Top Law News All metro hospitals to get tips on emergency treatment March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on All metro hospitals to get tips on emergency treatment The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the central government to circulate among all government hospitals in the metros its suggestions on the prompt treatment of patients in an emergency. The central government, in consultation with the director general of health services, has come up with the suggestions which were presented before a bench of Chief […] Read more »
Top Law News Make eighth chapter of Telangana report public: high court March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court today directed the Centre to make public the eighth chapter of the Srikrishna Committee report on Telangana which deals with sensitive law and order issues. Justice L. Narasimha Reddy of the High Court gave the order on a petition requesting the court to direct the Centre to disclose the eighth […] Read more » eighth chapter High Court Justice L. Narasimha Reddy public Sri Krishna committee Telangana report
Top Law News Delhi government questioned on school kids using intoxicants March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday questioned the Delhi government on a petition seeking steps to prevent city school children from accessing intoxicants. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the education department and asked it to file a reply by May 18 on the issue raised by a […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi government Delhi High Court intoxicants Justice Sanjiv Khanna National Commission for Protection of Child Rights questioned school kids
Top Law News Insult of Sikhs is insult to nation: Krishna March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India on Wednesday said dishonour to the Sikhs is a national insult and the government takes serious note of the incident in which golfer Jeev Milkha Singh’s coach Amritinder Singh was forced to remove his turban at Milan airport last week. Assuring the Rajya Sabha that the issue would be taken up with Italy, External […] Read more » BJP leader S. S. Ahluwalia External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna golf India-Italy relationship Insult Krishna Milka Singh coach nation Sikhs Turban issue
Top Law News IT department freezes accounts of Mahindra Satyam March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Income Tax department Tuesday froze the bank accounts of Mahindra Satyam after the software firm failed to pay a tax demand of Rs.616 crore ($136 million). Mahindra Satyam, the new brand identity of the fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services Limited, has moved the Andhra Pradesh High Court challenging the demand notice and seeking a stay […] Read more » Central Board of Direct Taxes Central Bureau of Investigation Mahindra Satyam Chairman Ramalinga Raju Tech Mahindra Vineet Nayyar
Top Law News CBI can’t probe Goa drug nexus, high court told March 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The police-politician-drug mafia nexus case cannot be investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as it ‘lacks manpower’ and has ‘constraints of local language’, its officials Tuesday told the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court. The federal investigation agency said this in a letter issued to the union ministry of personnel which was […] Read more » CBI drug nexus Goa High Court National Students Union of India Sunil Kavthankar Supreme Court
Top Law News Senior telecom official to probe divestment of VSNL March 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment S.R. Rao, additional secretary in the Department of Telecom (DoT), has been named to head the probe on matters relating to the divestment of state-run Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) in favour of the Tatas. The probe, according to officials, will deal with two aspects: The delay in separating the surplus land held by the […] Read more » Department of Telecom divestment Official probe senior Tata Communications telecom Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd VSNL
Top Law News Child witness’s testimony carries weight: Supreme Court March 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The courts can rely on evidence tendered by a child if it inspires its confidence and there was no embellishment or improvement in it, the Supreme Court has said. “The law on the issue (child’s evidence) can be summarised to the effect that the deposition of a child witness may require corroboration, but in case […] Read more » carries Child witness First Information Report Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice P. Sathasivam Supreme Court testimony weight
Top Law News Meghalaya demands its own high court March 22, 2011 / March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Meghalaya government Tuesday demanded a high court of its own in the state and said it would continue to pursue the issue with the central government. ‘We are in the process of approaching and reminding the government of India of the need of having a separate high court, but we need to have the […] Read more » Bindo Lanong demands Deputy Chief Minister High Court M. Veerappa Moily Manas Chaudhuri Meghalaya Union Law and Justice Minister
Top Law News Officials warned on child marriages March 22, 2011 / March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Rajasthan government has warned of strict action against district administrations and police officials if they fail to check child marriages on Akshya Tritiya (Akha Teej) to be observed May 6, an official said Tuesday. The day is considered highly auspicious for marriages. It falls on the third day after ‘amavasi’ (new moon) in the […] Read more »
Top Law News Engineer to be prosecuted for judges getting dengue March 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has paved the way for the prosecution of a government engineer whose alleged negligence resulted in mosquitos breeding at the construction site of a court complex in south Delhi and five judges being hit by dengue. Additional Session Judge Virender Bhat said: ‘The allegations against the petitioner (Public Works Department assistant engineer, […] Read more » Additional Session Judge Commonwealth Games dengue engineer judges Municipal Corporation of Delhi prosecuted Virender Bhat
Top Law News Court asks illegal Delhi mosque to relocate March 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday asked a charitable society, whose illegally built mosque was razed in Jangpura area of the city, to rebuild the structure on an alternative site given by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). The DDA razed the mosque early January, sparking protests by members of the com munity. The DDA told the […] Read more » advocate R.K. Saini Court Delhi Development Authority Delhi High Court Delhi mosque illegal Justice G.S. Sistani relocate Residents Welfare Association