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 »
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