Top Law News On KBC’s Rs 5 cr winner’s wish list – the civil services October 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment From a monthly salary of Rs.6,000, Sushil Kumar has hit the jackpot by winning Rs.5 crore ($1 million) on the game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 5’. He says he will now prepare for the civil services – something he had stopped dreaming about due to his financial situation earlier. “Everything seems completely different. The feeling […] Read more »
Top Law News Court dismisses plea to probe Chandy in palmoil scam October 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court Friday gave a clean chit to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the palmoil import case, dismissing a petition for a further probe to see if he has any role in the scam 19 years ago. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice C.N. Ramachandran Nair disposed of the petition filed by […] Read more » Chief Justice C.N. Ramachandran Nair Judge P.K. Haneefa Oommen Chandy palmoil import case
Top Law News Court relief for Matrix Cellular October 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed telecom major Vodafone to restore services of international SIM card provider Matrix Cellular’s cell phone through which it provided services to 65,000 post-paid subscribers of Vodafone. The interim relief to Matrix was given by Justice S. Muralidhar who ordered ensuring that a mutual agreement between Matrix Cellular and Vodafone […] Read more » Court relief for Matrix Cellular Delhi High Court Justice S. Muralidhar
Top Law News Diwali bonus for 40,000 Mumbai civic workers October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nearly 40,000 civic employees, who went on strike last month, Wednesday got a festival gift from the Bombay High Court which asked the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to pay them Diwali bonus of Rs.7,500 by Nov 1. The relief comes with a rider that if the MCGM wins its case in court, it would […] Read more » Bombay High Court Diwali bonus for 40000 Mumbai civic workers Justice A.M. Thipsay Justice S.J. Kathawala
Top Law News Fighting child labour in Moradabad – with comics October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment For 14-year-old Ashraf, school doesn’t end with the stroke of the last bell. Rather, the next few hours proceed ‘comically’, as he vigorously starts working on comics to sensitise people on child labour. Ashraf, who lives in the Shivnagar slum here, is one of the 160-odd members of a young brigade that is striving to […] Read more » Fighting child labour in Moradabad NGO Ankur Yuva Chetna Shivir
Top Law News Probe disappearances, mass graves: activists October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Human rights activists have called for investigations into enforced disappearances and unidentified graves in Jammu and Kashmir. Taking part in a meeting organised by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) here over the weekend, the speakers also sought punishment to the guilty. Other demands made on the […] Read more » Justice Rajender Sachar Justice Vrinda Grover People's Union for Civil Liberties PUCL
Top Law News Kudankulam staff once again under ‘house arrest’ October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It is back to being under “house arrest” for hundreds of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) employees at Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district, an official said Tuesday. “We have not gone to office today (Tuesday) as the anti-nuclear plant protestors threatened to lay siege to the project site, as happened earlier, […] Read more » 'house arrest' Kudankulam staff Nuclear Power Corporation of India
Top Law News States should amend laws to protect labour: Kharge October 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As laws to protect labour from exploitation and inequality are on the concurrent list, the onus is on states to amend the various acts to safeguard their interests, Union Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said Sunday. “You should approach state governments for amending labour laws as the constitution empowers them to do under the […] Read more » Mallikarjun Kharge States should amend laws to protect labour United Planters’ Association of Southern India
Top Law News Varsity row over ’singling out’ northeastern students resolved October 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A row over an alleged attempt by the University of Hyderabad to single out students from the northeast in its drive against drinking and drug use on campus was resolved with the students expressing satisfaction over the vice chancellor’s apology for the “inadvertent” move. While university officials rubbished the allegations of “racial profiling”, the student […] Read more » northeastern students resolved Ramakrishna Ramaswamy Varsity row over ’singling out’
Top Law News Pan masala makers want curbs to go October 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pan masala makers approached the Delhi High Court Thursday seeking an end to central government regulations restricting them from producing and selling their products that have nicotine and tobacco. Taking note of the petition, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Rajiv Shakdher fixed the matter for Jan 12, 2012. The court was hearing […] Read more » Justice Rajiv Shakdh Justice Sanjay Kishan Pan masala makers want curbs to go Smokeless Tobacco Association
Top Law News Probe assault on advocate in police station: Court October 20, 2011 / October 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the police to register a case over the alleged beating of an advocate in a south Delhi police station when he went there Oct 16 to record a complaint. Advocate Shreeji Bhavsar was allegedly assaulted by sub-inspector O.P. Yadav of the Sarita Vihar police station when he went there, […] Read more » Advocate Shreeji Bhavsar Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Probe assault on advocate in police station sub-inspector O.P. Yadav
Top Law News Court notice to Delhi over right to education October 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi government on an NGO’s plea seeking framing of rules to provide free and compulsory education to children in the capital under the right to education law. Directing Delhi government’s education secretary to appear before it, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Court notice to Delhi over right to education Delhi High Court Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Right to Education law