Top Law News Tenant cannot dictate usage of space to house owner: New Delhi Court December 7, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The tenant of a 65-year-old handicapped widow in Nizamuddin, New Delhi, was served eviction orders by a Delhi court Saturday. The tenant was also told that he could not suggest ways in which his landlady might use her space. Additional Civil Judge M.P. Singh’s order came as a relief to Femida Begum who had sought […] Read more » Additional Civil Judge M.P. Singh New Delhi Court Tenant cannot dictate usage of space to house owner
Top Law News Make milk adulteration punishable with life imprisonment: SC December 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday urged the state governments to make necessary amendments to their laws to make production and marketing of adulterated milk, which is injurious to human consumption, an offence punishable with life imprisonment. Read more » milk adulteration punishable with life imprisonment
Top Law News Law will run its course if Ganguly is guilty: Meira Kumar December 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Asserting that India has the legislations to tackle sexual harassment cases, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday said the law would take its course if an accused was proved to be guilty. “There are laws in the country to deal with such cases,” Meira Kumar told mediapersons on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of […] Read more » Law will run its course if Ganguly is guilty
Top Law News Delhi’s first time voters want clean leadership good governance December 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment They are barely out of their teens and still exploring their career choices, but a majority of Delhi’s first time voters are sure about one thing – their burning desire to vote for a government that could work for their betterment and improve their lives. Issues like women safety in the wake of the Dec […] Read more » clean leadership good governance
Top Law News Meghalaya special court tries inner line permit seekers December 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court in Meghalaya Tuesday held its first sitting to try criminal cases against leaders of 14 pressure groups sponsoring the ongoing agitation demanding re-introduction of the British-era Inner Line Permit (ILP). However, none of the leaders of the agitating pressure groups, barring Civil Society Women’s Organisation (CSWO) leaders Agnes Kharshiing and Evangeline Thabah, […] Read more » Meghalaya special court tries inner line permit seekers
Top Law News Delhi polls seen as national trend-setter December 3, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It is not a full-fledged state and has only 70 assembly seats but polls in Delhi are keenly watched as it is the centre of the country’s political power and has, many times in the past, served as a pointer to the Lok Sabha polls. The BJP, keen to end its 15-year power drought in […] Read more » Delhi polls seen as national trend-setter
Top Law News 1984 riots: SC dismisses Sajjan Kumar’s appeal December 3, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday declined a plea by Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for quashing the charges against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice V. Gopala Gowda declined the appeal even as his lawyer, senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi argued that Sajjan Kumar could not be charged under […] Read more » 1984 riots SC dismisses Sajjan Kumar's appeal
Top Law News Indian police don’t understand their role: Rights group December 3, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The official of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) was referring to the public thrashing of four murder suspects by Anantpur police in Andhra Pradesh. “There is something seriously wrong with policing. A modern democracy needs a modern police. The police doesn’t seem to understand their role in a democracy, but are stuck in the […] Read more » Indian police don’t understand their role
Top Law News SC directs states to frame rule on sale of acid by March 31 December 3, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all the States and Union Territories to put in place by March 31, 2014 the draft rules to regulate the sale of acids and other corrosive substances. By an order dated July 18, a three-judge Bench of Justices R.M. Lodha, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph had completely prohibited […] Read more » acid attack offences under the Poison Act 1919 rule on sale of acid
Top Law News People with HIV/AIDS demand discrimination-free society December 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sex workers, transgenders and people from certain other groups living with HIV/AIDS gathered here Sunday and demanded that society stop discriminating against them. “Despite tremendous development in infrastructure and treatment facilities, there are still incidents of stigma and discrimination that occur mostly because of the fear and attitude associated with HIV. Only if this challenge […] Read more » People with HIV/AIDS
Top Law News Tarun Tejpal faces arrest as court rejects his anticipatory bail plea December 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Beleagured Tehelka’s founder editor Tarun Tejpal’s plea for anticipatory bail was rejected by the sessions court on Saturday evening and his arrest appeared imminent. The order was pronounced at 8.10pm. The sessions judge Anuja Prabhudesai pronounced the order in a packed court room after a three hours delay. Scorching rumours that he may attend the […] Read more » judge Anuja Prabhudesai Tarun Tejpal faces arrest
Top Law News Tarun Tejpal’s anticipatory bail order reserved . November 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Goa court has reserved order on Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s anticipatory bail plea till 4.30 p.m. Saturday. Tejpal’s interim bail period has also been extended till that time. In her concluding remarks before reserving the order following two hours of arguments, North Goa District and Sessions Judge Anuja Prabhudessai told a packed courtroom, which […] Read more » Tarun Tejpal's anticipatory bail Tarun Tejpal's anticipatory bail order Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal
