Top Law News Supreme court should take cognisance of Gujarat action August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the Gujarat government’s action against another senior police officer for passing information to a panel probing the 2002 Gujarat riots, the Congress Thursday said the Supreme Court should take serious cognisance of it. “The government is doing everything so that facts about the Gujarat massacre remain buried forever,” said Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari.”We had […] Read more » 2002 Gujarat riots cognisance of Gujarat action Godhra train carnage Nanavati judicial inquiry commission Supreme Court Supreme court should take cognisance of Gujarat action
Top Law News Lawyer strike brings 2G proceedings to halt August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A group of lawyers Thursday barged into a court where the 2G scam case was being heard, asking that the proceedings be stopped and the bar association strike be observed. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge O.P. Saini, hearing the defense arguments of Hari Nair, one of the Reliance executives and an accused, said: […] Read more » 2G proceedings 2G scam case A. Raja CBI judge O.P. Saini Lawyer strike Lawyer strike brings 2G proceedings to halt
Top Law News ‘Other bills should not conflict with whistle-blower’s bill’ August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Parliamentary Standing Committee on law and justice has said that the “government should exercise great care that there is no conflict” between the whistle-blower’s bill and other legislations like the Lokpal bill and the judicial standards and accountability bill. In a report tabled in both houses of parliament Wednesday, the committee said that it […] Read more » 'Other bills should not conflict with whistle-blower's bill' Disclosures Bill 2010 whistle-blower's bill
Top Law News Court refuses to relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribals August 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court refuses to relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribals The Gauhati High Court Wednesday dismissed a plea for further relaxation of requisite marks for admission to medical colleges for the northeast’s tribal students, a lawyer said. “Hearing the writ petition filed by tribal students and their guardians, the high court’s Agartala bench Justice Utpalendu Bikash Saha said that the MCI (Medical Council of India) […] Read more » Court refuses to relax MBBS eligibility Gauhati High Court Justice Utpalendu Bikash Saha relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribals
Top Law News 2G: Supreme court issues notice to CBI August 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the CBI on a petition by Sanjay Chandra of Unitech and Vinod Goenka of DB Realty seeking bail in the second generation spectrum scam. Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice H.L. Dattu issued the notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), returnable in two weeks. Both Chandra and […] Read more » 2G Supreme court issues notice to CBI Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice H.L. Dattu notice to CBI
Top Law News Supreme court approves common curriculum for Tamil Nadu schools August 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a jolt to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court Tuesday directed the state government to implement the uniform system of school education providing for common curriculum for all schools from classes 1 to 10. Justices J.M. Panchal, Deepak Verma and B.S. Chauhan issued the direction while upholding the Madras High Court […] Read more » common curriculum for Tamil Nadu schools Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Deepak Verma Justices J.M. Panchal Madras High Court Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa
Top Law News Three vacancies for judges in Supreme court August 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There are three vacancies for judges in the Supreme Court and 284 in various high courts, the Rajya Sabha was informed Monday. Minister of Law and Justice Salman Khurshid said in a written reply ‘…the main reason for the large number of vacant posts is that the government has not received sufficient proposals to fill up […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Justice Salman Khurshid Three vacancies for judges in Supreme court
Top Law News Kerala palm oil scam: Fresh probe ordered in Chandy’s role August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Kerala palm oil scam: Fresh probe ordered in Chandy’s role A court here Monday ordered the state vigilance department to launch a fresh probe in the role of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the infamous 1992 palm oil import case when he was Kerala’s finance minister. The import of 15,000 tonnes of palm oil was undertaken in 1992. The case was registered in 1999 when […] Read more » Chief Minister Oommen Chandy food minister T.H. Mustafa and bureaucrats P.J. Thomas Jiji Thompson Kerala palm oil scam Special Vigilance Court judge P.K. Haneefa
Top Law News No regard for kids in draft food security bill: Activists August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The draft National Food Security Bill, which has been approved by the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), has scant regard for children and does not assure their right to food security, activists of the Right to Food campaign said Monday. “It appears that the government does not consider the specific issues related to the food […] Read more » draft food security bill EGoM NAC National Advisory Committee National Food Security Bill No regard for kids PDS Public Distribution System the Empowered Group of Ministers
Top Law News Supreme court admits plea against Ayodhya verdict August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday admitted a petition by the Akhil Bhartiya Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Punarudhar Samiti challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Babri Masjid case. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha, while admitting the petition, tagged it with the main case. The Sunni Waqf Board, which opposed […] Read more » Akhil Bhartiya Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Punarudhar Samiti Allahabad High Court Babri Masjid case Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha Sunni Waqf board Supreme Court Supreme court admits plea against Ayodhya verdict
Top Law News Order CBI probe only in exceptional cases, courts told August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Order CBI probe only in exceptional cases, courts told The Supreme Court has said that the high courts while exercising their ”wide powers” should be sparing and cautious in ordering probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as this cannot be done as a ”matter of routine”. Referring to a judgment of the court’s constitution bench, Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik […] Read more » CBI Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran Madras High Court Order CBI probe only in exceptional cases Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribal students’ August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Tripura government and opposition parties have urged the central government and the Medical Council of India (MCI) to further relax eligibility criteria for admission to medical colleges for northeast’s tribal students. “Both the centre and the MCI are yet to communicate their decisions on more cut-off marks relaxations for the tribal and the Scheduled […] Read more » 'Relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribal students' MBBS eligibility for northeast tribal students' MCI Medical Council of India