Top Law News Court curbs on Delhi University law course admission October 15, 2011 / October 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has restrained the Delhi University from filling one law course seat for the academic year 2011-12. The seat is among the 50 vacant Other Backward Classes (OBC) category seats allowed by court to be offered to general category students. The court direction came on a petition by L.L.B. course aspirant Salma […] Read more » Backward Classes Delhi University law course admission
Top Law News Justice Ajit Bharihoke Retires October 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday bade farewell to Justice Ajit Bharihoke who rejected the bail application to all the accused except former communications minister A. Raja in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri said on the occasion: “In less than one month it is the third time that we have assembled […] Read more » 2G spectrum Delhi High Court farewell Justice Ajit Bharihoke
Top Law News Ten years later, man jailed for trying to bribe cop October 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An industrialist in Jaipur was Friday sentenced to one year in prison for offering to bribe a local police inspector ten years ago, police said. A special court for anti-corruption cases in Jaipur handed out the sentence to Om Prakash Mundara, owner of Mundara Enterprises. “He had offered money to a circle officer (CO), Jhotwara, […] Read more » anti-corruption industrialist in Jaipur Ten years later
Top Law News 8 High Court Appointments – Hundreds Of Vacancies ! October 15, 2011 / October 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As many as eight High Court appointments by President Pratibha Patil were announced while nearly 300 judgeships have been vacant and 32 million cases pending nationwide. The appointments included seven Additional Judges named to the High Courts of Delhi and Gauhati and a Delhi High Court Additional Judge made permanent. Additional Judges named to the […] Read more » 8 High Court Appointments Hundreds Of Vacancies President Pratibha Patil
Top Law News Coast Guard, navy should protect fishermen, says court October 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court’s Madurai bench Friday directed the central government to provide two-tier security for Indian fishermen by the Indian Coast Guard and navy. In an interim order made while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by lawyer B.Stalin, the court directed deployment of sufficient numbers of Coast Guard vessels to see that […] Read more » Coast Guard Madras High Court public interest litigation
Top Law News Bhushan attackers released on bail October 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Friday released on bail the three youths accused of roughing up lawyer Prashant Bhushan in his Supreme Court chamber on Wednesday. The three – Inder Verma, Vishnu Gupta and Tejender Pal Singh Bagga – were sent to one day’s judicial custody on Thursday. Verma, who had assaulted Bhushan, was arrested by […] Read more » Prashant Bhushan Supreme Court chamber
Top Law News PM calls for critical review of RTI October 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Calling for a critical look at the Right to Information (RTI) Act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said the law should not adversely affect the deliberative processes in the government. Addressing the Sixth Annual Convention of Information Commissioners here, the prime minister said the RTI Act had been effective but there were ‘concerns that it […] Read more » calls for critical review Manmohan Singh RTI
Top Law News RTI should not affect deliberative government process: PM October 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Calling for a critical look at the Right to Information (RTI) Act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said the law should not adversely affect the deliberative processes in the government. Addressing the Sixth Annual convention of Information Commissioners here, the prime minister said there have been concerns that RTI could end up discouraging honest, well […] Read more » RTI
Top Law News Lawyers demand action against Bhushan attackers October 14, 2011 / October 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Association of India (BAI) Thursday condemned the attack on lawyer Prashant Bhushan and demanded strict action against the right-wing attackers and the organisations they are affiliated to. ‘We urge the authorities to take stern action against the miscreants and the organisations they represent within the parameters and due process of law,’ BAI president […] Read more » Bar Association of India Lawyers demand Prashant Bhushan
Top Law News Court issues notice to Delhi government on child labour October 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi government, seeking its response to a report that children below 14 years were employed in various trial court complexes. The division bench of acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Siddharth Mridul sought the reply from the Delhi government’s labour department after taking suo moto […] Read more » below 14 years CHILD LABOUR Delhi High Court
Top Law News Bhushan assault accused sent to jail for a day October 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday sent to judicial custody for a day three youths accused of roughing up lawyer Prashant Bhushan in his Supreme Court chamber the day before. Outside the court complex, activists of the right-wing group Sri Ram Sene assaulted supporters of Anna Hazare, with whom Bhushan himself is associated. The three accused youths’ […] Read more » Prashant Bhushan Sri Ram Sene Supreme Court chamber
Top Law News Court revokes order for extra seats in medical colleges October 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court set aside its earlier order directing the Medical Council of India (MCI) to grant an increase in the additional intake of students from 100 to 150 to three private medical colleges for this academic session. While setting aside the Sep 29 judgment of a single judge bench, Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and […] Read more » Delhi High Court medical colleges Medical Council of India