Top Law News Court refuses to interfere in Ahmedabad demolition drive November 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Thursday refused to interfere in a sealing and demolition drive by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation against illegal constructions but offered relief for some buildings that faced action. The high court bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi came down heavily on officials of the state government and the […] Read more » Ahmedabad Court demolition drive interfere refuses
Top Law News Larger bench may take up Punjab Sikhs’ minority status case November 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday indicated that it may refer to the constitution bench the question whether Sikhs in Punjab enjoy minority status in respect of setting up educational institutions and availing related benefits. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar said this while hearing the petitions by the Punjab government […] Read more » bench Larger Punjab Sikhs
Top Law News Apex court reserves ruling on RTI plea on judges’ posting November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved the verdict on its own petition challenging the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) order directing the chief justice of India to give details on the appointment of three apex court judges. While reserving the order, the apex court bench of Justice B Sudershan Reddy and Justice SS Nijjar said that […] Read more » apex court CIC judges plea posting RTI
Top Law News Bigg Boss gets court reprieve till Monday November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Thursday stayed till Monday a central government order directing Colors TV to shift the telecast of its reality show “Bigg Boss” from prime time to after 11 p.m., the channel said. A division bench of Justice D.K. Deshmukh and Justice N.D. Deshpande, while granting the injunction till Monday, observed that the […] Read more » Bigg Boss
Top Law News Rahul, Rakhi, Sudarshan – all dragged to Madhya Pradesh courts November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Digvijay Singh, former RSS chief K.S. Sudarshan and TV actress Rakhi Sawant have one thing in common. They have all been dragged to court in Madhya Pradesh. Cases were filed against the two Congress leaders for comparing the Hindu rightwing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with the Students Islamic Movement of […] Read more »
Top Law News Supreme Court adjourns hearing on 2G spectrum case November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday adjourned hearing on the 2G spectrum scam case saying it wanted to “carefully” go through the final report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and compare it with the report of the Director General of Audit (Post and Telegraph). Read more » 2G spectrum case adjourns Supreme Court
Top Law News Solicitor general embroidering or stretching truth: Subramanian Swamy November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday alleged that Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian could have been “misled” by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on communications with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the 2G spectrum allocation issue. “The solicitor general has either been misled by the PM’s office or misinformed the court,” Swamy told reporters outside […] Read more » embroidering general solicitor Subramanian Swamy
Top Law News Gujarat officer challenges order for disclosure of assets November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday issued a notice to the state government after a senior bureaucrat asked the court to set aside a state government order asking officials to furnish details of their assets. Notices were issued to the state government, its public information officer, the chief information commissioner. Arvind Agrawal, an Indian Administrative Service […] Read more » assets challenges disclosure Gujarat officer
Top Law News Property dealer gets life term for wife’s killing November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court here Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to a property dealer convicted of plotting the killing of his wife in 2008. According to police, Baljinder Singh alias Talla, hatched the conspiracy with his friend Ashok Kumar and employee Vijay Pal to kill his wife Anuradha May 17, 2008, at Sector 38 (west) here. Besides […] Read more » dealer killing Property wife
Top Law News Supreme Court frowns on PM’s silence over Raja November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday took exception to the 15-month “silence” of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on former MP Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking sanction to initiate proceedings against then telecom minister A. Raja over the 2G spectrum row. The prime minister could have said that the material on record was insufficient and declined the sanction, said […] Read more » frowns PM Raja Supreme Court
Top Law News CAG should enhance skills to serve future needs: PM November 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) needs to enhance its skills to reorient itself to deliver results, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday and added that reports from the institution are taken very seriously by the government, parliament and the people. Addressing a gathering at the inauguration of the 150-year celebrations of the CAG, the […] Read more » CAG PM skills
Top Law News Land acquisition for Vedanta University quashed November 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa High Court on Tuesday quashed the process of land acquisition for Vedanta University in Puri and directed the government to return the acquired land to its owners, a lawyer said. The division bench of Chief Justice V Gopal Gouda and Justice B P Das delivered their verdict in response to eight petitions, said […] Read more » acquisition land quashed Vedanta University