Legal Articles Legal India Law of Defamation, Newspaper Publication & Journalistic Improprieties November 8, 2018 / November 8, 2018 by Shivam Goel | Leave a Comment Preface: Defamation means to take away or destroy the good fame or reputation; to speak evil of; to charge falsely or to asperse. According to Winfield, ‘defamation’ is the publication of statement which tends to lower a person in the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally or which tends to make them shun or […] Read more » defamation ingredients of the tort of defamation Journalistic Improprieties Law of Defamation Media trial newspaper publication publication of false news publication of false news for defamation
Legal Articles Legal India An Analysis of DNA Profiling Bill 2018 October 22, 2018 / October 22, 2018 by Pawan Kumar Sharma | Leave a Comment “DNA profiling” is not a new term for all, because we have studied during school time. It is a technique by which individuals can be identified and compared via their respective DNA profiles. But now it is taking the form of legislation in India in the DNA profiling bill 2018 . Recently union cabinet passes […] Read more »
Legal Articles Legal India Witch Hunt- The Socio-Legal Intricacies August 31, 2018 / October 22, 2018 by Yashda Garg | Leave a Comment By: Yashda Garg Witch hunt is an archaic and a barbaric practice consumes numerous lives every year. Yet, interestingly, the violence ensued by it is mercilessly silenced and wrapped in the garb of custom. In fact, with the passage of time, the mass approach has only reflected blindness towards the issue. Furthermore, despite the tremendous amount […] Read more » Laws pertaining to Witch Hunt Prevention of Witch hunt victims of Witch Hunt witch hunt Witch hunt as a social practice Witch Hunting protection bill 2015
Legal India Top Law News Alwar Lynching: Supreme Court seeks, Rajasthan Government reply on contempt plea August 20, 2018 / August 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra today, sought explanation from Vasundhara Raje led Rajasthan government over the issue pertaining to Akbar alias Rakbar who was attacked by alleged cow vigilantes in Ramgarh, Alwar, due to suspicion of being a cow smuggler. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices A.M. […] Read more » alwar lynching Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Justices A M Khanwilkar Supreme Court
Legal India Top Law News Adityanath hate speech : Supreme Court Serves notice to UP Government August 20, 2018 / August 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to explain in four weeks why Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should not be prosecuted for an alleged hate speech he gave in 2007 in Gorakhpur. A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra asked the government to reply as to […] Read more » adityanath hate speech Allahabad High Court Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra featured Supreme Court
Legal India Top Law News Dabholkar murder case: Main accused remanded in CBI custody August 20, 2018 / August 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment PUNE: The alleged main shooter arrested in the Narendra Dabholkar killing case received ‘shooting training’ at various places in Maharashtra and Karnataka, the Central Bureau of Investigation told a court in Pune on Sunday. Andure, a resident of Aurangabad, was nabbed from Pune, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) spokesperson said earlier. The entire conspiracy […] Read more » Dabholkar murder case featured monday
Legal India Top Law News Supreme Court restored the honour of an Army veteran who was among officers led Operation Blue Star August 20, 2018 / August 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bushan dismissed the appeal of the Centre against the AFT order but reduced the cost imposed on the government from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 1 lakh. The top court upheld the decision of Armed Forces Tribunal setting aside the “punishment of reprimand” awarded […] Read more » featured Justices A K Sikri justices Ashok Bushan monday Operation Blue Star Supreme Court of India
Legal India Top Law News Faculty cannot follow full time course while teaching: Madras High Court August 19, 2018 / August 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CHENNAI: Acting as a faculty member, condemning the rituals of pursuing a full-time course of a teacher or professor, the Madras High Court has made it clear that the university or the concerned college can not be allowed without prior permission. . The university/institution and the recognition authorities must ensure that no teacher/professor is permitted […] Read more » featured Justice S Vaidyanathan Madras High Court
Legal India Top Law News Women sentenced two months, imprisonment for filling false sexual assault case August 19, 2018 / August 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Kolkata: A court here has sentenced a woman to two months’ imprisonment for falsely accusing a barber of sexually assaulting her eight-year-old daughter. During examination of witnesses earlier this week, the woman admitted in the court that she had levelled false charges, but did not give the reason. The judge has ordered the man’s release. […] Read more » featured kolkata Protection of Children from Sexual Offences(POCSO) Act. sentenced a woman to two months’ imprisonment Special judge (P) Jimut Bahan Biswas sunday
Legal India Top Law News Delhi High Court declines Afghan’s man plea to direct wife kids to return with him August 19, 2018 / August 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel of Delhi High Court has declined the plea of an Afghan national to direct his wife and their two children. The court also denied him visitation rights to meet his children whenever he comes to India noting that the two, aged nine and four years, have […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured justices S Muralidhar justices Vinod Goel United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
