Top Law News Orissa moves apex court on proposed Vedanta university December 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after Vedanta moved the Supreme Court against the Orissa High Court order quashing land acquisition for its university project in Puri, the Orissa government has filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the apex court, challenging the same verdict. “I wish to inform that the state government has filed a SLP in the […] Read more »
Top Law News Did not suppress Madras High Court chief’s report: Balakrishnan December 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Releasing a letter former Madras High Court chief justice H.L. Gokhale wrote to him then, former chief justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan said Wednesday that there was no question of “suppressing” an alleged bid of former minister A. Raja to influence a high court judge.Balakrishnan pointed out that a report of former high court chief […] Read more »
Top Law News Gujarat High Court rebukes lawyer for high fee December 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court pulled up an advocate for seeking Rs.1 lakh as fee from the family of a person killed in a road accident, saying his action reminded the court of ‘ambulance chasers’. In the order made available on Wednesday, a single judge bench of Justice Akil Kureshi admonished Kanu Gohil for approaching the […] Read more » high fee lawyer rebukes
Top Law News Respect women, says Delhi government posters December 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the wake of rising crime against women, the Delhi government has decided to launch a poster campaign in the city asking people to respect women, an official said Wednesday. “Delhi’s information department has finalised a plan in this regard and it will be implemented in two or three days. This has been done at […] Read more » Respect women
Top Law News Supreme Court stays counsel’s suspension December 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday stayed the Madras High Court order suspending senior counsel R.K. Chandramohan from the membership of the Tamil Nadu Bar Council and as its chairman. The apex court bench headed by D.K. Jain stayed the order on the mentioning of the petition by senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi. Chandramohan allegedly tried to influence […] Read more » Counsel suspension
Top Law News Don’t remove night shelters, apex court tells states December 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked state governments not to remove any night shelters for the homeless till the biting cold abates. The court said that the night shelters should be retained till the end of February. The apex court bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma said the state governments could shift the night […] Read more » night remove shelters
Top Law News Aligarh to impose ‘steep’ fine on rickshaw users December 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Residents of Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district who remain seated on a cycle-rickshaw while going up a steep incline will now be fined Rs.500, an official said Tuesday. ‘I have issued the circular on humanitarian grounds. I think it’s inhumane to force the rickshaw-puller to cycle up an ascent with commuters sitting in it,’ District Magistrate […] Read more » fine rickshaw users
Top Law News Deshmukh invites Supreme Court censure December 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Deshmukh invites Supreme Court censure The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for interfering in the enforcement of a law to regulate private money lending in the state.Deshmukh is currently union minister for heavy industries. “The chief minister has no business to interfere in the functioning of the 1946 Act to regulate money lending in […] Read more » censure Deshmukh Supreme Court
Top Law News Sunni Waqf board files appeal on Ayodhya in Supreme Court December 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Sunni Central Waqf Board Tuesday filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court for setting aside the Allahabad High Court judgment on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit. ‘Our appeal on behalf of Sunni Waqf Board was filed today,’ Zafaryab Jilani, the board’s lawyer, told reporters here. A three-judge special bench of the […] Read more » Sunni Waqf board
Top Law News Apex court questions states over students’ fate December 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to all the states asking them how they would accommodate students of 44 private deemed universities if they were to be derecognised. The apex court bench headed by Justice Dalveer Bhandari said this while hearing a public interest litigation by Viplab Sharma seeking derecognition of all private institutions granted […] Read more »
Top Law News Tata’s privacy plea to be heard in February, claims rebutted December 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Slating for early February 2011 the hearing on Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata’s plea for a ban on publication of the Radia tapes’ transcripts, the Supreme Court Monday asked the central government to submit to it the complaints against corporate lobbyist Nira Radia. The apex court bench of Justice G.S.Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly […] Read more » plea privacy Tata's
Top Law News Two convicted for murdering judo coach December 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fast track court in this Orissa capital held two people guilty Monday in the sensational murder of judo coach Biranchi Das, who mentored child prodigy marathoner Budhia, a government lawyer said.Judge Vivekananda Das of the first track court III held prime accused Raja Acharya and his associate Akhya Behera guilty of committing the murder […] Read more » coach judo murdering