Top Law News Divorced fathers crave for shared parenting (June 20 is Father’s Day) June 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment This Father’s Day, divorced men are seeking their due. An NGO with more than 2,500 members across the country has taken up their cause, saying shared parenting and joint custody of children should be implemented as a rule in divorce or separation cases. Bangalore-based Children’s Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP) points out that children […] Read more » Divorced fathers
Top Law News Kashmiri Pandits seek refugee status June 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits, along with members of civil society, will hold a protest Sunday on World Refugee Day to demand the government classify them as internally displaced persons (IDPs). “We are living in forced exile for over 21 years. The governments of Sri Lanka and Pakistan have provided IDPs status to Tamil and Waziristan […] Read more » Kashmiri Pandits refugee
Top Law News States consulted on courts working in shifts June 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The possibility of lower courts working in shifts to render speedy justice and re-employment of retired judges to reduce pending cases is being discussed with the state governments by a parliamentary panel. “The committee is looking into the aspects of the courts working in shifts and re-employment of retired judges to dispose the pending and […] Read more » courts shifts working
Top Law News Nanda’s calls verified, driver’s family to approach court June 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Police Saturday began verifying the call records of prominent industrialist Anil Nanda and his associates as part of investigations into the suspicious death of his driver, who in his dying statement accused Nanda and his aides of setting him on fire after he protested their alleged sexual exploitation of boys. Meanwhile, unhappy with the slow […] Read more » Nanda's calls
Top Law News Tamil Nadu asked about detention of 113 people June 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday sought a report from the Tamil Nadu government on the illegal detention of 113 people during a drive to remove mentally ill people from the streets. Taking suo motu cognisance of the matter, the NHRC issued notice to the chief secretary of the Tamil Nadu government seeking a […] Read more » Tamil Nadu
Top Law News Court orders stop to construction on Gomti river bed June 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court Friday ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to stop all construction activity along the banks of the river Gomti here. A division bench of Justice D.P. Singh and Justice Y.K. Sangal told the government to promptly suspend all construction activity within 100 metres of the river bed. It was […] Read more » construction Gomti river bed
Top Law News Girl fearing honour killing gets protection June 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the police to provide protection to a girl who fears reprisals from her family for getting pregnant with her lover, who is now in jail on rape charges. A vacation bench of Justice S N Dhingra directed the police to visit the Delhi house of the girl – […] Read more » honour killing
Top Law News Police question industrialist Nanda on driver’s death June 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Police Friday quizzed prominent industrialist Anil Nanda on the death of his driver after the latter in his dying declaration accused him and his associates of setting him on fire allegedly for protesting sexual exploitation of young boys. After keeping silent on the matter for three days, police swung into action after a TV channel […] Read more » driver's death Nanda
Top Law News Judge recuses himself from former Goa minister’s bail plea June 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Goa minister Mickky Pacheco’s bail plea in the case relating to his 28-year-old alleged lover’s death, could not be heard on Friday as a Bombay High Court judge recused himself from the hearing. In his bail application before the Panaji bench of the high court, the former tourism minister says that it is a […] Read more » bail Goa minister's plea
Top Law News Court dismisses petition against same gotra marriage June 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking amendment in the law to ban same ‘gotra’ (sub-caste) marriages, calling the petition ‘a waste of time’. ‘You don’t know what is gotra? Which Hindu text prescribes banning of sagotra (same clan) marriage? Why are you wasting the time of the court?’ asked […] Read more » gotra marriage
Top Law News Ex-employee wins legal battle after 17 years June 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former employee of the National Textiles Corp (Gujarat) Ltd has finally won compensation from the company after 17 long years of legal battle. The Gujarat High Court gave the ruling Thursday in favour of Rajnikant Potnis, asking the company to pay him all his dues with 18 percent interest. The court set aside the […] Read more » Ex-employee legal battle
Top Law News Geriatric wards, national commission in offing for the elderly June 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With nearly 90 million people in the ranks of senior citizens in India, the government is looking at a policy for them that involves creation of geriatric wards in all hospitals and a statutory body with the powers of a judicial court to deal with matters related to the elderly. ‘A National Commission for Elderly […] Read more » elderly Geriatric wards offing