Top Law News Apex court cautions on fee waiver for poor litigants July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that before an individual was declared indigent and exempted from paying court fee, subordinate courts must ascertain his true financial status. The courts should not merely base their judgment on his own income but also the financial support received by him from other sources, the apex court said. An apex […] Read more » fee waiver Kerala High Court poor litigants
Top Law News Over half of Indian kids are without immunisation July 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Over half of Indian kids are without immunisation More than half of Indian children under the age of two do not receive comprehensive routine immunisation, a study by an NGO said Wednesday. According to international aid agency Save the Children, India is one of the 25 developing countries in the world where up to one-third of all children receive no vaccinations for childhood […] Read more » 'healthcare deserts' childhood killer diseases primary health care vaccinations
Top Law News Court puts off decision on temporary night shelters July 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on the Delhi government’s plea for permission to shut down temporary night shelters for which there are few takers now. Accepting the report submitted by a three-member committee set up by it, the division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘We have […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board Justice Sanjiv Khanna night shelters
Top Law News Air India to pay Rs.75 lakh to crash victims July 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed Air India to pay interim compensation of Rs.75 lakh each to the kin of 158 passengers who died in an air crash in Mangalore last year. The direction was made by Justice P.R. Ramachandran Menon following a petition by the family of Mohammed Rafi, who died in the […] Read more » air crash in Mangalore Air India crash victims Justice P.R. Ramachandran Menon Kerala High Court Mangalore
Top Law News Court orders rollback of school fee hike July 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the Delhi government to order the rollback of the Rs.400 hike in the monthly tuition fee announced by Ramjas School in west Delhi’s Anand Parbat area. Justice Kailash Gambhir said: “The directorate of education (DOE) is directed to pass the order against the school to rollback the hiked fee […] Read more » Delhi High Court directorate of education (DOE) Justice Kailash Gambhir Ramjas School school fee hike
Top Law News Bihar doctors get legal shield against attacks July 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bihar assembly Tuesday enacted laws to regulate private nursing homes and to protect doctors from being attacked by the attendants of patients, officials said. In a bid to check the mushrooming of ill-equipped private nursing homes and clinics in the state, the lawmakers approved the adoption of the central government’s Clinical Establishments (Registration and […] Read more » Bihar doctors Bihar Medical Service Institution and Persons Protection Bill 2011 Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act 2010. First Information Report (FIR) legal shield private nursing homes
Top Law News Court seeks reply on Ajmer shrine’s administration July 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to the central government seeking an explanation on the appointment of a ‘nazim’ (administrator) on an ad hoc basis for managing the affairs of the cash-rich shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said: “Issue notice to the respondents (the ministry […] Read more » Ajmer Delhi High Court Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti
Top Law News Apex court appoints panel for sex workers July 19, 2011 / July 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday set up a panel to conduct a survey of sex workers and rehabilitate them. A bench comprising of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra said the panel will be headed by senior counsel Pradeep Ghosh and Jayant Bhushan. It will also include three NGOs engaged in helping sex […] Read more » Human trafficking Jayant Bhushan Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju Rehabilitation of Sex Workers Senior Advocate Pradeep Ghosh senior counsel Pradeep Ghosh sex workers Sex Workers in India
Top Law News Lokayukta slams Delhi chief minister July 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Lokayukta (ombudsman) Manmohan Sarin Monday came down heavily on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, saying she misrepresented facts about the completion of 60,000 low-cost flats ahead of distribution in the run-up to the 2008 assembly elections. The Lokayukta has recommended President Pratibha Patil to censure her. In his order, the Lokayukta urged the people to […] Read more » Lokayukta Manmohan Sarin Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan President Pratibha Patil Public Works Department (PWD) Sheila Dixit
Top Law News Apex court stays media wage revisions — for now July 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the central government not to implement the recommendations of the National Wage Board for journalists and other employees for the next two weeks. The Board, headed by Justice G.R. Majithia, was set up in 2007. It submitted its report Dec 31, 2010 Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma, however, […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Parag P. Tripathi Ananda Bazar Patrika media group Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma Justice Majithia Wage Board media wage revisions senior counsel Fali Nariman Supreme Court
Top Law News Don’t disclose rape victim’s identity, says Himachal court July 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking serious note of disclosure of a rape victim’s identity by a subordinate court, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday directed the trial courts not to mention names of rape victims in the judgments Passing the order, Justice Surinder Singh slammed the subordinate courts for failing to maintain anonymity of the victim of a sexual […] Read more » Himachal court Himachal Pradesh High Court Indian Penal Code Justice Surinder Singh rape victim sexual offence.
Top Law News Implement uniform school syllabus: Madras High Court July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Implement uniform school syllabus: Madras High Court In a major set back for Tamil Nadu’s AIADMK government led by J. Jayalalithaa, the Madras High Court Monday ordered implementation of a uniform system of school education for Classes 1 to 10 from the current academic year. In a much-awaited judgment, the first bench of Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Justice Sivagnanam struck down […] Read more » Advocate General Navaneetha Krishnan AIADMK Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal J. Jayalalithaa Justice Sivagnanam Madras High Court School Education Act school syllabus