Top Law News Delhi considering increasing contribution to bar council fund May 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government might increase its contribution to the Bar Council of Delhi’s corpus fund for welfare measures, Chief Minister Sheia Dikshit said Saturday. The government had provided Rs.1 crore for the constitution of the corpus fund. “Since it was long time ago, I am sure that the time has come to take a review […] Read more » bar council fund President Pranab Mukherjee
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Aarushi case: Court rejects defence request to summon 13 witnesses May 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court trying the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case Saturday rejected the defence counsel’s request to summon the then CBI joint director Arun Kumar and 12 other witnesses included in the original list but not brought to depose, the lawyer said. Defence counsel Manoj Sisodia said that he made the request since the Central Bureau of […] Read more » Aarushi case Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case Aarushi-Hemraj murder case Defence counsel Manoj Sisodia
Criminal Law News CBI has exposed many in railways for corruption May 5, 2013 / May 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on CBI has exposed many in railways for corruption The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has exposed at least 17 cases of corruption by railway staff over the past 20 months, according to the agency. The latest case was in April when A.K. Bora, then chairman of Railway Recruitment Board, Northeast Frontier Railway, Guwahati, was sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined Rs.3,000. This […] Read more » CBI exposure in railways corruption railways corruption
Top Law News Base ration subsidy on 2011 census for better coverage: SC May 5, 2013 / May 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said that it would be “ideal” to make latest projection of people eligible for subsidized ration under the targeted public distribution system (TPDS) on the basis of 2011 census data. “To take the latest census figures (2011) and then make the projection on the number of eligible people to be covered […] Read more » Base ration subsidy Base ration subsidy - 2011 census Base ration subsidy on 2011 census Justice Kalifulla ration subsidy on 2011 census Targeted Public Distribution System TPDS
Criminal Law News Delhi Police chief gets HC notice on advocates’ complaint May 5, 2013 / May 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment he Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the Delhi Police Commissioner and the Gandhi Nagar police station chief on a plea filed by two lawyers who alleged verbal abuse and physical assault on them by city police officials. Justice Sunil Gaur, seeking response from the police chief and the Gandhi Nagar station house officer […] Read more » Delhi Police chief gets HC notice HC NOTICE to elhi policecheif Justice Sunil Gaur
Top Law News Delhi HC on child rape: Are people going mad? April 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Delhi HC on child rape: Are people going mad? The Delhi High Court Thursday expressed concern over the gang-rape of the five-year-old girl in the city, saying, “something somewhere is wrong” and wondering whether “people are going mad”. “It is surprising, what is happening in Delhi. Something somewhere is wrong,” said a division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath. […] Read more » Delhi HC on child rape
Top Law News Society must ensure dignity of women: President April 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Describing as “unacceptable” the recent incidents of child rapes and brutal assaults on women in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday called for introspection at the “repeated failure to ensure safety” and said solutions must be found. Addressing the 45th convocation ceremony of the state-run Utkal University at Odisha capital Bhubaneswar, the president said the […] Read more » ensure dignity of women
Top Law News SC raps police forces over treatment of women April 25, 2013 / April 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said that it would take a very serious view of another incident of police violence against a woman, and the person involved would have to bear the wrath of the court. Referring to the rising frequency of incidents of brutality against women, and even children, the court said the framers of […] Read more » Delhi HC on child rape police forces over treatment of women
Criminal Law News Man gets 10 yrs jail for raping minor girl April 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 28-year-old man has been jailed for 10 years by a fast track court for raping the minor daughter of his friend after entering his house. Additional sessions judge M C Gupta sentenced Krishna, a resident of Daulat Pur in northwest Delhi, for raping the 13- year-old girl two years ago when her parents were […] Read more » 10 yrs jail for raping minor girl
Criminal Law News Court issues fresh production warrant in child rape case April 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Wednesday issued a fresh production warrant against Manoj Sah, the prime accused in a five-year-old Delhi girl’s rape and torture case, to present him in court the day after. Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Rakesh Kumar asked the Tihar Jail authorities to present Sah Thursday before the court concerned, after police said the production […] Read more » warrant in child rape case
Top Law News Bijan Das new Tripura advocate general April 25, 2013 / April 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gauhati High Court’s senior lawyer Bijan Das has been appointed the advocate general of Tripura, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Wednesday. Das, a resident of Assam, replaced Dipak Prakash Kundu, who resigned on health grounds. “Bijan Das has been practising law at the Gauhati High Court for the past 40 years,” Sarkar told […] Read more » Bijan Das Bijan Das -Tripura advocate general Tripura advocate general
Criminal Law News Kashmir court allows taking chit fund accused to Bengal April 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Jammu and Kashmir court Wednesday gave the West Bengal police a four-day transit remand of Saradha Group chairman and managing director Sudipta Sen and two other accused in the multi-crore-rupee chit fund scam. Ganderbal district Chief Judicial Magistrate Parvez Ahmed allowed Bengal investigators to take away Sen, Group director Debjani Mukherjee and Arvind Singh […] Read more »