Top Law News Court tries to reunite feuding brothers October 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment This Diwali will witness a reunion of three feuding brothers who have not been on talking terms over a property row in Himachal Pradesh for the past two decades. In an order reflecting the humane side of law, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has tried to bring the brothers together before settling the case. Chief […] Read more » Brothers Court feuding reunite tries
Top Law News Tihar Jail to lodge terrorist Hawara October 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday directed Tihar Jail authorities to lodge Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Jagtar Singh Hawara in one of its cells. Hawara, who masterminded the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh at the secretariat complex in Chandigarh Aug 31, 1995, is facing a life term. Delhi’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav […] Read more » Hawara lodge terrorist Tihar Jail
Top Law News Court seeks details on boat hijacked by 26/11 terrorists October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Monday sought details about the probe relating to the fishing vessel ‘Kuber’ which was used by the 10 Pakistani terrorists to sail to Mumbai and carry out the Nov 26, 2008 terror attacks. A division bench comprising Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice R.V. More sought the details from government counsel Ujjwal […] Read more » 26/11 Terrorist Attack boat Court details hijacked seeks
Top Law News Cops involved in barbaric acts threat to society: apex court October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said some policemen in India still lived with a colonial mindset and perpetrated barbaric acts which were an anathema to a democratic society. The court said this while hearing a case in which a man’s penis was cut off by policemen in Rajasthan. ‘If protector becomes the predator, civilized society will […] Read more » apex court barbaric acts cops society threat
Top Law News Emaar-MGF moves court against DDA on bank guarantee October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Emaar-MGF , the private firm which developed the Commonwealth Games Village moved the Delhi High Court against the central government’s direction to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to confiscate the company’s Rs.183 crore bank guarantee. The guarantee was furnished by the builder before taking up the construction of 1,168 flats in the Village on a […] Read more » against bank Court DDA Emaar-MGF guarantee moves
Top Law News Defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi for RSS remark October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi for RSS remark A defamation complaint was Monday lodged in a court in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi against Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for equating the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Asish Kumar Singh, a resident of Ranchi, lodged the complaint in a chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court. Gandhi early this […] Read more » against complaint defamation Rahul Gandhi remark RSS
Top Law News Satyam scam: Court dismisses discharge plea of nine accused October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court on Monday dismissed discharge petitions of nine accused in the multi-crore rupee accounting scam in Satyam Computer Services. The discharge petitions filed by all the accused, barring prime accused former company chairman B. Ramalinga Raju, were dismissed by an additional chief metropolitan magistrate (ACCM) court after hearing the arguments of both sides. […] Read more » accused Court discharge dismisses nine plea Satyam scam
Top Law News Mahesh Bhupathi’s plea on tax relief dismissed October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition by Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi seeking tax relief on Rs.28,50,000 which he said his father spent on his training from 1989-90 to 1993-94. Mahesh said that, as per the memorandum of understanding between him and his father C.G.K. Bhupathi, he has to pay annual installments of […] Read more » dismissed Mahesh Bhupathi plea Relief Tax
Top Law News Jaya Prada, Amar Singh’s plea on anti-defection law adjourned October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday adjourned hearing on a petition by senior star-cum-politician Jaya Prada and Amar Singh challenging the provisions of the anti-defection law that binds even a person expelled from a political party to follow its whip in the legislature. The court asked senior counsel Hari Salve appearing for Jaya Prada to serve the […] Read more » adjourned Amar Singh anti-defection law Jaya Prada plea
Top Law News Supreme Court adjourns Vodafone plea on income tax order October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday adjourned the hearing on a petition by Vodafone challenging an income tax department order asking the telecom giant to pay Rs.11,218 crore ($2.5 billion) tax. The matter will come up for hearing Nov 15. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said they needed to read the income […] Read more » adjourns income tax order plea Supreme Court Vodafone
Top Law News ‘Rural women help Himachal fight open defecation’ October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rural women in Himachal Pradesh have emerged as the driving force behind wiping out the menace of open defecation, a global expert said here Sunday. ‘The women have proved themselves as instrumental towards bringing about behavioural changes in the orthodox Indian society about sanitation and hygiene,’ said Christopher Juan Costain, regional team leader of Water […] Read more » defecation fight Himachal Rural women
Top Law News Focus on scavengers’ rehabilitation, government urged October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hailing the National Advisory Commission’s (NAC) recommendation to ‘fully abolish’ manual scavenging in the country by 2012, social activist Bindeshwar Pathak Sunday said the government should also focus on rehabilitating the scavengers. ‘It’s an encouraging news and a great step towards the betterment of human scavenger’s future. We’ll have to bring them into society’s mainstream […] Read more » Focus Government rehabilitation scavengers urged