Top Law News Govt should avoid unnecessary litigation: Ex-Supreme Court judge January 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “The government should refrain from resorting to unnecessary litigations in cases as it burdens judicial system.” According to the Former Supreme Court judge Dalveer Bhandari, who is at present a judge at the International court of Justice at Hague. Justice Bhandari also told, “The state and the Central government are the biggest litigants in courts. The government […] Read more » avoid unnecessary litigation bonafide cases Central Government Ex-Supreme Court judge extensive genuine cases Government Supreme Court judge unnecessary litigations
Top Law News High Court accepts Delhi Police status report after apology January 10, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fresh status report disclosing the names of police officials patrolling the area in Delhi which a 23-year-old girl was gang-raped in a moving bus here, has been accepted by the Delhi High Court after the city police tendered apology for not disclosing the names earlier. “I tender my unconditional apology for not giving names […] Read more » Central Government Chief Justice D Murugesan counsel for Delhi Police Dayan Krishnan Delhi gang-rape Delhi police ACP Delhi Police DCP gang rape gang rape in bus gang rape in Delhi Justice VK Jain Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
Top Law News Empower women through self-help groups: Ramesh November 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment According to the Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh ” The central government has stepped up efforts to empower women through self-help groups in the country and is seeking to achieve a target of 70 million women in six million such groups.” Ramesh said, “Today there are 30 million women in 2.5 million women’s self-help groups and […] Read more » Central Government Kudumbasree Minister for Rural Development National Rural Livelihood Mission NRLM WSHG
Top Law News Supreme Court upholds army commanding officers’ power to sack November 5, 2012 / November 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court said, “There is no legal infirmity if an army personnel is dismissed in summary court martial proceedings conducted by a commanding officer who also issues the charge sheet against him.” The apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice Anil R. Dave in a recent judgment said, “There is no violation of the […] Read more » accused army man army Army Act Army Act or the Army Rules army commanding officers Army Rules Assam Rifle Central Government dismissal of washerman/rifleman Dinesh Prasad imprisonment Justice Anil R. Dave Justice R.M. Lodha natural justice no legal infirmity if an army personnel Section 116 of the Army Act summary court martial The Supreme Court washerman/rifleman Dinesh Prasad
Top Law News Some Mumbai cable operators defy digitisation order November 2, 2012 / November 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Shiv Sena-backed cable operators in Mumbai continued to be defiant vis-a-vis the digitisation of TV networks the first day of the central-government mandated switchover from the earlier analogue signal system. There was no total blackout of the TV sets of viewers who had still not got a digital Set Top Boxes (STB) and Cable Operator’s […] Read more » 100 percent digitisation blackout of the TV Bombay High Court Borivali cable operator Central Government digitisation of TV networks digitisation order Mumbai cable operators north Mumbai Set Top Boxes Shiv Sena Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray Union leader Anil Parab of the Shiv Sena
Top Law News High Court of Delhi seeks report on steps taken to prevent dengue October 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court sought a report from the central government on a petition seeking implementation of a long-term action plan to control outbreak of dangerous or epidemic diseases like dengue in the capital city. A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw sought reply within three weeks from the […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Central Government Delhi High Court dengue Directorate of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme Government of India High Court of Delhi Ministry of Health and Family Welfare prevent dengue public interest litigation
Top Law News Ramadoss went against centre’s stand, CBI tells court October 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Ramadoss went against centre’s stand, CBI tells court The CBI said to a special court that former union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss had taken a decision contrary to the central government’s assurance to the apex court on an issue linked to a medical college. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told Special Judge Talwant Singh that Ramadoss decided to grant permission to the […] Read more » Anbumani Ramadoss CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Central Government IMCHRC medical college Medical College Hospital and Research Centre (IMCHRC) Ramadoss Safdarjung Hospital
High Profile Cases Government seeks time till March 2013 for 2G licence auction March 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking time till March 2013 for auctioning the 2G licences and allocation of spectrum, cancelled by the apex court by its Feb 2 order. The application for clarificatory orders/direction has sought the court’s nod for conducting the auction of the cancelled 2G licences broadly in accordance […] Read more » 2G licence auction Central Government Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi spectrum allocation Supreme Court
Top Law News Government backs decision on minority status to Jamia Millia Islamia September 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, The central government Monday backed the grant of minority status to the Jamia Millia Islamia by the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) – a decision currently under the Delhi High Court’s scrutiny. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, hearing the arguments on a bunch of […] Read more » Central Government Jamia Millia Islamia minority status minority status to Jamia Millia Islamia