Top Law News Appointments of senior officials not under RTI: Court July 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday said that information pertaining to appointment of top bureaucrats cannot be revealed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Justice S. Muralidhar passed this order while dismissing the plea of RTI activist and Magsaysay Award winner Arvind Kejriwal, seeking disclosure of the information on the ground that people had the […] Read more » Appointments officials RTI senior
Top Law News Apex court upholds CBI probe into Mumbai police firing deaths July 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the Maharashtra government’s plea against a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of six people in police firing during the 1992 Mumbai riots. It also directed the agency to complete the probe in six months. The CBI investigation was ordered by the Bombay High Court. “We are […] Read more » CBI deaths firing Mumbai
Top Law News Delhi High Court comes to aid of in-laws July 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday on held that a woman cannot book her in-laws under the Domestic Violence Act if the parents are not living with their son and his wife. ‘There can be no domestic relationship of the wife of the son with the parents when the parents are not living with the son, […] Read more » aid in-laws
Top Law News Court seeks information on declaring begging an offence July 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Thursday asked the central and the state governments to submit their report, within three weeks, on the proposed action to create public awareness that begging was an offence. The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Joseph Chelliah who sought the court’s directions to the central and the Gujarat […] Read more » begging offence
Top Law News Aarushi murder: Court to hear father’s plea on media curbs July 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An application filed by Rajesh Talwar, father of teenager Aarushi who was murdered along with her family’s domestic help in 2008, seeking to restrain the media from indulging in reckless reporting on the case will be heard on August 9, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. Talwar, a doctor by profession, told the court that […] Read more » Aarushi murder media curbs
Top Law News Sohrabuddin case: CBI pits Tulsi against Jethmalani July 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eminent criminal lawyer K.T.S. Tulsi will appear for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case in which former Gujarat minister Amit Shah has been arrested, a government source said Thursday. ‘The CBI decided to field Tulsi and an ASG (additional solicitor general) as noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani is […] Read more » CBI Jethmalani Sohrabuddin case Tulsi
Top Law News CBI summons IPS officer Johri in Sohrabuddin case July 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday summoned Geetha Johri, the first woman IPS officer of Gujarat, in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. Johri, who was the part of Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case, has been asked to appear before the CBI on August 10. […] Read more » CBI IPS officer Johri Sohrabuddin case summons
Top Law News Apex court stays Ghaziabad provident fund scam trial July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday stayed the trial in the Ghaziabad provident fund scam case pending before a CBI court in the Uttar Pradesh town on the capital’s outskirts. The court stayed the proceedings after the CBI sought the transfer of the case from Ghaziabad to Delhi. Read more » Ghaziabad provident fund scam trial
Top Law News Bihar legislator acquitted in abduction case July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sunil Pandey, a ruling Janata Dal-United legislator sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping a doctor in Bihar, was acquitted by the Patna High Court Wednesday, a court official said. Pandey and four others were acquitted due to lack of evidence, the official said. In 2008, a trial court sentenced Pandey, who represents the Piro constituency […] Read more » abduction case acquitted BIHAR legislator
Top Law News Honour killing of research scholar alleged July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Honour killing of research scholar alleged Students of the Panjab University have filed a complaint with a human rights panel alleging that a 25-year-old woman, who her family said died of heart attack, was actually killed by her father and brother for their ‘honour’. According to the complaint filed by the students’ NGO of the varsity to the Punjab State Human […] Read more » alleged honour killing research scholar
Top Law News Relief for Congress MP from Kerala High Court July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court on Wednesday gave relief to five-time Congress Lok Sabha member Kodikunnil Suresh by staying for three weeks a verdict annulling his election as MP from a constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes. Suresh had filed a petition asking the court to stay the verdict for a month so that he could approach […] Read more » Congress MP Kerala High Court Relief
Top Law News High court notice to Varun Gandhi in defamation case July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on High court notice to Varun Gandhi in defamation case The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi in a defamation case filed by his uncle V.M. Singh. Gandhi was asked by Justice Aruna Sureesh to file his reply by July 30. Gandhi and Singh were pitted against each other in the 2009 general elections in Pilibhit, Uttar […] Read more » defamation case Varun Gandhi