Top Law News Delhi’s elderly seek more security June 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Elderly citizens of the city Tuesday demanded more security for themselves during an interaction with senior government officials and NGOs to mark the sixth edition of the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) observed annually June 15. At the event, organised by NGO International Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA), many of the elderly […] Read more » Delhi's elderly security
Top Law News Collect power dues before tenant vacates premises: Court June 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed private power distribution companies (discoms) to recover electricity bill dues from a tenant before he or she vacates a premises. The court said this was necessary to ensure that the liability does not fall on the landlord or the subsequent tenant. While hearing a petition filed by a landlord […] Read more » Collect power dues premises tenant vacates
Media & Entertainment News Change in government should not hit students: Apex court June 15, 2011 / June 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said that in the event of a change in government, the interest of students must be kept in mind by the new dispensation while reversing any earlier decision on an academic issue. The apex court vacation bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar said a “decision taken administratively and […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar
Top Law News Court questions medical college on students’ attendance June 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) for allegedly allowing students with barely 30 percent attendance to appear in final exams. The division bench of Justices S. Muralidhar and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, on its own initiative, took note of a media report on the issue and asked the […] Read more » Justice Rajiv Sahai Justices S. Muralidhar medical college students' attendance
Top Law News Court approves Hindu girl’s adoption by Christian couple June 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Christian couple’s plea for adopting a two-year-old Hindu girl as their second child has got the nod from a Delhi court which concluded that they were financially sound enough to take care of a fourth family member. Associate professor in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Mandira Sarma and her husband Jesim Pais, an assistant professor […] Read more » Christian couple Hindu girl's adoption
Top Law News Apex court wants panel to examine Tamil Nadu school books June 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed an experts committee to be set up to look into the content of textbooks published by the Tamil Nadu government for schools. The apex court bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar said a committee of eight experts, to be headed by state chief secretary, will go […] Read more » apex court examine panel school books Tamil Nadu
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Delhi rapist jailed for six years June 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has sentenced a man to six years in jail and fined him Rs.15,000 for raping a minor girl. “Considering the age of the convict at the time of offence, which was only 20-22 years, and the fact that he has no previous history of involvement in any other case, I am inclined […] Read more » Delhi jailed rapist
Media & Entertainment News Baba Ramdev ends fast June 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Yoga guru Baba Ramdev ended his fast-unto-death on the ninth day of the agitation against black money on Sunday at the request of spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. “Baba has broken his fast taking a glass of juice from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,” announced Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy, who also took the opportunity […] Read more » Baba Ramdev ends fast
Media & Entertainment News Infosys’ Murthy favours PM, judiciary under Lokpal’s ambit June 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Infosys’ outgoing chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy late Saturday favoured bringing the prime minister and the top judiciary under the purview of the proposed Lokpal (ombudsman) institution. ‘Knowing that the kind of extraordinary individual (prime minister) Manmohan Singh is, I have no doubt that he would be the first one to ask to include him under […] Read more » chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy Lokpal's ambit
Media & Entertainment News Delhi to host disabled peoples’ international meet June 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi is all set to host the Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI) meet in August this year, a leading disabled rights activist said here Saturday. “The meet will see over 150 differently challenged people from 30 countries. We are also getting requests from people from Europe and Africa who want to attend the meet,” said Javed […] Read more » convenor ( disabled rights group. Delhi disabled peoples' international meet Javed Abidi UNESCAP
Criminal Law News Gujarat top cops served notice in RDX landing case June 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat government Friday issued a show-cause notice to IPS officers Satish Verma, Atul Karwal and H.P. Singh and Deputy Superintendent of Police Sukhdevsinh Jhala in connection with the 1993 Porbandar RDX landing case. The notice has been issued for allegedly allowing Sattar Maulana, a key accused in the landing of the RDX explosives at […] Read more » Atul Karwal Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyaya Gujarat top cops H.P. Singh IPS officers Satish Verma Justice J.B. Pardiwala RDX landing case
Top Law News Madras High Court orders uniform school syllabus June 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major setback for Tamil Nadu’s AIADMK government, the Madras High Court Friday stayed an amendment to the Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education Act that deferred the implementation of a uniform syllabus for school students. Disposing a batch of petitions, the court said the government can conduct detailed study of a common […] Read more » Madras High Court uniform school syllabus