Top Law News Maharashtra parties fume over boundary row July 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Political parties in Maharashtra Wednesday slammed a central government affidavit in the Supreme Court Tuesday that said the Marathi-speaking areas bordering Maharashtra and Karnataka belonged to the latter. In a sharp reaction, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said the decision was ‘unfair’ to the people of Maharashtra. ‘If this is the case, then why not […] Read more » boundary row
Top Law News Sentencing in Delhi double murder case deferred July 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court on Wednesday deferred till Thursday the hearing on the quantum of sentence in the 2007 murders of an elderly woman and her grandson by their domestic help in Vasant Kunj in south Delhi. Additional Sessions Judge SK Sarvaria deferred the matter. On July 1, the court convicted accused Mithilesh Kumar Singh for murder, […] Read more » double murder case
Top Law News Rights panel orders compensation for delayed pension July 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Rights panel orders compensation for delayed pension The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs.50,000 as compensation to the kin of a government employee who died after waiting more than 10 years for her pension, a statement said Tuesday. Champa Devi, who retired as a health inspector from a primary health centre in Uttar Pradesh […] Read more » Compensation delayed pension
Top Law News Court okays curbs on buses in Kolkata July 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has upheld the West Bengal government’s power to prevent stage carriage buses entering Kolkata in order to decongest roads and curb pollution. The apex court verdict was delivered by a bench of Justices R.V. Raveendran and P. Sathasivam Monday, upholding the West Bengal State Transport Authority’s power to deny permits or curtail […] Read more » buses curbs Kolkata
Top Law News Apex court for higher penalty for false civil claims July 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has favoured increasing the costs that are imposed on litigants to deter false or vexatious civil claims aimed at delaying cases. The maximum cost that can be imposed under the existing provisions is Rs.3,000. The court has suggested to the central government to revisit the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC) […] Read more » false civil claims
Top Law News Check misuse of sex determination law: court July 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday suggested the central government amend the law against sex determination tests for curbing its misuse. Justice S.Muralidhar asked the central government to conduct a comprehensive survey and take appropriate measures to amend the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act to curb the misuse of the law. […] Read more » sex determination law
Top Law News ‘Nadia was styling herself as Pacheco’s wife’ July 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After calling 28-year-old Nadia Torrado former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco’s ‘family friend’ ever since she killed herself by consuming rat poison, his counsel on Monday said that she had been ‘advertising herself as Pachecho’s wife’. Advocate Surendra Desai, arguing on behalf of Pacheco before the additional district and sessions judge in Margao, also said […] Read more » Pacheco's wife'
Top Law News Supreme Court chief justice lists measures to improve judicial functioning July 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The long-awaited improvement in the infrastructure of the lower courts could soon become a reality with Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Monday telling the apex court that a bench would be constituted to hear the problems being faced by the subordinate judiciary every Monday. Similarly, matters to be heard by a constitution bench would not have […] Read more » functioning improve judicial
Top Law News No deputation without employee’s consent: Court July 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 6 Comments on No deputation without employee’s consent: Court A government employee cannot be sent on deputation without his consent, the Gujarat High Court has ruled. The ruling came on a petition filed by Baldev Chauhan, designated as overseer, who urged that his deputation order issued by the district development officer (DDO) be declared illegal and arbitrary.Justice K.S. Jhaveri ruled that the petitioner was […] Read more » consent deputation employees
Top Law News Panchayat threat to lovers in Greater Noida July 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Panchayat threat to lovers in Greater Noida Some rural areas of Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida township were tense on Monday after a village panchayat issued shoot-at-sight orders against two lovers belonging to different castes, police said, adding that security in the village had been beefed up. The panchayat of village Daula-Razpura has issued the orders against Sanjay and Preeti, both in their […] Read more » lovers Panchayat threat
Top Law News Bill against sexual harassment likely in parliament’s monsoon session July 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A bill on preventing sexual harassment of women at the workplace is likely to be introduced in the monsoon session of parliament beginning later this month, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said Monday. “We are expecting to table the bill in the coming monsoon session. The draft of the bill is ready and […] Read more » sexual harassment
Top Law News Supreme Court against CAG scrutiny of BCCI accounts (Lead) July 6, 2010 / July 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition seeking thorough scrutiny of the accounts of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the past 10 years by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). During the hearing, a bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar asked […] Read more » BCCI accounts CAG scrutiny