Top Law News Godhra verdict travesty of justice, says lawyer Prashant Bhushan February 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prominent Supreme Court lawyer and public interest activist Prashant Bhushan Tuesday said the verdict in the Godhra train carnage case coming nine years after the incident was a “travesty of justice” and added that it reflected poorly on India’s judicial system that most of the 63 acquitted people were in jail for all these years. […] Read more »
Top Law News Health of citizens is wealth of nation: Court February 21, 2011 / February 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ‘The health of the citizens is the wealth of the nation’ and it cannot be allowed to be jeopardized, the Delhi High Court said Monday while slamming an anti-quota stir at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in 2006. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘The […] Read more » AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences Anbumani Ramadoss Chief Justice Dipak Misra Citizens Court Health Justice Sanjiv Khanna nation P. Venugopal Prashant Bhushan wealth
Top Law News Human trafficking manual helps police in northeast February 20, 2011 / February 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment What does human trafficking mean, why is it done, what punishment can it attract and how do we rehabilitate victims? A manual on human trafficking brought out by an NGO is proving a boon for police in the northeast where trafficking is a major issue. Impulse, the NGO, has simplified the law and put it […] Read more » First Information Report (FIR) Hasina Kharbhih Human trafficking IAS (Indian Administrative Service) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act IPS (Indian Police Service) Juvenile Justice Act manual northeast police
Top Law News Delhi government rapped for interfering in power tariff February 19, 2011 / February 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday pulled up the Delhi government for trying to interefere with the fixing of tariff rates for 2010-11 by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC). The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan sharply criticised the government, saying: ‘Delhi government cannot pass any direction, asking DERC to hold […] Read more » advocate Prashant Bhusan Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission Delhi government Delhi High Court DERC interfering Justice Manmohan power tariff rapped Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi
Top Law News Apex court seeks status report on K.G. Balakrishnan February 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court Friday asked Attorney General G. Vahanvati to submit the status report on the home ministry’s investigation into a complaint alleging former chief justice K.G. Balakrishnan possessed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatantra Kumar gave the attorney […] Read more » apex court Attorney General G. Vahanvati Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatantra K.G. Balakrishnan National Human Rights Commission President Pratibha Patil Supreme Court
Top Law News Compulsory education gives poor right to dignity: Court February 17, 2011 / February 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court said Thursday provision of free and compulsory education to the disadvantaged sections of society was to afford them a right to live with dignity. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar made the observation in the course of the hearing of a […] Read more » Right to Education Supreme Court
Top Law News Not attacking judiciary, but corrupt judges: Congress MP February 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress MP K.Sudhakaran, who is facing heat following his remarks that he witnessed an apex court judge taking a bribe, Thursday said he was not attacking the judiciary but corrupt judges. ‘In my speech last week, I never ever uttered a word against the judiciary, but I mentioned that I was witness to a bribe […] Read more » Chief Minister K.Karunakaran.
Top Law News Have a job to do, wrongdoers will not escape: Manmohan Singh February 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Declaring that he “had a job to do and was not quitting”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday responded to questions on corruption and other issues confronting his 21-month-old United Progressive Alliance (UPA) II government, announced that “wrongdoers will not escape” and added that the country will witness the next round of economic reforms soon. “You […] Read more » escape Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrongdoers
Top Law News Court allows CBI to seek Pakistan’s help in hacking case February 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI will seek Pakistan government’s help in identifying members of a hacker group ‘VERGIL’ operating from that country and was allegedly involved in defacing the official website of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) in 2010. Accepting a CBI plea, a Delhi court today issued a ‘letter of request’ to the department of […] Read more » CBI hacking case Pakistan
Top Law News Moily criticises Congress MP for graft claim against judge February 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Tuesday said he disapproved of passing remarks that damage the judiciary’s image and reputation. ‘Whoever it is, be it a minister, MP or anybody, one has to be careful,’ he told reporters here on queries about Congress MP K.Sudhakaran’s claim to have witnessed an apex court judge take a Rs.2.1 […] Read more » Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily
Top Law News Thousands of Bihar lawyers strike against evening courts February 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Thousands of Bihar lawyers strike against evening courts Thousands of lawyers in Bihar Tuesday began a weeklong strike to protest against evening courts that were introduced in the state in December last year. Bihar State Bar Council chairman Baleshwar Prasad Sharma said nearly 80,000 lawyers have joined the strike. The lawyers, including those from the Patna High Court, district courts and subdivisional courts, […] Read more » Bihar lawyers evening courts Patna High Court
Top Law News Deaf can be given driving licences, rules court February 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Deaf can be given driving licences, rules court The Delhi High Court Monday asked the government to grant driving licences to deaf people, so far prohibited from driving under the Motor Vehicles Act, if they satisfy other necessary criteria. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: “We are obliged to certify that if an applicant is totally […] Read more » Delhi High Court driving licences