Top Law News Delhi airport told to cut noise pollution October 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has granted more time to the central government to find out what more can be done to reduce the noise level near the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here. After hearing a plea of the residents near the airport, Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan said Oct 20 that the […] Read more » airport cut Delhi noise pollution
Top Law News Over a million Indians engaged in manual scavenging (To go with Abolish manual scavenging by 2012-end, urges NAC) October 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Advisory Council, headed by Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Saturday expressed its distress over manual scavenging in the country and urged the government to abolish it by 2012. Here are some details – # About 1.3 million people are employed in the practice in the country. # In 1993, parliament passed the Employment of […] Read more » engaged Indians manual million Over scavenging
Top Law News Graft case: Shimla court summons Virbhadra Singh, wife October 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court on Saturday issued summons to Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh over filing of chargesheet against them by the State Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau here today. The special court (forest) lead by BL Soni issued notice to Singh and his wife to be present in the court on […] Read more » Court graft case Shimla summons Virbhadra Singh wife
Top Law News Senior RSS leader named suspect in Ajmer blast case, denies charge October 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Indresh Kumar was present when the conspiracy to carry out a blast at Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s shrine in Ajmer was hatched, according to the charge-sheet in the case. He has denied the charges. However, Indresh Kumar has not been named as accused in the charge-sheet filed by the Rajasthan […] Read more » Ajmer blast case charge denies leader RSS senior
Top Law News Court declines stay on Andhra micro-finance ordinance October 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court Friday declined to stay an ordinance brought by the state government last week to regulate micro-finance institutions (MFIs) in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Nisar Ahmed Kakru and Justice Vilas Afzalpurkar asked the MFIs to register within a week as required by the government ordinance but directed […] Read more » Andhra Court declines micro-finance ordinance stay
Top Law News States issued notice on common medical entrance tests October 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday asked all states and associations of private medical colleges for their views on the Medical Council of India’s petition for common entrance tests for admissions to MBBS and post-graduate courses across the country. The Medical Council of India told the court that it sought common entrance tests to remove difficulties […] Read more » common entrance issued medical notice states tests
Top Law News Additional solicitor general resents use of ‘keep’ in ruling October 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaisingh Friday took exception to the use of word ‘keep’ in a Supreme Court judgment. She told the apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and T.S. Thakur that use of highly derogatory words for describing women was not expected from the judges of the apex court. The additional solicitor general […] Read more » Additional general resents ruling solicitor
Top Law News Apex court stays anti-graft hearings against Chautalas October 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday ordered an interim stay on the trial against Abhay Chautala and Ajay Chautala who have been charged with possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. The court also issued a notice to the prosecution asking why the anti-graft proceedings should not be stopped altogether. Both Abhay and Ajay are […] Read more » against anti-graft apex court Chautalas hearings stays
Top Law News Colors TV moves court against ‘Bigg Boss’ ouster from Lonavala October 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Colors TV channel Friday moved the Bombay High Court against the Lonavala Municipal Councils (LMC) eviction orders to its reality show “Bigg Boss-4”. A channel spokesperson said a writ petition has been filed with the Bombay High Court after the civic councils CEO Yogesh Godse served it a notice to stop the shooting of […] Read more » against Bigg Boss Colors TV Court Lonavala ouster
Top Law News ‘Make food security act more comprehensive, meaningful’ October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ahead of the next meeting of the National Advisory Council (NAC) Oct 23, a number of civil society groups Thursday urged its chairperson Sonia Gandhi to make the proposed food security act more “comprehensive” and “meaningful”. They also called for early passage of the bill. In a letter to Gandhi, CARE India and other groups […] Read more » act comprehensive food Make meaningful more security
Top Law News Giving dowry to save proposed marriage no offence: Court October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Giving dowry to save proposed marriage no offence: Court The Delhi High Court has held that giving dowry under the fear that a proposed marriage may be called off is not an offence. The court gave the ruling while quashing a first information report (FIR) filed against a bride and her family for conceding the dowry demand of the groom’s family. Justice Ajit Bharihoke […] Read more » Court dowry Giving marriage offence proposed save
Top Law News Court refuses to lift ban on sand mining October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court refuses to lift ban on sand mining The Maharashtra government suffered a setback Thursday when the Bombay High Court refused to lift a ban on sand mining in the state – a day after the ruling Democratic Front proposed a draft policy on the issue. A division bench of Justice B.H. Marlapalle and Justice U.D. Salvi refused to lift the stay on […] Read more » ban Court lift refuses sand mining