Top Law News For seven years, presidential reference in Supreme Court April 25, 2011 / April 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on For seven years, presidential reference in Supreme Court A presidential reference to the Supreme Court over a water dispute between Punjab and Haryana is pending for nearly seven years, a Haryana minister has said in a letter to the central government. He believes resolving the issue will help bring more water to his state. “This perhaps is the only presi dential reference which […] Read more » presidential reference Supreme Court Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal
Top Law News Khap leaders to seek review of apex court direction April 25, 2011 / April 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Within a week of the Supreme Court’s direction to state governments to rein in khap panchayats (caste councils) from issuing illegal diktats, khap leaders from across Haryana held a meeting here on Sunday and decided to seek a review of the order. During the ‘Sarva Khap Mahapanchayat’, khap leaders decided to file a review plea […] Read more » 'Sarva Khap Mahapanchayat' apex court direction Gyan Sudha Mishra justices Markandeya Katju Khap leaders review
Top Law News Senior lawyers rally behind Bhushans, some decline comment April 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior lawyers like Rajinder Sachar and Kamini Jaiswal have backed the Lokpal Bill drafting committee co-chair Shanti Bhushan and his son and panel member Prashant Bhushan, who face allegations of corruption, while some others declined to comment on the controversy. Even as Sachar, a former chief justice of Delhi High Court, and Jaiswal described the […] Read more » Bhushans counsel S.B. Sanyal Counsel Shekhar Naphade Kamini Jaiswal Rajinder Sachar rally Senior lawyers
Top Law News Hegde not to resign, members to stay focused April 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After consultation here Saturday among the civil society members of the joint committee formed to draft the Lokpal Bill, it was announced that Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N. Santosh Hegde will not resign from the panel. “The panel members requested me to stay on saying they wanted me to contribute to the drafting of the bill. […] Read more » focused Hegde Justice N. Santosh Hegde Karnataka Lokayukta members resign
Top Law News More accountability for judiciary recommended April 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As eminent jurists here recommended more accountability for the judiciary, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said a clean judiciary was the right of every Indian, adding that judicial activism was right so long it concerned human rights and was not on the wrong side of the constitution. Speaking on ‘What Ails the Indian Judiciary’ at […] Read more » accountability Dr. K.N.Katju judiciary jurist K.K. Venugopal Justice J.S.Verma Justice V. Ramaswami recommended Supreme Court Bar Association Supreme Court judge Kuldip Singh
Top Law News Court allows two girl to live together April 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two girls, who wanted to live together despite’s their parents’ objection, have realised their wish after the Chhattisgarh high court allowed them to do so. Neha Singhania, 23, who had approached the court with a habeas corpus petition, said Friday that the court has fulfilled her long-cherished dre am. A division bench of the Chhattisgarh […] Read more »
Top Law News Regularise services of officials on ad hoc basis: Tribunal April 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has asked the home ministry and the Delhi government to regularise the services of two officials, promoted to assistant commissioners of police (ACPs) but on an ad hoc basis, and notify the recruitment rules for the post. It said that the two applicants cannot just remain in a post on […] Read more » ad hoc basis CAT Central Administrative Tribunal DANIPS Delhi Andaman & Nicobar Islands Police Service Justice V.K. Bali L.K. Joshi officials Regularise services tribunal
Top Law News I stand by my statement: Sanjiv Bhatt April 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A senior police officer, who has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court implicating Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots in the wake of the Godhra train burning, says he will not backtrack from his statement despite any pressure. Bhatt said in his affidavit that Modi had said that Hindus should be […] Read more » Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sanjiv Bhatt stand statement
Top Law News Can’t reveal names in black money cases, court told April 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Can’t reveal names in black money cases, court told The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with other countries, it could not disclose the names of the people under investigation for alleged money laundering and parking funds in foreign banks based in tax havens. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. […] Read more » black money cases Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement DTAA Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court
Top Law News Civil society members guarded on Bhushan controversy April 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Civil society members on the Lokpal Bill panel were guarded Thursday on whether committee co-chair Shanti Bhushan and and his son Prashant Bhushan, embroiled in the CD controversy, will continue on the panel. Right to Information (RTI) activist and panel member Arvind Kejriwal declined to comment on the matter. “I don’t have to say anything […] Read more » Bhushan controversy Civil society members guarded
Top Law News Falling child sex ratio is national shame: PM April 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Calling for a “crusade” to curb bias against women, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the practice of female foeticide and infanticide was a “national shame”. Addressing bureaucrats at a function here, Manmohan Singh said Indian girls and women “have done us proud in classrooms, in boardrooms and on the sports field. They have […] Read more » child sex ratio female foeticide infanticide national shame PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Top Law News Government questioned on plea to set up human rights courts April 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central and Delhi governments to file their replies within four weeks on a petition seeking setting up of human rights courts. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Asian Centre for Human […] Read more »