Media & Entertainment News From closet to freedom for India’s gays, two years on July 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment What would you make of 377, 2/7, 730? Could be a code or a logical reasoning question. But, for queers, 377 is the Indian Penal Code section that denied them the right to love for over a century, 2/7 is when the Delhi High Court famously read down the section and 730 the number of […] Read more » India's gays
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Girl killed in police station was gangraped: Women’s panel July 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Contradicting two autopsy reports, the National Commission for Women (NCW) said here Thursday that the minor girl found dead in a police station complex in this Uttar Pradesh district had indeed been gangraped. Not only one, several people raped the girl and brutally killed her. Thereafter, the girls body was hanged from a tree to […] Read more » gangraped girl killed police station
Top Law News Apex court warns private medical colleges against lapses July 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday slammed private medical and dental colleges for lapses in admissions and said it will have to step in if things do not improve. The apex court vacation bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice A.K. Patnaik said: “Private medical colleges are doing wrong admissions. The court has to stop it.” Taking […] Read more » apex court Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice P. Sathasivam lapses private medical colleges warns
Top Law News CBI allowed to challenge acquittals in Dinakaran attack June 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court Wednesday permitted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to appeal against the acquittal of all 17 accused in the 2007 Tamil daily Dinakaran arson case. A lower court in December 2009 acquitted the accused in the incident in which three employees of the daily were burnt to […] Read more » acquittals CBI Dinakaran attack
Criminal Law News Court acquits six accused of gangraping US national June 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Acquitting six students of the charge of gangraping a US national, the Bombay High Court Wednesday dismissed the Maharashtra government challenge to a trial court verdict in their favour, a lawyer said. ‘The division bench of Justice Mridula Bhatkar and Justice N.H. Patil said that there is no evidence to prove the gangrape,’ said Rohini […] Read more » acquits Court gangraping US national
Top Law News CBI’s shield against transparency law challenged June 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government’s decision to exempt the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from the purview of the country’s transparency law was challenged in the Delhi High Court Wednesday. ‘After admitting the public interest litigation, the court posted the hearing on it on July 6,’ said petitioner Sitab Ali Chaudhary. He […] Read more » CBI challenged transparency law
Media & Entertainment News Mamata welcomes apex court order on Singur land June 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Welcoming the Supreme Court’s interim order on the Singur land case, the West Bengal Chief Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, today said the apex court did not stop land survey and the “process of distribution of land.” “We welcome the Supreme court order. It will go in favour of the farmers and in favour of the […] Read more » 'Mamata apex court Singur land
Top Law News New anti-piracy law ready for parliament June 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on New anti-piracy law ready for parliament With the Indian Navy nabbing over 120 Somali pirates in the last six months, India has prepared a draft anti-piracy law that is likely to be tabled in the monsoon session of parliament beginning August 1, an official said.The draft legislation, prepared in consultation with all the maritime stakeholders, including the navy and the coast […] Read more » anti-piracy law Parliament
Criminal Law News Court acquits man accused of torturing daughter-in-law June 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High court has upheld a trial court’s order acquitting a man accused of torture and dowry harassment of his daughter-in-law, who later committed suicide at her parents’ house. The division bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice G.P. Mittal said: “We are satisfied that the trial court’s findings as well as conclusions […] Read more » accused acquits Court daughter-in-law Justice G.P. Mittal Justice S. Ravindra Bhat man torturing
Top Law News Delhi resident’s groups vow to oppose power tariff hike June 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Several resident welfare associations (RWA) in Delhi have said they would oppose any hike in power tariff and demanded audits to weed out faulty meters, a statement said Tuesday. The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) should not hike the power tariff at the behest of the private distribution Companies, it said. The residents said they […] Read more » Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission Delhi resident's groups DERC oppose power tariff hike
Criminal Law News Scheme to compensate rape victims from Aug 1 June 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Scheme to compensate rape victims from Aug 1 The central government will launch a scheme to compensate rape victims from August 1, an official statement said on Tuesday. “The scheme has been approved and the budget has been provided. Now it has been decided to launch the scheme (for rape victims) on Aug 1,” women and child development minister Krishna Tirath said. The […] Read more » Compensate Krishna Tirath rape victims Scheme
Media & Entertainment News Mumbai woman issued warrant on chat partner’s plea June 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi high court on Monday issued a bailable warrant against a Mumbai-based woman who allegedly emotionally blackmailed her on-line chat partner, employed in an MNC in Gurgaon, after he refused to marry her. When the proceedings on the MNC employees’ petition started, Justice Suresh Kait asked why the woman did not appear in court […] Read more » chat Justice Suresh Kait Mumbai woman partner's plea Warrant