Top Law News Himachal plans law to seize tainted officials’ riches July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Himachal plans law to seize tainted officials’ riches The Himachal Pradesh government proposes to enact a new law enabling it to confiscate illegal assets of public servants. A law to fix accountability of public servants is also planned, an official said here Monday. During the six-day monsoon session, the government proposes to introduce a new legislation to confiscate illegal assets of public servants, […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party monsoon session Public Services Guarantee Bill
Top Law News Government mulls curbs on junk food in schools July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Monday admitted before the Delhi High Court that junk food causes health hazards, including heart problem, and said guidelines would be framed to serve good quality food in schools and colleges. The government said it has invited proposals from experienced agencies, organisation and institutions for framing guidelines for providing safe food in […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court educational institutions Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Top Law News Governor not in RTI ambit? Court asks for affidavit July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court Monday asked the Goa governor to state on oath that he, the president of India and speakers of state assemblies have no executive powers and duties, giving them a shield against the transparency law. The division bench of Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice F.M. Reis issued the […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Vivek Tankha affidavit Bombay High Court chief information commissioner Governor Justice F.M. Reis Justice S.A. Bobde Right to Information (RTI) Act RTI ambit
Top Law News Now spotlight on land acquisition in Ghaziabad July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fingers are now being pointed at the acquisition of 8,700 acres of land spanning 18 villages in Ghaziabad for a “hi-tech city” even as the Uttar Pradesh government faces flak for acquiring agricultural land for private builders in Greater Noida . This time the land being acquired is for Hi-Tech City, a modern township, the […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Ghaziabad Ghaziabad Development Authority Land acquisition Land Acquisition Act. Sun City Supreme Court Uppal Chadha group
Top Law News ‘Goa chief minister anti-tribal’ July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tribal leaders here Monday accused Chief Minister Digambar Kamat of being “anti-tribal” and protecting the killers of two tribal activists during a May rally this year. Speaking to reporters during a day-long tribal protest here, convenor of the United Tribal Associations Alliance (UTAA), Prakash Velip, said that Kamat’s disinterest in tribal welfare affairs was obvious […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party BJP chief minister Digambar Kamat Goa legislator Ramesh Tawadkar United Tribal Associations Alliance UTAA
Top Law News Public movement needed against women’s trafficking’ July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An inefficient legal system and a patriarchal society are responsible for the trafficking of women, and the scourge cannot be prevented unless there is a ‘massive public movement’ against it, the head of the West Bengal Commission for Women said Sunday. ‘It is the faulty system and the patriarchal society that is making the trafficking […] Read more » Public movement women’s trafficking
Top Law News Noida farmers seek CBI probe in land acquisition July 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The farmers of villages in Noida Extension have moved the Allahabad High Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the acquisition of their lands under emergency provisions by the state government, a farmers’ leader said Saturday. The writ petition, which was filed on Friday, will come up for hearing on July 19. […] Read more » Land acquisition Noida farmers
Top Law News Cash-for-vote scam: Delhi Police faces heat in apex court July 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Cash-for-vote scam: Delhi Police faces heat in apex court The Supreme Court Friday castigated Delhi Police for their tardy investigations into bribery charges during a trust vote in parliament in 2008. “We are wholly unsatisfied with the status report,” the court said. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha lambasted police after they filed a status report on investigations […] Read more » Cash-for-vote scam Delhi Police Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha senior counsel Rajiv Dhawan Supreme Court
Top Law News Khan Market parking woes: Court questions civic agency July 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday directed New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to submit a site plan to sort out parking problems in the upscale Khan Market in central Delhi. A division bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said: “You (NDMC) submit your site plan demarcating the area for paid parking and for free parking.” […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Khan Market New Delhi Municipal Council parking woes
Top Law News Working women have to be provided safety: Dikshit July 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Working women have to be provided safety and a sense of dignity, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Thursday. “It’s also essential to develop sensitivity amongst others to ensure women safety and overcome instances of any harassment of women,” said Dikshit, inaugurating a two-day training workshop on prevention of sexual harassment at work place. According […] Read more » Delhi Secretariat Sheila Dikshit Working women
Top Law News Can’t blame courts if they try to help poor: Apex court July 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has slammed the political executive both at the central and the state level for tardy implementation of welfare schemes and raising the bogey of judicial activism when courts intervene and issues directions. “In last 63 years, parliament and state legislatures have enacted several laws for achieving the goals set out in the […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
Top Law News Solicitor General Subramanium’s resignation accepted July 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Thursday accepted the resignation of Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium, who was upset after Communications Minister Kapil Sibal substituted him with another counsel in the 2G scam case, official sources said. The second top-most law officer of the country had offered to resign Saturday after being substituted by senior counsel Rohinton Nariman in […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Gopal Subramanium M. Veerappa Moily resignation Solicitor General