Top Law News Deemed universities: Supreme court denies government more time July 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined the central government’s plea for more time to complete the scrutiny of responses from 44 deemed universities threatened with the prospect of de-recognition. However, the court allowed the plea by the human resource development ministry to continue with the services of the Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor (since superannuated) S.K. […] Read more » Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor (since superannuated) S.K. Ray deemed universities deemed universities threatened of de-recognition. Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma
Top Law News Can Rs.10 or Rs.20 buy enough food, asks Supreme court July 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the Planning Commission if Rs.10 in rural areas and Rs.20 in urban areas was enough to buy eatables to get 2,400 calories per head per day. The poser came from judges Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma when it was told that the Planning Commission considered that people getting Rs.10 […] Read more » Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma Justice Wadhwa committee on revamping the PDS Planning Commission Rs.10 or Rs.20 is enough to buy food Supreme Court
Top Law News Apex court rejects Jagan’s petition against CBI inquiry July 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex court rejects Jagan’s petition against CBI inquiry The Supreme Court Friday rejected a petition by YSR Congress Chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy seeking a stay on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into alleged amassing of huge wealth by him. An apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma said that it will not interfere with the Andhra Pradesh […] Read more » apex court CBI CBI inquiry Central Bureau of Investigation Jagan's petition Jagan's petition against CBI inquiry Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma Senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi Supreme Court Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Top Law News Congress not involved in cash-for-votes: Police July 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Giving a clean chit to the Congress and the Samajwadi Party in the 2008 cash-for-votes controversy in parliament, the Delhi Police Thursday told a court here that arrested middleman Sohail Hindustani, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, was the “mastermind” of the scandal. “During investigation it has come on record that neither any leader […] Read more » Aman Arora Arvinder Singh cash-for-votes cash-for-votes controversy Congress Congress in cash-for-votes scam Delhi Police India latest news Legal News Lovely Singh news Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh S.P. Gupta Samajwadi Party Sanjeev Saxena Sohail Hindustani Special Judge Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal trust vote
Top Law News Campaign on anti-graft bill in Sibal’s constituency July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Campaign on anti-graft bill in Sibal’s constituency A voluntary group Thursday started a campaign to popularise the anti-corruption Jan Lokpal bill in central Delhi’s Chandini Chowk, the parliamentary constituency of union minister Kapil Sibal who was part of a team that drafted a separate official Lokpal bill along with civil society members. In order to take Jan Lokpal bill, drafted by members […] Read more » anti-graft bill India Against Corruption (IAC) kapil sibal Sibal's constituency
Top Law News Only bureaucrats, politicians gain from quotas: Apex court July 21, 2011 / July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said that the benefits of quotas are being grabbed by bureaucrats and politicians and don’t reach the people they are intended for. An apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik said that people who should get the benefits of quotas were not even aware of them.”It is […] Read more » Delhi University Jawaharlal Nehru University other backward classes (OBC)
Top Law News ‘Food security bill before cabinet soon’ July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The food security bill will go to the cabinet very soon for approval, the food ministry said Wednesday, calling upon the states to prepare for its implementation. Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister K.V. Thomas Wednesday chaired a meeting with state ministers to discuss preparedness for enactment of the bill, which is a flagship […] Read more » above poverty line (APL) below poverty line (BPL) Food and Public Distribution Minister K.V. Thomas Food Corporation of India (FCI). PDS (public distribution system) Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee Scheme (PEG) Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
Top Law News Charity can’t fund education-for-all: Apex court July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Charity can’t fund education-for-all: Apex court The Supreme Court Wednesday said that public-private partnership for achieving the goal of universalisation of education up to Class 8 has to be based on a viable formula and can not be accomplished on the basis of charity. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Panikar Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia public-private partnership Right to Education law universalisation of education
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