Top Law News Ex-judge asked me not to complain against Balakrishnan: Iyer January 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Stepping up pressure for a probe into graft allegations against former chief justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan, retired Supreme Court judge V.R. Krishna Iyer Monday said a former high court judge approached him recently to persuade him not to raise the matter with the prime minister. ‘He (the judge) requested me that I should not […] Read more » K.G. Balakrishnan V.R. Krishna Iyer
Top Law News Samjhauta blasts: Hindu group leader’s custody extended January 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Monday extended, by 10 days, the police custody of Hindu group leader Swami Aseemanand in connection with the 2007 Samjhauta Express train blasts in Haryana that killed 68 people. Aseemanand was brought before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court amidst tight security cover Monday afternoon. The proceedings were in-camera and no […] Read more » custody Samjhauta blasts
Top Law News Why the haste to close Aarushi case, court asks CBI January 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report seeking closure of the Aarushi Talwar murder case was Monday registered in a court here, which questioned the agency on its haste to shut the case. However, the CBI special court has deferred its hearing in the case saying it would declare the next date of hearing in […] Read more » Aarushi case CBI
Top Law News Talks resume between Gujjars, Rajasthan government January 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Talks between the agitating Gujjar community and the Rajasthan government resumed Monday after the first round remained inconclusive even as the community’s agitation for five percent reservation in government jobs entered the 15th day, disrupting some train services. The talks between the 51-member Gujjar delegation sent by the community and the state government’s three-member ministerial […] Read more » Ashok Gehlot Gujjars Rajasthan
Top Law News Government committed to reservation: Pilot tells Gujjars January 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Even as the deadlock between the Gujjars and the government over the quota issue persisted for the 13th day on Saturday, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot ruled their demand for per cent reservation in state government jobs, saying the government will work according to the guidelines of the High Court. “The government will not bring […] Read more » committed Gujjars reservation
Top Law News Hundreds protest in Bhopal against Binayak Sen’s conviction January 2, 2011 / January 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hundreds of people belonging to at least nine organisations held a rally in Bhopal on Saturday to protest against the life imprisonment verdict awarded to rights activist and doctor Binayak Sen. The protestors marched to Nilam Park from Yadgare Shahjani Park, shouting slogans against the sentence. “If Binayak Sen, who has worked in remote areas […] Read more » Binayak Sen conviction
Top Law News Chhattisgarh right activists protest Binayak Sen’s conviction January 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Right activists and workers of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (CMM) held a rally and staged a sit-in Friday here to extend support to activist Binayak Sen, who was sentenced to life by a local court here last week. It was the first […] Read more » Binayak Sen
Top Law News Need for a review in Aarushi case, say Moily, NCW December 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Even as union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily, National Commission for Women chairperson Girija Vyas and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Friday sought a review of the unsolved Aarushi Talwar murder case, her parents lashed out at the CBI for naming the father as the sole suspect in its closure report. As the Central Bureau […] Read more » Aarushi case
Top Law News Teacher jailed for brutally caning student December 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A school teacher in Bhavsi village of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh was Friday arrested and jailed under the stringent Dalit Act for brutally caning an 11-year old boy for his refusal to wash the school utensils.According to an official, teacher Pradeep Sharma caned Deepak Dec 29 so badly on his knuckles that his finger […] Read more »
Top Law News CBI files charge sheet in Kerala’s Muthoot murder case December 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team that probed the murder of Muthoot Paul M. George Friday submitted its charge sheet to the Ernakulam chief judicial magistrate’s court. The charge sheet is more or less similar to the one by Kerala Police. The agency filed two separate charge sheets, one on the murder of the […] Read more » Muthoot murder case
Top Law News Sony sues LG for patent violation December 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sony has taken the plunge into the escalating mobile phone patent wars. The Japanese electronics company has sued South Korean rival LG for patent infringement, claiming that LG’s mobile phones violate seven Sony patents, according to court documents. Sony filed the patent suit Wednesday with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and with the US […] Read more » patent violation Sony
Top Law News Team probing Ishrat Jahan killing seeks legal help December 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the 2004 Ishrat Jahan staged shootout case has filed a petition before the Gujarat High Court seeking appointment of a lawyer to assist in the probe. Chairperson of the high court-appointed SIT Karnail Singh has sought the appointment of an amicus curiae, a lawyer tasked by court, to assist […] Read more » Ishrat Jahan Special Investigation Team