Top Law News Rules for hiring teachers for disabled approved, court told October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) informed the Delhi High Court Monday that it has approved rules for recruitment of two special teachers for disabled students in each government school in the city. Counsel for the UPSC told Justice Indermeet Kaur that the UPSC has sent draft recruitment rules for the post of special educator […] Read more » Delhi High Court Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board DSSSB Justice Indermeet Kaur MCD Municipal Corporation of Delhi NDMC New Delhi Municipal Council Rules for hiring teachers for disabled approved
High Profile Cases Supreme Court stays Kasab’s death sentence October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court stays Kasab’s death sentence The Supreme Court Monday stayed the death sentence awarded to Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured alive during the Nov 26-29, 2008 Mumbai terror attack. AnSupreme court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice C.K. Prasad stayed the death sentence till it hears Kasab’s petition challenging his conviction and death sentence. At the outset […] Read more » Ajmal Amir Kasab Justice Aftab Alam Justice C.K. Prasad Senior Counsel Raju Ramachandran Supreme Court Supreme Court stays Kasab's death sentence
Top Law News Dowry harassment law misused for extortion: Court October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has acquitted a man and three of his family members in a dowry harassment case, saying that legal provisions are often misused for “human rights violations, extortion and corruption”. Asking the woman complainant to move on in life, Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau said: “A word of advice for the complainant that […] Read more » Court Dowry harassment law misused for extortion
Top Law News No discrimination against Jharkhand: Jairam Ramesh October 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Sunday said Sunday that Jharkhand was not being discriminated against as far as development funds are concerned and it could more if it develops the capacity to spend the money properly. ‘There are allegations of discrimination with Jharkhand. Such allegation are wrong. The central rural development ministry is […] Read more » Jairam Ramesh MNREGA No discrimination against Jharkhand
Media & Entertainment News Man thrown out of Arvind Kejriwal rally for asking questions October 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A young man was pushed out of a public meeting on Saturday night addressed by activist Arvind Kejriwal after he asked him why Team Anna was opposed to Congress. TV footage of the incident in Uchana Kalan area showed a man in a blue shirt trying to get close to the dais where Kejriwal and […] Read more »
Media & Entertainment News Bengal should protect fishermen’s rights: Mahasweta Devi October 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Writer and activist Mahasweta Devi Saturday urged West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee-led government to ensure that the rights of fishermen are preserved and that they are provided at least nominal healthcare facilities. “Preservation of environment is the biggest struggle right now in front of the whole world. The struggles of the fishermen are synonymous with the […] Read more » Dakshin Banga Matsyajibi Forum DBMF Mahasweta Devi protect fishermen's rights West Bengal Marine Fishing Regulation Act
Media & Entertainment News Police meet Vidarbha widow who sought Sonia’s help October 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Police officers Saturday visited the house of a Vidarbha farmer’s widow who recently won Rs.640,000 on quiz show “Kaun Banega Crorepati” (KBC) and had sought Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to save her from her harassing in-laws. Aparna Malikar, 27, in an affidavit, has asked United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi to save her from […] Read more »
Media & Entertainment News Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray attacks Anna Hazare again October 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray came up with an angry rejoinder Friday to activist Anna Hazare’s reaction to his Dussehra day comments on the anti-graft movement. In a sharp statement this evening, the 85-year-old Thackeray warned Hazare to stop behaving in a “childish manner” and not to lock horns with the Shiv Sena. “Yesterday, I […] Read more » Anna Hazare Bal Thackeray Bal Thackeray attacks Hazare
Top Law News To him his PILs mean more than lost leg – a month after blast October 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on To him his PILs mean more than lost leg – a month after blast Forty-one-year-old Harish Kumar seems to remember his public interest lawsuits more than the leg he lost in the blast when he went to pursue one a month ago. In the orthopaedic ward of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, without once looking at his amputated leg, Kumar talks about filing a new Right to Information […] Read more »
Top Law News Process to select Karnataka’s new Lokayukta October 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka government on Thursday started the process to select a new Lokayukta, nearly three weeks after Shivaraj V Patil quit as ombudsman amid media reports that he had violated norms in the acquisition of two plots in Bangalore. Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda sent letters to the leaders of opposition in the state assembly, […] Read more » Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda Karnataka's new Lokayukta select Karnataka's new Lokayukta
Top Law News Child rights remain neglected: Khurshid October 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The country may have achieved significant economic growth and gone through rapid transformation over the years but the issues of child rights and abuse largely remain neglected, Law Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday. “We have a deep concern over how the issue of children is being dealt with despite our country achieving significant economic […] Read more » Child rights remain neglected Law Minister Salman Khurshid
Top Law News We demand change, cry Manipur youth October 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It’s hard to see anything positive coming out of the 60-day economic blockade in Manipur. But the blockade and counter blockade by two communities have actually led to a new wave of consciousness in this northeastern state with people, particularly youngsters, getting together and demanding a change in the present state of affairs. With […] Read more » demand change Manipur youth