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
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