Top Law News All accused can’t be tried for breach of trust: Balwa October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jailed Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa Monday told a special court here hearing the 2G spectrum allocation scam that all the 17 accused in the case cannot be charged with the offence of criminal breach of trust. Balwa’s counsel Vikas Singh contended before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge O.P. Saini that […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation scam All accused can't be tried for breach of trust: Balwa All accused can't be tried for breach of trust: Shahid Usman Balwa CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini
Top Law News Sikri is acting chief justice of Delhi High Court October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court’s senior most judge, Justice A.K. Sikri Monday took charge as the acting chief justice following the elevation of Chief Justice Dipak Misra to the Supreme Court Sep 30. Justice Sikri, along with Justice Siddharth Mridul, would hear public interest litigation till the appointment of a new chief justice. Born March 7, […] Read more » Justice A.K. Sikri Sikri is acting chief justice of Delhi High Court
Top Law News Judges divided on Gujarat Lokayukta’s appointment October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback to the Narendra Modi government, a two-judge bench of the Gujarat High Court Monday delivered a split verdict on the government’s plea questioning the appointment of R.A. Mehta as the Lokayukta by Governor Kamla Beniwal. While Justice Akil Kureshi upheld the appointment of Mehta, Justice Sonia Gokani disagreed. The case will now […] Read more » Gujarat High Court Judges divided on Gujarat Lokayukta's appointment Justice Akil Kureshi Narendra Modi
Top Law News Rules for hiring teachers for disabled approved, court told October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) informed the Delhi High Court Monday that it has approved rules for recruitment of two special teachers for disabled students in each government school in the city. Counsel for the UPSC told Justice Indermeet Kaur that the UPSC has sent draft recruitment rules for the post of special educator […] Read more » Delhi High Court Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board DSSSB Justice Indermeet Kaur MCD Municipal Corporation of Delhi NDMC New Delhi Municipal Council Rules for hiring teachers for disabled approved
Top Law News Dowry harassment law misused for extortion: Court October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has acquitted a man and three of his family members in a dowry harassment case, saying that legal provisions are often misused for “human rights violations, extortion and corruption”. Asking the woman complainant to move on in life, Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau said: “A word of advice for the complainant that […] Read more » Court Dowry harassment law misused for extortion
Top Law News No discrimination against Jharkhand: Jairam Ramesh October 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Sunday said Sunday that Jharkhand was not being discriminated against as far as development funds are concerned and it could more if it develops the capacity to spend the money properly. ‘There are allegations of discrimination with Jharkhand. Such allegation are wrong. The central rural development ministry is […] Read more » Jairam Ramesh MNREGA No discrimination against Jharkhand
Top Law News To him his PILs mean more than lost leg – a month after blast October 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on To him his PILs mean more than lost leg – a month after blast Forty-one-year-old Harish Kumar seems to remember his public interest lawsuits more than the leg he lost in the blast when he went to pursue one a month ago. In the orthopaedic ward of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, without once looking at his amputated leg, Kumar talks about filing a new Right to Information […] Read more »
Top Law News Process to select Karnataka’s new Lokayukta October 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka government on Thursday started the process to select a new Lokayukta, nearly three weeks after Shivaraj V Patil quit as ombudsman amid media reports that he had violated norms in the acquisition of two plots in Bangalore. Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda sent letters to the leaders of opposition in the state assembly, […] Read more » Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda Karnataka's new Lokayukta select Karnataka's new Lokayukta
Top Law News Child rights remain neglected: Khurshid October 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The country may have achieved significant economic growth and gone through rapid transformation over the years but the issues of child rights and abuse largely remain neglected, Law Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday. “We have a deep concern over how the issue of children is being dealt with despite our country achieving significant economic […] Read more » Child rights remain neglected Law Minister Salman Khurshid
Top Law News We demand change, cry Manipur youth October 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It’s hard to see anything positive coming out of the 60-day economic blockade in Manipur. But the blockade and counter blockade by two communities have actually led to a new wave of consciousness in this northeastern state with people, particularly youngsters, getting together and demanding a change in the present state of affairs. With […] Read more » demand change Manipur youth
Top Law News Will miss Delhi High Court: Chief Justice Dipak Misra October 6, 2011 / October 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ‘I would like to be a judge of Delhi High Court again,’ said Delhi High Court’s Chief Justice Dipak Misra Wednesday at a farewell function held following his elevation to the Supreme court. ‘If I had to be born once more and to be a judge, I would like to be a judge in […] Read more » Bar Association president A.S. Chandhiok Chief Justice Dipak Misra
Top Law News Court notice over BPL benefits for disabled October 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking inclusion of families with disabled members in the list of those identified in the 2011 Census as below poverty line (BPL) families. A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Siddharth Mridul issued notice to the central government, Planning Commission […] Read more » AAY Antyoday Anna Yojana BPL BPL benefits for disabled Delhi High Court Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Siddharth Mridul NPRD Rights of the Disabled