Top Law News Use discretion to further ends of justice: Supreme court November 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Use discretion to further ends of justice: Supreme court The Supreme Court has said that when a court exercises its discretion in either condoning or refusing to condone delay in initiating a proceeding, it should be to further the ends of justice. “The discretion of this court under Article 136 of the constitution is meant to further the ends of the justice and this […] Read more » Article 136 Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Supreme Court
Top Law News Girl opts to live with father, gets court nod November 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After a 12-year-old girl expressed her desire to live with her father, the Delhi High Court has transferred her custody to her father from that of her mother, who has been granted visitation rights. Before deciding an application filed by the girl’s mother, the judge spoke to the child in chamber. “The child is mature […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Indermeet Kaur
Top Law News Activists demand strong Lokayukta in Meghalaya November 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Anti-graft activists in Meghalaya Monday demanded amendment to the Meghalaya Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta Act, 2002 on the lines of the ombudsman in Uttarakhand. ‘We want the Meghalaya government to either amend or repeal the existing Meghalaya Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta Act, 2002 since, in the present form, it is toothless and anti-people,’ Meghalaya Right to Information […] Read more » Anti-graft activists in Meghalaya Meghalaya Right to Information Movement chief Michael Syiem
Top Law News Court tells Delhi varsity to admit girl to law course November 6, 2011 / November 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A law course aspirant from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category has been allowed admission to the Delhi University by the Delhi High Court, which quashed its earlier order telling her to compete with general category candidates. The court order, made available Saturday, came on a petition by Salma Khan, who applied for admission to […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Gambhir Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Top Law News Satyam Ramalinga Raju released on bail November 5, 2011 / November 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After spending nearly 32 months in jail, erstwhile Satyam Computers Services Ltd founder chairman B. Ramalinga Raju, his brother B. Rama Raju and former chief financial officer V. Srinivas were Saturday released, a day after they were granted bail by the Supreme Court in the multi-crore accounting fraud. The trio came out of Chanchalguda Central […] Read more » former chief financial officer V. Srinivas Satyam Ramalinga Raju Supreme Court
Top Law News Madras High Court stays decision to shift Anna Library November 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court Friday stayed the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to convert the newly-built Anna Centenary Library (ACL) here into a super specialty paediatric hospital while shifting the library to a different location. Hearing two public suits filed by advoctes R Prabhakaran and P Pugazhendhi, the high court issued notice to the government and […] Read more » advocte P Pugazhendhi advocte R Prabhakaran Madras High Court shift Anna Library
Top Law News Supreme Court dismisses plea by retired judge November 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a petition by Justice Dharamveer Sharma (retired) seeking to be appointed to the National Green Tribunal. Justice Sharma, a retired judge of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, is well known for his dissenting Ayodhya judgment wherein he ruled that the disputed site was the birthplace of Lord […] Read more » Ayodhya judgment Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Dharamveer Sharma Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court
Top Law News Notice to centre on MPs facing criminal charges November 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government on a petition seeking fast tracking of cases against 162 MPs facing serious criminal charges. The supreme court bench headed by Justice P. Sathasivam issued notice on a petition by former chief election commissioner (CEC) J.M. Lyngdoh who sought the transfer of all the cases to […] Read more » criminal charges Justice P. Sathasivam Notice to centre on MPs
Top Law News Newborn’s death: Rights panel seeks report in 15 days November 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after a newborn died in a sub-divisional hospital in this West Bengal district after the mother was allegedly swabbed with an acidic solution instead of a disinfectant, India’s apex child rights panel Thursday demanded an investigation into the incident and an action taken report (ATR) within 15 days. ‘In the wake of an […] Read more » National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Newborn’s death
Top Law News Lawyers seek help for Madras high court judge CS Karnan November 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Lawyers seek help for Madras high court judge CS Karnan Advocates here met Chief Justice MY Eqbal of the Madras high court and sought help for Justice CS Karnan, a judge from the Dalit community who has complained of discrimination. A group of lawyers from the high court called on the chief justice, seeking justice for the judge and action against those responsible for the […] Read more » Chief Justice MY Eqbal judge CS Karnan judge from the Dalit community Madras High Court
Top Law News Government clarifies on women army officers’ promotion November 3, 2011 / November 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it was considering grant of promotion to a section of women army officers whose services were restored on the court’s direction. The court was hearing a petition by the defence ministry challenging a Delhi High Court verdict that directed the army and the air force to grant […] Read more » air force Government Supreme Court women army officers' promotion
Top Law News Court notice to Delhi government on pre-school admissions November 2, 2011 / November 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi government on an NGO’s plea for direction to prohibit private schools in the national capital from admitting children less than four years of age in pre-primary classes. Accusing various unaided private schools of admitting children below four years in their pre-primary classes, the NGO in […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw NGO's plea pre-school admissions