Top Law News Diwali bonus for 40,000 Mumbai civic workers October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nearly 40,000 civic employees, who went on strike last month, Wednesday got a festival gift from the Bombay High Court which asked the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to pay them Diwali bonus of Rs.7,500 by Nov 1. The relief comes with a rider that if the MCGM wins its case in court, it would […] Read more » Bombay High Court Diwali bonus for 40000 Mumbai civic workers Justice A.M. Thipsay Justice S.J. Kathawala
Top Law News Fighting child labour in Moradabad – with comics October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment For 14-year-old Ashraf, school doesn’t end with the stroke of the last bell. Rather, the next few hours proceed ‘comically’, as he vigorously starts working on comics to sensitise people on child labour. Ashraf, who lives in the Shivnagar slum here, is one of the 160-odd members of a young brigade that is striving to […] Read more » Fighting child labour in Moradabad NGO Ankur Yuva Chetna Shivir
High Profile Cases Sushma meets arrested BJP colleagues in Tihar October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Tuesday met two BJP colleagues who are lodged in Tihar jail in connection with the cash-for-vote scandal. Swaraj, who is Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, along with party general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad met two former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste, Mahavir Bhagora as well […] Read more » cash-for-vote scandal Ravi Shankar Prasad Sushma meets arrested BJP colleagues in Tihar
Top Law News Probe disappearances, mass graves: activists October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Human rights activists have called for investigations into enforced disappearances and unidentified graves in Jammu and Kashmir. Taking part in a meeting organised by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) here over the weekend, the speakers also sought punishment to the guilty. Other demands made on the […] Read more » Justice Rajender Sachar Justice Vrinda Grover People's Union for Civil Liberties PUCL
Top Law News Kudankulam staff once again under ‘house arrest’ October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It is back to being under “house arrest” for hundreds of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) employees at Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district, an official said Tuesday. “We have not gone to office today (Tuesday) as the anti-nuclear plant protestors threatened to lay siege to the project site, as happened earlier, […] Read more » 'house arrest' Kudankulam staff Nuclear Power Corporation of India
High Profile Cases Bhopal gas victims slam Dow sponsoring London Olympics October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The victims of the 1984 Bhopal tragedy have joined British MPs and rights groups in opposing the 2012 London Olympics being sponsored by Dow Chemical Company, which owns the now-abandoned unit here whose gas leak killed thousands, an activist said Tuesday. The survivors of world’s worst industrial disaster fighting for justice for nearly 27 years […] Read more » Bhopal gas victims London Olympics methyl isocyanate gas Union Carbide factory
Criminal Law News Lawyer questioned for criticising Shivani case judge October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday sought a reply from lawyer Ashok Arora on a plea seeking contempt proceedings against him for criticising the judge who acquitted former police officer R.K. Sharma in the 1999 murder of journalist Shivani Bhatnagar. Taking note of a petition filed by advocate Manish Kaushik, a division bench of Acting Chief […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Lawyer questioned for criticising Shivani case judge
Top Law News States should amend laws to protect labour: Kharge October 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As laws to protect labour from exploitation and inequality are on the concurrent list, the onus is on states to amend the various acts to safeguard their interests, Union Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said Sunday. “You should approach state governments for amending labour laws as the constitution empowers them to do under the […] Read more » Mallikarjun Kharge States should amend laws to protect labour United Planters’ Association of Southern India
High Profile Cases Amar Singh granted bail in cash-for-vote scam October 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today granted bail to Rajya Sabha member and expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh in the cash-for-vote scam on the surety and the personal bonds of Rs 50 lakh each. Justice Suresh Kait granted bail after going though the All India Institute of Medical sciences (AIIMS) medical report on his critical […] Read more » Amar Singh granted bail Bharatiya Janata Party Cash-for-vote scam Justice Suresh Kait
Criminal Law News Shiney slaps notice on Micromax for ‘Bai’ commercial October 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Actor Shiney Ahuja, accused of raping his domestic help, has sought legal action against Micromax Mobile for a recent commercial about maid servants that allegedly pokes fun at him, an aide said Monday. Currently out on bail, Shiney has taken umbrage at the new ad by Micromax Mobile released this week in which two ‘bais’ […] Read more » Actor Shiney Ahuja Bombay High Court Dale Bhagwagar
High Profile Cases Bail orders reserved, dark Diwali for Kanimozhi, six others October 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It would be Diwali behind bars for DMK MP Kanimozhi and six others accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case with a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Monday reserving the order on their bail pleas till Nov 3. The CBI told Special Court Judge O.P. Saini that it had no objection to bail […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation case Judge O.P. Saini Senior advocate Altaf Ahmed
High Profile Cases Diwali in jail for Yeddyurappa October 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, arrested for alleged corruption cases, will spend Diwali behind bars as the High Court Monday put off to Oct 28 the hearing on his bail plea. Justice B.V. Pinto of the Karnataka High Court adjourned the hearing as arguments against bail were inconclusive. The high court has holidays for […] Read more » Diwali in jail for Yeddyurappa Judge N K Sudhindra Rao Justice B.V. Pinto Karnataka High Court