Top Law News Metro accident victim moves court, seeks Rs.50 lakh relief October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Twentytwo-year-old Mehjabi who lost her legs in a freak accident at a Metro station in March moved the Delhi High Court Thursday seeking a compensation of Rs.50 lakh from Delhi Metro and a government job. In her petition, she demanded that the safety standards at Metro stations be improved. Hearing the petition, Justice S. Muralidhar […] Read more » accident Court Metro moves Relief Rs.50 lakh seeks victim
Top Law News If prosecution case solid, hostile witnesses don’t matter: Court October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that even if all witnesses turn hostile a trial court can convict and sentence the accused, if the prosecution is successful in establishing their guilt. If the prosecution case is strong then ‘eye witnesses turning hostile, do not, in any way, create a dent in the case of the prosecution’, […] Read more » case Court don't hostile matter prosecution solid witnesses
Top Law News Live-in relationship no guarantee to alimony October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Live-in relationship no guarantee to alimony The Supreme Court Thursday said that not all live-in arrangements amount to a “relationship in the nature of marriage” to entitle women to maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. “Merely spending weekends together or one night stand would not make it a domestic relationship,” the court said. Though the act […] Read more » alimony guarantee Live-in relationship
Top Law News L&T gets notice in NHAI land acquisition case October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment How can land acquisition be carried out in a manner that denies the original owner the right of way to his remaining land? The question was raised by the Gujarat High Court, which has served notice on Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) in connection with a National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) project. Chief Justice […] Read more » acquisition case L&T land NHAI
Top Law News Apex court rejects woman’s alimony claim October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday set aside an Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict recognising the rights of the second wife and awarding her maintenance of Rs.500 per month. The apex court bench of Justices Markandey Katju and T.S. Thakur was hearing the case of a man called D. Velusamy and his second wife D. Patchaiamal. Read more » alimony apex court claim rejects Woman
Top Law News ‘Satyam’s Raju did not fudge accounts, only did window dressing’ October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday was told that the alleged fudging of accounts by the former chairman of Satyam Computer Services Limited B. Ramalinga Raju was only “window dressing”. The apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma was told this by senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi while opposing the Central Bureau of Investigation […] Read more » accounts did dressing' fudge not only Raju Satyam window
Top Law News Apex Court’s verdict on street vendors cheered October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court’s verdict on vendors’ right to carry on their business. Representing more than 540 street vendors organisations across 23 states of the country, it further demanded that a comprehensive legislation on the lines of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) must be […] Read more » apex court cheered street vendors verdict
Top Law News CBI to get six new special courts in Maharashtra October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will soon get six dedicated special courts across Maharashtra to hear cases investigated by the agency, the government announced Wednesday. While three courts will come up in Mumbai, one each will be set up in Pune, Nagpur and Amravati, the state cabinet decided at a meeting presided over by […] Read more » CBI courts get Maharashtra new six special
Top Law News Kasab absent for court proceedings Wednesday October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab Wednesday remained absent for the proceedings of the Bombay High Court where arguments on confirming his death sentence are going on. He attended the first two days of the proceeding via video-camera in the Arthur Road Central Jail here. ‘The court has allowed him to decide whether or not […] Read more » absent Court Kasab proceedings Wednesday
Top Law News Spread awareness on schemes for needy women, court tells Delhi October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking note of a destitute woman’s death after she gave birth to a baby on a pavement here in July, the Delhi High Court Wednesday suggested to the Delhi government to spread awareness about welfare schemes meant for needy women. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan asked the government to explore […] Read more » awareness Court Delhi needy schemes spread women
Top Law News VHP not ready to give away any part of Ayodhya land October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rejecting the Ayodhya verdict of the Allahabad High Court, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Wednesday demanded not only the disputed 90 ft x 120 ft plot where the Babri Masjid once stood, but also the over 67 acres of land nearby acquired by the central government. ‘We are not ready to part with any bit […] Read more » Ayodhya give land not part ready VHP
Top Law News NGO ordered to pay Rs.75,000 for transparency law abuse October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs.75,000 on an NGO which had sought an inquiry into the role of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) engineers in the alleged mismanagement of Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects. The court dismissed the petition after the MCD submitted that the petitioner NGO, Pardarshita Public Welfare Foundation, had […] Read more » abuse for Law NGO ordered pay Rs.75000 transparency