Top Law News Kasab questions permission to NIA to quiz him November 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the sole survivor out of the 10 Pakistani gunmen in the 26/11 attack, Monday filed an application witghn e Bombay High Court seeking to know how had the Maharashtra government given permission to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to interrogate him. The application was filed Monday – the first […] Read more » Kasab NIA permission questions quiz
Top Law News Ayodhya verdict challenged in Supreme Court November 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court’s Sep 30 verdict on the Ayodhya dispute was Monday challenged by a petitioner in the Supreme Court. The appeal was filed by Mohammad Siddiq alias Hafiz Mohammad Siddiq on behalf of 90-year-old organisation Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH). Siddiq is the general secretary of the JUH, which had taken part in the country’s […] Read more » Ayodhya challenged Supreme Court verdict
Top Law News Yeddyurappa made party in lawmakers’ disqualification case November 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court Monday rejected the plea of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa not to make him a party to a petition of five Independent lawmakers who have challenged their disqualification from the assembly. A three-judge bench of Justice Mohan Shantanagoudar, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice A.S. Bopanna ruled that the chief minister be […] Read more » disqualification lawmakers Yeddyurappa
Top Law News NCPCR to recommend programmes for HIV/AIDS affected children November 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is preparing a comprehensive document recommending programmes to provide assistance to HIV/AIDS affected children. The document includes suggestions like juvenile centres and providing legal and social support for children suffering from HIV/AIDS, NCPCR officials said. ‘We are formulating a comprehensive policy document. The recommendations will include […] Read more » affected HIV/AIDS NCPCR
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Vodafone to deposit Rs.2,500 crore November 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed telecom major Vodafone to deposit Rs.2,500 crore ($550 million) as part of a tax liability in the takeover of Hutch Essar group’s India operations. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia also said Vodafone has to provide a bank guarantee of Rs.8,500 crore to the government. The […] Read more » deposit Hutch Essar group’s Supreme Court Vodafone
Top Law News Apex court grants interim relief to Amar Singh, Jaya Prada November 15, 2010 / November 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim relief to former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh and actor-turned politician Jaya Prada from being expelled as MPs even if they defy their party’s whip in the house. The apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph granted the relief while referring their matter […] Read more » Amar Singh apex court interim Jaya Prada Relief Samajwadi Party
Top Law News No rape by cops, girls tell Chhattisgarh court November 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two days after accusing four policemen of gang raping them in a police station complex in Chhattisgarhs Raigarh district, the two victims Friday retracted their earlier statements in a court Saturday. The girls told a local court at Gharghora town Friday that they were not raped by policemen. The girls, one of them a minor, […] Read more » Chhattisgarh cops Court girls No rape
Top Law News CBI files first charge sheet against Koda in graft case November 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed the first charge sheet against jailed former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and his two associates in a graft case, a source in the federal agency said Saturday. The charge sheet against Koda, Vinod Sinha and Sanjay Chaudhary was filed in a Ranchi vacation CBI court Friday. […] Read more » CBI charge graft case Madhu Koda sheet
Top Law News Colors dragged to court for vulgarity, ‘fake’ wedding on ‘Bigg Boss’ November 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A civil court here has served notice to the chief executive officer (CEO) of Colors TV channel for showing vulgar content on reality show “Big Boss” and cheating the audience by organising the wedding of an already married couple. “The court of class two judge Suresh Srivastava served notice to the CEO of Colors TV […] Read more » Ali Merchant Bigg Boss Colors Court dragged fake Sara Khan vulgarity wedding
Top Law News Plan to settle all pending cases within three years: Moily November 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government has taken initiatives to dispose of all pending cases in various courts across the country within three years, union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily said here Saturday. “The union government, besides taking steps for judicial reforms, is also modernising court administration across the country with the latest information technology,” Moily […] Read more » cases Moily pending plan Settle three within years
Top Law News Judges appointed without transparency: Delhi high court ex-chief justice November 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Appointment of judges in India is bereft of transparency and judicial benches need to be more diverse, former Delhi high court chief justice Ajit Prakash Shah said Saturday. ‘Our current appointments system is out of step with democratic culture, primarily because it lacks transparency, and provides for no oversight,’ Shah said. Known for his outspoken […] Read more » appointed ex-chief justice High Court judges transparency
Top Law News Pro-industry tribal groups move court for Vedanta project November 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment At least eight pro-industry tribal groups Friday moved the Orissa High Court against the central environment ministry’s order disapproving the London-listed Vedanta’s refinery expansion in the state citing violations, a lawyer said. The public suits were filed by residents of Kalahandi and Rayagada districts on behalf of their groups, lawyer Partha Mukherji told. ‘Most of […] Read more » groups Pro-industry tribal Vedanta project