Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Apex court questions government on telecom firm’s licence March 2, 2011 / March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the government to reveal what happened between March 5, 2010, when telecom company S Tel’s second generation (2G) licences were cancelled, and April 15, 2010, when they were restored. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly sought the details after studying the documents that were […] Read more » apex court Government Janata Party president Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi questions Subramainian Swamy telecom firm's licence
Top Law News Notice to government, CVC Thomas on appointment December 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government and P.J. Thomas on a petition challenging his appointment as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).Thomas appointment as CVC has been challenged in a public suit.The court will hear the matter Jan 27, 2011. The opposition has been demanding Thomas resignation as he has been chargsheeted […] Read more » Appointment CVC Government Thomas
Top Law News Integrity rule also for judicial posts, government tells court November 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Monday told the Supreme Court that if its criterion of central vigilance commissioner (CVC) being an outstanding civil servant of impeccable honesty and integrity was to be followed in all postings then every judicial appointment would come under scrutiny. “Impeccable honesty and integrity is a criterion for all the appointments under the constitution,” […] Read more » Court Government integrity judicial posts rule
Top Law News 2G spectrum allocation flawless, government tells apex court November 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that the department of telecommunication (DoT) acted in public interest and in pursuance of its policy decision while allocating 2G spectrum licences to telecom operators in 2008. In an affidavit filed Thursday, the government opposed a plea of petitioner Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) that either the […] Read more » allocation apex court flawless Government spectrum
Top Law News Court backs government on phasing out Blueline buses November 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court on Monday declined to restrain a government notification to phase out the capital’s Blueline buses notorious for their reckless drivers. The direction was passed on a petition filed by a federation of Blueline buses challenging the Delhi government’s Oct 27 notification ordering the phasing out of the last of the 2,400 privately-run […] Read more » Blueline buses Court Government out phasing
Top Law News Focus on scavengers’ rehabilitation, government urged October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hailing the National Advisory Commission’s (NAC) recommendation to ‘fully abolish’ manual scavenging in the country by 2012, social activist Bindeshwar Pathak Sunday said the government should also focus on rehabilitating the scavengers. ‘It’s an encouraging news and a great step towards the betterment of human scavenger’s future. We’ll have to bring them into society’s mainstream […] Read more » Focus Government rehabilitation scavengers urged
Top Law News Government approves amendments to enemy property law October 20, 2010 / October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Wednesday approved amendments to an over 40-year-old legislation to ensure the protection of interests of those Indian Muslims who have inherited the properties of relatives who migrated to Pakistan in 1947. The amendments to the Enemy Property Act, 1968, which got the nod by the union cabinet in a meeting chaired by Prime […] Read more » amendments approves enemy Government PROPERTY LAW
Top Law News State government has to suffer for its inaction: Supreme Court October 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that a state government will have to account for its inactions and cannot make people suffer for it, ruling in a Bihar land owner’s case that was re-opened in Patna High Court simply because an earlier verdict had not been published in government records. ‘If the state government did not […] Read more » Government inaction State suffer Supreme Court
Top Law News Government favours foreign equity in limited partnerships September 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Government favours foreign equity in limited partnerships India’s commerce and industry ministry has favoured foreign investment in limited liability partnerships and floated a discussion paper inviting comments from all stakeholders before taking a policy decision on the matter. Notified April 1 last year, the permission for domestic limited liability partnerships was given to nurse the growth of professionals such as advocates, lawyers, […] Read more » equity favours foreign Government limited partnerships
Top Law News No entry for foreign lawyers, bar council tells government September 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Council of India (BCI) has said no to the entry of foreign lawyers into the country but added that the decision is not final, the law ministry said Tuesday. ‘The Bar Council of India has decided not to permit foreign lawyers into India. The said decision, however, is being subjected to a more […] Read more » Bar Council entry foreign Government lawyers
Top Law News Court questions government on vaccines September 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday questioned the central government on allegations of vaccines being introduced into the public health system without proper medical studies. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan asked the government to study the incidents of diseases for which the vaccines are being developed and whether these vaccines […] Read more » Court Government questions vaccines
Top Law News Court notices to government, CBSE on seat allotment system September 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), and the Chairman of the Central Counselling Board for adopting an arbitrary method in offering seats to students during counselling for the All India Entrance for Engineering Examinations (AIEEE). The petition was filed by […] Read more » allotment CBSE Court Government notices seat system