LEGAL NEWS 07.08.2010

Bar council breaks tradition, justice PD Dinakaran leaves without farewellDaily News & AnalysisBy Odeal D'Souza Place: Bangalore Agency: DNA It was on an AugustFriday two years ago that justice Paul Daniel Dinakaran Premkumarwassworn-in amidst ...
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Wheels of justice moving too slowly: SCEconomic TimesNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has put on record failings in the legal systemand admitted that the wheels of justice turns at a snail's pace. ...
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Delhi bar council faces writ over hereditary successionLegally IndiaThe writ petition was placed before justice Murlidharan on 4 August and anorder was passed directing the Delhi bar council to frame guidelines on therules ...
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Channel from Bhakra Line to bring 40 MGD water to MohaliExpressindia.com... following a civil writ petition filed before Punjab and Haryana HighCourt by local municipal councillor and senior Congress leader Kuljit SinghBedi. ...
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The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Madurai News : Writ petition seeks ...MADURAI: A writ petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench hereseeking permission for a group of non-governmental organisations todistribute ...
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The Hindu : NATIONAL / TAMIL NADU : Harassment: woman SI files ...A woman sub-inspector of police has filed a writ appeal against thedismissal of her writ petition levelling charges of sexual harassment bythe Sivaganga ...
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SC asks CBI to arrest Pappu Yadav within 4 weeks in murder caseTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has directed CBI and Bihar police to forthwitharrest former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav who is undergoing life...
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Noida Park: UP to follow SC adviceHindustan TimesThe Uttar Pradesh government on Friday agreed with the Supreme Court'sadvice to reduce the construction area to 35 per cent at Noida park wherethe state ...<http://www.hindustantimes.com/Noida-Park-UP-to-follow-SC-advice/Article1-583241.aspx>




Supreme Court pulls up 'anti-poor' Govt., refutes to rein in Delhi's cycle ...SifyIn a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that cyclerickshaws can ply in the national capital without any curb on their number,...
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UP govt to develop 65% area as forestAsian AgeBy the proposal, the CJI's bench modified its earlier suggestion to reduceconstruction to 40 per cent area. The modified proposal came afterexamining the ...
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Legal and Human Rights department pulls up Gujarat Bar CouncilTimes of IndiaAHMEDABAD: The Legal and Human Rights department of state Congress haspulled up the Gujarat Bar Council for passing a resolution that it wouldraise ...
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Turf war on legal education escalates as Law Ministry floats own BillThe HinduThe Law Ministry has prepared a draft Higher Legal Education and ResearchBill, 2010 that seeks to establish a National Commission for Higher Legal...
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Public authorities find ways to deny info under RTI ActTimes of India"Section 3 of the RTI Act says all citizens shall have the right toinformation. It doesn't say that citizens will not have such right if theyask for ...
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PMC gets a taste of RTI Act, fined Rs 25000Times of IndiaAs per the RTI Act 2005 section 4, the PMC should have declared theinformation on its own. It is inappropriate to make citizens put so muchefforts to seek ...
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Now, Delhi to have its own anti-piracy actanti-piracy actTimes of IndiaDays of saving on multiplex expenses may soon be over as Delhi governmentis planning to get its own anti-piracy act largely to crackdown on cableservice ...
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Darul Uloom decree against women judgesNDTV.comThese types of diktats only dishonour the work done by several Muslim womenin the field of judiciary." In 1989, the country saw M Fathima Beevi fromKerala ...
<http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/now-a-darul-uloom-decree-against-women-judges-42560>



'Moderation awarded to ensure caste reservation'Express Buzz... reserved communities, and the decision was unanimous, the Registrar(Subordinate Judiciary), of the Kerala High Court, informed the Kerala HighCourt. ...
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We cannot govern the country sitting in SC: CJITimes of IndiaOn the PIL relating to tea garden workers, senior advocate Colin Gonsalvesnarrated how the apex court in the last four years had made repeatedattempts to ...
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'RTE good on paper but will it work?'Express Buzz... about the execution of the Act. John Devaraj, founder and art directorof Bornfree Art School, is planning to file a public interest litigation(PIL). ...
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The Hindu : Cities / Madurai : High Court dismisses plea against ...The Madras High Court Bench here on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking a ...The judges said the PIL had been filed by an advocate here and wonderedwhat ...
<http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/article549756.ece?css=print>




Bombay HC rejects PIL for ban on pornographic websitesBar & Bench attempts to be a platform reflecting the new face of legaljournalism. We, at Bar & Bench seek to connect the legal community, andbring the ...
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HC glare on corporal punishment in schoolsTimes of IndiaKOLKATA: Calcutta high court on Friday asked the state government toprepare a circular against corporal punishment based on suggestionspresented in court ...
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Resort to inventory proceedings in absence of divorce settlement: HCTimes of IndiaPANAJI: The high court of Bombay at Goa recently held that properties ofdivorced spouses can be partitioned through inventory proceedings in theabsence of ...
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Gujarat HC allows CBI 2-day custody of ShahEconomic TimesAHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Friday allowed the Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) two days' custody of former minister of state for homeand law ...
<http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Gujarat-HC-allows-CBI-2-day-custody-of-Shah/articleshow/6268081.cms>



HC orders second postmortemTimes of IndiaChandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Friday, directed UTpolice to conduct the second postmortem of 18-year-old Maya, who allegedlycommitted ...
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/HC-orders-second-postmortem/articleshow/6267553.cms>



Sacked VC files plea in HCTimes of IndiaHYDERABAD: P Kusuma Kumari, the sacked vice chancellor of SriKrishnadevaraya University in Anantapur, filed a petition in the AP HighCourt on Friday ...
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HC summons Vivek!Times of IndiaThe Delhi High Court today ordered issue of summons to Bollywood actorVivek Oberoi in a recovery suit worth more than Rs 4 crore filed againsthim. ...
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Why need 'right connection' to file FIR, HC asks copsIndian ExpressSlamming the “sordid story of the working culture of the police”,Justice SN Dhingra on Friday said registration of FIRs had been reduced toa “profitable ...
<http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Why-need--right-connection--to-file-FIR--HC-asks-cops/657222>



HC quashes 75% reservation for Union TerritoryExpress BuzzCHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Friday set aside a Puducherry GovernmentOrder issued earlier this summer reserving 75 per cent of seats foradmission in ...
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HC accepts report against IGP for failing to book cop in rape caseIndian ExpressThe Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday accepted the compliance reportof the state government and Ministry of Home Affairs mentioning theimposition of ...
<http://www.indianexpress.com/news/HC-accepts-report-against-IGP-for-failing-to-book-cop-in-rape-case/657062>



HC issues show cause notice to MahishiExpress BuzzBANGALORE: Karnataka High Court on Friday issued a show-cause notice toformer Union minister Sarojini Mahishi and her brother PD Mahishi, theformer chief ...
<http://expressbuzz.com/cities/bangalore/hc-issues-show-cause-notice-to-mahishi/196228.html>



Deportation process a farce: HCAssam TribuneGUWAHATI, Aug 6 – Taking exception to illegal Bangladeshis re-enteringthe State even after their 'deportation' to the country, the Gauhati HighCourt has ...
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Saket courts to open this monthTimes of IndiaAfter the inspection, the HC committee comprising of Justice BD Ahmed,Justice Aruna Suresh, Justice Ajit Bharioke and Justice Veena Birbal haveasked the ...
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'Release funds for new court campus by Aug 25'Times of IndiaLUCKNOW: Taking serious note of delay in releasing the requisite funds forstarting construction of new building of the high court (HC) in GomtiNagar, ...
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Release-funds-for-new-court-campus-by-Aug-25/articleshow/6267817.cms>





CJ leaves, sans formal farewellTimes of IndiaAt an official farewell, the chairman of Karnataka State Bar Council givesa farewell address in the presence of all HC judges.
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Man held for bringing gun to HC HaataBy adminKOLKATA,: A 32-year-man was arrested for attempting to enter the High Courtwith a gun this afternoon. Police said, the accused, Buddheswar Murmu, aresident.
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Bhopal case would take 25 years, victims will be dead: SCIndian Express"It took the trial court 25 years to decide the case. It will then come onan appeal in the High Court where it will drag on for another 15 years. ...
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Court stays proceedings against Suniel ShettyNDTV.comThe Delhi High Court Friday stayed criminal proceedings against Bollywoodactor Suniel Shetty in a case filed against him for allegedly threatening aman. ...
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Consumer Rights - Others Forum - Chartered Accountants India ...By 45509Empowering Consumer Courts by giving them the authority to order cease anddesist, or interim injunction or take suo motu action (of its own accordand on its own information) like the MRTP Commission, so as to meet theends of justice ...
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NHRC recommends Rs. 25 thousand compensation in a - National Human ...NHRC recommends Rs. 25 thousand compensation in a case of delayed payment of retirement benefits by MCD. New Delhi, July 27th, 2010 ...
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NHRC asks UP govt to pay Rs 3 lakh for custodial torture death ...New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 3 lakh to the next of the kin of a person ...
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The Hindu : News / National : 81 child workers rehabilitated ...81 child workers rehabilitated following NHRC intervention ... The NHRC followed up the issue with the district authorities and also sent its team in August ...
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Punjab, Haryana object to setting up of judicial tribunalIndian ExpressThe states of Punjab and Haryana today expressed their reservations in setting up a Judicial Tribunal for threat perception and grant of security to
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