Top Law News Andhra Pradesh awarded maximum share of Krishna waters December 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Andhra Pradesh has been awarded maximum share of 1,000 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of surplus water from Krishna river by a tribunal set up six years ago, followed by 911 TMC for Karnataka and 666 TMC for Maharashtra. The Justice Brijesh Kumar Tribunal under the retired apex court judge gave its report Thursday on […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh Krishna waters
Top Law News BCCI panel’s proceedings against Lalit Modi stayed December 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay high court on Saturday stayed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) disciplinary committee’s proceedings against suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi, saying that the panel did not have the BCCI general body’s mandate. Modi’s counsel Mehmood Abdi had related stories ‘Modi helped BCCI earn revenue’ BCCI Disciplinary Committee […] Read more » BCCI Lalit Modi
Top Law News Chhattisgarh lawyers, politicians silent on Sen verdict December 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day has passed since life imprisonment has been pronounced to rights activist Binayak Sen along with Maoist ideologue Narayan Sanyal and businessman Piyush Guha, but Chhattisgarh’s lawyers and politicians are silent on the subject. Leading figures from social work, media and even advocates have so far refused to make any public comment on the […] Read more »
Top Law News Himachal all set to empower rural women December 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Himachal Pradesh is all set to empower women at the grassroots level by electing only women to around 13,000 seats in panchayati raj institutions (PRIs), the village-level third tier of governance. The Himachal Pradesh government, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, in 2008 raised reservation of seats for women in all rural and urban civic […] Read more » empower Himachal rural women
Top Law News CBI court’s clean chit to Dera chief in murder case December 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Friday gave a clean chit to controversial Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh in the murder of sect functionary Faqir Chand. CBI special court judge Abdul Majid ordered Friday that the murder case be closed after the agency, which investigated the murder case, filed a […] Read more » CBI Dera chief
Top Law News Activist’s in Mumbai protest Binayak Sen verdict December 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activists and the public gathered outside Mumbai’s busy Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Friday to protest a Chhattisgarh court’s verdict sentencing rights campaigner Binayak Sen to life imprisonment for sedition and links with Maoists. ‘It’s a tragic day for our country,’ said documentary-filmmaker Anand Patwardhan who was part of the demonstration. They protestors raised slogans like ‘Down […] Read more » Binayak Sen Mumbai protest
Top Law News Why no night shelters for street kids, NHRC asks Delhi December 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an explanation from the Delhi government over the plight of homeless children in the capital and the lack of dedicated night shelters for them, the commission said. An NHRC official aid Friday that the commission took suo motu cognisance of media reports that a survey by an […] Read more » NHRC
Top Law News Binayak Sen, two others get life term; family, activists furious December 24, 2010 / December 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rights activist Binayak Sen was Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Chhattisgarh court for alleged links with Maoists. His shaken family called it a sad day for Indian democracy while fellow activists reacted with disbelief and vowed to appeal. As Sen, 59, clad in a kurta-pyjama and looking his frail self, watched on, district […] Read more » Binayak Sen
Top Law News ‘Tees Maar Khan’, ‘Dabangg’ dragged to court December 23, 2010 / December 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed before the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court Thursday alleging obscenity in Bollywood films ‘Dabangg’ and ‘Tees Maar Khan’. The petition sought the deletion of popular songs ‘Munni Badnaam Hui’ from ‘Dabangg’ and ‘Shiela ki Jawani’ from ‘Tees Maar Khan’. Filed by Nutan Thakur, wife of an Indian […] Read more » 'Dabangg' Tees Maar Khan'
Top Law News Magistrate sacked for demanding dowry December 23, 2010 / December 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh High Court Thursday sacked a judicial magistrate in the state for demanding dowry. Inder Singh Malaviya, a first class magistrate in Shahdol district, sought dowry on the day of his wedding with Monica Solanki at Dewas Dec 1. The magistrate reportedly came in a drunken condition to the wedding venue and refused […] Read more » magistrate sacked
Top Law News Court orders Tiwari to undergo paternity test December 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court orders Tiwari to undergo paternity test Veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari was Thursday ordered by the Delhi High Court to undergo a DNA test to ascertain a young man’s claim that Tiwari is his biological father. Rohit Shekhar, 31, who claims to be Tiwari’s son, was jubilant after the court’s decision. Tiwari has resisted the DNA test to determine the paternity […] Read more » N.D. Tiwari paternity
Top Law News Rights activists await ruling on Binayak Sen December 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rights activists from across India are gathering here as a court is set to rule Friday in the case involving Binayak Sen, who spent two years in jail for alleged links with Maoists. Security has been stepped up in and around the district and sessions court where judge B.P. Varma will give his verdict on […] Read more » Binayak Sen