Top Law News Reply to plea on contempt proceedings, Andhra told June 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked Andhra Pradesh to file a reply on a petition seeking to initiate contempt proceedings against the state government for breaching the court’s interim order in the appointment of secondary grade teachers. The vacation bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice A.K. Patnaik gave the state […] Read more » contempt proceedings
Top Law News Court orders arrest of accused in 1999 rape case June 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa High Court Thursday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to arrest, within three months, the absconding accused in a more than 11-year-old rape case, a lawyer said. A division bench of Justice A.S.Naidu and Justice S.C Parija sought the arrest of Biban Biswal, while dismissing the appeal filed by two other convicts […] Read more » rape cases
Top Law News Court seeks report on Gujarat prisoner June 24, 2010 / June 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Thursday asked the authorities to furnish a report on the condition of a convict who is suffering from gangrene allegedly due to lack of care and treatment by the jail authorities. The court also sought from the authorities a report on whether state hospitals are equipped to treat prisoners. The petitioner, […] Read more » Gujarat prisoner report
Top Law News Gujarat tribunal chief appointed June 24, 2010 / June 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Gujarat tribunal chief appointed A tribunal for taking up disputes related to public works contracts will soon become functional as its chairman has been appointed, the Gujarat High Court was informed by the state government Thursday. The state government submitted that Judicial Officer K.M. Vin has been appointed chairman of the Gujarat Public Works Contract Arbitration Tribunal. The submission […] Read more » Gujarat tribunal
Top Law News Bhopal gas victims demanded more compensation June 24, 2010 / June 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming the increased compensation announced by the government as insufficient, about 700 Bhopal gas tragedy survivors Thursday held a protest at Jantar Mantar here to demand greater compensation in view of the hardships they have faced since 1984. ‘The government has announced a compensation package of Rs.10 lakh to the dead and Rs.5 lakh to […] Read more » Bhopal gas victims
Top Law News Maharashtra to move apex court over ‘best five’ verdict June 24, 2010 / June 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after the Bombay High Court rejected the ‘best five’ formula espoused by the Maharashtra government for admission to Class 11, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said here Thursday that the verdict will be challenged before the Supreme Court. The government will challenge the verdict which said that the ‘best five’ formula for Secondary School […] Read more » verdict
Top Law News Land gifted to Rajendra Prasad usurped by Congress? June 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s first president Rajendra Prasad would never have imagined that land gifted to him in 1940 for starting an educational institution would allegedly be grabbed by the very Congress party of which he had been a member. But that does seem to be the case. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has now written a letter […] Read more » Rajendra Prasad
Top Law News Court grills Gujarat on civic polls June 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday directed the state government to tell under which provisions of the constitution it was empowered to notify seats for municipal corporation wards. The division bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi sought answers from the state government and the state election commission in this regard over a […] Read more » civic polls Gujarat
Top Law News Court slams illegal educational institutions June 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said the process of admissions and consequent examinations in unrecognized private educational institutions has become a “vicious circle”. “This has become a vicious circle. They don’t get recognition. By provisional orders of the court they give admissions and then by yet another provisional order they hold examinations,” said the vacation bench […] Read more » educational illegal institutions
Top Law News BJP demands fast-track courts for honour killing cases June 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Saying honour killings were nothing but cold-blooded murders, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday demanded that fast-track courts be set up to deal with the growing incidence of such cases. ‘The BJP demands that fast track courts must be set up to deal with such cases so that such practices do not continue,’ BJP spokesperson […] Read more » fast-track courts honour killing
Top Law News CII rallies behind Keshub Mahindra on Bhopal gas verdict June 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Industrialist Keshub Mahindra, found guilty of criminal laxity with six others in the Bhopal gas disaster, Wednesday found support from an apex chamber that wanted changes in the liabilities of non-executive directors in such incidents. ‘The law regarding potential liability of non-executive and independent directors needs to undergo a change,’ said a statement issued by […] Read more » Bhopal gas verdict Keshub Mahindra
Top Law News Plea to allow regional languages in high courts June 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Plea to allow regional languages in high courts Proceedings in high courts should be allowed in regional languages, a petitioner said Wednesday while moving the Supreme Court and seeking directions to the central government on the issue. The petition was in particular reference to an ongoing agitation in Tamil Nadu for holding proceedings in Madras High Court in Tamil. The petitioner All India […] Read more » allow languages regional