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
Top Law News Amar Singh denies doctoring CD April 18, 2011 / April 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Amar Singh denies doctoring CD Noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Monday filed a contempt petition in the Supreme court against former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh over the CD controversy. The CD allegedly showed him (Bhushan) talking to to Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh about fixing a judge for Rs 4 crore.In his petition Bhushan said that the […] Read more » Amar Singh denies doctoring CD Mulayam Singh Yadav Prashant Bhushan Shanti Bhushan
Top Law News Decks cleared for “Dum Maaro Dum” release April 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court Monday disposed of a petition seeking ban on the release of film “Dum Maaro Dum” after the filmmakers told the court that controversial portions of the film were deleted. A division bench of Justice S.C. Dharmadhikari and Justice F.M. Reis disposed of the petition. Savio Rodrigues, who […] Read more » "Dum Maaro Dum" Bombay High Court cleared Decks Fox Star Studio International Private Limited FSSIPL Justice F.M. Reis Justice S.C. Dharmadhikari release
Top Law News Prohibit children’s employment in circuses: apex court April 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today banned the employment of children in circuses and directed the government to rescue children employed in the sector and formulate a rehabilitation programme for them. A bench headed by Justice Dalveer Bhandari said that in order to protect the fundamental rights of children, it is imperative that the government issues notification […] Read more » apex court children's employment circuses Justice Dalveer Bhandari Prohibit Supreme Court
Top Law News CD controversy rages, Bhushans to move apex court April 17, 2011 / April 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CD controversy involving Lokpal Bill drafting committee co-chair Shanti Bhushan continued to rage Sunday with his son and panel member Prashant Bhushan terming the CD fake and announcing he would file a contempt case in the Supreme Court in a day or two. The Bhushans were backed by social reformer Anna Hazare, who said […] Read more » apex court Arvind Kejriwal Bhushans CD controversy Gujarat Chief Minister move Narendra Modi rages Shanti Bhushan
Top Law News Digvijay Singh got figures wrong: Kejriwal April 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh targeted civil rights activists saying they spent Rs. 50 lakh on their campaign for a tough anti-graft law, activist Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said Singh had got the figures wrong. ‘He (Singh) is wrong to say that Rs.50 lakh were spent on four day agitation. I think he […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Digvijay Singh figures wrong Prashant Bhushan
Top Law News More citizens should use RTI, urges activist April 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Involvement of more citizens in gaining information through the Right to Information (RTI) Act will pressurise authorities to disclose information voluntarily, RTI activist Ashok Ravat said here Saturday. Speaking at a workshop on RTI here, Ravat said: ‘More citizens should get involved with the RTI movement, and the goal must be to pressurise the authorities […] Read more » Citizens RTI