Top Law News Anna Hazare’s movement might become a case study for XLRI August 31, 2011 / August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin Gandhian Anna Hazare’s success with his anti-corruption movement might soon become a case study for management students at the famed XLRI School of Business and Human Resources. “The movement is fit as case study for budding management students here and we are seriously contemplating to look into various aspects of the movements, particularly Hazare’s […] Read more » Anna Hazare Anna Hazare's movement case study for XLRI XLRI
Top Law News Frivolous plea against PM costs lawyer Rs.1 lakh August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Frivolous plea against PM costs lawyer Rs.1 lakh A plea seeking prosecution of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the cash-for-votes A plea scam that rocked parliament during a trust vote in 2008 was Tuesday dismissed by the Delhi High Court, which also imposed a penalty of Rs.1 lakh on the petitioner lawyer. On July 22, 2008, three Bharatiya Janata Party members waved wads […] Read more » Frivolous plea against PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Top Law News Supreme court pulls up three states on vehicle number plates August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued contempt notices to Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh for failing to take steps to introduce digital high-security number plates for vehicles. The court asked them why exemplary cost should not be slapped on them for their default in carrying out the court’s direction. The Supreme court bench of […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court vehicle number plates
Top Law News Comprehensive law needed for judges: Parliamentary panel August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A parliamentary panel on Tuesday stressed the need for a “comprehensive law on judges’ appointmenst”, noting the present draft of the bill only addresses the issue “partially”. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice and Personnel submitted its report on the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010 in both Houses of Parliament. The bill […] Read more » Comprehensive law needed for judges high court judge Parliamentary panel Supreme Court judge
Top Law News One day, my fight will also be recognised: Irom Sharmila August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Irom Sharmila, on a hunger strike for the past 11 years, on Tuesday said a day would come when her fight against rights violations by security forces would be acknowledged by New Delhi like the way parliament had recognised Anna Hazare’s campaign against corruption. “The central government recognised Anna Hazare as a true Indian citizen […] Read more » AFSPA Armed Forces Special Powers Act Irom Sharmila
Top Law News Law on ailing delinquents passed August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Parliament Monday passed Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2010, to prevent separation of children suffering from diseases like leprosy and TB from others in juvenile homes. The bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha earlier this month. Moving the bill for consideration, in the absence of Women and Child Development Minister […] Read more » Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill 2010 Law on ailing delinquents Law on ailing delinquents passed
Top Law News Supreme court to examine Kerala education quota for poor August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to examine the validity of the Kerala government’s decision to extend 10% reservation for economically backward class students of the forward community. A bench of Justice DK Jain and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly, while admitting the petition filed by three organisations, said “let the hearing be expedited.” The bench sought […] Read more » Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice DK Jain Kerala education quota for poor Supreme Court
Top Law News Government evasive on Ramdev eviction,Supreme court told August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told Monday that affidavits filed by the union home secretary and the Delhi Police chief on the June 4 eviction of yoga guru Baba Ramdev from the Ramlila ground here were evasive. Amicus curiae Rajiv Dhawan told an Supreme court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar that the affidavits […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Ramdev eviction Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme court cautions chief ministers on discretionary powers August 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme court cautions chief ministers on discretionary powers The Supreme Court has held that a chief minister should eschew arbitrariness and discrimination while using discretionary powers in the disbursal of relief funds as these powers are not unfettered or unaccountable. “In a democracy governed by the rule of law, no government or authority has the right to do what it pleases. Where the […] Read more » chief ministers on discretionary powers Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran Supreme Court
Top Law News Panel probing judges can probe more charges: Supreme court August 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday held that a committee set up under the Judges Inquiry Act can go beyond the charges contained in the notice of motion admitted in the Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha and forwarded to the committee in pursuance of an impeachment motion against a judge. ‘It will be naive to contend that […] Read more » judges can probe more charges Judges Inquiry Act Justice Aftab Alam Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha Supreme Court
Top Law News Centre refuses to reduce eligibility marks for tribals, SC students August 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Union health ministry has refused to further ralax the eligibility for northeastern tribal and scheduled caste (SC) students for admission to medical colleges, a Tripura government official said here Friday. According to the Medical Council of India (MCI), MBBS aspirants of northeastern tribal and SC categories must secure at least 40 percent marks in […] Read more » MCI Medical Council of India reduce eligibility marks for tribals SC students Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad
Top Law News Bill to amend Transplantation of Human Organs Act tabled August 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Friday introduced a bill in the Rajya Sabha to amend the Transplantation of Human Organs Act to expand the definition of ‘near relatives’ to include grandparents and grandchildren and provide other measures to prevent commercial dealings in human organs. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said the act came into force in February 1995 […] Read more » Transplantation of Human Organs Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Bill 2011 Transplantation of Human Organs Act