Top Law News Court cancels bail for Aman Kachru ragging accused July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court Wednesday cancelled bail given by a trial court to four medical college students accused of ragging to death first year student Aman Kachru last year. It also directed the accused to surrender in the fast track court at Dharamsala in Kangra district Thursday by 10 a.m. The order was delivered […] Read more » accused Aman Kachru bail cancels ragging
Top Law News Semester system tussle: Court strives for students’ good July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ‘Don’t play with the life and the career of the students,’ the Delhi High Court Tuesday told the Delhi University and a teachers’ association for their failure to resolve differences over introduction of semester system in colleges. Justice Aruna Suresh asked the university and the Delhi University Teachers’ Association not to endanger the future of […] Read more » Semester system tussle
Top Law News Maximum illegal religious structures in Tamil Nadu July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tamil Nadu has the maximum number of 77,453 unauthorized religious structures on public land, the Supreme Court was Tuesday informed. Tamil Nadu is followed by Rajasthan with 58,253 such structures and Madhya Pradesh with 51,624 unauthorized structures. The court sought details from all states on the number of unauthorized religious structures in parks and on […] Read more » illegal religious structures
Top Law News Court questions Bihar on child trafficking July 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bihar High Court Tuesday issued notice to the Bihar government on the issue of child trafficking, asking it to respond within three weeks and file a status report, an NGO said in a statement issued in New Delhi. The notices were issued after Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), an NGO working for child rights at […] Read more » BIHAR child trafficking
Top Law News Centre’s reply sought on abolishing poverty line July 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday sought the central government’s response to its suggestion to abolish the above poverty line segment and expand the ambit of the below poverty line category under the public distribution system. A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma asked the union food secretary to file his reply to this and […] Read more » abolishing poverty line
Top Law News Court decision on disputed Ayodhya land in September July 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court decision on disputed Ayodhya land in September A special bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday concluded the hearing related to ownership of a disputed land in Ayodhya to which Hindus and Muslims have made rival claims for over a century. The decision is likely to be delivered in September. While Hindus claim the land to be the site of the birthplace […] Read more » Ayodhya land disputed
Top Law News Court questions government on Dalit Muslims’ plea July 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court questions government on Dalit Muslims’ plea The Supreme Court Monday gave six weeks’ time to the central government to file its reply on a suit filed by the Akhil Maharashtra Muslim Khatik Samaj seeking inclusion in the list of other scheduled castes. The petition said that socially Muslim Dalits like khatiks, mehtars, bhangi, lal-begi, halakkhor, mochi, mukri and garudi were similarly […] Read more » Dalit Muslims' plea
Top Law News Trial court told to decide rape case afresh July 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High court Monday set aside a 10-year jail term awarded to a man for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl and directed the trial court to decide the case afresh. The high court slammed the trial court and told it to record the accused’s statement while deciding the matter again. While setting aside the […] Read more » afresh case decide rape
Top Law News Regulate visas issued to terminally ill patients: Court July 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday directed the central government to regulate the procedure for issuing visas to terminally ill foreign nationals, some of whom are suspected of serving as carriers for drug traffickers. The court issued notices to the union home and external affairs ministries on issuing visas to foreign nationals who are terminally ill […] Read more » ill patients issued terminally visas
Top Law News Don’t doubt cops who appear as witnesses, courts told July 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday said that courts should not doubt the evidence given by police officers as witnesses in a case. The court’s observation was made while upholding life imprisonment awarded to a man, for killing his wife two years back, on the basis of statements of police personnel. A division bench of Justice […] Read more » cops doubt witnesses
Top Law News Show rule that makes women ineligible for army: apex court July 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the defence ministry to produce the Army Act notification that makes women ineligible for permanent commission in the regular army. When the apex court bench of Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra said that Section 12 of the Army Act, 1950 was in breach of Article 14 of […] Read more » army ineligible women
Top Law News Apex court notice on 1993 bombing convicts July 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on appeals by the Maharashtra government seeking enhanced punishment for those convicted for their involvement in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts. The court declined to entertain any plea for interim relief by the accused who are serving jail term. The final hearing will be held from Jan 11, 2011 […] Read more » 1993 bombing convicts