Intellectual Property News ‘Lack of political will hampering implementation of RTE Act’ March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A year after the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the dream of universal education still remains a distant reality for many children due to the lack of political will in the states, experts said Thursday. According to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the chief monitoring body of the […] Read more » 'Lack of political hampering implementation National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR chairperson Shantha Sinha Right of children to Free and Compulsory Education Act RTE Act
Top Law News In national interest, official can be sacked without probe: Court March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that the government need not communicate the charges against an official sacked for delinquency or hold an enquiry if doing so would jeopardise the interests and the security of the country. “In terms of the mandate of the constitution, the communication of the charge and holding of an enquiry could […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Justice A.R. Dave Justice Mukundakam Sharma national interest Official sacked Supreme Court without probe
Media & Entertainment News Declining child sex ratio matter of concern: Tirath March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Concerned at India’s child sex ratio declining to 914 females per 1,000 males, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Thursday said she would take up the matter with ‘problem states’. According to Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner C. Chandramouli, who released the provisional data for Census 2011, the child sex ratio (0-6 […] Read more » C. Chandramouli child Commissioner concern Declining Krishna Tirath matter Registrar General of India and Census sex ratio Tirath Women and Child Development Minister
Top Law News Judiciary should not target actors blatantly: Arshad Warsi March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Judiciary should not target actors blatantly: Arshad Warsi The judiciary should not target actors “blatantly”, says Arshad Warsi, one of the very few in Bollywood to react to a court convicting Shiney Ahuja for raping his maid and sentencing him to seven years in jail. Shiney was held guilty of raping his maid in 2009 by a fast track court on Wednesday. “Murderers, […] Read more » actors Arshad Warsi blatantly judiciary target
Criminal Law News Hasan Ali challenges custody in Supreme Court March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hasan Ali, the country’s top-most tax evader under investigation for stashing away huge amounts of money abroad, Thursday challenged in the Supreme Court his “illegal” custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). An apex court bench of Justice B Sudarshan Reddy and Justice SS Nijjar, however, declined to entertain Ali’s plea on the grounds that there […] Read more » challenges custody Enforcement Directorate Hasan Ali Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice SS Nijjar Supreme Court
Top Law News Apex court concerned at cases over increments, promotions March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Concerned over the increasing number of cases filed by disgruntled employees on denial of increments and promotions, the Supreme Court Wednesday sought the total number of such cases pending before different courts of the country in the last five years. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly said that […] Read more » Apex court concerned at cases over increments Central Administrative Tribunals Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi promotions Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Shiney Ahuja jailed for 7 years for raping maid March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Shiney Ahuja jailed for 7 years for raping maid A court here Wednesday sentenced actor Shiney Ahuja to seven years in jail after he was found guilty of raping his maid in 2009. As Judge P.M. Chauhan of the Sewri fast track sessions court delivered the judgement, Ahuja broke down in the court. The verdict came despite the maid turning hostile during the trial. […] Read more » 7 years jailed Judge P.M. Chauhan maid raping Shiney Ahuja
Top Law News Court orders probe into Delhi parking mafia March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an order that could put an end to the widely prevalent network between parking mafia and the police in the city, the Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Police commissioner to inquire into one such nexus at Mangalam commercial complex in Rohini. “Such a nexus cannot be tolerated in a democratic polity. […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra commissioner BK Gupta Court Delhi Development Authority Delhi parking mafia Justice Sanjiv Khanna orders probe RTI
Top Law News NHRC notice to Chhattisgarh over attack on Swami Agnivesh March 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to Chhattisgarh’s chief secretary and police chief over the alleged attack last week on social activist Swami Agnivesh by members of the Salwa Judum civil militia. “The commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging that a large group comprising special police officers […] Read more » attack Chhattisgarh NHRC notice Swami Agnivesh
Top Law News Access to information sign of democracy: Habibullah March 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Democracy requires an informed citizenry and transparency of information, which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and make governments accountable, National Minorities Commission chairman Wajahat Habibullah said Tuesday, terming access to information ‘the signature of democracy’. Delivering Sir Syed Memorial Lecture on ‘India’s Democracy: What it means for the Minorities’, Habibullah, […] Read more » Access to information Aligarh Muslim University chairman Wajahat Habibullah democracy Habibullah National Minority Commission sign Vice Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis
Top Law News Supreme Court warns police against custodial violence March 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday warned the police that acts of custodial violence will not be tolerated as they cannot behave like the “oppressors of the people”. An apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, while warning the police, said: “Policemen must learn how to behave as public servants in a […] Read more » custodial violence Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju Mahboob Batcha police Supreme Court warns
Consumer Law News Government quizzed on starting telecom sector probe from 1999 March 30, 2011 / March 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government to file its reply on a plea seeking the court’s direction to the CBI to investigate irregularities in the telecom sector since 1999, when the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was in power. The application, filed by Citizens Grievances Redressal Foundation (CGRF), sought a ‘thorough […] Read more » CGRF Citizens Grievances Redressal Foundation National Democratic Alliance telecom sector