Top Law News Vedanta University: Apex court orders status quo January 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Orissa Government to maintain status quo on acquisition of 6,000 hectares of land for setting up an international university by U.K.-based Vedanta group in the holy city of Puri. Admitting a bunch of cross-appeals, a bench of justices D.K. Jain and H.L. Dattu asked the State Government to […] Read more » Vedanta University
Top Law News Apex court, BJP question CVC’s appointment, Moily meets PM January 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The BJP Thursday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the appointment of P.J. Thomas as the Central Vigilance Commissioner, saying the ‘trail’ in the selection leads to his door even as the apex court wanted to know if the correct procedure was followed in selecting the corruption watchdog whose name figures […] Read more » CVC
Top Law News G.R.Sofi to head Kashmir Information Commission January 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment G.R.Sofi, a serving income tax officer, was Thursday appointed the Chief Information Commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir. He will head the first information commission in the state. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti met in the afternoon and selected Sofi to head the […] Read more » G.R.Sofi Kashmir Information Commission
Top Law News Apex court questions Thomas’ appointment procedure January 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said it wanted to know if correct procedure was followed in the selection of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas. The court asked if withholding information from a high-powered committee for the CVC’s selection about a pending charge sheet against Thomas and the sanction granted by the Kerala government to prosecute […] Read more » apex court Appointment Thomas
Top Law News Black money: Apex court seeks details on government steps January 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After being criticized by the Supreme Court and the Opposition for its handling of black money deposited by industrialists and others in foreign bank accounts, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the government has nothing to hide, and added that India cannot violate secrecy laws to reveal names in the Swiss trail. “No information […] Read more » apex court black money Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
Top Law News CVC committee not told of pending chargesheet against Thomas January 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told Thursday that the high-powered committee for the selection of central vigilance commissioner (CVC) was not informed about a pending chargesheet against P.J. Thomas and the sanction granted by the Kerala government to prosecute him in the palm oil import case. The high-powered selection committee comprises Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home […] Read more » Central Vigilance Commissioner CVC
Top Law News Finally, Kashmir to get information commission January 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After much delay, Jammu and Kashmir is set to constitute its first state information commission . Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti are scheduled to meet Thursday afternoon to decide on the names of the chief information commissioner and two information commissioners. Officials […] Read more » information commission Kashmir
Top Law News Controversial cop named for medal, locals protest January 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Locals and activists took to the streets here to protest the award of the President’s Police Medal to the city’s former Deputy Inspector General of Police Prem Prakash, accused of shielding the rapist of an 11-year-old girl last year. ‘DIG Prem Prakash was squarely responsible for shielding the owners of Gyansthali School, where Divya was […] Read more »
Top Law News Court raps Delhi government, power regulator January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday pulled up the Delhi government and the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) over appointment of members of the power regulator, saying it is “not happy with the state of affairs”.The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan sharply criticised the government and said “we have seen files […] Read more » Delhi government power regulator
Top Law News Supreme Court declines to block Godhra carnage verdict January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to restrain a special fast track court in Gujarat from pronouncing its verdict Feb 19 in the 2002 Godhra train carnage in which 59 people were killed. The apex court bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice B.S. Chauhan said that “after asking the trial court to proceed with the […] Read more » Godhra carnage verdict
Top Law News More arbitration centres for commercial disputes planned January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on More arbitration centres for commercial disputes planned Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Monday said that the central government was looking at setting up arbitration centres for commercial disputes in every metropolitan city in the country. Speaking during a ceremony in Panaji, marked to unveil India’s first international arbitration outside the national capital, Moily also made a pitch for a paradigm shift […] Read more » arbitration centres commercial disputes
Top Law News Court asks police to maintain peace during Shia procession January 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday asked police to ensure peace in communally-sensitive Aliganj area near Qanati Masjid in south Delhi in view of Chehlum procession to be taken out Tuesday by members of the Shia community. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also allowed the mosque management to install a temporary screen at the site while hearing […] Read more » Shia procession