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
Criminal Law News Court upholds life term for teacher who hijacked plane March 30, 2011 / March 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday upheld the order of a trial court awarding a life sentence to a teacher who posed as a human bomb and hijacked a Chennai-bound Indian Airlines flight in 1993 to highlight corruption. Hari Singh hijacked the plane, which took off from Delhi, March 27, 1993. He was convicted by the […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court hijacked plane Justice G.P. Mittal Justice S. Ravindra Bhat lawyer Sandeep Sethi life term teacher upholds
Top Law News Not enough being done to trace money trail abroad: Apex court March 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday rapped the central government for not doing enough to trace the sources of money stashed by multi-billion tax evader Hasan Ali Khan and others in foreign banks based in tax havens. An apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S, Nijjar said: “No consistent efforts have been made […] Read more » abroad apex court Enforcement Directorate Hasan Ali Khan Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice S.S Nijjar officer Ashok Deshbhratar trace money trail
Consumer Law News NGO seeks ban on tobacco ads during World Cup March 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An NGO Monday sought a ban on tobacco advertisements during the cricket World Cup, saying these will have an adverse effect on the minds of the people. New Delhi-based HRIDAY (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth) Monday wrote to International Cricket Council (ICC) President Sharad Pawar on the issue, the group’s communications officer Nikunj Sharma […] Read more » ads ban International Cricket Council NGO President Sharad Pawar tobacco world cup
Top Law News Ketan Desai’s election to Gujarat University senate challenged March 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on a petition by an NGO challenging the election of Ketan Desai, a former president of the Medical Council of India (MCI), to the Gujarat University senate. The petition was filed by People For Better Treatment (PBT) president Kunal Saha. Desai was removed from the MCI last year over […] Read more » challenged election Gujarat University Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Ketan Desai PBT People For Better Treatment senate Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News 50 percent women married as minors: Experts March 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nearly 50 percent of marriages in India involve minors – children under the age of 18 years, thanks to the poor implementation of the law, experts said Monday. ‘The consequence of child marriage is in conflict with the development aspirations of the country,’ Ranjana Kumari, president of the WomenPowerConnect (WPC), said at a national workshop […] Read more » 50 percent child marriage domestic violence Experts female foeticide married minors' Prohibition of Child marriage Act women WomenPowerConnect WPC
Top Law News Notice to government on plea for appointments in RTI ambit March 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Notice to government on plea for appointments in RTI ambit The Delhi High Court Monday sought the central government’s response on a petition challenging a single judge’s ruling that information pertaining to the appointment of top bureaucrats cannot be revealed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the department of […] Read more » Appointments Central Information Commission Chief Justice Dipak Misra CIC Delhi High Court DoPT Government Justice Sanjiv Khanna notice plea RTI ambit
Criminal Law News Salwa Judum has gone out of control: Agnivesh March 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Salwa Judum – a civil militia movement Chhattisgarh launched in 2005 to counter leftist insurgency – has gone out of control, social activist Swami Agnivesh said Sunday, a day after being attacked by Salwa Judum cadres and special police officers (SPOs) in Dantewada district. ‘Salwa Judum leadership is in the wrong hands. It has gone […] Read more » Agnivesh out of control Salwa Judum
Top Law News Nearly 12,000 Right to Education violations in Delhi March 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Since its implementation almost a year ago, nearly 12,000 cases of violation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act have been registered in the capital by a child rights body. There were cases of corporal punishment, denial under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota and mental harassment among others. Amod Kanth, chairperson of the Delhi […] Read more » Amod Kanth Economically Weaker Section EWS RTE
Criminal Law News Agnivesh attacked by protesters, two officials transferred March 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Social activist Swami Agnivesh and media persons accompanying him were Saturday assaulted by some people, suspected to be special police officers (SPOs), in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district while they were on way to a forested area where policemen had allegedly burnt down over 200 huts of tribals. Top district officials were transferred after the incident. Dozens […] Read more »