Top Law News Apex court stays anti-Sikh riots case against Sajjan August 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback to the trial of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed trial proceedings against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who faces murder and other charges for his alleged involvement in the riots in which 3,000 people were killed. A bench of justice P Sathasivam and Justice BS Chauhan issued […] Read more » anti-Sikh riots Sajjan Kumar
Top Law News Ishrat Jahan killing: Court-ordered SIT given probe August 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Thursday handed over the investigation into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan killing in a suspected staged-shootout by Gujarat Police to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT). The SIT, headed by former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director R.K. Raghavan, is probing key cases related to the 2002 post-Godhra communal riots in […] Read more » Court-ordered Ishrat Jahan killing SIT
Top Law News Distribute free food to poor: Supreme Court August 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an order of far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court Thursday asked the central government to distribute free foodgrains to families below the poverty line. It also asked the state governments to tell whether they were distributing 35 kg of foodgrains to each of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families that was allocated to them […] Read more » Distribute free food poor Supreme Court
Top Law News Termination of 12 Gujarat judges set aside August 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday set aside the termination of 12 ad-hoc fast track court judges and asked the authorities to consider their reinstatement. A plea filed by 25 other judges for reinstatement was rejected. A division bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Anant Dave said the 12 judges have been assessed to […] Read more » Gujarat Judges set aside Termination
Top Law News Ghaziabad lawyers seek transfer of district judge August 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Ghaziabad lawyers seek transfer of district judge The Ghaziabad Bar Association Wednesday demanded the transfer of the district judge in connection with the provident fund (PF) scam. The bar also demanded a high level inquiry into the circumstances in which a court clerk committed suicide in a court room Tuesday. “In view of the Central Bureau of Investigation complaint before the Supreme […] Read more » district judge transfer
Top Law News Minor husband can be guardian of minor wife: Court August 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ‘A husband who is a minor can be the guardian of his minor wife,’ the Delhi High court Wednesday said, coming to the rescue of a minor couple by setting aside criminal cases filed against the boy by his wife’s family. ‘No other person can be appointed as the guardian of a minor girl, unless […] Read more » guardian Minor husband minor wife
Top Law News Himachal plans litigation free village in each district August 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Himachal Pradesh plans to make one village in each district free from litigation by settling all pending cases related to its residents within a year. Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Kurian Joseph Wednesday said: ‘We have plans to make one village in every district litigation free within one year. For this, the high court […] Read more » free village litigation
Top Law News No review of court ban on forced narco-analysis test August 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government has no proposal to seek a review of a Supreme Court judgment banning forced narco-analysis, polygraph and brain-mapping tests on accused or suspects, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday. Replying to a question, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said that there is no proposal to seek a review of the judgment that narco-analysis, polygraph […] Read more » court ban forced narco-analysis test
Top Law News Bofors pay-off case records sent to trial court August 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the transfer of records of the Bofors pay-off matter to a trial court hearing a plea opposing the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) move to withdraw the two-decade-old case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi. The trial court Saturday deferred till Aug 25 the pronouncement of its order on the plea […] Read more » Bofors Ottavio Quattrocchi. pay-off
Top Law News Pay hike cannot be denied if worker not facing probe: court August 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government cannot deny a pay hike to an employee if there is no disciplinary action pending against him at the time of a salary review, the Gujarat High court has ruled. Justice A.L. Dave, while hearing a case of state government employee Suresh Bhambhani, said that a pay hike cannot be denied to a […] Read more » denied facing Pay hike probe
Top Law News Apex court upholds death for man in family’s murder August 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday confirmed the death sentence awarded to a man for killing his step mother, step brother and sister in 1996 in Mukherjee Nagar area of the national capital, saying the murder was carried out in an ‘extremely brutal, gruesome, diabolical’ manner. The court also confirmed the life sentence awarded to the co-accused […] Read more » death sentence family's murder
Top Law News Labour court not authorised to direct regularisation August 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High court has ruled that a labour court or industrial tribunal has no jurisdiction to direct regularization of a person’s service if that person is recruited without a selection process in a local authority or public body. Hearing a case of Mahuva Nagarpalika vs Jivrajbhai Sankaliya, a single judge bench of Justice K.S. […] Read more » Labour court not authorised regularisation to direct