Top Law News Give permanent shelter to homeless near Jama Masjid: Court March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to provide a permanent alternative shelter to the homeless who were using a facility near Jama Masjid before it was demolished in 2003. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘Till the shelter home is constructed, the […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court Delhi High Court homeless Jama Masjid Justice Sanjiv Khanna Municipal Corporation of Delhi permanent shelter Urban Shelter Improvement Board USIB
Top Law News Many strides but still trapped: Shifting realities of Indian’s women (March 8 is International Women’s Day) March 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Another International Women’s Day, another occasion for a national assessment of the status of women in a country where the glass ceiling is within reach but not broken, where health statistics are still determined by gender, where public entertainment is dominated by patriarchal cliches and where female foeticide continues despite strides in so many sectors. […] Read more » Indian's women International Women's Day March 8 realities shifting
Top Law News Court asks AIIMS to admit doctor to masters course March 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to allot a seat in a masters course to an MBBS doctor who denied this last year due to a change in the prospectus just before the counselling date. Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjeev Khanna said: ‘The AIIMS authorities […] Read more » admit AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences course Court Delhi High Court doctor masters
Top Law News CBI files charges against tainted judge March 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI today filed a chargesheet against Justice Nirmal Yadav and four others in the 2008 cash-at-judge’s-door scam, on a day when she is to demit office as a High Court judge. The chargesheet was filed in the court of Special CBI Judge Ritu Tagore here under various sections, including 120B of the IPC relating […] Read more » against CBI charges files Justice Nirmal Yadav Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Punjab and Haryana High Court Special CBI Judge Ritu Tagore tainted judge
Top Law News PETA to protest outside AIIMS for release of animals March 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Animal rights group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said it would stage protests outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Friday urging the premier health research institute to release to a sanctuary the animals kept in its laboratories for more than three years. ‘PETA would stage a protest outside the AIIMS […] Read more » AIIMS celebrity Pamela Anderson PETA
Top Law News Four weeks to end probe against Mumbai Congress chief: court March 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Four weeks to end probe against Mumbai Congress chief: court The Bombay High Court Thursday set a four-week deadline for investigating agencies to complete their probe against Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh, whose name has been linked to Jharkhand’s multi-crore rupee money-laundering scam involving Madhu Koda. The division bench headed by Chief Justice Mohit Shah also gave two other specific directions to the Income Tax […] Read more » Bombay High Court Madhu Koda Mahesh Jethmalani Mihir Desai Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh
Top Law News Court ruling on Blueline buses Thursday March 2, 2011 / March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court will pronounce its verdict Thursday on a petition by private bus operators seeking a stay on the Delhi government’s decision to phase out Blueline buses from the city. Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Suresh Kait had reserved the order after hearing arguments from both parties. The Blueline buses in Delhi invited […] Read more » Blueline buses Delhi High Court New Delhi Municipal Corporation Standing counsel Najmi Waziri
Top Law News Privacy disappearing due to technology: Supreme Court February 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said that with the march of technology, privacy is “virtually disappearing”.”Given the technological advancement, privacy is virtually disappearing,” said a bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly. The court’s observation came in the wake of senior counsel Harish Salve’s submission that if the government had the right to snoop on […] Read more » disappearing Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Niira Radia privacy Ratan Tata senior counsel Harish Salve Supreme Court technology
Top Law News Private schools are money spinning enterprises: Apex court February 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said private schools were money- spinning enterprises and asked them to wake up to their corporate-social responsibility by educating poor children.The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar said this on a petition by the Society for Unaided Private Schools of Rajasthan. […] Read more » apex court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia economically weaker section (EWS) enterprises Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar money Private schools spinning
Top Law News Over 15,000 RTI appeals pending with information commission February 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than 15,000 appeals under the Right to Information Act (RTI) are pending with the Central Information Commission (CIC), Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions V. Narayanasamy told parliament Thursday. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Narayanasamy said the average monthly receipt and disposal of appeals by […] Read more » appeals information commission Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel pending Public Grievances and Pensions RTI V. Narayanasamy
Top Law News Delhi Zoo a death trap, court told February 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought a reply from the central government on a public interest litigation by a law student who said that the National Zoological Park (Delhi zoo) had become a “death trap” for animals and should be shifted to the city’s outskirts. A division bench of chief justice Deepak Misra and Justice […] Read more » chief justice Deepak Misra Court death trap Justice Sanjiv Khanna National Zoological Park (Delhi zoo)
Top Law News Rahat mulls legal action against Indian officials February 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Rahat mulls legal action against Indian officials Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who was arrested at the Delhi airport for carrying undeclared foreign currency, is contemplating legal action against the Indian authorities for allegedly confiscating his money. Rahat was arrested at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport Feb 13 for carrying undeclared foreign currency worth more than $124,000. The Directorate of […] Read more » Indian officials legal action mulls Rahat Fateh Ali Khan