Criminal Law News Agra student’s murder: accused sent to judicial custody April 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two people have been sent to judicial custody in the rape and murder case of a 25-year-old research student at the Dayalbagh Educational Institute, a deemed university here, police said Wednesday. Amongst the accused is Udai Swaroop, grandson of the institute’s chairperson Prem Kumar. Udai and Yashvir, who worked in the same lab where the […] Read more » Agra student's murder
Top Law News SC moved to seek halt to Kudankulam plant’s commissioning April 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was moved Tuesday, seeking a direction to the government not to take steps for commissioning the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu till allegations of use of sub-standard equipment and the impact on the reactor and the public safety were probed. The application by G. Sundarrajan has sought directions to the government […] Read more » halt to Kudankulam plant's commissioning
Top Law News SC disallows discrimination on subsidised foodgrain April 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said the government could not differentiate between “one poor man and another poor man” while offering subsidised foodgrain under the targeted public distribution system. The court said the central government could not deny ration card to an eligible person merely on the grounds that the allocation of quota of foodgrain for […] Read more » discrimination on subsidised foodgrain
Top Law News NHRC issues notice to UP Police over rapes April 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The NHRC said Tuesday that it has sought reports from the Uttar Pradesh government over its role in the alleged beating and detention of two rape victims in the state. “Notices have been issued to the state chief secretary and DGP (director general of police) calling for reports in both the incidents,” an official of […] Read more » NHRC issues notice to UP Police over rapes
Top Law News Poorest unable to exercise rights under NREGA, says CAG April 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report said that widespread instances of non-payment and delayed payment of wages have been noticed in 23 states under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). It said that “the per rural household employment declined from 54 days in 2009-10 to 43 days in 2011-12. There was […] Read more » Poorest unable to exercise rights under NREGA
Top Law News Former CJI J.S.Verma dead April 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Former CJI J.S.Verma dead Justice J.S. Verma, who headed the panel which suggested changes to the anti-rape laws in the aftermath of the Dec 16 gang-rape, died due to liver failure and bleeding in the stomach here Monday. He was 80. The former Chief Justice of India died at Gurgaon’s Medanta Hospital. “Justice Verma was admitted to the hospital […] Read more » J.S.Verma dead
Top Law News Five-year-old girl’s rapist in judicial custody till May 4 April 22, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Sunday sent the accused in a five-year-old girl’s brutal torture and rape here to 14 days’ judicial custody. Manoj, who was arrested from his village in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, was presented before a magistrate who sent him to judicial custody till May 4. The girl was abducted April 15 and kept hostage […] Read more »
Top Law News Police must be held accountable: Amnesty April 21, 2013 / April 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Amnesty International India Sunday called for an impartial probe into the alleged misconduct of police officials in the case of abduction and rape of a five-year-old girl in the national capital. “This case shows the appalling extent of indifference in the police to violence against women and girls, and the inadequacy of internal processes to […] Read more » Police must be held accountable
Top Law News Rapes expose police failure: Human Rights Watch April 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The brutal rape of a five-year-old girl here “has again exposed the failure of police training and reform in India”, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday. “Enacting strong laws are simply a first step but it needs the government to focus urgently on implementation if it is serious about protecting children and other victims of […] Read more » Rapes expose police failure
Top Law News 13-year-old gang-rape victim attempts suicide April 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 13-year-old girl attempted suicide Saturday after being allegedly gang-raped by eight men, four of whom are known to her. She is in ICU in serious condition, the family said. Three of the accused have been arrested, police said Saturday. The girl, who was abducted March 15 by the men and released after nine days, […] Read more » 13-year-old gang-rape victim attempts suicide
Top Law News 336 percent jump in child rapes in a decade’ April 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Amid a public outcry over a brutalsexual assault on a five-year girl here, a report by rights group Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) shows there has been an increase of 336 percent in cases of child rapes from 2001-11. The ‘India’s Hell Holes: Child Sexual Assault in Juvenile Justice Homes’ report, circulated Saturday, said sexual offences against […] Read more » 336 percent jump in child rapes
Top Law News Issue guidelines on rape victims: SC April 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that the victims of sexual assault required a different kind of treatment and it was incumbent upon state governments to issue guidelines as how to deal with them. “It is an obligation on the part of the state authorities and, particularly, the director general of police and home ministry of […] Read more »