Top Law News Court lifts curbs on arrest of Hyderabad cricket officials November 15, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court Tuesday vacated a stay on the arrest of Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) officials, including former India players Shivlal Yadav and Arshad Ayub, in a case related to financial irregularities. Following the court order, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) may move to arrest the HCA officials on whose arrest the court […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court arrest of Hyderabad cricket officials India players Shivlal Yadav and Arshad Ayub
Top Law News CBI to probe rural health scheme in Uttar Pradesh November 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court Tuesday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe alleged financial lapses in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) across Uttar Pradesh, a lawyer said. The Lucknow bench of the high court comprising Justice Pradeep Kant and Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi passed the order on a public suit filed by […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Justice Pradeep Kant Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi rural health scheme in Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Indian Army chief meets Omar Adbullah on AFSPA November 15, 2011 / November 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Amidst a raging debate over demands for withdrawing the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh Tuesday met state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday to discuss the issue. The Indian Army headquarters described the meeting, the first in the three days Abdullah has […] Read more » Defence Minister A.K. Antony Indian Army chief meets Omar Adbullah on AFSPA Jammu and Kashmir
Top Law News Can’t make any one join administration: Supreme court November 15, 2011 / November 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an apparent observation directed at the Uttar Pradesh government, the Supreme Court Monday said it could not pick up some one and appoint him to the top position in administration and pay his salary from the public exchequer. ‘You can’t pick up someone and appoint him and make him anything,’ said the supreme court bench […] Read more » Can't make any one join administration Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice T.S. Thakur Supreme Court
Top Law News High court dismisses ex-judge’s plea against prosecution November 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday dismissed a petition by one of its former judges challenging the president’s grant of sanction to the CBI to prosecute her. The petition of former judge Nirmal Yadav, who served in the same high court till 2008, was dismissed by Justice Permod Kohli. Yadav was booked by the […] Read more » Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia judge Nirmal Yadav Justice Permod Kohli Punjab and Haryana High Court
Top Law News Supreme Court directs NGOs to approach PM on n-plants November 14, 2011 / November 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday asked NGOs Common Cause and Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) to first approach the prime minister or the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) for addressing their concerns on the safety and cost effectiveness of nuclear plants being set up in the country. An apex court bench of Chief Justice […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice Swatanter Kumar nuclear power plant Supreme Court
Top Law News Over 7,500 Pakistanis overstayed in India: RTI November 14, 2011 / November 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As many as 7,691 Pakistanis and 32,644 Bangladeshis were found to be overstaying in India even after their visas expired, a Right to Information (RTI) reply has revealed. The information was given by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Foreigners Division, in response to an RTI application by activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal. The foreigners division […] Read more » activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal Over 7500 Pakistanis overstayed in India RTI
Top Law News Now Chandigarh VVIPs to ‘secure’ their securitymen November 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chandigarh’s grandees may now have to ‘secure’ their security personnel within their sprawling government and private bungalows, with the court cracking down on the public nuisance caused by their bodyguards. With the Punjab and Haryana High Court setting a 15-day deadline for the Chandigarh administration to come up with a concrete plan to ensure that […] Read more » Chief Justice M.M. Kumar Justice R.N. Raina Punjab and Haryana High Court
Top Law News ‘West Bengal lags in juvenile justice’ November 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bengal is lagging behind other states in implementing the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, judges of the Supreme Court and Calcutta High Court feel. The judges said while inaugurating a workshop organised by the state legal services authority on the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act in Calcutta on […] Read more » 'West Bengal juvenile justice
Top Law News Supreme court to hear plea against n-plants Monday November 12, 2011 / November 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a petition seeking to restrain the central government from setting up any new nuclear plants till an analysis of their safety and cost benefits is carried out. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar would hear the petition by […] Read more » n-plants Monday Supreme Court
Top Law News Corruption is like computer virus: Himachal chief justice November 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Kurian Joseph on Saturday said corruption is like a computer virus and there is a need for “coordination among investigating agencies to jointly wage a war against it”. “Corruption is like a computer virus which goes on to destruct our system,” Joseph said at a two-day workshop that began […] Read more » computer virus corruption Himachal chief justice
Top Law News No proposal to lift sex determination test ban: Plan panel November 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There is no proposal being considered by the Planning Commission for relaxing the ban on sex determination tests, an official statement said Friday. The clarification comes following media reports that the plan panel is considering such a proposal. “It may be mentioned that the child sex ratio is a monitorable goal of the 11th Five […] Read more » sex determination test ban