Learn Trademark Filing Like a Pro. Register Now!
LCI Learning

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on LinkedIn

Share on Email

Share More

Lawyersclubindia News


'Bifurcation of HC would be against spirit of Constitution'

   26 August 2009 at 11:49

Members of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) on Tuesday observed `Sankalp Diwas' and resolved to protest unanimously on any move of bifurcation of Allahabad high court. Presiding over the meeting, HCBA president, VC Mishra while quoting ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   121 Views


HC raps SBI for not allowing SC/SC staff dharna

   26 August 2009 at 10:50

The State Bank of India (SBI) was not correct in denying an unrecognised SC/ST employees organisation's right to hold a dharna at its regional office here, though it had allowed a similar protest by some other forums earlier, the Madras High Court ha ..

Posted in Labour & Service Law  1 comments |   358 Views


HC asks govt to relocate cracker shops

   26 August 2009 at 10:50

The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to consider locating all cracker shops in Chennai at places like Island Ground and some other appropriate places during the Diwali season. A suggestion to this effect was made by the first be ..

Posted in Others |   104 Views


HC stays off Pondy move to pay Rs 25L to late Lt Guv's kin

   26 August 2009 at 10:49

The Madras High Court has refused to interfere with the Puducherry government's decision to pay Rs 25 lakh to the family of the former lieutenant-governor Govindsing Gurjar, who died in April 2009 while in office. Gurjar was appointed lieutenant gov ..

Posted in Others |   98 Views


HC steps in to set free 36 bonded labourers

   26 August 2009 at 10:49

A total of 36 bonded labourers working in stone crushing units in Karur and Salem districts have walked free, thanks to a timely intervention of the Madras high court, which asked the authorities to rescue these labourers and rehabilitate them. A div ..

Posted in Labour & Service Law |   398 Views


HC stays CERC directive on access for power export

   26 August 2009 at 10:48

The government on Tuesday got some much-needed relief in dealing with the power crisis. The high court has stayed for six weeks the August 17 directive of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), asking KPTCL to grant open access for exp ..

Posted in Others |   97 Views


Smart cards for ESIC members

   26 August 2009 at 10:48

Do you have an Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) membership? Then swipe your way to good health. The first set of `Pehchan' identity cards to ESIC beneficiaries was released on Tuesday by Union labour and employment minister Mallikarjun M ..

Posted in Labour & Service Law |   840 Views


Hospital told to pay Rs 17 lakh to kin over patient's death

   26 August 2009 at 10:47

National Consumer Commission has directed a hospital to pay Rs 17 lakh compensation to kin of a patient who lost her life during an operation due to medical negligence. The commission, comprising members R C Jain and P D Shenoy, also imposed a fine ..

Posted in Civil Law |   335 Views


'84 case: Trial court rejects CBI claims

   26 August 2009 at 10:42

A trial court on Tuesday dismissed the CBI's contention that it was not under a metropolitan magistrate's jurisdiction to decide on the agency's probe report giving clean chit to former Union minister Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   161 Views


SC tells sports club to vacate VK land

   26 August 2009 at 10:42

The Supreme Court on Tuesday drew the curtain over a 25-year-old case by ordering vacation of a large patch of prime land in posh Vasant Kunj, which was encroached upon and illegally converted into a sports club. In a 67-page judgment, a bench compr ..

Posted in Property Law |   1021 Views