Top Law News RJD legislator surrenders in Bihar court February 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator Surendra Prasad Yadav surrendered in a Gaya court Friday, the fifth day of the junior doctors strike in the state after his security guards allegedly fired at interns of a medical college. The government was under pressure to nab Yadav, who surrendered before a chief judicial magistrate’s court, as hundreds […] Read more » ANMCH Anugrah Narain Magadh Medical College Hospital Bihar court Surendra Prasad Yadav
Top Law News Supreme court issues notice in 2004 Tamil Nadu school fire case February 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the central and Tamil Nadu governments on a petition seeking compensation for the 94 students who died in a fire in a primary school in Tamil Nadu’s Kumbakonam town in July 2004. An apex court bench of justice Dalveer Bhandari and justice Deepak Verma issued notice on […] Read more » Tamil Nadu school fire case
Top Law News Court moved over CBI probe into Orissa pulses scam February 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa High Court was Thursday moved by a petitioner seeking a CBI probe into an alleged multi-crore rupee scam involving supply of poor quality pulses under government welfare schemes. A team of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also plans to inquire into the allegations. Petitioner Dilip Mohapatra said he filed the petition because […] Read more » Orissa pulses scam
Top Law News Supreme Court slaps Rs.10 lakh fine on frivolous litigant February 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court slaps Rs.10 lakh fine on frivolous litigant The Supreme Court Wednesday slapped an exemplary cost of Rs.10 lakh on an appellant for filing a frivolous litigation aimed at frustrating attempts to acquire his land for the Bangalore-Mysore road project. The litigant was penalised for embarking upon a second round of litigation on an issue identical to the earlier phase of court hearing. […] Read more » frivolous litigant Supreme Court
Top Law News DJP asked to pay Rs.3.5 lakh to kin of drowned kids February 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday awarded a compensation of Rs.3.5 lakh each to the families of four children who died last year after falling into a pit dug up by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said the DJB failed to fence the area […] Read more » Delhi Jal Board
Top Law News Second passport adalat Feb 5 February 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to address public grievances, 37 passport offices across the country will hold a special meeting called ‘passport adalat’ Saturday. Announcing the dates, the external affairs ministry Wednesday said the first passport adalat held Jan 8 was ‘a success’ as a large number of pending passport applications were cleared that day. Read more » passport adalat
Top Law News Court pulls up government in Amar Singh tapping case February 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday pulled up the central government and other contenders in the Amar Singh wire tapping case for filing a ‘very casual and vague’ affidavit and asked them to file a fresh one. The apex court bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly said casual and vague affidavits have been filed by […] Read more » Amar Singh
Top Law News Government questioned on school’s refusal to admit poor February 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought a response from the central and Delhi governments on a plea opposing a private school’s refusal to reserve seats for poor students claiming exemption from provisions of the right to education law. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued the notice to the human resource development ministry and the directorate of […] Read more »
Top Law News Consensual sex below age 16 is an offence: Tirath February 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A draft bill, which will soon be introduced in the cabinet, says consensual sex between children aged 16 to 18 is not a criminal offence, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said Tuesday.Tirath refuted a media report which stated that the draft Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill, 2010, sought to bring down […] Read more » Krishna Tirath National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
Top Law News CVC tells apex court media tarnished his image February 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P J Thomas on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that media tarnished his image as he did not oblige them by speaking to them amidst the ongoing controversy over his appointment. “My refusal to speak was treated as if I had no defence to offer,” Thomas told the related stories Thomas […] Read more » CVC P.J. Thomas
Top Law News Apex court nod to probe against former Tamil Nadu Bar Council head February 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday cleared the decks for an inquiry by the Bar Council of India against suspended chairman of the Tamil Nadu Bar Council (TNBC) R.K. Chandramohan for allegedly trying to influence Justice R. Raghupathy (since retired) of the Madras High Court in a bail matter concerning an acquaintance of former telecom minister A. […] Read more » A. Raja Tamil Nadu Bar Council
Top Law News PF scam: Court threatens warrants against accused judges February 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court trying the provident fund (PF) scam Monday asked the defence lawyers for the six accused judges to furnish an undertaking to ensure their clients’ presence before the court otherwise warrants would be issued against them. The court’s warning came when it found that the six judges had […] Read more » A.K. Singh Arun Kumar PF scam R.N. Mishra R.P. Mishra R.P. Yadav R.S. Chaubey