LEGAL NEWS 06.08.2010

Not given clean chit to anybody: CongressTimes of IndiaTewari said the regulatory agencies should be allowed to play their roleand the party was not making any value judgement. "Let regulatory bodiesplay their ...
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Don't do paternity test routinely: SCEconomic TimesNEW DELHI: In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court has said thatpaternity test to determine the identity of the child should not be done ina routine ...
<http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Dont-do-paternity-test-routinely-SC/articleshow/6259104.cms>




Allow compounding of cognisable offences including 498A cases, says SCTimes of IndiaThe court asked the SC secretary general to send a copy of the order to theLaw Commission and the law secretary. The Bench requested the law secretaryto ...
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Plan panel to inspect 'diversion' of SC/ST fundsTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: As diversion of SC/ST welfare funds for Commonwealth Games drawsthe ire of the political class, the Planning Commission has called ameeting of ...
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Approach SC for CBI probe on mining: Yeddyurappa to OppositionThe HinduPTI Asserting that his government had no faith in CBI Karnataka ChiefMinister BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday dared the Opposition to approach theSupreme ...
<http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/article551703.ece>




SC throws lifeline to banned CheneenaExpressindia.comNew Delhi The Supreme Court has directed SEBI to accord a fresh hearing totrading firm Cheneena Impex, which was banned by the market regulator from...
<http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/SC-throws-lifeline-to-banned-Cheneena/655901/>

File a PIL, sue the NMCTimes of IndiaThey can sue Nagpur Municipal Corporation in Bombay High Court throughpublic interest litigation (PIL). According to lawyer Anil Kilor, who ispleading ...
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HC orders CBI probe into corruption charges against KodaIBNLive.comThe bench of acting Chief Justice SK Harkouli and Justice DN Patel issuedthe direction on a PIL filed by social activist, Durga Oraon. ...
<http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/hc-orders-cbi-probe-into-corruption-charges-against-koda/201911.html>Court seeks status report on RohmoriaCalcutta TelegraphThe petitioners, in their PIL, had stated that the government had not takenany concrete step to check erosion by the Brahmaputra in Dibrugarh town....
<http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100805/jsp/northeast/story_12772037.jsp>




Disposal of Toxic Waste at BhopalPress Information Bureau (press release)The High Court of MP at Jabalpur through a PIL filed has been issuingdirections and monitoring the disposal of toxic wastes lying in and aroundthe ...
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Property buyers beware! Your flat may have other 'owners'Daily News & Analysis... the department's computerisation, nothing has been done. Now, a fewadvocates have filed a PIL so that the government gets its act together onland records.
<http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_property-buyers-beware-your-flat-may-have-other-owners_1419023




Centre bats for Games workersHindustan TimesThe court is hearing a PIL which brought to light the pathetic conditionunder which around 17000 labourers are working.
<http://www.hindustantimes.com/Centre-bats-for-Games-workers/Article1-582394.aspx>




Children's basic rights violated at CWG sitesEconomic TimesThe report, quoting a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the DelhiHigh Court, said about 415000 contract daily wage labourers were working onthe ...
<http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Childrens-basic-rights-violated-at-CWG-sites/articleshow/6256705.cms>




Tainted corporator gets conditional bailDeccan ChronicleThe high court has issued notices to the state government, revenuedepartment and urban development department following a PIL by S. Harishalleging that ...
<http://www.deccanchronicle.com/bengaluru/tainted-corporator-gets-conditional-bail-777>

THE UGLY FACE OF THE NATIONCalcutta TelegraphThe order came in response to a PIL moved by a group of lawyers thatdescribed beggars as the “ugly face of the nation's capital”, as peoplewho, ...
<http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100805/jsp/opinion/story_12767012.jsp>




HC notice to Union Govt on PIL on passengers safety - Yahoo! India ...Bangalore, Aug 3 (PTI) The Karnataka High Court today issued a notice tothe Union Government and others on a PIL seeking directions to the CivilAviation ...
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The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Madurai News : PIL petition against DMK ...They rejected the petitioner's argument that the PIL plea could beentertained because a part of the cause of action would arise here as theagitation was ...
<http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/04/stories/2010080453600400.htm>




CBI indicts 3 sitting HC judges, UP deputy Lokayukta in PF scamTimes of IndiaApart from naming former SC judge, Justice Tarun Chatterjee, the listincludes the names of three sitting HC judges -- Justices Sushil Harkauliand JCS ...
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HC orders admission of disabled boy to MBBSTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday came to the rescue of a19-year-old disabled student aspiring to be a doctor. Rapping the stategovernment for ...
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HC notice to UP for diverting Sone water to NTPCTimes of IndiaPATNA: The Patna High Court on Wednesday took serious view of a matterraised through a PIL regarding diversion of a good chunk of water of Sone,...
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/HC-notice-to-UP-for-diverting-Sone-water-to-NTPC/articleshow/6258540.cms>



Delhi HC tribunal upholds ban on SIMIIndian ExpressA tribunal of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the ban imposed onthe beleaguered Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and validated aCentral ...
<http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Delhi-HC-tribunal-upholds-ban-on-SIMI/656248>




Vodafone presents its case against tax claim in HCEconomic TimesMUMBAI: Bombay High Court on Wednesday began hearing on Vodafone's pleachallenging income-tax department's tax claim of $2 billion on the telecos'buyout ...
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SC stays HC order to implead cops as suspects in land-grabbing caseTimes of IndiaA division bench of the HC comprising justices BH Marlapalle and Anoop VMohta had replaced inspector Ram Pathare of the crime branch, Pune, hadappointed ...
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/SC-stays-HC-order-to-implead-cops-as-suspects-in-land-grabbing-case/articleshow/6258702.cms>




Brother moves HC over NSA detention of SeemanTimes of IndiaCHENNAI: Film director Seeman's brother has approached the Madras highcourt questioning the rationale behind the detention of Seeman under theNational ...
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Brother-moves-HC-over-NSA-detention-of-Seeman-/articleshow/6258481.cms>




Courts need not order payment on contractual rate: HCIBNLive.comPTI Madurai, Aug 5 (PTI) People facing civil cases with regard to housingloans availed by them cannot be asked by banks to pay interest from thedate of ...
<http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/courts-need-not-order-payment-on-contractual-rate-hc/204577.html>





Why can't you act against contractors, HC asks govtIndian ExpressLabourers work on the parking lot at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the mainvenue for the Games. The parking area is far from being completed. ...
<http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Why-can-t-you-act-against-contractors--HC-asks-govt/656199/>




Actor gets HC reliefHindustan TimesActor Fardeen Khan got a major relief from the Bombay High Court onWednesday. The Bombay High Court ruled that he should be charged withattempt to ...
<http://www.hindustantimes.com/Actor-gets-HC-relief/Article1-582456.aspx>



CIL moves apex court against HC order on coal supplyBusiness StandardPTI / New Delhi August 04, 2010, 20:41 IST Coal India (CIL) today moved theSupreme Court against an order by the Allahabad High Court, which hadreversed ...
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HC sets Aug 10 deadline for casino case final argumentsTimes of IndiaPANAJI: The final arguments on the petitions filed by the operators offloating casinos, challenging the state government's decision to shifttheir vessels ...
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/HC-sets-Aug-10-deadline-for-casino-case-final-arguments/articleshow/6254661.cms>




HC dismisses Mulshi institute's plea against action by Pune varsityTimes of IndiaPUNE: The Bombay high court has dismissed a writ petition challenging theUniversity of Pune's (UoP) move to bar first-year engineering degreeadmissions ...
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HC makes it tough to go back on mediationExpressindia.comNew Delhi Touted as an effective tool to cut down the pendency of casesacross courts, the mediation mechanism has recently hit a stumbling blockas instead ...
<http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/hc-makes-it-tough-to-go-back-on-mediation/656184/>




Delhi HC moved to make Yoga compulsory in schoolsHindustan TimesPTI The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Centre ona PIL seeking direction to National Council of Education Research andTraining ...
<http://www.hindustantimes.com/Delhi-HC-moved-to-make-Yoga-compulsory-in-schools/Article1-582347.aspx>



Madhya Pradesh HC issues notice to Lokayukta in land scamTimes of IndiaThe HC has sought reply from the respondents in 15 days. Mendola haschallenged the petition on the ground that special court has no power toorder an ...
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Madhya-Pradesh-HC-issues-notice-to-Lokayukta-in-land-scam/articleshow/6257705.cms>




Sterlite official moves HC for bailIBNLive.comPTI Madurai, Aug 4 (PTI) Sterlite Industries Vice President S Varadharajan,arrested for alleged import excise duty evasion, has moved the Madras HighCourt ...
<http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/sterlite-official-moves-hc-for-bail/201665.html>




SC disapproves Allahabad HC interference in state action of tax recoveryIndlaw.com04.08.2010 (UNI) The Supreme Court has strongly disapproved the frequentinterference by the High Court's against state action or an actioninitiated by ...
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APAT cases referred to HC full benchDeccan ChronicleThe HC dismissed the petitions by observing that the situation narrated bythe petitioners no longer prevailed in the state, and there was no need forthe ...<http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/apat-cases-referred-hc-full-bench-822>







Explain stand on Metro station, HC tells BidariThe High Court has sought an explanation from the City Police CommissionerShankar Bidari regarding the suggestion he has made to the Bangalore MetroRail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to shift the proposed metro rail stationon Tumkur ...
<http://www.deccanherald.com/content/86203/explain-stand-metro-station-hc.html>



Sights, sounds and smells from Bangalore: HC asks for alternative ...By The BangaloreanHC asks for alternative plan to the road across GKVK Staff ReporterBANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday asked the Bruhat BangaloreMahanagara Palike (BBMP) to inform it on whether it intended to continueconstruction of the ...
<http://bangalorebuzz.blogspot.com/2010/08/hc-asks-for-alternative-plan-to-road.html>



HC tribunal upholds ban on SIMI - IndiaVision NewsThe Delhi High Court tribunal Wednesday upheld the central government'sdecision to extend the ban imposed on the Students Islamic Movement ofIndia (SIMI).
<http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/national/87222/>




Gujarat moves HC to cancel Bajrangi's bail: Rediff.com India NewsThe Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing afresh some of the 2002post-Godhra riot cases and the Gujarat government have sought cancellationof bail ...
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HC makes it tough to go back on mediation - Yahoo! India NewsTouted as an effective tool to cut down the pendency of cases acrosscourts, the mediation mechanism has recently hit a stumbling block asinstead of ending ...<http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20100805/804/tnl-hc-makes-it-tough-to-go-back-on-medi.html>



Raise retirement age of Supreme Court judges too”The HinduIt welcomed the decision to increase the retirement age of High Courtjudges from 62 to 65 years. In a statement, AIBA chairman Adish Aggarwalaand its ...
<http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article549911.ece>




Life-term for three in 'honour' killing caseThe HinduA Bench of Justices HS Bedi and JM Panchal reversed the order of acquittalpassed by the Allahabad High Court after the trial court handed them thedeath ...
<http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/05/stories/2010080561760100.htm>




Bombay high court defers Kasab's case to August 12, state to file ...Kasab wrote a letter earlier following which Maharashtra state legalservices authority had appointed Amin Solkar and Farhana Shah to defend himat the ...
<http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_bombay-high-court-defers-kasab-s-case-to-august-12-state-to-file-appeal-soon_1417740>



States reject GST draft Bill over Centre's veto powersThe HinduBriefing the media after the meeting, Empowered Committee chairman AsimDasgupta said: “This proposed draft constitutional amendment Bill relatedto GST in ...
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