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Socio economic background mitigating factor in death sentence: SC

   20 February 2010 at 22:44

The Supreme Court has ruled that social and economic backwardness is one of the mitigating circumstances while commuting the death sentence of two convicts to life imprisonment. The convicts Mulla and Guddu along with others had abducted five villa ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   711 Views


SC directed petitioner to file amended petition in Bofors gun case

   20 February 2010 at 22:37

The Supreme Court directed the petitioner in Bofors Guns scandal case to file within two weeks the amended petition.A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan adjourned the hearing of the case till March 23.The petitioner, Ajay Kumar Agarwal ha ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   309 Views


SC directs states to prevent encroachment in the name of religion

   20 February 2010 at 22:28

The Supreme Court directed the states to prepare a comprehensive policy within eight weeks to prevent the encroachment of public land in the name of religion through construction of religious structures. A bench headed by Justice Dalveer Bhandari a ..

Posted in Civil Law  3 comments |   2918 Views


SC snubs retd Judges for charging heavy fee in arbitration cases

   20 February 2010 at 22:23

The Supreme Court has disapproved retired judges charging exorbitant fees in arbitration cases. A bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and H L Dattu, while dismissing the appeal of the Centre challenging a Delhi High Court order appointing a re ..

Posted in Legal Documents  25 comments |   10007 Views


Need to amend labour laws: AP HC Judge

   20 February 2010 at 22:18

Justice N V Ramana of Andhra Pradesh High Court said the present labour laws are outdated and there was need to amend them. Speaking as the chief guest at the symposium on ‘Employment Law’ Managements’ perspective’ organized ..

Posted in Labour & Service Law  1 comments |   1271 Views


Law Minister cautions police against short circuiting law

   20 February 2010 at 22:15

Citing omissions in developing ‘a new police system’ for an independent India, Law and Justice Minister M Veerappa Moily stressed reforms that he said ‘are still continuing.’ ‘At the dawn of independence there was no de ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   443 Views


Allahabad HC takes spurious drugs issue seriously

   20 February 2010 at 22:04

The Allahabad High Court held that no conscious and systematic efforts were being made for checking the proliferation of spurious drugs in Uttar Pradesh. The High Court directed the Central and the state governments to give a clear indication as to ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   377 Views


NLU, Delhi wins D.M. Harish Moot

   19 February 2010 at 22:54

The 2-year old National Law University, Delhi came of age with their first-ever moot court competition win. The team took home the 2010 D.M. Harish Memorial Government Law College Moot Court Competition after beating Indian Law Society, Pune. Held e ..

Posted in Others |   638 Views


CJI in cash-in-bag storm

   19 February 2010 at 22:37

K.G. Balakrishnan, the Chief Justice of India is in the eye of yet another storm. The Bar Association of the Punjab & Haryana High Court passed a resolution yesterday, condemning him and former Attorney General, Milon Banerjee for having given a ..

Posted in Criminal Law  3 comments |   807 Views


Validity of Section 80IA (4) of income Tax Act, 1961 challenged in the Bombay High Court

   17 February 2010 at 13:36

A writ Petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Explanation inserted by the Finance No.2 Act 2009 to section 80IA (4) of the Act with retrospective effect from 1.4.2000 has been admitted today (16.2.2010) by the Bombay High Court in ..

Posted in Taxation  1 comments |   3242 Views