Top Law News Karnataka court to inform listing of cases through SMS April 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court will provide information on the listing of cases through SMS to litigants and lawyers, the court’s registrar said Wednesday. ‘Listing of cases in the cause-list filed in the high court and its circuit benches will be made available to the interested parties through SMS. Litigants, lawyers and others have to register […] Read more » cases Chief Justice J.S. Khehar inform Karnataka court listing SMS
Top Law News Supreme Court refuses to lift ban on tobacco sachets April 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to lift a ban on the sale of tobacco products in plastic sachets and asked the central government to file its reply to petitions challenging the curbs. The petitions were filed by manufacturers of chewing tobacco challenging the rules banning the product’s sale in plastic sachets. The ban came into […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan Supreme Court tobacco sachets
Top Law News Graft charges may spell trouble for Nitish Kumar April 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A petition filed in the Patna high court for re-hearing a public suit on alleged financial irregularities of Rs 11,412 crore, with fingers pointed at chief minister Nitish Kumar and 46 others, has got the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD(U)) worried. The petition was filed on Monday, nearly nine months after the state high court stayed […] Read more » CAG charges Comptroller and Auditor General graft Nitish Kumar Patna High Court Sushil Kumar Modi trouble
Top Law News Court sets aside divorce granted to man April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has set aside the divorce granted to a man on the ground that his wife filed a criminal case to harass him and his family members following a matrimonial dispute. Justice Kailash Gambhir was hearing an appeal filed by Ruchi (name changed) challenging the 2009 decision of a trial court to […] Read more » aside Court divorce
Top Law News SMS urges people to join ‘Anna’s Army’ April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment No one knows who is behind it but an SMS doing the rounds is urging the people to join Anna Hazare’s crusade against corruption. However, the organisers of the movement say they have nothing to do with it. “Dear Indian,” the SMS reads, “it is time to fight rampant corruption in India. Anna has taken […] Read more » 'Anna's Army' join people SMS urges
Top Law News Supreme Court names special public prosecutor in 2G case April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Overruling the central government’s objection, the Supreme Court Monday appointed senior counsel Uday Lalit as special public prosecutor for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 2G scam case. Justice GS Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly said they were issuing direction in the interest of substantive justice. Article 142 of the constitution empowers […] Read more » 2G case Central Bureau of Investigation Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice GS Singhvi public prosecutor senior counsel Uday Lalit Supreme Court
Top Law News Prakash Tatia sworn in as Jharkhand High Court judge April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prakash Chandra Tatia was Monday sworn in as a judge of the Jharkhand High Court. He will be appointed the court’s chief justice when incumbent Bhagwati Prasad retires May 14. Tatia was administered oath by Prasad. Tatia was earlier a judge of the Rajasthan High Court. The Jharkhand High Court has 11 judges against its […] Read more » Jharkhand High Court judge Prakash Tatia sworn
Top Law News Supreme Court adjourns Binayak Sen’s bail plea till Friday April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday adjourned till Friday the bail plea of human rights activist Binayak Sen who has been sentenced to life imprisonment for sedition and links with Maoists. The ruling came after the Chhattisgarh government sought time to brief its lawyer. Sen, 61, had challenged the Feb 10 order of the Chhattisgarh High Court […] Read more »
Top Law News No nepotism, need experts in panel for Lokpal Bill: Hazare April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Denying any differences among activist leaders, veteran social reformer Anna Hazare Sunday said that the process of drafting the Lokpal Bill needed experienced people and law experts on the panel.”People have been asking there are differences on the members of the committee, I want to say it was a small difference and it has been […] Read more » Experts Hazare Lokpal Bill nepotism panel
Top Law News Will lose deposit if I contest an election: Anna Hazare April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment His five-day fast for a strong anti-graft law drew groundswell support across the country, but social reformer Anna Hazare feels that if he contested an election, he will lose his security deposit. “If I stand for election, I will lose my security deposit,” Anna Hazare said jest-fully answering a question at a press conference on […] Read more » Anna Hazare contest election lose deposit
Top Law News Teacher sends legal notice to students over complaint April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Panjab University (PU) history teacher has issued a legal notice to 17 students of his department asking them to take back their complaint filed against him of deliberately failing them. A Few days back, 17 students of the history department had given a written complaint to the dean for university instructions (DUI) against Surinder […] Read more » complaint legal notice sends students teacher
Top Law News Electoral reforms may be Hazare’s next plank April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After leading a triumphant crusade on the anti-graft bill, social reformer Anna Hazare is likely to launch a movement against the dominance of money power in elections and criminalisation of politics, sources in his movement said. “Money power, muscle power and mafia influence in elections are of concern among the general public. I believe Anna […] Read more » activist Arvind Kejriwal advocates Shanti Anna Hazare Electoral reforms former Supreme Court judge Hazare Kiran Bedi N. Santosh Hegde next plank Prashant Bhushan