Top Law News Kasab absent for court proceedings Wednesday October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab Wednesday remained absent for the proceedings of the Bombay High Court where arguments on confirming his death sentence are going on. He attended the first two days of the proceeding via video-camera in the Arthur Road Central Jail here. ‘The court has allowed him to decide whether or not […] Read more » absent Court Kasab proceedings Wednesday
Top Law News Spread awareness on schemes for needy women, court tells Delhi October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking note of a destitute woman’s death after she gave birth to a baby on a pavement here in July, the Delhi High Court Wednesday suggested to the Delhi government to spread awareness about welfare schemes meant for needy women. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan asked the government to explore […] Read more » awareness Court Delhi needy schemes spread women
Top Law News Police cane media inside court complex October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala government has ordered an enquiry into a police attack on reporters inside the district court complex in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday, officials said. The mediapersons were reporting a protest march by the Thiruvananthapuram Bar Association when they were cane-charged. The lawyers, who were agitating against one of their colleagues being roughed up by the […] Read more » cane complex Court inside media police
Top Law News Court seeks exact figure on below poverty line families October 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Apparently not convinced with the official data, the Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government to come up with a ‘reasonable number’ on people living below poverty line (BPL). The court said this after the government claimed that there were 5.9 crore BPL families in the country. A reasonable number on BPL families would help take […] Read more » below Court exact families figure line poverty seeks
Top Law News Plea for sacking Kalmadi to come up in court Wednesday October 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday will hear a petition seeking removal of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi over alleged irregularities in preparations for the just concluded sporting event. The petition filed by lawyer Ajay Aggarwal Sep 29 demanded an independent audit of the works and sealing of records pertaining to tenders, work measurements […] Read more » Court Kalmadi plea sacking Wednesday
Top Law News Policy to curb illegal mining soon, Gujarat tells court October 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A policy aimed at curbing illegal mining in Gujarat is being formulated, the Narendra Modi government told the Gujarat High Court Monday. The state government said this in an affidavit filed before a division bench comprising Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi. The government was responding to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed […] Read more » Court curb Gujarat illegal mining policy
Top Law News Contempt of court only arises on disobedience of order: Apex court October 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that the proceedings against a person accused of contempt of court could not be initiated merely on speculation, assumptions and inference drawn from the fact and circumstances of the case, but only on ‘wilful disobedience’ of the court’s order. ‘In our considered opinion’, the apex court bench of Justice J.M. […] Read more » apex court arises contempt Court disobedience order
Top Law News Test could have confirmed child’s paternity, court tells killer father October 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gone are the days when it was said that maternity is a fact but paternity is a matter of opinion, the Supreme Court has said pointing out that with DNA test, the fact of both paternity and maternity can be established. The court said this while dismissing a man’s plea that he killed his infant […] Read more » child's confirmed Court father killer paternity test
Top Law News Court to hear plea on Doordarshan appointments October 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court Thursday agreed to hear a petition filed by Prasar Bharati challenging an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) quashing the appointment of 25 TV news anchors and reporters in Doordarshan News. A bench headed by Justice Pradeep Nandrajog fixed Oct 26 for the next hearing. The bench also asked Harikesh Bahadur […] Read more » Appointments Court Doordarshan hear plea
Top Law News Rights of women in live-in relations under court lens October 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on the question whether a woman in a live-in relationship or under the mistaken belief of being the wife of an already married man was entitled to maintenance. The court will also interpret the provision of the Protection of Woman from Domestic Violence law which talks about live-in […] Read more » Court lens live-in relations rights under women
Top Law News Court pulls up Delhi sub-divisional magistrate October 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) posted in south Delhi has been pulled up by the Delhi High Court for abusing his power and acting in a corrupt manner in a land dispute case. Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra while setting aside a December 2009 order passed by Vivek Tripathy, SDM, Vasant Vihar, said: “It is most unfortunate […] Read more » Court Delhi magistrate pulls sub-divisional
Top Law News Aman ragging-to-death case: Court gets anonymous letter October 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a new twist to the Aman Kachru ragging-to-death case, a Himachal Pradesh court has received an anonymous letter, purportedly written by a police official, saying the victim talked to his girlfriend on phone before his end. The letter suggested that the girl, who is based in Delhi, should also be called as her testimony […] Read more » anonymous Court letter ragging-to-death