Top Law News Gujarat minister again fails to turn up before CBI July 23, 2010 / July 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat’s Minister of State for Home Amit Shah, summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake shootout, Friday again failed to turn up before the agency. He send his lawyer Mitesh Amin instead who asked for the questionnaire. But the agency refused to give it. Read more » CBI Gujarat minister
Top Law News Delhi doctor fined Rs.3 lakh for refusing to help dying man July 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A consumer court has asked a Delhi doctor to pay compensation of Rs.3 lakh to the family of a seriously injured soldier who died outside his clinic two years ago and reminded him of the Hippocratic oath he had taken to “render help to a dying man”. The Delhi State Consumer Redressal Commission in its […] Read more »
Top Law News Court lets married couple live together July 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday allowed a woman to live with her husband after she was forcibly restrained at home by her parents for marrying a man from a different caste. The police were also directed to provide protection to the couple. “We are left with no option but to allow Goldi to accompany her […] Read more » couple married
Top Law News Delhi doctors trained to deal with domestic violence victims July 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government Thursday launched a training programme for its medical officers on treating victims of domestic violence. Health Minister Kiran Walia, inaugurating the programme on ‘Holistic and Human Care of Women Victims of Domestic Violence’, said many such programmes will be organised in the city in future. Walia stressed on the need for sensitising […] Read more » domestic violence victims
Top Law News Government rapped for refusing handicapped girl a job July 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has pulled up the central government for denying a job to physically handicapped girl Pritilata Nanda of Orissa on the grounds that she did not get her name routed through an employment exchange. Nanda was also awarded damages of Rs.300,000. Besides the central government, four officials of South Eastern Railways were also […] Read more » handicapped girl rapped
Top Law News Supreme Court questions government on by-poll norms July 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday asked the central government whether it was mandatory for the Election Commission (EC) to hold an election in a constituency where the outcome of the previous poll was under litigation. While issuing notice to the government and the Telangana Rastra Samithi (TRS), the court sought replies on the issue if the […] Read more » by-poll norms
Top Law News Petitioner fined Rs.30,000 for frivolous suit July 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Slapping a fine of Rs.30,000 on a petitioner for a frivolous suit, the Delhi High Court Thursday said such litigation clogs the wheels of justice. Justice V.B. Gupta hit out at people who file meritless suits and said: ‘Any litigant, who indulges in mindless litigation and unnecessarily wastes the precious time of the court, should […] Read more » frivolous suit Petitioner
Top Law News Aarushi murder: Father seeks legal curbs on media July 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajesh Talwar, father of teenager Aarushi who was murdered along with the family’s domestic help in 2008, Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the media from indulging in reckless and irresponsible reporting on the case. Talwar, in his application, said that the reporting by a section of electronic media and that of the […] Read more » Aarushi murder
Top Law News Court to hear plea against CBI probe in Bihar irregularities July 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Patna High Court is set to hear the Bihar government’s plea to review the court’s decision for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into irregularities of Rs 11,412 crore in the state on Thursday. In a suit filed on Monday, the state government said the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, which alleged […] Read more » Bihar irregularities CBI
Top Law News Sohrabuddin case: CBI summons Gujarat minister Amit Shah July 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat’s Minister of State for Home Amit Shah was Thursday summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake shootout in Ahmedabad. A CBI source said Shah’s arrest was only a “matter of time”. Shah has been accused of calling up policemen involved in […] Read more » CBI Sohrabuddin case
Top Law News Kerala theme park society moves court against closure July 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A society which has set up a controversial mangrove theme park in Kerala’s Kannur district Wednesday approached the Kerala High Court seeking to restrain an order by the union environment and forests ministry to close the park. Acting on the suit filed by Pappinessery Eco-Tourism Society, backed by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the […] Read more » Kerala theme park society
Top Law News Lone Sikh ranger withdraws from 1984 riots cases July 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After nearly 26 years of relentless battle for justice to victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, advocate H.S. Phoolka Tuesday withdrew from all cases following allegations that he had been making personal gains. Phoolka’s decision follows allegation by the president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) Paramjit Singh Sarna that the advocate had […] Read more » 1984 riots cases