Top Law News President calls for reducing litigation costs August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on President calls for reducing litigation costs President Pratibha Devisingh Patil Sunday called upon lawyers to make justice accessible to all by reducing the costs of litigation, which is beyond the means of large sections of society. “Lawyers should ensure justice is accessible to all by reducing the cost of litigation, which is beyond the means of large sections of society. Unless […] Read more » President calls for reducing litigation costs reduce litigation costs
Top Law News Judiciary must be responsive to emerging issues: President August 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Pratibha Patil Saturday urged the judiciary to be responsive to the needs of the time and to deal with emerging issues. The judiciary should constantly assess and evaluate its functioning to see how far objectives have been met, and whether it is responsive to the needs of the time, and in dealing with emerging […] Read more » central Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerppa Moily Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda Judiciary must be responsive to emerging issues Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Karnataka High Court Chief Justice J.S. Khehar Pratibha patil President
Top Law News Can’t breach recruitment rules:Supreme court August 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that parameters of appointment are like a ‘Lakshman Rekha’ which cannot not be breached and both the selection committee and the appointing authority have to follow them strictly. “Somewhere a line has to be drawn and that line has to be strictly observed which is like ‘Lakshman Rekha’ and no […] Read more » breach recruitment rules Punjab and Haryana High Court recruitment rules Supreme Court
Top Law News Kalmadi’s plea to attend parliament rejected August 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday rejected a petition of jailed Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi, seeking permission to attend the ongoing session of parliament, and fined him Rs.1 lakh. Turning down the 67-year-old’s application, Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked him to deposit the fine money in the prime minister’s relief fund. Upholding the government’s contention that […] Read more » Kalmadi's plea to attend parliament
Top Law News ’25 percent urban population of India is poor August 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A quarter of India’s urban population lives below the poverty line and are poor, the Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja said Wednesday. Orissa has the highest percentage of urban poor in the country, she added.Quoting the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) for the year 2004-05, Selja informed the Rajya Sabha that […] Read more » '25 percent urban population of India is poor' (NSSO 25 percent urban population National Sample Survey Office urban population of India is poor'
Top Law News Supreme Court reserves verdict on right to education August 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions by private schools challenging the right to education law that mandates them to earmark 25 percent seats for poor students. The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar reserved the verdict after the conclusion […] Read more » 25 percent seats for poor students Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar PPP public-private partnership Right to Education Supreme Court
Top Law News Can’t touch seats reserved for OBC students: Supreme court August 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said conversion of seats reserved for students belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) to general category seats in central educational institutions was not permissible. The apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik said this while reserving its verdict on a petition by P.V. Indiresan, former director […] Read more » Can't touch seats reserved for OBC students Delhi High Court Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal
Top Law News Marriage registration to be made mandatory August 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government has drafted a bill making it mandatory to register marriages. The Delhi cabinet Monday approved the Delhi Marriage Registration Bill in a meeting presided by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.According to a minister in the government, the decision has been taken in the wake of the Supreme Court direction to state governments to […] Read more » Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi Marriage Registration Bill made mandatory Marriage registration registration of marriages compulsory
Top Law News Plea in Supreme Court to restrain Hazare from fasting August 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was moved Monday by an activist from Maharashtra seeking direction to anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare not to launch an indefinite fast from Aug 16 to press his demands on the Lokpal bill. Hazare’s demands were unconstitutional and amounted to intrusion in the legislative domain of parliament, said petitioner Hemant Patil, a businessman-cum-social […] Read more » Anna Hazare anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare bringing the prime minister under the purview of the lokpal. Lokpal Bill Supreme Court
Top Law News Package for canal-hit and dam displaced not same, rules Supreme Court August 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said that people affected by the canal network of the Narmada were not entitled to the same relief and rehabilitation (R&R) package as given to those displaced by the submerges caused by the dam constructed on the river. The people whose lands had been acquired for the canal network may, however, […] Read more » dam displaced Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Deepak Verma Justice J.M. Panchal Madhya Pradesh High Court Package for canal-hit Package for canal-hit and dam displaced not same Supreme Court
Top Law News Greater Noida farmers now want Rs.11,500 per square metre August 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Farmers from Greater Noida Sunday demanded a compensation at the rate of Rs.10,000-11,500 per square metre for their acquired lands, a village headman said. The demand is a part of a charter to be given to the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority and filed in the Allahabad High Court, which is hearing the farmers’ petitions […] Read more » Allahabad High Court GPM Gramin Panchayat Morcha Greater Noida farmers Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority land acquisition in Greater Noida
Top Law News ‘Change mindset towards widows’ July 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The mindset towards widows needs to be changed — this was the dominent view to emerge from discussions of religious leaders and social activists here on the status of widows, who are still virtually treated as outcasts in most Indian societies. The Guild of Service in collaboration with UN Women organised a meet here Friday […] Read more » 'Change mindset towards widows' Ekal Nari Sansthan UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women