Top Law News The women’s bill was worth the risk, says Sonia March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ‘I am very happy,’ Congress president Sonia Gandhi declared Tuesday after the Rajya Sabha passed the women’s bill to reserve a third of seats in all legislatures for women, adding the ‘larger picture’ of women’s empowerment was worth the political risk that the ruling coalition had taken. Speaking to NDTV’s Barkha Dutt, Gandhi said she […] Read more »
Top Law News Court extends ‘godman’s’ police custody March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court Tuesday sent so-called godman Shiv Murat Dwivedi, accused of running a prostitution racket, to police custody for six more days. Additional Sessions Judge S.K. Sarvaria accepted the police plea that it had to take Dwivedi, arrested with seven others including six women, from south Delhi Feb 26 to other places for investigation. They […] Read more »
Top Law News Haryana will have separate high court: Hooda March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday reiterated that his state will have a separate high court in Chandigarh. ‘The opposition is raising this issue of a separate high court of Haryana, and we will certainly take up this matter strongly in the coming days. The chief justice of India has agreed in principle that […] Read more »
Top Law News Indian courts can’t decide NRI family disputes: high court March 10, 2010 / March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday ruled that Indian courts have no jurisdiction to adjudicate family disputes of India-born foreign nationals. Justice S.N. Dhingra quashed the order of a lower court that allowed an Indian-American wife to get custody of her child when she came to India to meet her parents, and said the court had […] Read more »
Top Law News Women’s bill ‘historic step forward’, says PM March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the historic women’s reservation bill set to pass in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday was “a historic step forward” for the emancipation of the Indian women. “This is a momentous development in the long journey of empowering our women,” he said at the end of a lively debate on the bill […] Read more »
Top Law News Honeymoon should not be televised, court tells Rahul Mahajan March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A city court Tuesday allowed Rahul Mahajan to leave the country on a honeymoon with his newly wedded wife but imposed a condition that the trip will not be telecast on any reality show. Special judge J.P.S. Malik granted Rahul the permission and released his passport after he furnished a fixed deposit of Rs.500,000 alongwith […] Read more »
Top Law News PM apologises to Ansari March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday apologised to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari for the “disrespect shown to you” by MPs opposed to the women’s reservation bill. “I owe you a profound apology for the disrespect shown to you. These things should never have happened. They have happened, and we have to reflect how to […] Read more »
Top Law News Soren fails to appear in murder case March 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Soren fails to appear in murder case Chief Minister Shibu Soren Monday failed to turn up in a district court in Jharkhand in a 36-year-old double murder case. Additional District Judge N.N. Singh deferred the hearing to April 3 and asked Soren to be present in the court. Soren’s lawyer said he could not appear in the court as the assembly session […] Read more »
Top Law News ‘Society will benefit from more women in politics’ March 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment When 181 women get ’empowered’ to enter parliament society as a whole will benefit, Planning Commission member Syeda Hameed said here Monday. ‘All eyes are riveted towards India’s parliament now. The thing to be kept in mind is that by asking for 33 percent reservation, we are not asking for a favour because when 181 […] Read more »
Top Law News Much to cheer this women’s day in Delhi March 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Women in the national capital had lots to look forward to this International Women’s Day. Not only were they cheering the government’s efforts to clear the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, free makeovers, complimentary movie tickets and shopping discounts were also lined up to make their day. Homemakers, students, professionals and social activists […] Read more »
Top Law News Month later, Rathore registers complaint against attacker March 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Haryana police chief SPS Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra in 1990, has lodged a police complaint against Utsav Sharma, who had attacked him outside the district court complex on February 8. Rathore was stabbed three times in the face by 29-year-old Utsav as he came out of the court premises. “We have […] Read more »
Top Law News Children anchor radio programmes, share aspirations March 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment All India Radio (AIR) listeners here Sunday had a surprise when they heard children anchoring various programmes and expressing their feelings and aspirations on the occasion of the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting. The day provides a unique opportunity for child broadcasters to use the medium, and an important part of the initiative is that […] Read more »