Top Law News High court prompts Mayawati to release Banda rape victim January 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prompted by an Allahabad High Court directive, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday ordered the release of a 17-year-old rape victim whom a ruling Bahujan Samaj party lawmaker had falsely implicated in a theft case. Though it was a court holiday, senior judge Justice Rajesh Agrawal decided to take suo motto cognizance of the case […] Read more » Banda rape victim Mayawati
Top Law News Court moved on Delhi’s power tariff January 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment North Delhi Power Limited (NDPL) Friday filed a petition before Delhi High Court asking it to direct the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to determine the tariff for 2010-2011. In an application before a division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan, NDPL, a joint venture of Tata power company and the Delhi […] Read more » NDPL North Delhi Power Limited
Top Law News Why hide names of foreign account holders, asks apex court January 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government what was its difficulty in disclosing the names of people who have stashed away huge amounts of money in Swiss and German banks in Liechtenstein principality in Europe.”What is the privilege” in not disclosing their names, asked the apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and […] Read more » account apex court CBDT foreign holders The Central Board of Direct Taxes
Top Law News Plea for CBI probe into Goa’s cops-politician-drug nexus January 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court bench in Goa will next week hear a public interest litigation (PIL) that has sought the Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the police-politician-drug nexus case. Hours after the petition was filed, Goa Police Friday appointed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe links of an anti-narcotics officer to the drug […] Read more » cops-politician-drug nexus
Top Law News India to ease travel permits for Pakistani Kashmiris January 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government will “unilaterally” ease travel restrictions and give multiple-entry permits valid for six months to Pakistani Kashmiris who want to visit their families in Jammu and Kashmir, Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said Friday. Pillai said Pakistan did not agree to the Indian government’s idea to ease travel curbs on families divided across the Line […] Read more » Kashmiris Pakistani permits travel
Top Law News ‘Information commissioners cause loss of Rs. 86 crores’ January 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Information Commissioners across the country caused a loss of Rs. 86 crores to the exchequer during the last fiscal by not imposing penalties in cases where they should have under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, a study released here Thursday said. Public Cause Research Foundation studied 76,813 orders passed by 87 information commissioners and […] Read more » commissioners Information
Top Law News Home ministry to answer in CP shootout: Court January 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Expressing surprise that suspended police official S.S. Rathi, one of the convicted policemen in the 1997 Connaught Place shootout case, is still on the rolls, the Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the union home ministry to verify his employment status and whether the service rules on dismissal pending appeal need to be reviewed. Justice […] Read more »
Top Law News Media cannot be used to fight corporate battles: Tata January 12, 2011 / January 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tata group chairman Ratan Tata has questioned the ‘indiscriminate disclosure’ of private conversations between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and a host of others being justified under the right to free speech, saying the media cannot be used to fight corporate battles. ‘The right to freedom of expression cannot be a euphemism for waging surrogate corporate […] Read more » corporate battles Niira Radia Ratan Tata
Top Law News Gujarat High Court advocates to strike work from Jan 13 January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Advocates Association Tuesday passed a resolution to abstain from work for an indefinite period from Jan 13 to protest the non-appointment of judges. GHAA president Yatin Oza said the resolution condemned the inaction of the central government and other constitutional dignitaries over the issue. The resolution opposes the central government and […] Read more » Gujarat High Court
Top Law News Complaint filed against Swamy for comments on Rahul Gandhi January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Complaint filed against Swamy for comments on Rahul Gandhi A complaint has been filed in a court here against Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy for making derogatory comments against Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, a lawyer said Tuesday. Complainant Prakash Gurjar, general secretary of state Youth Congress, said that he filed the complaint as Swamy’s comments amounted to provoking a class of people amongst […] Read more » Janata Party chief Rahul Gandhi Subramanian Swamy
Top Law News 44 deemed universities facing closure get breather January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to 44 deemed universities that were faced with the prospect of de-recognition, the government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it will carry out a fresh reappraisal of their infrastructure and facilities. Following the submission, the court gave the central government two weeks to issue individual notices to each of the 44 […] Read more » deemed universities
Top Law News Times have changed for K.G. Balakrishnan January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four years ago, the sleepy village of Kaduthuruthy, 30 km from here, was basking in the glory of one of its sons, a humble Dalit who went on to become the 37th chief justice of India. K.G. Balakrishnan assumed the office of Supreme Court chief justice four years ago — Jan 12, 2007 — and […] Read more » K.G. Balakrishnan