Top Law News Court summons Delhi Police chief on NGO’s complaint March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court summons Delhi Police chief on NGO’s complaint Acting on an urgent plea of an NGO that police escorts remained mute spectators as its members were beaten up while rescuing child workers, the Delhi High Court Friday summoned the Delhi police commissioner and other officials before it. The police were part of a task force set up by the court to rescue child […] Read more » Court Delhi Police NGO's complaint summons
Criminal Law News Aarushi case: Court rejects plea of Talwar’s parents March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court Friday turned down the plea of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar against their trial for the 2008 twin murders of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. Two separate benches dealing with independent petitions of the mother and father took a common view, upholding the order of the special Central Bureau of […] Read more » Aarushi case Aarushi Talwar Allahabad High Court CBI counsel N.I. Jafri Central Bureau of Investigation Court Justice Ravindra Singh Rajesh and Nupur Talwar Talwar's parents
Top Law News Court tells exam board to re-evaluate marks promptly March 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Central Board of Secondary Education to evolve a mechanism to complete in a time-bound manner the re-evaluation of marks of Class 12 students seeking admissions to colleges. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna gave the direction on the petition of a student […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court Delhi High Court exam board Jalnidh Kaur Justice Sanjiv Khanna marks Prabhsahay Kaur promptly re-evaluate St. Stephen's College
Top Law News Court denies relief against arrest to ex-India cricketer March 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday refused interim protection against arrest to cricketer Jacob Joseph Martin, who represented India in ODIs in 1999, in a case of forging documents to facilitate illegal immigration. Justice Hima Kohli directed Martin, and the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) and assistant commissioner of police (ACP) of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) […] Read more » against arrest Court Delhi High Court denies ex-India cricketer Justice Hima Kohli Relief
High Profile Cases CWG scam: Court grants bail to a firm’s official March 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted bail to Binu Nanu, an official of a private firm who was held in judicial custody for his involvement in the Rs.600-crore overlays contract for the Commonwealth Games last year. Justice Ajit Bharihoke allowed the bail application of Nanu on a personal bond of Rs.50,000 along with two sureties […] Read more » bail Commonwealth Games Court CWG scam firm grants Official
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Hasan Ali Khan granted bail; court slams Enforcement Directorate March 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai sessions court Friday granted conditional bail to stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan, accused of stashing nearly $8 billion abroad, saying the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had failed to establish any case against him and criticised the agency for lack of preparedness. Justice M.L. Tahilyani, rejecting the ED’s plea for Khan’s custodial interrogation, observed […] Read more » bail Court Enforcement Directorate granted Hasan Ali Khan slams ustice M.L. Tahilyani
Top Law News Court questions police on ‘wrongdoing’ in orphanage March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday asked Delhi Police whether they would investigate alleged trafficking of minor children from an orphanage here. Justice Ajit Bharihoke said: ‘Delhi Police are directed to clarify their stand whether or not they are inclined to investigate into the functioning of Bal Vihar Orphanage Centre from the angle of the trafficking […] Read more » Bal Vihar Orphanage Centre Court Delhi High Court orphanage police questions wrongdoing
Top Law News Merit seat reserved for women can be given to men: Court March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment If requisite merit is not available for the seats reserved for women, the seat can be given to male candidates, the Gujarat High Court has ruled. Justice Jayant Patel and Justice J.C. Upadhayaya has ruled that reservation for women is horizontal and not vertical. ‘In respect of seats for women, the merit will be at […] Read more » Court Gujarat High Court Justice J.C. Upadhayaya Justice Jayant Patel men Merit reserved seat women
Top Law News MPs, MLAs salaries should be cancelled for misconduct: Court petitioned March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 69-year-old man knocked the doors of the Gujarat High Court seeking cancellation of salary and other perks given to MPs and MLAs on grounds of their ‘misconduct and behaviour with selfish motives’. The petitioner, Prabhudas Patel, who appeared in person before the court, annexed various newspaper reports with his petition to prove his point. […] Read more » cancelled Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Court Gujarat High Court Justice J.B. Pardiwala misconduct MLAs MPs petitioned Prabhudas Patel salaries
Top Law News Give permanent shelter to homeless near Jama Masjid: Court March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to provide a permanent alternative shelter to the homeless who were using a facility near Jama Masjid before it was demolished in 2003. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘Till the shelter home is constructed, the […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court Delhi High Court homeless Jama Masjid Justice Sanjiv Khanna Municipal Corporation of Delhi permanent shelter Urban Shelter Improvement Board USIB
Top Law News Court asks AIIMS to admit doctor to masters course March 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to allot a seat in a masters course to an MBBS doctor who denied this last year due to a change in the prospectus just before the counselling date. Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjeev Khanna said: ‘The AIIMS authorities […] Read more » admit AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences course Court Delhi High Court doctor masters
High Profile Cases Court accepts CBI closure report in Bofors case March 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi court today allowed a CBI plea seeking withdrawal of prosecution against elusive Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the two-decade-old Bofors payoff case. “The application of the CBI is allowed,” Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav said. “If the logical conclusion of a case is not possible then it is better to leave the issue,” he […] Read more » " Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav accepts Bofors case businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi CBI closure report Court late Rajiv Gandhi Sonia Gandhi