Criminal Law News Don’t venture out late night: Police chief tells Delhiites July 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhiites cannot expect to be safe if they venture outside late night, Delhi Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta said Saturday. “You can’t go out at 2 in the night and then say that you were a victim of a crime,” Gupta said at an event organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry […] Read more » B.K. Gupta Delhi Police Commissioner Delhiites Police chief
Criminal Law News Foreign child abusers operating in Goa: Church July 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Foreign child abusers operating in Goa: Church Goa is becoming a child sex trade hub after Thailand’s crackdown on its thriving child abuse industry, Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao said on Saturday. “Till recently, Thailand was considered to be the capital of the child sex tourism industry in this part of the world. It is now known how the Thai government, pushed by […] Read more » Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao child abusers child sex trade hub Church Goa
Top Law News High court reserves order on Jamiat plea July 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court on Friday, reserved its order on a petition moved by Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) challenging the deposition of IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt at the Nanavati-Mehta Commission. Citing certain provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, JUH has argued that Bhatt is not a witness and he cannot be allowed to be cross-examined by […] Read more » High Court Jamiat plea order reserves
Top Law News Return passengers to lounge if take-off delayed: Apex court July 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Passengers of any aircraft that does not take off and remains parked on the tarmac for more than three hours after boarding is closed but, should be permitted to go back to the airport lounge, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court bench of Justice R.V.Raveendran and Justice A.K.Patnaik asked the Director General of […] Read more » Air Traffic Control apex court ATC Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran lounge Return passengers take-off delayed
Media & Entertainment News Rights panel reminds officials about Ramdev report July 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued reminders to the union home secretary and the Delhi chief secretary for their reports on the midnight crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev which are still awaited. “On June 6, they (home secretary and Delhi chief secretary) along with the Delhi Police Commissioner were asked by the […] Read more » Delhi Police Commissioner National Human Rights Commission NHRC Ramdev report yoga guru Baba Ramdev
Top Law News Take care of mentally challenged, court tells Himachal government July 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to take the mentally ill, “wandering in inhuman conditions in the street”, into its protection. Issuing the directions on a public interest litigation (PIL) of Shimla resident, the court of Justice Surinder Singh Thursday reminded the state of its duty and said the mentally challenged […] Read more » Court Himachal government Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Surinder Singh mentally challenged PIL public interest litigation
Top Law News Supreme Court bars opening of Kerala temple’s sixth vault July 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the seven-member committee from opening the vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala, where a treasure trove worth over one lakh crore rupees was discovered recently. A bench of Justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik asked the petitioner Raja Rama Varma, the erstwhile Prince of Travancore, […] Read more » A K Patnaik Justices R V Raveendran Kerala temple's Senior counsel K K Venogopal sixth vault Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Supreme Court Thiruvananthapuram
Top Law News Jharkhand PSUs try to evict squatters – politicians, bureaucrats July 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two public sector units (PSU) have issued eviction notices to illegal occupants, including Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Hemant Soren and bureaucrats, of their residential properties, officials said Thursday. Central Coalfield Limited (CCL), Ranchi, came out with an advertisement in newspapers with a list of people illegally occupying its houses and bungalows. The names included Leader […] Read more » bureaucrats evict squatters Jharkhand Jharkhand High Court politicians PSUs
Top Law News Doctor’s death in jail: Family moves Supreme Court July 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will Friday hear a petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of Lucknow deputy chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan, who was found dead in a jail toilet. The plea was filed by the doctor’s family, which claimed that the Uttar Pradesh government was engaged in a cover-up […] Read more » chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Cyriac Joseph Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court judge Sudershan Reddy retires July 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two days after delivering a judgment against use of tribals as special police officers (SPOs) in anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh, Supreme Court’s Justice B. Sudershan Reddy retired Thursday. In his judgment directing the disarming of the SPOs, Justice Reddy gave words to his anguish on the state policy, saying that on “one hand the state […] Read more » judge Sudershan Reddy retires Supreme Court
Top Law News 35 percent Indian women suffer domestic violence: UN July 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Around 35 percent Indian women suffer from physical violence at the hands of their partners while nearly 40 percent men and women think that it is sometimes or always ‘justifiable’ for a man to beat his wife, a UN Women report said. While the report, ‘Progress of the World’s Women’ was released Wednesday, the formal […] Read more » 35 percent domestic violence UN
High Profile Cases CBI to give Radia tapes to 2G accused July 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will by July 12 provide taped coversations of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia to all those accused in the 2G spectrum scam case, the probe agency said in court Thursday. The investigation agency, while responding to the plea by the accused, said before special CBI judge O.P Saini: “The accused […] Read more » 2G accused CBI CBI judge O.P. Saini Gautam Doshi Hari Nair R.K. Chandolia Radia tapes Raja's aide Sanjay Chandra Shahid Balwa Siddharth Behura Surendra Pipara Swan Telecom's Unitech Wireless Vinod Goenka