisation filed a public interest litigation (PIL) case, seeking action against writer-cum-activist Arundhati Roy over her reported remarks in New York on self-determination for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The PIL, filed in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court here, said that the remarks were “untenable” because they were […] Read more » Jammu and Kashmir High Court Kashmir Pandit Group Files PIL Against Arundhati Roy RIGHT TO SELF DETERMINATION
Top Law News Court refuses to stay probe against chess federation November 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday refused to impose a stay on its earlier order asking the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to probe allegations that the All India Chess Federation (AICF) was abusing its dominant position by banning players who took part in tournaments organised by other sports associations. Disposing off the plea of AICF […] Read more » All India Chess Federation Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw refuses to stay probe against chess federation
Top Law News High Court rejects demand for CBI probe into pending ”DC Bills Case” November 22, 2011 / November 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Patna High Court rejected the Public Interest Litigation Petition (PIL) seeking CBI probe into the alleged misappropriation of Rs 11,854 crore withdrawn under various development schemes for which the government has not submitted the Detailed Contingent (DC) bills. Hearing the petition, a division bench, comprising justices P C Verma and A K Trivedi, turned down […] Read more » DC Bills Case justice A K Trivedi justice P C Verma Patna High Court
Top Law News Kissing episode: Cases against Shilpa Shetty shifted to Mumbai November 22, 2011 / November 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three cases filed in 2007 in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh against Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty for publicly kissing Hollywood star and AIDS awareness campaigner Richard Gere were Monday transferred by the Supreme Court to a Mumbai court. An apex court bench of Justice A.K. Ganguly and Justice J.S. Khehar transferred the cases to the court […] Read more » Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice J.S. Khehar Supreme Court
Top Law News NHRC to probe girl’s death in night shelter blaze November 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will probe the death of a nine-year-old child in a fire at the women’s night shelter near Baba Kharag Singh Marg on Saturday. Taking a suo motu cognisance of the incident at the shelter, NHRC said it has asked its Director General (Investigations) to send a team to the […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission NDMC ground NHRC to probe girl’s death in night shelter blaze
Top Law News Maintenance can’t be denied to adulterous ex-wife: Court November 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has said that a man cannot deny maintenance to his divorced wife on the ground that she was involved in an adulterous relationship before their separation. Additional Sessions Judge T.R. Naval said: “The findings that the divorcee wife has been living in adultery will not provide any benefit to him (husband)”. The […] Read more » Delhi court Judge T.R. Naval Maintenance can't be denied to adulterous ex-wife
Top Law News Court notice to Delhi University on M.A. Music entrance test November 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued notice to Delhi University on a petition questioning the validity of the admission criteria for Masters in Music (Hindustani) course which is solely based on the performance in an entrance test. A division bench of acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Friday issued notice to […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw M.A. Music entrance test
Top Law News Charges filed against two former Jharkhand ministers November 20, 2011 / November 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Charges of money-laundering were framed Saturday against two former Jharkhand ministers who are in jail for the last two years in cases of corruption. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) framed the charges against Enos Ekka and Hari Narayan Rai in Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court of G.K. Singh so that the trial in the […] Read more » Charges filed against two former Jharkhand ministers Charges of money-laundering Prevention of Money Laundering Act
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