Top Law News ‘AMU should issue public posthumous apology to gay professor’ April 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A group of activists and members of the sexual minority community Monday staged a protest in the capital demanding that the gay Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) professor who was found dead last week and was earlier suspended for “gross misconduct” be issued a public posthumous apology. S.R. Siras, the deceased professor, was earlier suspended after […] Read more »
Top Law News Owner of Nano that caught fire seeks Rs 15 lakh from Tatas April 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The owner of the brand new `Nano’ car, which caught fire on the day it was purchased last month, is planning to approach consumer court here soon seeking Rs 15 -lakh compensation from the manufacturer Tata Motors. Satish Sawant (37), a software professional, said he had received a Rs 2.25-lakh cheque as a refund from […] Read more »
Top Law News India to seek direct access to Headley under 2005 accord April 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India will seek direct access to Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley under a bilateral agreement signed in 2005 and a communication is being sent to the US to allow its investigators to question him. The draft letter was being examined by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram after it was prepared by Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam and […] Read more »
Top Law News DAE scientist commits suicide; senior booked for abetment April 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A scientist working with the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) here allegedly committed suicide and his senior has been booked on abetment charges, police said on Sunday. Tirumala Prasad Tenka (30) of DAE-run Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) was found hanging at his house in Rajendra Nagar on Saturday night. The bachelor had […] Read more »
Top Law News Specials on Shoaib-Sania keep Pakistanis glued to TV sets April 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the Sania Mirza-Shoaib Malik wedding only a few days away, Pakistani TV channels are busy running special shows – some serious, some not-so-serious – on the couple. In a special edition of Geo News‘ religious chat show ‘Aalim Online‘, host Aamir Liaquat Hussain, referred to by his numerous detractors as ‘Jaahil Online’, talked about […] Read more »
Top Law News BARC Director in soup over scribe visit, MHA seeks explanation April 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on BARC Director in soup over scribe visit, MHA seeks explanation The visit of two foreign journalists to the high-security Bhabha Atomic research Centre (BARC) here has raised the hackles of the security establishment. The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked BARC Director Srikumar Banerjee to explain how the journalists were allowed to photograph the facility during their visit. Was formal permission granted for filming, the […] Read more »
Top Law News RBI may lift CRR, rates: Bankers April 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Growing concerns about runaway inflation and signs of stable economic recovery may prompt the Reserve Bank to hike its key short-term rates and cash reserve ratio by 0.25-0.5% at its annual monetary policy on April 20, top bankers today said. The apex bank, which began unwinding its monetary stimulus by upping the CRR (banks’ portion […] Read more »
Top Law News DDA asked to compensate Rs.15,000 to RTI applicant April 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to pay Rs.15,000 as compensation to an RTI applicant who ‘suffered’ because the housing agency provided the information after a delay of about four months. The decision came on an application filed by Govind Prasad Aggarwal, a resident of Haryana, who had sought […] Read more »
Top Law News Child killer couple want to have own baby April 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It seems life has come full circle for this couple in Punjab. Jasbir Singh, who is on death row, and his wife Sonia, who is serving life imprisonment, now want conjugal rights to bear a child. However, the family of the teenaged boy they kidnapped and killed in Hoshiarpur town in 2005 is vehemently opposed […] Read more »
Top Law News Justice Dinakaran yet to get transfer order April 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, battling land grab allegations, has not received any communication so far that he has been transferred to another high court, the court’s spokesperson said on Saturday. “There is no communication so far,” the spokesperson told IANS. “No,” said the spokesperson when asked whether there was any talk […] Read more »
Top Law News Case against four AMU officials for breach of privacy April 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court ordered a case to be registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against four Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) officials and two journalists for breaching the privacy of a gay varsity teacher S.R. Siras, officials said. Siras, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances Wednesday, had moved the chief judicial magistrate’s […] Read more »
Top Law News Gujarat police officer caught taking Rs. 3 lakh bribe April 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A deputy superintendent of police-rank officer, caught while accepting a bribe of Rs.3 lakh, was Friday remanded in police custody for three days. P.S. Rana of the Ahmedabad rural division was nabbed accepting the money to favour the investigation in a case. The anti-corruption bureau laid a trap after Dharmendra Upadhyay lodged a complaint that […] Read more »