Top Law News PUCL approaches apex court on foodgrain for needy families September 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Sep 24, The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Friday asked the Supreme Court to initiate contempt proceedings against 12 states and union territories for not supplying Below Poverty Line families with 35 kg of grain per family per month in accordance with the court order. The apex court by its order of […] Read more »
Top Law News Court defers Virbhadra Singh’s plea in graft case September 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court deferred till Monday the hearing of Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh’s plea seeking that a corruption case against him be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The high court saw intense arguments for over four hours Friday as Virbhadra Singh’s counsel said his client was being falsely implicated. […] Read more » Court defers graft case plea Virbhadra Singh
Top Law News Court dismisses pleas for postponing Satyam trial September 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court hearing the multi-crore Satyam fraud case Friday dismissed the petitions of three accused for postponing the trial against them. The XXI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court dismissed the petitions of former Satyam chief financial officer Vadlamani Srinivas, and two other employees of the company on the ground that they were devoid of […] Read more » Court dismisses pleas postponing Satyam trial
Top Law News Court reserves order on Tiwari’s appeal in paternity suit September 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its order on former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari’s plea contesting its single judge’s decision to impose on him Rs.75,000 in costs in a paternity suit slapped by a man claiming to be his biological son. A bench of Justice Vikramjeet Sen and Justice Mukta Gupta reserved the order […] Read more » appeal Court order paternity suit reserves Tiwari
Top Law News Court quashes trial of scribes in cash-for-query sting (Lead) September 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday quashed all the charges against two journalists from the internet portal, Cobra Post, in a 2006 sting that caught 11 MPs on camera accepting bribes for raising questions in parliament. Hearing the petition of journalists Anirudh Bahal and Suhasini Raj, Justice S.N. Dhingra observed that “charging the petitioner under offence […] Read more » cash-for-query Court quashes scribes sting trial
Top Law News Implement juvenile justice act: Supreme Court September 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Implement juvenile justice act: Supreme Court The Supreme Court Friday pulled up the Central government for not implementing the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act that Parliament passed a decade ago. Despite direction to the Central government to coordinate with the states to ensure the implementation of the law, it has not moved in the matter, an apex court […] Read more » Implement justice juvenile Supreme Court
Top Law News Settle beggars in villages: Gujarat High Court September 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Thursday asked the state government to formulate a policy to address the rehabilitation of beggars and consider sending them to villages and offering them jobs there. A bench comprising Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice K.M. Thaker told the government to finalise its policy on the issue within three weeks. The […] Read more » beggars Gujarat High Court Settle villages
Top Law News Supreme Court stays Ayodhya verdict for one week September 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the verdict in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit case saying the deferment is in public interest. The apex court stayed the verdict while hearing a special leave petition filed by Ram Chandra Tripathi and posted the matter for further hearing on September 28. “The matter has been kept […] Read more » Ayodhya one week stays Supreme Court verdict
Top Law News Apex court gives bail to Kolkata businessman September 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex court gives bail to Kolkata businessman The Supreme Court Monday granted bail to businessman Prabhu Shankar Agarwal, owner of the Haldiram Bhujiawala shop in Kolkota, who was awarded life sentence for attempting to kill the owner of a tea stall adjacent to his outlet. Agarwal was convicted for criminal conspiracy and attempt to murder tea stall owner Promod Sharma alias Thakur, […] Read more » apex court bail businessman Kolkata
Top Law News Ayodhya: Judge issues dissenting note, favours conciliation September 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a surprise move, one of the three judges of the Allahabad High Court’s special Ayodhya bench Monday issued a dissenting note on the order issued by his two co-judges and allowed postponement of the verdict on the long-pending Babri Masjid/Ramjanmabhoomi row. Justice Dharma Veer Sharma also disagreed with his co-judges of the Lucknow bench […] Read more » Ayodhya conciliation dissenting favours issues judge note
Top Law News Apex court dismisses Gawli petition for bail September 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition by Mumbai’s underworld don Arun Gulab Gawli seeking bail in a case under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. The apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma, dismissing Gawli’s petition, directed the trial court to expedite the trial. The court said that […] Read more » apex court bail dismisses Gawli petition
Top Law News Supreme Court rejects Sajjan Kumar’s plea September 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday rejected Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s appeal seeking the quashing of the framing of charges against him in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The apex court bench of Justices P. Sathasivam and Anil R. Dave, however, said the trial court would remain uninfluenced by the adverse observation made by […] Read more » plea rejects Sajjan Kumar Supreme Court