Top Law News Woman official given Rs 42 lakh after losing legs in mishap September 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The incident took place in 2006 when Sangeeta, on her way to Connaught Place with her husband on a motorcycle, was waiting at a traffic signal at Shadipur Depot. Suddenly, a bus driven rashly by Brijesh Kumar hit the motorbike from behind, running over her legs. Sangeeta”s husband too received injuries in the accident and […] Read more »
Top Law News Judges oppose move to appoint Mumbai’s ITAT head as HC judge September 18, 2011 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Judicial Service Association (DJSA) has opposed the recommendation of the High Court to appoint R V Iswar, President of Mumbai’s Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), as Additional Judge from service cadre, saying he “never held any judicial office” here. The move of DJSA to write to the President and the Prime Minister’s Office […] Read more » high court judge Judges oppose
Top Law News Court decides woman’s plea for alimony in 21 yrs, rules delay September 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Sep 18 (PTI) Ruing the snail’s pace of work in judiciary, a Delhi court has rejected a 21-year-old plea by a woman for alimony from her husband, who was already married and his first was wife still alive. The court’s order came on the plea by a Chirag Delhi resident woman, married in […] Read more »
Top Law News Couple get life-term for setting neighbour”s house on fire September 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, A Delhi court has awarded life imprisonment to a couple who set ablaze their neighbour”s house resulting in the death of a four-and-half year old girl. Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Dudeja also imposed a fine of Rs 8,000 on Jahangir Puri resident Kamal and his wife Guddi, who had sprinkled oil and set […] Read more »
Top Law News Court urges SEBI, MCX-SX to amicably resolve issues September 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Court urges SEBI, MCX-SX to amicably resolve issues The Bombay High Court Friday directed the markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to resolve pending issues with MCX-SX promoters in a business-like manner and give thm a fresh chance. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud also urged the SEBI to consider withdrawing its show-cause notice, based on which it passed its order to […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice D.Y. Chandrachud MCX-SX SEBI
Top Law News Blueline operators can run buses as a co-op, court told September 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government Friday informed the Delhi High Court that it has decided to allow former Blueline bus operators to run over 500 buses on two route clusters in the national capital if they bid for these clusters after forming a firm or a cooperative society. In order to rehabilitate the out-of-job Blueline bus operators, […] Read more » Blueline operators Delhi High Court Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Suresh Kait STA State Transport Authority
Top Law News Supreme Court declines to oversee CWG probe September 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined to interfere in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the scam in the preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. A bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra said the petitioner Delhi Study Group, an NGO, has not pointed to any deficiency in the investigations already […] Read more » 2010 Commonwealth Games\ CWG Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
Top Law News Court issues notice to Amod Kanth in 1984 medal case September 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court issues notice to Amod Kanth in 1984 medal case The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to former police officer Amod Kanth and one of his colleagues on an appeal against the dismissal of a plea for stripping him of the police medal awarded for maintaining law and order during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots here. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra […] Read more » Amod Kanth Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Justice S. Muralidhar Justice Sanjiv Khanna S.S. Manan
Top Law News Don’t open Kerala temple’s vault B for now: Supreme Court September 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Don’t open Kerala temple’s vault B for now: Supreme Court Reserving its order on opening vault B of Kerala’s Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, the Supreme Court Friday said it would take into account the traditions and faith of the temple and its devotees but without compromising on its security. However, the court for now would focus on the recommendations of the expert committee on the question […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran Kerala temple's Vault B M.N. Krishnamani Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Supreme Court
Top Law News Bengal agreeable to court’s proposal on Singur compensation September 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The West Bengal government Thursday reacted positively to the Calcutta High Court’s proposal of determining the guidelines for compensation to be given to automobile giant Tata Motors in the Singur land case. However, the company opposed the court’s move saying it did not have any such locus standi. A day after Justice Indra Prasanna […] Read more » Bengal Calcutta High Court Justice Indra Prasanna Mukherjee Justice Soumitra Pal Singur compensation Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act Supreme Court Tata Motors
Top Law News If Amar Singh speaks, many will be in trouble: Jayaprada September 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh’s close confidante, actress and MP Jayaprada on Thursday warned that many will be in trouble if truth is revealed by the former Samajwadi Party leader, an accused in cash-for-votes scandal during the July 2008 trust vote in parliament. Talking to reporters, the Lok Sabha member said Amar Singh, who is […] Read more » Amar Singh Jayaprada Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal
Top Law News TRAI, law ministry views on 2G unsolicited, CBI tells court September 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam, Thursday rejected reports of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the law ministry and told a Delhi court that their views on the case were unsolicited. CBI Special Public Prosecutor U.U. Lalit told the special CBI court, presided over by […] Read more » 2G unsolicited CBI Judge O.P. Saini Public Prosecutor U.U. Lalit Shahid Usman Balwa Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI