Top Law News SC notice to J-K govt on bonded labour row October 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought the Jammu and Kashmir government’s response on a petition alleging prevalence of bonded labour camps in the state’s brick kilns. A bench of justices A K Patnaik and H L Gokhale issued notice to the state on the petition filed by social activist Swami Agnivesh, on behalf of a woman […] Read more » allegedly subjected to repeated rapes bonded labour camps in the state's brick kilns illegal confinement J-K govt on bonded labour row Jammu and Kashmir government's response Justices A K Patnaik justices H L Gokhale kiln contractor under RS Pura sub division in Jammu Manoj Chauhan petition alleging prevalence of bonded labour SC notice to J-K govt on bonded labour row social activist Swami Agnivesh Sunderbani in Rajouri district woman worker who was allegedly subjected to repeated rapes
Top Law News SC seeks govts’ stands on transgenders’ rights October 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court om Monday sought the stands of the Centre and various state governments on a plea for declaring transgenders as citizens with a third category of gender and demanding equal protection and rights for them. A bench of justices KS Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra also issued notices to four Union ministries – the […] Read more » counsel Indira Sawhney gender and demanding equal protection Health and Family Welfare justices Dipak Misra justices KS Radhakrishnan Lok Adalats for amicable resolution of disputes National Legal Services Authority reservation for transgenders in educational institutions right to contest elections RIGHT TO MARRY right to vote SC seeks govts' stands on transgenders' rights Senior advocate L Nageshwar Rao Social Justice and Empowerment transgenders are deprived of social and cultural participation transgenders are treated as legal non-entity in violation Urban and Rural Development Women and Child Development
Top Law News HC rejects plea of pilot against erstwhile Vayudoot October 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today dismissed a former IAF pilot’s plea to quash an enquiry launched against him in 1992 by his erstwhile employer Vayudoot Ltd which had later merged into Indian Airlines. A bench of justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Indermeet Kaur dismissed the plea on grounds of lack of reasons for delay in […] Read more » amalgamated with Air India Dornier aircraft erstwhile employer Vayudoot Ltd former IAF pilot alleged harassment by Vayudoot former IAF pilot's plea to quash an enquiry launched against him HC rejects plea of ex-IAF pilot against erstwhile Vayudoot Ltd HC rejects plea of pilot against erstwhile Vayudoot justices Indermeet Kaur justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw plea of pilot against erstwhile Vayudoot retired Wing Commander G S Bindra single-judge bench and rejected Bindra's plea subsequent withdrawal of resignation from Vayudoot Vayudoot merged into Indian Airlines
Top Law News Foeticide case: Doctor remanded to 7-day custody October 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A government doctor, who was arrested for allegedly conducting an abortion at his private hospital in Kaij tehsil of the district, was on Monday remanded to seven days in police custody by a local court. Dr Chandrakant Lamture was remanded to seven-day police custody by Kaij judicial magistrate court. Meanwhile, the woman whose abortion was […] Read more » allegedly conducting an abortion Ambajogai SRTR Medical College and Hospital causing death of unborn child causing miscarriage conduct medical termination of pregnancy Doctor remanded to 7-day custody Dr Chandrakant Lamture Foeticide case Foeticide case: Doc remanded to 7-day custody Kaij judicial magistrate court Kaij tehsil of the district Medical Termination of Pregnancies private hospital in Kaij tehsil seven-day police custody by Kaij judicial magistrate court
Top Law News No house for tribunal members: SC pulls up centre October 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday pulled up the government for denying accommodation to retired judges who are members of the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal to settle a dispute between Goa and Karnataka. “You slip into deep slumber, and you want the court to wake you up. Why do you compel us to do something which we […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval Andhra Pradesh High Court P.S. Narayana chairman and members of the tribunal entitled to government accommodation Justice Anil R. Dave Justice R.M. Lodha list of vacant bungalows Madhya Pradesh High Court Vinay Mittal Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal No house for tribunal members No house for tribunal members: SC pulls up centre P.S. Narayana were nominated to the tribunal provide for the appointment of judges to tribunals water-sharing dispute between Goa and Karnataka
Top Law News Activist on tree stresses on saving forests October 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After gathering over a lakh signatures to protect India’s forests from coal mining, Greenpeace activist Brikesh Singh Monday ended his month-long occupation of a tree on the fringes of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) here. Singh, who practically lived on a tree since Sep 1 to spread awareness about protecting forests, will now be heading […] Read more » Activist on tree stresses on saving forests celebrities coal mining poses to bio-diversity coal mining throughout central India Durgapur coal mine bordering TATR Durgapur coal mine expansion Eco-Pro forest are facing destruction from coal mining forest dependent communities Green Planet Greenpeace activist Brikesh Singh India's forests from coal mining local NGOs and citizens prominent politicians Satpuda Foundation Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
Top Law News Gadkari files defamation case against Digvijay Singh October 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment BJP President Nitin Gadkari today slapped a criminal defamation case against Congress leader Digvijay Singh for accusing him of having business links with his party MP Ajay Sancheti who allegedly pocketed Rs 500 crore in coal block allocation. Singh had recently made statements that Sancheti was Gadkari’s business partner and had earned a huge profit […] Read more » Anand said Singh's statement appearing for BJP leader BJP President Nitin Gadkari brief submission advanced by Gadkari's counsel coal block allocation Congress leader Digvijay Singh Gadkari files defamation case against Digvijay Singh Gadkari has any "direct or indirect" business relations with Sancheti Gadkari's statement Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kuma MP Ajay Sancheti Nitin Gadkari slapped a criminal defamation case against Digvijay Singh Sancheti was Gadkari's business partner senior advocate Pinky Anand
Top Law News Hyderabad meet to discuss inclusion plans for marginal groups October 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day-long consultation on ‘designing a social inclusion plan for marginal and vulnerable communities such as sex workers and transgendered women’ will be organised here Oct 1. The National Mission for Empowerment of Women (NMEW), Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, Government of India, is organising the consultation with technical support from the Centre for […] Read more » Additional Secretary and Mission Director Centre for Advocacy and Research community groups from seven districts convergence of multiple women-centric schemes drug users ex workers Exploitation Government of India Hyderabad meet to discuss inclusion plans for marginal groups indignity and social stigma integration of marginalised women leading civil society organisations Ministry of Women and Child Welfare National Mission for Empowerment of Women people living with HIV/AIDS public interest research and advocacy group Ratna Prabha sexual minorities Transgenders victims of trafficking works among marginalised communities
Top Law News Young India turning to ageing hearts, says survey October 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Though India boasts of its young population, a survey by a UN panel has indicated that the country has around 90 million ageing people and the figure is expected to touch a whopping 315 million by 2050. The United Nation Population Fund survey has asked the government to work out on how to cope with […] Read more » arthritis and rheumatism BPL families several non-BPL families Building Knowledge Base on Population Ageing in India cataract health insurance and universalisation of social pension hypertension and diabetes are most prevalent India boasts of its young population Mathew Cherian chief executive of HelpAge India national programme officer Population and Development Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna RSBY is a government scheme launched Sathyanarayana Sathyanarayana K.M Stressing on the universalisation of pension United Nation Population Fund survey Young India turning to ageing hearts says survey
Top Law News Justice Altamas Kabir is new Chief Justice of India October 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The 39th Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir, who was on Saturday sworn in by President Pranab Mukharjee, is a man of substance who goes about his work in a quiet but firm way. Chief Justice Kabir is the second Supreme Court head who was born after India attained independence, the first being his predecessor, […] Read more » Appu Ghar amusement park Chief Justice (retd) SH Kapadia Chief Justice Kabir's father Jahangir Kabir Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's government chief ministers BC Roy and PC Sen first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru Indian fishermen off Kerala coast Italian government asserting sovereign immunity Justice Altamas Kabir is new Chief Justice of India Karnataka assembly legislators Lal Bahadur Shastri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad President Pranab Mukharjee Prevention of Atrocities Act West Bengal politics
Top Law News Telangana protesters refuse to disperse October 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Braving heavy rain, thousands of protesters demanding a separate Telangana state refused to leave Necklace Road here even as the deadline set by police ended Sunday evening. The marchers earlier clashed with security personnel. Police used water cannons to disperse protesters after they squatted on the road on the banks of Hussain Sagar lake. Telangana […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party Braving heavy rain Buddha Bhavan-P.V. Ghat stretch chief minister’s camp office in Begumpet Communist Party of India employees Indo-Tibetan Border Police JAC convenor M. Kodandaram lawyers Leaders of the JAC Legislators of the Telugu Desam Party N. Janardhana Reddy organisations of students Osmania University Police twice arrested MPs from the ruling Congress from Telangana students stoned police Telangana Joint Action Committee Telangana leader Telangana protesters refuse to disperse Telangana Rashtra Samithi Telangana state refused to leave Necklace Road threatened to disrupt the UN global biodiversity women and trade unions Youngsters removed barricades and clashed
Top Law News CAG not exceeding mandate, rules apex court October 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on CAG not exceeding mandate, rules apex court The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) that contended the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was not mandated to go into policy decisions of the government to arrive at presumptive losses. The PIL petitioner, economist Dr Rakesh Gupta contended that the CAG exceeded the brief of constitutional mandate by commenting on policy […] Read more » allocation of coal blocks auditor of a company or corporation CAG exceeds his constitutional CAG exceeds his statutory mandate CAG not exceeding mandate cause of economic justice for two decades Comptroller and Auditor General economist Dr Rakesh Gupta efficacy of government decisions efficacy of the government's policy decisions Justice Anil R. Dave Justice R.M. Lodha Petitioner Rakesh Gupta power sector reports on civil aviation rules apex court Supreme Court dismissed a public interest litigation Supreme Court while rejecting the PIL