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Thursday, May 16, 2013

LEGAL INDIA : Legal Update

LEGAL INDIA : Legal Update

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HC grants bail to driver in son’s elopement case

Posted: 14 May 2013 10:32 PM PDT

The bail to a driver has granted by the Bombay High court with the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation Limited (MSRTC), who was arrested for allegedly facilitating his son’s elopement with a minor girl in Solapur. Sunil Khamitkar was arrested in March this year by the police in Solapur for allegedly facilitating his son’s elopement with a  [ Read More ]

BARC told to test researcher for radiation exposure

Posted: 14 May 2013 10:17 PM PDT

Haryana university researcher’s plea has accepted by the Delhi High Court accusing his colleagues of making him drink tea laced with a radioactive element and directed Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to conduct a test to ascertain any exposure to radiation. Allowing Devi Deen Pandey’s plea, Justice Rajiv Shakdher in a recent order directed BARC to conduct  [ Read More ]

Externment quashed as principles not followed

Posted: 14 May 2013 10:28 PM PDT

The Bombay High Court after Observing that principles of natural justice were not followed has quashed and set  aside orders of police and home department externing a resident from the limits of  Thane city for allegedly creating terror in the locality he resided. Justices Mridula Bhatkar and PV Hardas observed in a recent order that in both  [ Read More ]

CBI court slams Talwar couple for ‘delaying tactics’

Posted: 14 May 2013 10:22 PM PDT

A special CBI court rejected their plea for a week’s time to move to Allahabad High Court on summoning additional wetnesses and gave them two days to testify before it after slamming the “delaying tactics” adopted by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar. CBI judge Shyam Lal told that it cannot be a “silent spectator by leaving  [ Read More ]

‘Sterlite’s plea to open plant’s not maintainable’

Posted: 14 May 2013 10:10 PM PDT

Here in the National Green Tribunal, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board pleaded for not to hear an appeal of Vedanta Group firm, Sterlite Industries Limited, against its order directing closure of the company's copper smelting plant in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu. The TNPCB contended that Sterlite's plea is not maintainable in the Tribunal (NGT) as  [ Read More ]

Mumbai blasts: SC declines more time to Sanjay Dutt to surrender

Posted: 14 May 2013 11:00 PM PDT

To grant further time to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt to surrender to serve out 42 months imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case has declined by the Supreme Court. A vacation bench comprising Justices B S Chauhan and Dipak Misra dismissed the petition filed by two producers seeking extension of time for surrender of  [ Read More ]

HC upholds state’s power to supervise trade in molasses

Posted: 14 May 2013 10:36 PM PDT

A batch of petitions which challenged constitutional validity of the Bombay Prohibition Act empowering the Government to supervise the manufacture, purchase or sale of intoxicants or molasses or such articles enumerated in the provisions has rejected by the Bombay High Court. The petitions challenged the powers of State under the Act to ask government employees  [ Read More ]