Top Law News Raja was impolite to PM: Supreme Court December 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court verdict directing court monitoring of the CBI probe into the 2G spectrum scam has revealed the impolite language that sacked communictions minister A. Raja had used in a communication to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Raja, in his November 2, 2007 communication, had rejected Manmohan Singh’s suggestion to auction 2G spectrum to new […] Read more » PM Supreme Court
Top Law News Maudany’s wife charged in bus burning case December 17, 2010 / December 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sufiya Maudany, wife of jailed Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nazir Maudany, was among 13 people charged Friday by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) with waging war against the nation in the 2005 Kalamassery bus burning case. The chargesheet was filed at the special NIA court here that said Sufiya, along with another person […] Read more » Maudany wife
Top Law News Two get life term for judo coach’s murder December 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two men were sentenced to life imprisonment by a fast track court here Friday for murdering judo coach Biranchi Das, who had trained child marathon runner Budhia Singh. Judge Vivekananda Das of the first track court III awarded life term to Raja Acharya and his associate Akhya Behera, special government prosecutor Sidhartha Das told reporters. […] Read more » judo coach murder
Top Law News Advanced HIV treatment is free for all, apex court told December 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will provide free the second line of treatment to all the HIV patients even if their initial treatment was done in private hospitals. The National AIDS Control Organisation’s (NACO) decision is a significant departure from its earlier stand that the second line treatment at its expense […] Read more » free HIV treatment
Top Law News Court for continuing graft probe against Mumbai Congress chief December 17, 2010 / December 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh Thursday suffered a setback after the Bombay High Court reviewed the status of investigations by three investigating agencies into corruption allegations against him and directed them to continue their probe. Singh, a legislator representing Kalina constituency, has been under a cloud for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources […] Read more » Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh
Top Law News Insensitive, callous to demolish night shelters: Apex court December 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pulling up the authorities, the Supreme Court Thursday said it was the responsibility of the central and state governments to ensure that no deaths occurred due to lack of night shelters and asked that two shelters pulled down in this biting winter be restored within three days. The apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari […] Read more » callous demolish insensitive night shelters
Top Law News High court dismisses trial judge’s reference on lawyer’s brief December 16, 2010 / December 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court has dismissed a reference made to it by a sessions judge on whether an advocate can continue to represent his client in a criminal case even after the client’s death.A division bench of Justice Jayant Patel and Justice S.R. Brahmbhatt dismissed the reference made to it by Sessions Judge P.B. Desai […] Read more »
Top Law News Kerala girls to make documentary on gender issues December 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala government has joined hands with film-maker Sanjiv Sivan to bring together 25 girls who will make a documentary video ‘Girls Unlimited’. The film will be based on their experiences as girls and the impact of gender issues on them. “These girls will be divided into five groups and each group will make a […] Read more »
Top Law News Graft case: Virbhadra exempted from personal appearance December 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Thursday granted union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife exemption from personal appearance in a corruption case. Appearing in the court of special judge B.L. Soni for the first time since the chargesheet was filed against them by Himachal Pradesh’s vigilance and anti-corruption bureau Oct 1, Virbhadra Singh and his […] Read more » graft case Virbhadra
Top Law News Orissa gets show cause notice from apex court December 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday asked Orissa why a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe should not be ordered into the alleged diversion of central funds. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia issued show cause notice to the state over the issue related to the centrally-sponsored National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). Read more »
Top Law News Evidence of wrongdoings in 2G spectrum grant: apex court December 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said there was prima facie evidence of wrongdoings in the grant of 2G spectrum licences in 2008 and that of dual use technology to some telecom operators in 2007. The court said the evidence of wrongdoing was supported by the reports of the Central Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas and that of […] Read more » Central Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas
Top Law News Apex court reserves ruling on sentence of Staines’ killer December 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its ruling on a petition challenging an Orissa High Court verdict that reduced to life term the death sentence of Dara Singh, who killed Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in 1999.The apex court bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice B.S. Chauhan reserved the verdict on the […] Read more »