Top Law News Can examine lapses in CVC’s appointment: Supreme court February 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said it was not barred from examining the validity of a statutory appointment, including that of the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), by the highest constitutional authority if the selection and appointment procedure was vitiated. “Some constitutional authority is entrusted with the powers to make statutory appointments. We must have faith in […] Read more » Supreme Court
Top Law News Jayalalithaa backs Swamy’s demand on Karunanidhi February 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday backed Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy’s demand to name Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi as a co-accused in the 2G spectrum scam. Swamy Saturday sought to name Karunanidhi along with former communications minister A. Raja in his complaint to a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in New […] Read more » A. Raja J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Subramanian Swamy's
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear pleas against gay sex in April February 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday fixed April 19 for hearing a bunch of petitions challenging a Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising homosexual relationship among consenting adults. Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly directed all the parties to file their documents within eight weeks. The bench also directed the court registry to complete all procedural […] Read more » gay sex Supreme Court
Top Law News 2G scam, black money cases in Supreme court this week February 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on 2G scam, black money cases in Supreme court this week Cases related to the 2G spectrum allocation scam and black money stashed by Indian citizens in foreign banks in tax heavens are likely to be closely-followed in the Supreme Court in the week ahead. The on-going hearing on a plea against appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas and a case related to Rajya Sabha […] Read more » 2G scam black money cases Supreme Court
Top Law News PM calls for legal system supporting development February 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said that developing countries need a legal system conducive to both rapid economic development and promoting equitable distribution of the fruits of development. “The developing countries need a legal system which is conducive both to rapid economic development and which also has built-in mechanism to promote the equitable distribution of […] Read more » legal system Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Top Law News High courts to get special wings for commercial disputes February 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The proposed commercial divisions of high courts will help resolve commercial disputes speedily, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Sunday. He told the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference here that the Commercial Division of High Courts Bill is before parliament. Voicing his concern over the increasing trend in commercial litigation, he said this was taking up […] Read more » Commercial disputes High Courts
Top Law News Government can’t provide food to all: Chief Justice February 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia Sunday said the government can’t be expected to provide food, education and healthcare to all but advocated relief to the deprived sections. Addressing the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference, he said while it was not possible to have access for everyone to everything, the needs of those below the poverty […] Read more » Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia
Top Law News Right to Justice Bill within 5-6 months: Moily February 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A bill ensuring right to justice for all is expected to be introduced in Parliament in the next five to six months, Union law Minister M Veerappa Moily said here today. “We are contemplating the Right to Justice Bill so that nobody should feel alienated.,”Moily told reporters after addressing Congress workers at the party office […] Read more » M. Veerappa Moily Right to Justice
Top Law News Gujarat seeks review of court order favouring companies February 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Gujarat seeks review of court order favouring companies The Gujarat High Court is set to hear the state government’s appeal against its earlier order prohibiting the state from collecting stamp duty from companies on imported goods, a government lawyer said Saturday. A division bench headed by Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya is likely to hear the matter March 10. Government counsel in the case […] Read more » Gujarat High Court
Top Law News Confession statement to police is weak evidence: Supreme court February 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that the ‘rampant’ practice among the police to use third degree methods to extract confessions was well known, the Supreme court has said that courts should be cautious in accepting the confession made by an accused to the police when it is the sole ground for prosecution. The prosecution case resting merely on confessional statement […] Read more » Confession statement
Top Law News Court recalls order of costs for frivolous lawsuit February 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Friday recalled its order of imposing Rs.20,000 costs on a petitioner for filing a frivolous public interest litigation after his lawyer said costs should be recovered from him instead. The bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice K.M. gave the order after advocate Girish Das submitted his client was not […] Read more » frivolous lawsuit
Top Law News Lowering age of sex to decriminalise innocent behaviour February 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s apex child rights body Friday said that its suggestion to bring down the age of a consensual, non-penetrative sexual act between two children to 12 years was meant to decriminalise ‘normal’ and ‘innocent’ behaviour by kids. ‘The reason for this formulation is not to promote child sexual promiscuity or sexual aggression among children but […] Read more » consensual sex National Commission for Protection of Child Rights