Top Law News Tihar security tightened, court told September 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tihar Jail authorities on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that they have tightened security inside the complex and are keeping a strict vigil on inmates. The jail’s Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) RN Sharma personally appeared before the bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna. He said the authorities have […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra DIG RN Sharma Justice Sanjiv Khanna Tihar Jail Tihar security tightened
Top Law News Court questions Delhi University on Ph.D. admission September 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court questions Delhi University on Ph.D. admission The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi University to give details of the criteria it has set for pursuing Ph.D. if an applicant is working. The court was hearing a plea of Metropolitan Magistrate Twinkle Wadhwa, who sought its direction to the university to consider her application for enrolment to the Ph.D. programme. The […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi University Justice Sanjiv Khanna Metropolitan Magistrate Twinkle Wadhwa Ph.D. admission UGC University Grants Commission
Top Law News Appointments for passport services in Karnataka hastened September 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Appointments for passport services in Karnataka hastened Appointments for availing passport services in Karnataka will be given within 30 hours from next week with a view to reducing delays and clearing the mounting backlog, a senior official said Wednesday. ‘Appointments will be given online one-and-half day (30 hours) ahead for all services related to issue of passports from Sep 19 at our […] Read more » application registration number ARN Karnataka passport services Passport Seva Kendras Tata Consultancy Services TCS
Top Law News Give Rohini plots to blast victims on priority: Court September 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday accepted the Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) proposal to give residential plots on priority to the Sep 7 Delhi blast injured who are eligible under a 1981 scheme launched in north Delhi’s Rohini neighbourhood. The court asked the housing agency to file details of its policy on the out-of-turn allotment to […] Read more » blast victims Chief Justice Dipak Misra DDA DDA Vice Chairman G.S. Patnaik Delhi Development Authority Delhi High Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna Rohini plots
Top Law News Himachal court summons public service commission chief September 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court has summoned the chairman of the state public service commission to appear before it with particulars of the selection committee that did not choose a visually impaired candidate for the post of a lecturer. Putting the selection process of the Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC) under the scanner, a […] Read more » Chief Justice Kurian Joseph Himachal Pradesh High Court Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission HPPSC Justice Sanjay Karol
Top Law News Book four cops for filing false case: Court September 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Tuesday acquitted an accused in a 2006 extortion case registered in north Delhi and directed the city police chief to book four policemen and the complainant who implicated him. ‘This case is a classic example of how and to what extent the police officers can go in framing persons, committing extortion and […] Read more » filing false case
Top Law News Transparency panel’s order on Supreme Court cases stayed September 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed a Central Information Commissioner (CIC) order to the Supreme Court registry to maintain data about the period for which judgments are kept reserved. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also sought a response by Nov 22 from Lokesh K. Batra, a right to information (RTI) applicant on whose plea the CIC […] Read more » Central Information Commissioner CIC Delhi High Court Supreme Court Supreme Court cases Transparency panel's order
Top Law News Supreme Court gets three new judges September 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The number of judges of the Supreme Court increased to 29 from 26 after three judges, including a woman judge, were sworn-in Tuesday. Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya, Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar were administered the oath of office by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia. With this the strength of women judges in […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya new judges Supreme Court Supreme Court gets three new judges
Top Law News Rohini plots to be given by 2013, DDA tells court September 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Rohini plots to be given by 2013, DDA tells court Delhi Development Authority Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it needs one and a half years more to hand over possession of residential plots in Rohini to 25,000 applicants who opted for the scheme three decades ago. DDA Vice Chairman GS Patnaik filed an affidavit before the bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra DDA DDA flats DDA Vice Chairman GS Patnaik Delhi High Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna Rohini plots
Top Law News Government given two days to convert land use for high court September 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Displeased over the authorities’ delay in converting from residential to institutional 2.74 acres of land allotted to it three years ago, the Delhi High Court Monday gave the urban development ministry two days to issue a notification. Expressing its displeasure, a bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Sunil Gaur directed the ministry to issue […] Read more » A.S. Chandhiok Delhi High Court Bar Association DHCBA High Court Justice Pradeep Nandrajog Justice Sunil Gaur
Top Law News Cops barred from using mobile phones in court September 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Security personnel at the Delhi High Court will not be able to talk on mobile phones or flip through newspapers from Monday as Delhi Police has issued strict instructions against this. The move followed a decision at a high-level meeting Thursday to discuss the high court’s security in wake of two blasts within a span […] Read more » (CRPF) Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi High Court Bar Association RAC Security personnel at the Delhi High
Top Law News Supreme Court moved over security at courts September 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was moved Thursday for directing the central and state governments to install CCTVs and other security gadgets at all courts under their jurisdiction. Petitioner Ajay Agarwal sought direction to the cabinet secretary, the union home secretary, the Delhi government’s chief secretary and Delhi Police commissioner to take action against the “erring and […] Read more » CCTVs Supreme Court