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 »
Criminal Law News Two DDA employees, aide sent to jail in corruption case March 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday awarded varying jail terms, with a maximum of three years, to two Delhi Development Authority (DDA) employees and their accomplice in a corruption case. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Pradeep Chaddah said: ‘The menace of corruption has entered into each and every segment of the society. Because lenient views […] Read more » 'DDA Assistant Director Pradeep Kumar Sharma aide Central Bureau of Investigation clerk Ved Prakash corruption case DDA Delhi Development Authority employees jail sent two
Criminal Law News Hemraj’s wife moves court saying Talwars killed him March 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The wife of domestic help Hemraj, who was murdered along with Noida teenager Aarushi Talwar in 2008, Saturday filed an application before a court here alleging that her husband was killed by his employers and the girl’s parents. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court will record the statement of Khukla Banjade, wife of Hemraj […] Read more » Aarushi Talwar Central Bureau of Investigation Court Hemraj killed moves Talwars wife
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Congress seeks time in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case March 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Congress Party has sought time till June 24 from a US court to respond to charges of “conspiring, aiding, abetting” the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 in a case filed by a community group. Adam Finkel, from New York-based law firm Sabharwal Nordin & Finkel which is also a counsel for Union Minister Kamal Nath […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots case Congress
Top Law News Retirement sought on health grounds can be withdrawn: Court March 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Voluntary retirement sought on medical grounds could be withdrawn if the doctor gives hope for early recovery, the Gujarat High Court has ruled. Justice J.B. Pardiwala gave the ruling in the case of Mahendra Trivedi, a Bank of India employee. Pardiwala, however, said that the discretion rested with the bank not to permit the withdrawal […] Read more » Court Gujarat High Court health grounds Justice J.B. Pardiwala Retirement Voluntary retirement withdrawn
Intellectual Property News Regularised daily wagers entitled to all benefits: Court March 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Regularised daily wagers entitled to all benefits: Court Daily-wage employees, who have been regularised in government service, cannot be denied access to benefits enjoyed by permanent government servants, the Gujarat High Court ruled Friday. The ruling was made by a division bench of Justices D.H. Waghela and K.A. Puj while dismissing the state government’s appeal against a single judge’s order. Mahendrakumar Bhagwandas and […] Read more »