Top Law News Lok Sabha speaker pitches for land to tillers November 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday said that the ‘revolutionary’ target of land to the tillers should be pursued honestly to sustain the interests of farm labourers and increase the agricultural productivity of India. ‘Agricultural labourer is the real farmer. With their hard work, we are able to grow crops but they do not have […] Read more » Allahabad. land Lok Sabha of Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture pitches speaker Technology and Sciences tillers
Top Law News Court notice to police on Geelani, Arundhati speeches November 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A city court on Wednesday issued notice to Delhi Police over a plea seeking registration of criminal cases against separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani and writer-activist Arundhati Roy for their remarks on Kashmir at a seminar here on October 21. The court asked police to respond by Nov 16 on the complaint filed by a […] Read more » Arundhati Court notice police speeches Syed Ali Geelani
Top Law News Bhopal tragedy victims to protest during Obama visit November 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bhopal gas tragedy survivors who have been fighting for justice for the last 26 years plan to bring their plight to the notice of US President Barack Obama, who will visit India on November 6-9, a representative of the victims said on Wednesday. For this, they will stage a sit-in at Jantar Mantar in Delhi […] Read more » Barack Obama Bhopal tragedy victims
Top Law News Lambardar can contest panchayat poll, says apex court November 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that the office of lambardar — village revenue official — was not an office of profit and , therefore, a lambardar could not be disqualified from contesting panchayat election. ‘The village level democracy is the bedrock of the Indian national democracy. Being a member of panchayat can be the beginning […] Read more » contest Lambardar Panchayat poll
Top Law News Karnataka Independent legislators’ case hearing adjourned November 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A three-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday adjourned to November 8 the hearing of an appeal of the five Independent legislators against their disqualification from the state assembly. Justice Mohan Shantanagoudar, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice A.S. Bopanna, who took up the hearing Tuesday, ordered issuing of notice to assembly Speaker […] Read more » adjourned Independent Karnataka legislators
Top Law News Satyam case to be heard on daily basis from Nov 8 November 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The special court here conducting trial in the Satyam scam Tuesday decided to hear the case daily from Nov 8 in view of the Supreme Court’s directive to complete the procedings by July next year. The trial in the Rs.14,000 crore accounting fraud began Tuesday but the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sought time to […] Read more » of Ramalinga Raju Satyam case
Top Law News Human trafficking network busted in Delhi November 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Human trafficking network busted in Delhi The Delhi police on Monday said they have busted a major human trafficking ring with the arrest of a man who transported illegal immigrants from India to Mexico, Canada and the US through Guatemala. ‘Adil Vali Mohammad, 38, was arrested Saturday when 31 passports, apart from his own, were confiscated from his possession at the […] Read more » busted Delhi Human network trafficking
Top Law News Law to regulate hawking rights soon November 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Monday assured street vendors that it will soon frame laws to regulate hawking rights in five states including Delhi. The assurance was given by P.K. Mohanty, head of the government’s city modernisation programme, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), when he met activists working for vendors’ community here. Activists met officials […] Read more » hawking Law regulate rights soon
Top Law News Gujarat lawyers don’t want courts to open on all Saturdays November 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Advocate groups have opposed the Gujarat High Court’s decision to make lower courts work on all Saturdays in a month from the new year to counter the mounting backlog of cases. Like state government offices, lower courts, at present, observe a holiday on the second and the fourth Saturday of a month. A total of […] Read more » courts don't Gujarat lawyers open Saturdays want
Top Law News No legal action against Arundhati: Chidambaram November 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said no action according to law could be taken against author-activist Arundhati Roy for her alleged seditious speech on Kashmir last month. “Section 124(A) (related to sedition) of the (Indian Penal Code) IPC is for deterrence and punishment.law and true interpretation of law is that unless there is direct […] Read more » action Arundhati Chidambaram Legal
Top Law News Court backs government on phasing out Blueline buses November 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court on Monday declined to restrain a government notification to phase out the capital’s Blueline buses notorious for their reckless drivers. The direction was passed on a petition filed by a federation of Blueline buses challenging the Delhi government’s Oct 27 notification ordering the phasing out of the last of the 2,400 privately-run […] Read more » Blueline buses Court Government out phasing
Top Law News Apex court adds rider to ‘equal pay for equal work’ rule November 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex court adds rider to ‘equal pay for equal work’ rule The Supreme Court has said that the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ would not come into play unless it was established that the work was being performed under the orders of the competent authority. The plea of equal pay for equal work is founded on Article 14 of constitution, hence it was incumbent […] Read more » apex court equal pay equal work rule