Top Law News Supreme Court reserves verdict in Red Fort shootout case April 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition by Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq challenging his death sentence in the Dec 22, 2000 Red Fort attack case. The apex court bench of Justice V.S. Sirpurkar and Justice T.S. Thakur reserved the verdict on the conclusion of arguments by Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium […] Read more » Additional Session Judge Gopal Subramanium Justice T.S. Thakur Justice V.S. Sirpurkar Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohammad Arif O.P. Saini Red Fort reserves shootout case Solicitor General Supreme Court verdict
Top Law News How was BPL percentage calculated, asks Supreme Court April 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on How was BPL percentage calculated, asks Supreme Court The Supreme Court Wednesday slammed the Planning Commission, asking it to explain how the percentage of people below poverty line (BPL) was fixed at 36 percent and how their purchasing power has remained unchanged since 1991. Judges Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma asked Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia to file within a week an affidavit […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General APL (Above Poverty Line) below poverty line BPL calculated Deepak Verma Judges Dalveer Bhandari Mohan Prasaran percentage Supreme Court
Top Law News Judicial custody for five co-accused in 2G telecom spectrum case April 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Five senior corporate executives named as co-accused in the second generation (2G) telecom spectrum case were sent to 14 days of judicial custody Wednesday after a city court denied them bail and then interim relief. Those whose pleas for bail and interim relief were dismissed by Special Judge O.P Saini are: Vinod Goenka of Swan […] Read more » 2G telecom spectrum case A. Raja five co-accused former telecom secretary judicial custody R.K. Chandolia Shahid Balwa Siddhartha Behura Swan Telecom promoter
Top Law News Court tells government to reinstate CISF official April 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court tells government to reinstate CISF official Delhi High Court has directed the government to reinstate an Assistant Commandant of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) who was sacked from his job in 2009. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.25,000. A division bench of Justice Gitta Mittal and J.R. Midha said: ‘The respondents (Union Of India) do not even advert […] Read more » CISF official Court Government reinstate
Top Law News CBI books two Bar Council officials for bribe-taking April 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two senior officials of Bar Council of India (BCI) and the vice-chairman of a law college were booked for conspiring to ensure affiliation of the college in exchange for a bribe, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials said Tuesday. Cases have been filed against BCI member Rajender Singh Rana, BCI associate managing trustee Daulat Ram […] Read more » Bar Council bribe-taking CBI officials Swami Devi Dyal College of Law
Top Law News Khap panchayats’ diktats must be ruthlessly stamped out: Apex court April 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday held that diktats by ‘khap panchayats’ (caste councils) — aimed at coercing or committing atrocities on young boys and girls who wish to marry inter-caste/religion — were wholly illegal and should be ruthlessly stamped out. ‘We have, in recent years, heard of ‘Khap Panchayats’ (katta panchayats in Tamil Nadu) which often […] Read more » apex court diktats Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju khap panchayats ruthlessly stamped out
Top Law News Maid lived as wife, should get maintenance: high court April 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 65-year-old man will have to pay maintenance of Rs.3,000 per month to his domestic help as she was living with him like a wife, the Delhi High Court has ruled, upholding the order of a family court. The 30-year-old woman used to live with the petitioner with her three minor children. She stayed with […] Read more » High Court lived maid maintenance' wife
Top Law News Court notice to airlines, DGCA on high fares April 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Allahabad High Court Monday issued notices to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the management of Jet Airways, Kingfisher, Go Air, IndiGo and other private airlines for fleecing passengers by suddenly hiking air fares. The petitioners, comprising some local activists and advocates, had sought the court’s intervention to restrain the private airlines from indiscriminately […] Read more » airlines Allahabad High Court Chief Justice F.I. Rebello Court DGCA Go Air high fares IndiGo Jet Airways Kingfisher notice
Top Law News Can’t disclose my wealth: Balakrishnan April 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former chief justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan, facing allegations of corruption after his family members reportedly amassed wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income, told the income tax officials here that he cannot disclose his assets to the public as the information could be misused, an activist said Monday. P. Balachandran, an RTI activist […] Read more » Balakrishnan Can't disclose wealth
Top Law News Can Swamy’s complaint be tagged with your FIR, CBI asked April 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court Monday directed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file its response on whether Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy’s private complaint in the 2G spectrum allocation case could be combined with the agency’s FIR. CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini said: ‘CBI should file its response by May 4.’ Swamy had been asked whether […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation CBI complaint District Judge Pratibha Rani FIR Special CBI Judge Pradeep Chaddah Special Public Prosecutor U.U. Lalit Subramanian Swamy Swamy tagged
Top Law News Binayak cannot leave the country without permission April 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rights activist Binayak Sen, who walked out of jail here Monday after the Supreme Court granted him bail in a case of sedition and being a Maoist, was told by the Raipur sessions court that he could not leave the country without its permission. He was also asked to surrender his passport and ordered to […] Read more » Binayak country leave permission
Top Law News Caste doesn’t work in court, petitioner told April 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Monday refused to entertain a plea of a man who wrote his caste in the title of his petition. Bhapadiya (Brahmin) Navinbhai Mayaram filed the petition before the first bench of the court and sought implementation of a central government welfare scheme in his village Bhapdi in Tharad taluka (sub-district) of […] Read more » Caste Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Court doesn't Gujarat High Court Justice J.B. Pardiwala Petitioner work