Top Law News 17 Chhattisgarh judges forced to retire April 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on 17 Chhattisgarh judges forced to retire In a rare action, as many as 17 judges in Chhattisgarh were forced to accept compulsory retirement after an internal inquiry indicted them on charges of corruption, law department sources said Monday. The state government issued the order after the law department report said the judges were guilty of graft. The judges include the district […] Read more » 17 Chhattisgarh forced judges retire
Top Law News Anna Hazare plans fast unto death for strong Lokpal bil April 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Anna Hazare plans fast unto death for strong Lokpal bil Veteran social activist Anna Hazare Monday said he is starting a “fast unto death” to press for the demand to involve civil society in formulation of the anti-graft Lokpal (ombudsman) Bill. “I will fast unto death, as announced earlier, as the prime minister has refused to form a joint committee with civil society members in […] Read more » activist Arvind Kejriwal Anna Hazare death fast kapil sibal Lokpal bil National Advisory Council plans Prashant Bhushan
Top Law News Government asked to notify CBI probe into Batcha’s death April 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday directed the government to issue within three days a notification for handing to the CBI the probe into the mysterious death of Sadiq Batcha, a close aide of former Telecom Minister A. Raja. “In the facts and circumstances of the case, we direct the government to issue notification within three […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising Batcha's death CBI Centre for Public Interest Litigation former Telecom Minister A. Raja Government Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi notify probe Sadiq Batcha Supreme Court
Top Law News Revisit system of judges appointment, apex court told April 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Monday asked the Supreme Court to reconsider the system of appointment of judges to higher judiciary as the existing collegium procedure has not delivered on expectations. The apex court bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice B.S. Chauhan referred the matter to Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia to place the central government’s plea […] Read more » apex court Appointment Attorney General G. Vahanvati Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia judges Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Deepak Verma Revisit Supreme Court system
Top Law News Law and order different from public order: High court April 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Law and order different from public order: High court A law and order issue does not necessarily attract the provisions of Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA) to book someone for disturbing public order, the Gujarat high court has ruled in an order made available Monday. Setting free a woman, who was under detention for alleged bootlegging, the court held that the issues of […] Read more » Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Bombay Prohibition Act Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya different Gujarat High Court High Court Justice J.B. Pardiwala Law order PASA Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act public order
Top Law News Exercise caution in reopening cases: Supreme Court April 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that a frivolous application for reopening a case and recalling witnesses for adducing evidence should be rejected with exemplary costs on the petitioner. ‘If the application is found to be mischievous, or frivolous, or to cover up negligence or lacunae, it should be rejected with heavy costs,’ said an apex […] Read more » cases caution Exercise Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran K.K. Velusamy reopening Supreme Court
Top Law News Over a lakh children in Delhi still out of school April 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than one lakh children in the national capital are still out of school, a report by the human resource development ministry said as the Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act completed a year Friday since its implementation. The RTE report card which analysed the primary education scenario in the country was released […] Read more » children Delhi Human Resource Development Minister kapil sibal lakh out of school RTE
Top Law News High court stays proceedings against Yeddyurappa April 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major relief to Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the state high court Friday stayed further proceedings in a lower court on corruption and illegal land deals cases against him. The high court has already stayed a police probe, ordered by the lower court, into one complaint of illegal land deal against Yeddyurappa. Additional […] Read more » Additional Civil and Sessions Judge C.B. Hipparagi High Court Justice K.N. Keshavanarayana Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa proceedings stays Yeddyurappa
Top Law News PETA’s ‘open offer’ to model who wants to bare all April 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Friday made an ‘open offer’ to model Poonam Pandey – who has expressed her intention to bare all if India wins the cricket World Cup – to use her skin show for the benefit of animals. In an open letter, PETA India’s chief Poorva Joshipura has said […] Read more » bare Board of Control for Cricket in India Central Pollution Control Board model model Poonam Pandey offer open PETA's
Top Law News Wealthy wife ordered to pay maintenance to husband March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Wealthy wife ordered to pay maintenance to husband Invoking the principle of gender equality, the Delhi High Court Thursday upheld a lower court order asking a woman, who runs a business with an annual turnover of about Rs.1 crore, to pay monthly maintenance of Rs.20,000 to her estranged, unemployed husband. Justice G.S. Sistani upheld the trial court order of 2009 that awarded maintenance […] Read more » husband Justice G.S. Sistani maintenance' ordered pay Wealthy wife
Top Law News Why no FIR against Mumbai Congress chief, asks high court March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Thursday wanted to know why a first information report was not lodged against Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh, who is accused of amassing huge wealth through illegal means. The judges’ query came after the submissions made by the Income Tax Department, Enforcement Directorate and the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau on the investigations […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Darius Khambatta Asif Balwa Central Bureau of Investigation Chief Justice Mohit Shah FIR High Court Justice D.G. Karnik Kripashankar Singh Mumbai Congress chief Shahid Balwa
Top Law News In national interest, official can be sacked without probe: Court March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that the government need not communicate the charges against an official sacked for delinquency or hold an enquiry if doing so would jeopardise the interests and the security of the country. “In terms of the mandate of the constitution, the communication of the charge and holding of an enquiry could […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Justice A.R. Dave Justice Mukundakam Sharma national interest Official sacked Supreme Court without probe