LEGAL NEWS 28.07.2011

Lokayukta wants governor to take criminal action

Times of India

... the Lokayukta said he recommended prosecution of the CM and ministers
in accordance with various laws - Prevention of Corruption Act, Indian
Penal Code, Forest Act and Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation)
Act. A copy of the report was ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Lokayukta-wants-governor-to-take-criminal-action/articleshow/9390565.cms





Driver gets 2-year jail for fatal accident

Indian Express

Gurjit has been held guilty on charges of rash and negligent driving under
Sections 279 and 304 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). As per the
prosecution, Marwaha was on her way to office on her Kinetic. When she
approached the Sector 43 roundabout, ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/City-Briefs/823478/





Lokpal Bill a threat to democracy says Tewari

Daily News & Analysis

Moreover, we have had a plethora of laws in the Indian Penal Code; one
additional law won't change things,” he said. “To stop corruption, we
need a set of measures, not an independent measure like a lokpal. Lokpal
will create tyranny of the unelected,” ...

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_lokpal-bill-a-threat-to-democracy_1570037




Second wife can also sue husband for bigamy, says SC

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court has ruled that a woman with whom second marriage is
performed is also entitled to drag the man to court under section 494 of
the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which makes bigamy a criminal offence,
punishable with a jail term of maximum ...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Second-wife-can-also-sue-husband-for-bigamy-says-SC/Article1-726367.aspx




Sampath murder: Court slams CBI

IBNLive.com

KOCHI: The Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court on Wednesday asked whether
the hands of the CBI team probing the custodial death of Sampath were tied.
Judge B Kemal Pasha orally observed that the submission in the affidavit by
the CBI created such a ...

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sampath-murder-court-slams-cbi/170914-60-122.html




Police approach sessions court for dying declaration

Times of India

PANAJI: Panaji police have filed an application before the district
sessions court to provide a copy of crime branch constable Chandru Gawas'
dying declaration. The application was filed after the JMFC rejected the
police request as the special ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Police-approach-sessions-court-for-dying-declaration/articleshow/9388922.cms




Teesta breather

Calcutta Telegraph

Ahmedabad, July 27: Rights activist Teesta Setalvad, who faces allegations
of levelling false charges against some Gujarat riots accused, today got a
breather when a sessions court reserved its order till August 2 on her
anticipatory bail plea. ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110728/jsp/frontpage/story_14300330.jsp



Court seeks police officers' version on lawyer's detention

Indian Express

The Bombay High Court has directed four police personnel, including an
assistant commissioner of police, to file affidavits in response to a writ
petition that they had illegally detained a lawyer practising in the Pune
district court. ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/court-seeks-police-officers-version-on-lawyers-detention/823503/




Relief to Vilasrao as court dismisses petition against him

The Hindu

“I had filed a writ petition with two prayers: that the fine amount of
Rs. 10 lakhs be recovered from Mr. Deshmukh and that he be inducted as a
co-accused along with the Sananda family,” Ketan Tirodkar told The Hindu.
But the Division Bench of Justices ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2300114.ece




Contempt plea planned against MSPL

Deccan Herald

The Samiti had approached the High Court (writ petition 5713/2009) against
leasing out of the tank to the mining company. The Court, on April 11, 2011
passed an order prohibiting any activity including construction of
buildings in the tank, ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/179604/contempt-plea-planned-against-mspl.html




Law secy passes buck to chief minister's office

Times of India

Rodrigues said that in a writ petition in the high court of Bombay at Goa,
where the state and corporation of city of Panaji were also parties, the AG
had chosen to appear and represented a private party, which resulted in
alleged misconduct. ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Law-secy-passes-buck-to-chief-ministers-office/articleshow/9388896.cms



Ambedkar lesson for JNU & DU in court

Calcutta Telegraph

New Delhi, July 27: The country would not have had a BR Ambedkar and its
“brilliant Constitution” if he was denied college admission over low
marks, the Supreme Court said today, criticising JNU and Delhi University
for failing to fill OBC quotas. ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110728/jsp/nation/story_14300115.jsp



Reservation is a hard reality, general category should understand it: SC

Times of India

PTI Jul 27, 2011, 08.41PM IST NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today said
reservation in educational institutions and jobs for the backward class is
hard reality and students of general category should understand it. "We
know what students (of general ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Reservation-is-a-hard-reality-general-category-should-understand-it-SC/articleshow/9386089.cms




SC rejects Narmada Bachao Andolan demand to give land to landless labourers

Indlaw.com

A bench comprising Justices JM Panchal, Deepak Verma and BS Chauhan in
their judgement noted that the demand of the appellant was neither
contemplated by the Madhya Pradesh government, nor it was compatible with
the relief and rehabilitation scheme. ...

http://www.indlawnews.com/newsdisplay.aspx?df32e069-ec39-4807-b715-3a5e15ed209a




Hina defends 26/11 trial delay, says Pak legal process slow like India

India Today

Pakistan has a judicial process similar to India because of which there has
been slow progress in trial on 26/11 Mumbai attacks back in her country,
said its Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Wednesday. Khar, on her
first visit to India as the ...

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/pakistan-judicial-process-slow-hina-rabbani-khar/1/146295.html




Proxy PIL invites High Court's Ire

Law et al. News

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs 75000 on a real
estate consultant for filing a “Private Interest Litigation” in the
guise of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL). Petitioner SK Chatterjee, a
real estate consultant has claimed that ...

http://www.lawetalnews.com/NewsDetail.asp?newsid=4428



HC orders CBI probe into CMO murders, sets 3-month deadline

Times of India

The public interest litigation (PIL) seeking CBI probe into alleged scam in
the implementation of NRHM in entire state will be taken up on Thursday.
The decision on the two murders and NRHM scam in Lucknow came on the PIL
seeking CBI probe into the two ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/HC-orders-CBI-probe-into-CMO-murders-sets-3-month-deadline/articleshow/9383226.cms



Censor kills creative freedom?

Times of India

Following the Allahabad High Court's issuing of notices on the Public
Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on the so-called 'controversial'
song DK Bose... from the runaway hit Delhi Belly, filmgoers and members of
the general public are once again ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Censor-kills-creative-freedom/articleshow/9382886.cms





Additional district judges empowered to decide NDPS cases

Indian Express

... Narcotics Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The development
took place during the resumed hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL)
arising out of a suo motu notice taken by the High Court on a letter
written by a lower court judge. ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Additional-district-judges-empowered-to-decide-NDPS-cases/823395/





Autos overcharge, so why not GPS as in radio cabs: HC

Indian Express

While dismissing a PIL challenging the legal validity of the transport
department's notification in this regard, a division bench of Chief Justice
Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna also held that the court would
entertain such a plea only when an ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/autos-overcharge-so-why-not-gps-as-in-radio-cabs-hc/823427/




Orissa HC notice to govt on use of Mahanadi water

Orissadiary.com

Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the state
government asking it to file counters within two weeks on a PIL filed by
the Mahanadi Bachao Andolan (MBA) in May this year seeking judicial
intervention against diversion of Mahanadi ...

http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=28130




Derogatory Word to be Removed from caste Certificates

Daijiworld.com

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna was
hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) stating that the revenue
department of the Delhi government used the word 'Valmiki' till 2010, but
then replaced it with the term ...

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=109821



Game over for comfort

Hindustan Times

We have filed a PIL in the HC, seeking removal of the urinals from the
entry to Jungpura A," said Monu Chaddha, Jungpura RWA president. The
waterless urinals built by the civic agency have been vandalised and
residents can't use them due to lack of ...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Game-over-for-comfort/Article1-726349.aspx




Adarsh society bank accounts will remain frozen: High court

Daily News & Analysis

Meanwhile, the same bench, while hearing a PIL filed by social worker
Pravin Wategaonkar seeking to invoke Prevention of Money Laundering Act
(PMLA) in Adarsh Society case, directed CBI to file a fresh status report
by August 2. ...

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_adarsh-society-bank-accounts-will-remain-frozen-high-court_1570098



“Delhi Belly” – Union raises issues of maintainability

Law et al. News

The said Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed by Dr. Ajay Seth
of Jabalpur alleging that the language and scenes shown in the film are
highly obscene and shouldn't be shown in cinema halls, and that therefore,
the movie should be banned in ...

http://www.lawetalnews.com/NewsDetail.asp?newsid=4427



Sex workers up by 50 per cent in Indian cities: Study

India Today

The Centre asked the court to reconsider nomination of NGO Darbar Mahila
Samanwaya Committee to the committee, as it had filed a PIL in the high
court challenging certain provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention)
Act.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/sex-workers-up-by-50-per-cent-in-metros-in-india-study/1/146250.html




Fixed tenure hiring policy may breed graft, says HC

Ahmedabad Newsline

Ahmedabad The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday refused to accept contention
of the state government to consider a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
challenging its policy to recruit young people on fixed salary for five
years, as a service matter. ...

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/fixed-tenure-hiring-policy-may-breed-graft-says-hc/823495/



OBC admissions case referred to CJI for posting before another Bench

The Hindu

Justices RV Raveendran and AK Patnaik made the request to the CJI after
senior counsel PP Rao, appearing for an intervener, suggested that the case
be heard by a Bench which includes Justice Dalveer Bhandari, who, in his
judgment in the OBC quota case, ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2300060.ece




Calcutta High Court judge refuses to hear plea of Tata Motors' challenge

gulfnews.com

By Archisman Dinda, Correspondent Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court judge,
Justice Soumitra Pal refused to hear plea of the Tata Motors' challenge on
the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act any further on Tuesday
citing personal reasons. ...

http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/calcutta-high-court-judge-refuses-to-hear-plea-of-tata-motors-challenge-1.843712



High Court frees detained Sri Lankan

IBNLive.com

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered a Sri Lankan called
Joseph Canute Sripalan Peeris, who was detained at the city airport for
figuring in the Interpol’s wanted list a month ago, be set free
after it deemed his detention as an ...

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/high-court-frees--detained--sri-lankan/170880-60-120.html





FM channels ecstatic after Mumbai court verdict

IBNLive.com

Mumbai: Private radio channels have got a respite after the Bombay High
Court ruled that they don't have to pay separate royalty to composers and
lyricists for broadcasting their songs, but the musicians are unhappy. The
high court ruled that the ...

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/fm-channels-ecstatic-after-mumbai-court-verdict/170785-45-75.html




High Court puts on hold out-of-turn promotions of top MCD officials

Indian Express

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said four Deputy Commissioners (DC) of
the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) may still be in service in
violation of the law. It was referring to the appointment of the officials,
who were elevated after allegedly ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/High-Court-puts-on-hold-out-of-turn-promotions-of-top-MCD-officials/823406/



HC stays Baalu's eviction from T Nagar office

Times of India

CHENNAI: TR Baalu, Lok Sabha member from Sriperumbudur, can retain his
office at T Nagar for two more weeks, with the Madras HC staying the
eviction notice issued by Chennai Corporation. Justice V Dhanapalan asked
authorities to file their counter ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/HC-stays-Baalus-eviction-from-T-Nagar-office/articleshow/9391418.cms




HC quashes two cases against Sun Pictures COO Saxena

Times of India

CHENNAI: The Madras high court has quashed two cases that were filed
against Sun Pictures COO Hans Raj Saxena as both petitioners withdrew their
complaints. Passing orders on the matter on Wednesday, Justice T
Sudanthiram said, "In both the cases, ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/HC-quashes-two-cases-against-Sun-Pictures-COO-Saxena/articleshow/9391283.cms




Jagan case: HC refuses to reveal contents of CBI report

Business Standard

The Andhra Pradesh High Court today rejected the request for sharing the
contents of the preliminary report submitted by the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) while allowing time for the counsel of Kadapa MP YS
Jagan Mohan Reddy and other ...

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/jagan-case-hc-refuses-to-reveal-contentscbi-report/444063/




HC reinstates University Hindi department HoD

IBNLive.com

HYDERBAD: Justice G Chandriah of the AP High Court on Wednesday suspended
the order of Andhra University which removed the head of the Hindi
department. The judge made the interim order while admitting a writ
petition filed by Dr. Seeta Lakshmi who was ...

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hc-reinstates-university-hindi-department-hod/170972-60-121.html





Released inmates don't return: HC

Times of India

MUMBAI: After the state informed the Bombay high court that it was unable
to trace the fellow prisoners of an inmate who died in the Thane Central
prison in 1966 allegedly due to torture, the HC said that prisoners do not
return once they are released. ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Released-inmates-dont-return-HC/articleshow/9390056.cms





Onus on citizens to ensure cleanliness: HC

Times of India

MUMBAI: Citizens should be responsible while disposing of garbage and must
avoid littering on the streets, the Bombay high court stated on Wednesday
even as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed that it has
restored the clean-up drive ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Onus-on-citizens-to-ensure-cleanliness-HC/articleshow/9390005.cms





Badalpur villagers challenge land acquisition in HC

Times of India

ALLAHABAD: About 50 villagers of Badalpur filed a writ petition in the
Allahabad High Court on Wednesday challenging the notification for
acquisition of their land by the Greater Noida Authority and the state
government. Badalpur is the native village ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Badalpur-villagers-challenge-land-acquisition-in-HC/articleshow/9387119.cms





Rohtang Tunnel labourers' deaths: HC seeks report

Indian Express

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday issued notices to Border Roads
Organisation Manali — a Central government agency executing the
prestigious Rohtang Tunnel project — Kullu deputy commissioner and
private construction M/s Garg & Garg ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Rohtang-Tunnel-labourers--deaths--HC-seeks-report/823325/



Remove temple if built without permission, HC tells civic body

Times of India

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court has ordered the civic body to demolish an
allegedly illegal religious construction in Vejalpur area by September 1,
if the trustee of the temple and the residential society situated beside
fails to establish that it ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Remove-temple-if-built-without-permission-HC-tells-civic-body/articleshow/9388907.cms



Delhi HC directs Railways to introduce bio-toilets, rehabilitate scavengers

Indlaw.com

27.7.2011 (UNI) The Delhi High Court today directed the Indian Railways to
introduce bio-toilets in the trains and rehabilitate thousands of
scavengers engaged for doing the menial job. A bench comprising Chief
Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjive ...

http://www.indlawnews.com/Newsdisplay.aspx?a821724c-06fd-48bc-848e-54107fb77fc8





Prove marriage to victim: Bombay HC to rape accused

Times of India

MUMBAI: "Show us your marriage certificate," was the Bombay High Court's
one-line directive to an aspiring actor who had been accused of rape by his
26-year-old model girlfriend. Twenty-four-year-old Dipesh Pareek's lawyer
told the court that the rape ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Prove-marriage-to-victim-Bombay-HC-to-rape-accused/articleshow/9389374.cms



HC asks prison to serve non-veg food

Hindustan Times

The Bombay high court on Wednesday asked prison administrations in the
state to provide inmates with non-vegetarian food at least twice a week. A
division bench of justice Ranjana Desai and justice RV More expressed shock
when they were told that ...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/HC-asks-prison-to-serve-non-veg-food/Article1-726410.aspx




HC reserves order on bail plea of 3 accused in CWG scam

Hindustan Times

PTI The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the
anticipatory bail pleas of three promoters of private companies who are
evading arrest in CWG scam. Anil Kumar Madan and Purushottam Dev Arya, the
two promoters of Faridabad-based Gem ...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/HC-reserves-order-on-bail-plea-of-3-accused-in-CWG-scam/Article1-726267.aspx



Circulate expert report on abandoned mines in state: HC to govt

Times of India

NAGPUR: Taking serious cognizance of the illegal mining that continues
unabated in the state, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court on Monday
directed the Maharashtra government to circulate a report prepared by an
expert slamming the concerned ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Circulate-expert-report-on-abandoned-mines-in-state-HC-to-govt/articleshow/9374303.cms



Preserving Ravi Varma''s paintings: HC criticises govt

IBNLive.com

PTI 07:07 PM,Jul 27,2011 Kochi, Jul 27 (PTI) Kerala High Court today
observed that preserving the paintings of renowned Kerala artist Raja Ravi
Varma deserves the attention of the Union government at the "highest
level." The observation was made by a ...

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/preserving-ravi-varmas-paintings-hc-criticises-govt/767198.html




HC to issue fresh chargesheet against Jayarajan

IBNLive.com

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday decided to issue a fresh
chargesheet to MV Jayarajan, against whom the court had initiated contempt
of court proceedings. The court decided to issue a fresh chargesheet after
the court-appointed prosecutor S ...

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hc-to-issue-fresh-chargesheet-against-jayarajan/170989-60-116.html




Delhi HC upholds right to education to a child is paramount

Indlaw.com

27.7.2011 (UNI) In a third incidence in a row of violation of Right to
Education to a girl child the Delhi High Court today directed the Delhi
Government to admit a girl who is being denied admission to schools because
she has come to the capital from ...

http://www.indlawnews.com/Newsdisplay.aspx?d7c1515f-70d9-4f46-9256-653de453ca0b




Sugar mills Vs UP govt: SC stays HC order till Aug 5

Moneycontrol.com

Published on Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 20:14 Source : PTI The Supreme Court
today stayed till August 5 the Allahabad High Court order in the dispute
between leading sugar producers, including Bajaj Hindusthan , Balrampur
Chini , and the UP government on ...

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/sugar-mills-vs-up-govt-sc-stays-hc-order-till-aug-5_569875.html



SC upholds lifer for five TD men

Deccan Chronicle

The top court found nothing wrong in the judgements of the trial court and
the AP High Court in convicting Gusu Ramachandra Reddy, his two brothers
— Jayarami Reddy and Jayaranga Reddy — and Rameshwar Reddy and Rajgopal
Reddy, son of Ramachandra ...

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/sc-upholds-lifer-five-td-men-477



CIC fines CBI official 5000 for delay in providing info on Ambanis

Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has slapped Rs 5000
fine on a CBI official for delay in providing information. The CBI failed
to disclose why it had not named the Ambani brothers in its chargesheet in
the call re-routing case. ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/CIC-fines-CBI-official-5000-for-delay-in-providing-info-on-Ambanis/articleshow/9390045.cms



UPSC has to disclose marks, rules CIC

The Central Information Commission(CIC),recently, directed Union Public
Service Commission (UPSC), which conducts civil service exam all over
India, ...

http://www.rtitoday.com/detailarticle.php?articleid=730



Reliance-Bharti AXA deal gets CCI approval

Livemint

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday cleared the bid by
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to acquire Bharti group's stake in Bharti AXA
life and general insurance companies, its first order on mergers and
acquisitions (M&As) since it ...

http://www.livemint.com/2011/07/27223656/RelianceBharti-AXA-deal-gets.html?atype=tp