Top Law News Allahabad HC stays petition challenging reservation in private engg colleges July 29, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court stayed the admission of a PIL challenging implementation of 50% reservation in private engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh till September 3. The Bench of Justice Pradeep Kant and Justice Rituraj Awasthi passed the order on a petition filed by Ajay Swaroop and others. The state government had also […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News Three convicted of 2003 Mumbai blasts July 28, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special POTA court convicted three persons of carrying out bomb blasts at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai on August 25, 2003, killing 52 people and injuring 184. Judge M.R. Puranik announced that Haneef Sayyed and his wife Fahmeeda from Marol and Ashrat Ansari from Juhu Galli would be sentenced on […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News Action Against 353 Forest Mafia During 2009-10 in UP July 27, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is taking strict steps by effective laws to stop cutting of trees in forest areas and to curb forest mafia.Strict enforcement of the Indian Forests Act, 1927, the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 enables prevention of cutting of trees and forest areas. In addition, the State Government of […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News Admission to BPL Students in Private and Public Schools July 27, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2009, inter alia, contains provisions that an unaided school, not receiving any kind of aid or grants to meet its expenses from the appropriate Government or the local authority, shall admit in class I, to the extent of at least twenty-five per cent of the […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News Increase in strength of Supreme Court Judges July 27, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Dr. M.Veerappa Moily, Minister of Law and Justice informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that the Lok Sabha passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2008 on 22nd December, 2008 and it received the assent of the President on 5th February, 2009. The Supreme Court Registry has informed that “the Judges […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News Use of Hindi in Supreme Court July 27, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News High Court orders CVC inquiry into Prasar Bharati issue July 27, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi- The Delhi High Court ordered a Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) inquiry into alleged financial irregularities in Prasar Bharati Corporation and appointed a former judge to supervise Board meetings of the public broadcaster. A bench headed by Chief Justice A. P. Shah directed the Board to convene its meeting within 15 days. The bench, […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Consumer Law News Delhi high Court summons Bisleri head July 27, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi- A top executive of mineral water firm Bisleri has been summoned by Delhi High Court to explain why an employee who lost his right hand in an accident in the bottling plant should not be given Rs.5 million as compensation. Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News Apex court declines to hear PIL on EVM functioning July 27, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi- The Supreme Court declined to entertain a PIL, questioning the functioning of Electronic Voting Machines and seeking a direction to the Election Commission to withhold using them till the machines are made tamper proof. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan while declining to hear the PIL, directed the petitioner, V. […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Corporate Law News Chinese chocolates banned in India: Anand Sharma July 27, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi- India has banned import of chocolates and chocolate products from China. Commerce Minister told the Lok Sabha today. India had banned import of milk and milk products from China in September last year and the ban has been extended to chocolate and chocolate products, Anand Sharma said during Question Hour. He said the […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News Madras HC upholds reservation for women July 27, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has upheld the provision of reservation of 30% of posts for women in the Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Services and said the rule was in consonance with Article 15 (3) and cannot be said to be in any way a violation of Article 16 (2) of the Constitution. Dismissing a […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News Now SIT can question Modi as High Court rejects plea July 25, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court rejected a petition seeking to restrain the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team from proceeding against Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in a 2002 communal riots-related case. Judge D.H. Waghela also rejected a plea by the petitioner to at least grant a stay on the SIT investigations to allow him time […] Read more » Law News Legal News