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
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks report on foreigners in Indian jails November 11, 2011 / November 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court seeks report on foreigners in Indian jails The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government to file a comprehensive report on foreign nationals who had been languishing in Indian jails for a long time. An apex court bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha passed the order on a petition by Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party president Bhim Singh, seeking release of […] Read more » Justice R.M. Lodha report on foreigners in Indian jails Supreme Court
Top Law News Use affinity test, documents to assess caste claim: Supreme court November 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Use affinity test, documents to assess caste claim: Supreme court The Supreme Court has said that the genuineness of a caste claim has to be considered not only on the strength of documentary evidence but also on affinity test involving anthropological and ethnological traits of the applicant. The “genuineness of a caste claim has to be considered not only on a thorough examination of the […] Read more » Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice D.K. Jain Supreme Court