Top Law News Wary of frivolous cases, landlords keeping houses vacant: Court July 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Civil courts’ failure to rein in unscrupulous litigants has caused lakhs of house owners not to rent out their premises for fear that tenants would not vacate these and resort to law suits, the Supreme Court has said.‘It is a matter of common knowledge that lakhs of flats and houses are kept locked for years, […] Read more » Court frivolous cases houses vacant Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma landlords
Top Law News High court reserves order on Jamiat plea July 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court on Friday, reserved its order on a petition moved by Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) challenging the deposition of IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt at the Nanavati-Mehta Commission. Citing certain provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, JUH has argued that Bhatt is not a witness and he cannot be allowed to be cross-examined by […] Read more » High Court Jamiat plea order reserves
Top Law News Return passengers to lounge if take-off delayed: Apex court July 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Passengers of any aircraft that does not take off and remains parked on the tarmac for more than three hours after boarding is closed but, should be permitted to go back to the airport lounge, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court bench of Justice R.V.Raveendran and Justice A.K.Patnaik asked the Director General of […] Read more » Air Traffic Control apex court ATC Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran lounge Return passengers take-off delayed
Top Law News Take care of mentally challenged, court tells Himachal government July 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to take the mentally ill, “wandering in inhuman conditions in the street”, into its protection. Issuing the directions on a public interest litigation (PIL) of Shimla resident, the court of Justice Surinder Singh Thursday reminded the state of its duty and said the mentally challenged […] Read more » Court Himachal government Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Surinder Singh mentally challenged PIL public interest litigation
Top Law News Supreme Court bars opening of Kerala temple’s sixth vault July 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the seven-member committee from opening the vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala, where a treasure trove worth over one lakh crore rupees was discovered recently. A bench of Justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik asked the petitioner Raja Rama Varma, the erstwhile Prince of Travancore, […] Read more » A K Patnaik Justices R V Raveendran Kerala temple's Senior counsel K K Venogopal sixth vault Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Supreme Court Thiruvananthapuram
Top Law News Jharkhand PSUs try to evict squatters – politicians, bureaucrats July 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two public sector units (PSU) have issued eviction notices to illegal occupants, including Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Hemant Soren and bureaucrats, of their residential properties, officials said Thursday. Central Coalfield Limited (CCL), Ranchi, came out with an advertisement in newspapers with a list of people illegally occupying its houses and bungalows. The names included Leader […] Read more » bureaucrats evict squatters Jharkhand Jharkhand High Court politicians PSUs
Top Law News Doctor’s death in jail: Family moves Supreme Court July 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will Friday hear a petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of Lucknow deputy chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan, who was found dead in a jail toilet. The plea was filed by the doctor’s family, which claimed that the Uttar Pradesh government was engaged in a cover-up […] Read more » chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Cyriac Joseph Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court judge Sudershan Reddy retires July 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two days after delivering a judgment against use of tribals as special police officers (SPOs) in anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh, Supreme Court’s Justice B. Sudershan Reddy retired Thursday. In his judgment directing the disarming of the SPOs, Justice Reddy gave words to his anguish on the state policy, saying that on “one hand the state […] Read more » judge Sudershan Reddy retires Supreme Court
Top Law News 35 percent Indian women suffer domestic violence: UN July 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Around 35 percent Indian women suffer from physical violence at the hands of their partners while nearly 40 percent men and women think that it is sometimes or always ‘justifiable’ for a man to beat his wife, a UN Women report said. While the report, ‘Progress of the World’s Women’ was released Wednesday, the formal […] Read more » 35 percent domestic violence UN
Top Law News Not enough women in Indian justice system: UN Women official July 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There aren’t enough women in the Indian judicial system and police and that is “disappointing”, says UN Women assistant secretary general Lakshmi Puri calling for reform in these areas. “It is disappointing that there are not enough women in the frontline of the justice system and the police in India. That needs to be corrected,” […] Read more » Indian justice system UN Women official
Top Law News Order reserved on recording court hearings July 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on a plea to allow audio and video recordings of its proceedings as well as those of the trial courts. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna reserved the order after hearing arguments on behalf of the petitioner and the counsel for […] Read more » audio and video recordings Chief Justice Dipak Misra court hearings Justice Sanjiv Khanna order recording reserved
Top Law News Court notice to government on CBI exemption from RTI July 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a public suit filed against the decision to exempt the CBI and the NIA from the purview of the RTI Act, the country’s transparency law. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Mishra and Justice Sanjeev Khanna issued notice to the central government, […] Read more » CBI CBI exemption Chief Justice Dipak Mishra Court department of personnel and training DoPT Government Justice Sanjeev Khanna National Investigation Agency NIA RTI