Criminal Law News Top Law News SC seeks details of crimes against women in Delhi October 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Delhi government to submit every month details of the number of offences committed against women in the national capital. A bench of Justice G.S.Singhvi, Justice Shiva Kirti Singh and Justice C. Nagappan asked for the information in the course of the hearing of a petition seeking an independent probe […] Read more » crimes against women in Delhi details of crimes against women in Delhi Justice C Nagappan Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh SC seeks details of crimes against women in Delhi
High Profile Cases Top Law News Delhi Police file report on complaint against Geelani October 30, 2013 / October 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Police Tuesday filed an action taken report (ATR) in a court here on a complaint seeking an FIR against separatist Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani and three others for allegedly instilling hatred among people of the state and other parts of India. The ATR was submitted in a sealed cover before Metropolitan Magistrate Prashant […] Read more » complaint against Geelani Delhi Police file report Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani report on complaint against Geelani
High Profile Cases Top Law News Aarushi case: Talwars question weapons theory October 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case, the lawyers defending dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar Tuesday raised serious questions about the murder weapons shown by the prosecution. In their plea, defence lawyer Satyaketu Singh submitted that five weapons – hammer, knife, khukri, golf stick and surgical scalpel – had surfaced during investigation by the […] Read more » Aarushi case Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case Talwars question weapons theory
Top Law News SC dismisses plea seeking PM affidavit on coal October 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed an application seeking direction to the prime minister to file an affidavit explaining allocation of coal blocks to various companies during the period he held charge of the coal ministry. “Dismissed,” said the apex court bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha as he brushed aside PIL petitioner advocate M.L. Sharma’s […] Read more » Justice R.M. Lodha PIL petitioner advocate M.L. Sharma plea seeking PM affidavit on coal PM affidavit on coal SC dismisses plea seeking PM affidavit
Top Law News Women no more unsafe in India than elsewhere: French minister October 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Women in India are perhaps no more unsafe than those in France and there are nearly 200 rapes a day in France, a visiting French minister said here. This rather surprising admission was made by French minister for women’s rights as well as the spokesperson of the French government, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, during an interaction with […] Read more » Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Women no more unsafe in India
Criminal Law News Top Law News Guidelines on probing violence against women outdated: Gill October 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Guidelines relating to investigation of violence against women in India are outdated, said former Punjab police chief K.P.S. Gill at a workshop here Monday, adding that constantly stressing on the new anti-rape law would not solve the problem. Speaking at a two-day workshop on “Improving Women’s Security in India” at the Habitat Centre, Gill […] Read more » BPR&D Inspector General Nirmal Kaur Guidelines on probing violence against women Guidelines on probing violence against women outdated Guidelines on violence against women outdated Improving Women's Security in India investigation of violence against women in India
Consumer Law News Corporate Law News Top Law News New land act neither pro-people nor pro-industry’ October 29, 2013 / October 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Asserting that there were many unresolved issues concerning the Land Acquisition Act, a West Bengal minister Monday said the state government does not subscribe to the new legislation, slated to be notified early next year. “The Trinamool Congress government does not subscribe to the new act. There are many issues which needed to be […] Read more » Land Acquisition Act. New land act New land act neither pro-industry' New land act neither pro-people New land act neither pro-people nor pro-industry' Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2013 Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 Transparency in Land Acquisition Bill
Top Law News Delhi HC dismisses plea for translated documents October 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday dismissed the plea of two of the four accused in the Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape case, seeking Hindi translation of certain documents including the conviction and sentence orders. A division bench of Justice Reva Khetrapal and Justice Pratibha Rani rejected the plea saying the language of the courts here is […] Read more » Dec 16 2012 gang-rape case Delhi Gang rape case HC dismisses plea for translated documents Justice Pratibha Rani Justice Reva Khetrapal plea for translated documents dismissed special public prosecutor Dayan Krishnan
Top Law News UP’s Rs.90 crore for 1,800 riot-hit Muslim families October 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to dole out Rs.90 crore as a one-time financial aid to some 1,800 riot-hit Muslim families still in refugee camps so that they start life anew. Amid claims of normalcy returning to the sugar belt of Muzaffarnagar, Shamli and Meerut, the Akhilesh Yadav government has finally admitted that these […] Read more » 90 crore for 1800 riot-hit Muslim families dontion for 1800 riot-hit Muslim families riot-hit Muslim families of UP
Top Law News Won’t let PIL be used for cheap publicity : SC October 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said that public interest litigation route could not be taken to target and bring down the reputation of any one person and for gaining cheap publicity. The apex court bench of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice Ranjan Gogoi said this while dismissing as withdrawn a PIL by advocate M.L. Sharma […] Read more » advocate M L Sharma Justice H.L. Dattu Justice Ranjan Gogoi PIL be used for cheap publicity PIL on Robert Vadra
Top Law News Retired judge appointed Uttar Pradesh human rights chief October 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Uttar Pradesh government has appointed late Friday retired Justice Tarun Chaterjee as the new chairman of the state Human Rights Commission, an official said. 68-year-old Chaterjee was the chief justice at the Allahabad high court in 2003 and retired as a Supreme Court judge in 2010. The name of Chaterjee was cleared […] Read more » Justice Tarun Chaterjee as the new chairman of the state Human Rights Commission retired Justice Tarun Chaterjee Uttar Pradesh human rights chief
High Profile Cases Top Law News Every document filed in court not in public domain says Tata October 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Industrialist Ratan Tata Friday contended in the Supreme Court that every document filed in the court could not be carried by media by deeming it being in public domain. “First of all this public domain theory is wrong. Simply that something is filed in the court is assumed to be in public domain,” senior counsel […] Read more » document filed in court not in public domain Industrialist Ratan Tata Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice Gopala Gowda
