Top Law News PM for maintaining fine balance between RTI, privacy October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday called for fine balance between right to information and right to privacy, an issue that cropped up after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi sought details of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s foreign travel bills, which include those for health reasons. Addressing the annual convention of information commissioners here, Manmohan Singh highlighted […] Read more » maintaining balance between RTI privacy
Top Law News SC pulls up Centre on Endosulfan use October 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today pulled up the Centre for not taking a clear stand on banning Endosulfan and appointed an expert committee to submit a report on whether use and manufacture of the pesticide can be stopped forever. “Why does Centre not take a stand on this issue and why it is left for the […] Read more » banning Endosulfan and appointed an expert committee causing health hazards including genetic disorders countrywide ban on sale and production of Endosulfan CPI-M's youth wing Democratic Youth Federation of India Director General of Health Services endosulfan Joint Secretary of Plant Protection form Agriculture Ministry justices Madan B Lokur justices Swatanter Kumar Kasaragod district have linked Endosulfan exposure Member Secretary of Centre Pollution Control Board researchers studying children from an isolated village SC pulls up Centre on Endosulfan use
Top Law News HC’s contempt notice to Delhi govt on RWA’s plea October 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The city government was today directed by the Delhi High Court to respond to a contempt plea charging the authorities with non compliance of the court’s previous order to build a foot overbridge(FoB) near Jangpura Metro station in six months. Issuing contempt notices to the Chief Secretary of Delhi Government, the Transport Commissioner and the […] Read more » Chief Secretary of Delhi Government construction of foot overbridge at Lala Lajpat Rai Marg counsel R K Saini Delhi govt on RWA's plea Delhi Integrated Multi-Model Transit System foot overbridge General Manager of DIMTS HC's contempt notice to Delhi govt on RWA's plea Jangpura Residents Welfare Association Justice Rajiv Shakdher Lala Lajpat Rai Marg connecting Jangpura metro station public interest but the construction tenders for construction of the bridge Transport Commissioner
Top Law News High court stays DGCA order on chopper firm October 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed the order of the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) withdrawing the Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) approval granted to Indocopters Pvt. Ltd., which had stalled its operations. Issuing an interim order, Justice Rajiv Shakdher stayed the DGCA’s Sep 18 order that was issued after the security clearance of Global […] Read more » advocate Rameeza Hakeem Approved Maintenance Organisation blatant violation of Rule Director General of Civil Aviation former army chief General V.K. Singh Global Vectra Helicorp Global Vectra’s operating permit after the MHA heavy-duty all-terrain Tatra trucks High court stays DGCA order on chopper firm Indocopters Pvt. Ltd. Justice Rajiv Shakdher London-based Vectra Group's chairperson Ravi Rishi-led Vectra Group Senior advocate Atul Nanda
Top Law News Monuments to be illuminated for girl child day October 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Monuments to be illuminated for girl child day To observe the first ever International Day for the Girl Child, four monuments in Delhi and Hyderabad will be illuminated pink Oct 11, Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor said Tuesday. Qutub Minar, Humayun`s Tomb and Purana Quila in Delhi and Charminar in Hyderabad will be illuminated pink Thursday (Oct 11), said Anil Kapoor, goodwill ambassador for […] Read more » Anil Kapoor goodwill ambassador for NGO - Plan India Archaeological Survey of India ASI D.N. Dimri Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor Charminar in Hyderabad Humayun`s Tomb Hyderabad will be illuminated pink illuminated for girl child day International Day for the Girl Child message of protecting the girl child Monuments to be illuminated for girl child day Purana Quila in Delhi Qutub Minar Superintending Archaeologist
Top Law News SC asks government to notify norms to regulate eco-tourism October 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on SC asks government to notify norms to regulate eco-tourism The Supreme Court Tuesday allowed the union government to issue “comprehensive guidelines” for conservation of tiger habitat coupled with regulated low-impact eco-tourism in national parks and sanctuaries. The apex court bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar, while giving the government seven days to notify its eco-tourism guidelines, said: “We can neither validate […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising comprehensive guidelines conservation of tiger habitat coupled with regulated critical tiger habitat for tiger conservation eco-tourism guidelines Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar low-impact tourism low-impact tourism in national parks and sanctuaries Non-consumptive regulated SC asks government to notify norms to regulate eco-tourism Wildlife Protection Act
Top Law News Disabled rights activists flay new mental health bill October 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Calling it “apartheid” against mentally ill people, disabled rights activists Tuesday criticised the new mental health bill proposed by the health ministry, saying it would make it easier to forcibly confine a person into a mental asylum. According to activists, the draft Mental Healthcare (MHC) Bill 2012, which is likely to be brought to the […] Read more » activists flay new mental health bill admission in mental asylums apartheid against mentally ill people Bhargavi Davar co-chair of NAAJMI deprive a person's liberty to psychiatry disabled rights activists Disabled rights activists flay new mental health bill Electroconvulsive Therapy Javed Abidi of the Disabled Rights Group medical professionals and psychiatrists Mental Health Act Mental Healthcare bill national Alliance on Access to Justice for People with Mental Illness
Top Law News Delhi gets two months to file report on waterlogging October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government was Tuesday given two months by the Delhi High Court to find solutions to and submit a report on waterlogging and flooding of roads in the city. A division bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Vipin Sanghi allowed the submission of the Delhi government’s standing counsel Najmi Waziri for more […] Read more » comprises of heads of the trifurcated MCD coordination committee Counsel Najmi Waziri Delhi gets two months to file report on waterlogging Delhi Jal Board and irrigation department Delhi Municipal Council headed by chief secretary Indian Institute of Technology Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Justice Vipin Sanghi leading to waterlogging on major roads of the capital municipal corporations of Delhi NDMC prevent waterlogging during rains Public Works Department waterlogging and flooding of roads in the city
Top Law News Geetika suicide case: Custody of Kanda, Chaddha extended October 9, 2012 / October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Tuesday extended the judicial custody of former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda and his employee Aruna Chaddha till Oct 12. The duo is accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma. While extending their custody, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate D.K. Jangala listed the matter for scrutiny of the charge-sheet […] Read more » Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate D.K. Jangala Chaddha extended Chaddha is a former official of Kanda's Custody of Kanda and Chaddha extended Delhi's Ashok Vihar area former flight attendant Geetika Sharma Geetika Sharma Geetika suicide case Geetika suicide case: Custody of Kanda Gopal Goyal Kanda and his employee Aruna Chaddha Kanda and Chaddha for harassing her and driving her to suicide Kanda and Chaddha have denied the allegations Kanda's now-defunct MDLR Airlines MDLR Airlines where Geetika had worked
Top Law News SC notice to Mayawati on disproportionate assets October 9, 2012 / October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sent a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), BSP chief Mayawati and the Centre on a review petition asking the court to further probe the disproportionate assets against the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. The Supreme Court in July this year had quashed an FIR filed by the CBI […] Read more » advocate Kamini Jaiswal BSP chief Mayawati CBI has no power to investigate CBI is at liberty to investigate illegal assets case disproportionate assets case against Mayawati FIR filed against the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister FIR filed by the CBI against Mayawati in the case pursue corruption case against Mayawati SC notice to Mayawati on disproportionate assets Supreme Court judgement filed by one Kamalesh Verma Taj Corridor case Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Top Law News Haryana rapes reflect skewed sex ratio: Child rights panel October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The spate of rapes in Haryana is a reflection of the adverse sex ratio in the state as well as the way the female sex is treated in society, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said Tuesday and demanded severe punishment for the rapists. “Gender discrimination and caste discrimination is reflected in […] Read more » caste discrimination demanded severe punishment for the rapists Gandhi demanded the "severest punishment" for the rapists Gandhi visited the family of a teenaged Dalit girl in Jind Gender discrimination Haryana is a reflection of the adverse sex ratio Haryana rapes reflect skewed sex ratio: Child rights panel National Commission for Protection of Child Rights PGIMS at Rohtak Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences severe punishment for the rapists Shanta Sinha NCPCR chairperson Sinha spoke as Congress chief Sonia Gandhi
Top Law News Tamil Nadu to file contempt plea against Karnataka October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Irked by Karnataka’s decision to stop release of Cauvery water, Tamil Nadu government on Friday decided to file a contempt petition “immediately” against its counterpart in the Supreme Court, saying its action amounted to impeding country’s federal structure. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa chaired a review meeting with her senior cabinet colleagues and officials here to […] Read more » action amounted to impeding country's federal structure amounting to dishonouring Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa chaired CRA ruling asking the upper riparian state decision contested by both states file a contempt petition against Karntaka government Irked by Karnataka's decision to stop release of Cauvery water Karnataka also impeded the federal structure Krishna Raja Sagar dam citing depleted storage locked in the decades-long Cauvery dispute Tamil Nadu gets its due share of water Tamil Nadu government Tamil Nadu to file contempt plea against Karnataka unilaterally stopped releasing water