Consumer Law News Junk food ban plea: Food product makers move court November 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The All India Food Processors Association (AIFPA) Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court, pleading that the court should hear them before passing any final order on a petition that seeks ban on carbonated beverages and junk food in school and college canteens. The AIFPA in its application filed before the division bench of Acting Chief […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Junk food ban plea Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Criminal Law News Manu Sharma seeks 12-day parole for brother’s marriage November 2, 2011 / November 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Manu Sharma, serving life sentence in the Tihar Jail for killing ramp model Jessica Lall in 1999, Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court, seeking parole to attend his brother’s marriage and related functions between Nov 10 and 21. Parole is the temporary release of a convict from prison before the end of the tenure of […] Read more » Delhi High Court Jessica Lall Justice V.K. Shali
Top Law News Court notice to Delhi government on pre-school admissions November 2, 2011 / November 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi government on an NGO’s plea for direction to prohibit private schools in the national capital from admitting children less than four years of age in pre-primary classes. Accusing various unaided private schools of admitting children below four years in their pre-primary classes, the NGO in […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw NGO's plea pre-school admissions
Criminal Law News Shobhit murder: Order reserved on plea for CBI probe November 1, 2011 / November 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on a plea seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killing of 20-year-old engineering student Shobhit Modi May 5 near his house in south Delhi. Suraj Modi, father of Shobhit, had sought a CBI probe into the murder, saying the police were handling the […] Read more » CBI Delhi High Court Justice Mukta Gupta Shobhit murder case
Top Law News Court moved on pre-primary batches in private schools November 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An NGO moved the Delhi High Court Tuesday seeking direction to the Delhi government to prevent unaided private schools from having more than one year of pre-primary class in the formal school system. The petition filed by NGO Social Jurists, through advocate Ashok Agarwal, said: ‘This very high court in September 2007 directed the government […] Read more » advocate Ashok Agarwal Delhi High Court NGO pre-primary batches Private schools
High Profile Cases Cash-for-votes: BJP MP exempted from attending trial court November 1, 2011 / November 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ashok Argal exemption from personal appearance before the trial court till Nov 14 in the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal that rocked parliament. “Exemption granted to Argal from appearing in the trial court till Nov 14,” said Justice M.L. Mehta. In a related development, Rajya Sabha […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ashok Argal Cash-for-votes scandal Delhi High Court Justice M.L. Mehta
Criminal Law News Pushkin Chandra killing: Life term for two upheld October 31, 2011 / October 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday upheld the life sentence awarded to two men for murdering United Nations Development Programme employee Pushkin Chandra and his friend Kuldeep in south Delhi in 2004. Earlier in March a Delhi court awarded rigorous life imprisonment to two persons for stabbing to death two homosexuals, belonging to affluent families, nearly […] Read more » Delhi High Court IAS officer Pushkin Chandra killing Judge A K Kuhar
High Profile Cases Cash-for-votes: Court issues notice to Delhi Police October 31, 2011 / October 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to Delhi Police on the bail pleas of Sudheendra Kulkarni, advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahabir Singh Bhagora who are accused in the cash-for-votes scam during the 2008 trust vote. Justice M.L. Mehta sought […] Read more » advocate Anil Soni cash-for-votes scam Delhi High Court Justice M.L. Mehta
High Profile Cases Court notice to CBI on charges against Reliance Telecom October 31, 2011 / October 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday asking it to respond to a plea by Reliance Telecom, seeking the quashing of charges against the firm in the second generation (2G) spectrum case. Justice Mukta Gupta, however, declined to issue immediate notices to other respondents named by Reliance […] Read more » CBI Delhi High Court Justice Mukta Gupta Reliance Telecom
Top Law News Share retirement funds with estranged wife, court tells man October 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former central government employee has been told by the Delhi High Court to share his retirement benefits with his estranged wife and daughter for his failure to pay them monthly maintenance. “Whatever amount the petitioner has received from the department as retirement benefits or as pension, the same shall be divided into three parts. […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Suresh Kait Share retirement funds with estranged wife
Top Law News Employer’s plea to quash suicide abetment charges rejected October 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Employer’s plea to quash suicide abetment charges rejected The Delhi High Court has rejected the plea of a man seeking quashing of a trial court order for framing of charges against him for abetting his employee in committing suicide in 2001. “The victim was not only humiliated but also threatened to be killed after his name figured in a case filed before the […] Read more » Delhi High Court Employer's plea to quash suicide abetment charges rejected Justice Mukta Gupta
Top Law News Court relief for Matrix Cellular October 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed telecom major Vodafone to restore services of international SIM card provider Matrix Cellular’s cell phone through which it provided services to 65,000 post-paid subscribers of Vodafone. The interim relief to Matrix was given by Justice S. Muralidhar who ordered ensuring that a mutual agreement between Matrix Cellular and Vodafone […] Read more » Court relief for Matrix Cellular Delhi High Court Justice S. Muralidhar