Top Law News 2G case: CBI opposes government stand on Swamy’s plea September 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI on Tuesday objected to the central government telling the Supreme Court that it will examine documents given by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy indicating that Home Minister P. Chidambaram, as the then finance minister, was also involved in fixing the 2G spectrum price. Subramanian Swamy is seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) […] Read more » 2G case CBI P. Chidambaram Subramanian Swamy
Top Law News Supreme court sets terms for bar election September 27, 2011 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said that members of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) whose names do not figure in the final list of regular practitioners would not be entitled to either vote or contest the election for the office bearers of the apex body of lawyers. ‘The members of the SCBA, whose names […] Read more » Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice J.M. Panchal SCBA Supreme Court Bar Association
Top Law News Amar Singh seeks court’s nod for treatment abroad September 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, arrested in the cash-for-votes scam, Monday filed an application before a Delhi court seeking permission to go out of India for medical treatment. Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal accepted the application and posted it for hearing today. The court had extended Singh’s interim bail till Sep 27 on medical […] Read more » AIIMS Amar Singh treatment abroad
Top Law News Court terms MBBS admission criteria irrational September 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gauhati High Court has found the Medical Council of India (MCI) eligibility criterion for MBBS aspirants from the scheduled castes and tribes “irrational and in violation of Article 14 of the Indian Constitution”, officials said Sunday. According to MCI regulations, MBBS aspirants from these categories must secure at least 40 percent marks in the […] Read more » Gauhati High Court MBBS admission criteria irrational MCI Medical Council of India
Top Law News Judging the judiciary: 32 million pending cases clog up courts September 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Judging the judiciary: 32 million pending cases clog up courts A few days from now, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government will complete two years of a promise that it gave with great fanfare in 2009 — erasing pending cases in all courts of the country by Dec 31, 2012. But as official records show, the graph of cases awaiting adjudication is actually going up. […] Read more » : 32 million pending cases
Top Law News Panel constituted to examine school fee hike September 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Following a high court directive, the government has constituted a committee to examine the accounts of private schools allegedly charging high tuition fees. “Justice Anil Dev Singh, retired chief justice, Rajasthan high court, will be the chairperson. JS Kochar, charted accountant and RK Sharma, retired additional director of education, will be the other two members,organizations […] Read more » school fee hike
Top Law News Punjab plea against Haryana’s canal wall dismissed September 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the Punjab government’s application seeking to restrain Haryana from undertaking the construction of a 3.8-km long wall on the left bank of Hansi-Butana canal along the Ghaggar river embankment. A bench of Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice H.L. Gokhale, while dismissing Punjab’s application, said: “It is rightly pointed out […] Read more » Hansi-Butana canal Haryana's canal case Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice J.M. Panchal Punjab plea against Haryana Supreme Court
Top Law News Land acquisition: Court notice to centre, Delhi government September 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the centre, Delhi government and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) after taking note of the plea filed by 172 farmers alleging their land was acquired using the urgency clause of the Land Acquisition Act. A division bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul […] Read more » Delhi government Land acquisition
Top Law News 2G: Centre, CBI defend Chidambaram, tells SC to keep hands off September 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, The Union Government and the Central Bureau of Investigation today strongly defended Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in 2G Spectrum case, virtually telling the Supreme Court to keep its hands off the matter. Senior Counsel K K Venugopal appearing for CBI told a bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly, […] Read more » 2G case 2G spectrum case CBI defend Chidambaram Dr Swamy Supreme Court Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
Top Law News High court refers security plea to larger bench September 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, The Delhi High Court Thursday referred a plea for adequate security arrangements against terrorism in the national capital to a larger bench. Taking note of the petition, Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said it was in public interest and advised that the matter be taken up by a superior bench. The petition, […] Read more » Adequate Security Plea Delhi High Court High Court Security Plea
Top Law News Kerala temple’s vault B not to be opened now: Supreme Court September 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Opening vault B of Kerala’s Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple will be considered only after the around Rs.1 lakh crore worth of treasure unearthed from the other five chambers is properly documented, the Supreme Court said Thursday. The “documentation, categorisation, security, preservation and conservation” of the treasure found from five chambers must be substantially […] Read more » Kerala temple’s vault B Supreme Court
Top Law News Court adjourns Janardhana Reddy’s bail plea to Sep 29 September 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court adjourns Janardhana Reddy’s bail plea to Sep 29 Hyderabad, The ongoing ‘Sakala Janula Samme’ (general strike) by lawyers of Telangana region today forced the CBI Special court to adjourn the hearing of bail pleas of former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law Srinivasa Reddy on illegal iron ore mining to September 29. With lawyers from Telangana region continuing to boycott […] Read more » CBI Special court Gali Janardhana Reddy illegal iron ore mining Sakala Janula Samme Srinivasa Reddy Strike by lawyers of Telangana region