Top Law News Manish Shah becomes first South Asian federal judge in Illinois May 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Indian-American Manish Shah has been confirmed by the US Senate as a federal judge in Illinois, making him the first South Asian federal judge in President Barack Obama’s home state. Son of immigrants from India, New York-born Shah, 40, was confirmed by the Senate by 95-0 votes to be a federal judge in the Chicago-based […] Read more » Indian-American Manish Shah Manish Shah becomes first South Asian federal judge news President Barack Obama todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News India, Saudi Arabia discuss standard employment contract May 3, 2014 / May 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Indian and Saudi Arabian officials discussed points of standard employment contract for Indian workers in the Saudi kingdom, media reported Friday. The first meeting of the Saudi-Indian Joint Committee on labour issues concluded Thursday, the day celebrated as International Labour Day. The meeting was a follow-up to an agreement that was recently signed for the […] Read more » Employment contract India India's Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi India-Saudi Arabia employment contract news Saudi Arabia Saudi Labour Minister Adel Fakeih Saudi-Indian Joint Committee todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News No houses on rent for Indians in Singapore May 3, 2014 / May 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Many online home rental websites in Singapore include the words “No Indians, no People’s Republic of China (PRC)”, which is sometimes followed by the word “sorry”, leading to increasing rental discrimination in the city. The issue appears more common with less expensive properties and on sites where content is posted directly by users, the Online […] Read more » news No houses on rent for Indians in Singapore People's Republic of China president Universal Society of Hinduism Rajan Zed todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Body of Canadian journalist found in Cambodia forest May 2, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Cambodian police Thursday discovered the body of 58-year-old Canadian journalist and author Dave Walker who has been missing since Feb 14 in Siem Reap city, national police spokesman Kirt Chantharith confirmed. “The badly decomposed body was discovered Thursday morning by boys who were picking fruit in the jungle of Angkor Thom temple complex,” Chantharith told […] Read more » Body of Canadian journalist found in Cambodia forest Canadian journalist and author Dave Walker news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Jordan opens new camp for Syrian refugees May 2, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jordanian government and the UN have officially opened a new camp for refugees from the war in Syria with the potential to become one of the world’s largest refugee camps. Although the first refugees began arriving on Monday – 437 so far – the camp, which currently has shelters for 25,000 and infrastructure for […] Read more » Jordan opens new camp for Syrian refugees new camp for Syrian refugees news Syrian refugees todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Egypt rejects criticism of mass death sentences May 2, 2014 / May 2, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Egypt on Wednesday voiced its rejection of criticism of recent mass death sentences against supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, terming it “unacceptable interference in the judiciary affairs,” according to the Xinhua news agency. Earlier this week, a court in Minya, Egypt, sentenced 683 supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi to death, including leading members of […] Read more » Catherine Ashton Egypt rejects criticism of mass death sentences European Union's foreign policy chief news todays news todays top news Top news Xinhua news agency
Top Law News India to discuss domestic workers’ issue in Saudi Arabia May 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian government has sought to create an effective legal framework to address the issues facing Indian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. Indian officials, who arrived this week, are slated to meet Saudi Deputy Labour Minister for International Affairs Ahmed Al-Fahaid to discuss legal modalities of a framework to facilitate mechanisms to address disputes arising […] Read more » India to discuss domestic workers' issue in Saudi Arabia Indian Affairs Minister Valayar Ravi news Saudi Deputy Labour Minister for International Affairs Saudi Labour Minister Adel Fakeih todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Sikhs, Muslims object to headgear ban at US amusement park May 1, 2014 / May 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two Sikh and Muslim groups have filed complaints alleging religious discrimination against a California amusement park after a couple of families wearing religious headgear were denied access to riding go-karts due to “safety concerns”. The complaints were filed Tuesday with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) against Boomers!, which is owned by […] Read more » California Department of Fair Employment and Housing headgear ban at US amusement park news Sikhs and Muslims object to headgear ban at US amusement park todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Man sentenced for assaulting Indian in UAE May 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Dubai Criminal Court has sentenced a man to a suspended six-month jail term for rendering permanently disabled a finger of an Indian expatriate, a media report said. The Iraqi man, 24, identified only as OA, slammed a door on the hand of an Indian supervisor, 37, identified only as FA. He, however, denied assaulting […] Read more » Dubai Criminal Court Man sentenced for assaulting Indian in UAE news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News US court dismisses 1984 riots case against Congress May 1, 2014 / May 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A US court has dismissed a lawsuit against the Congress party relating to the November 1984 anti-Sikh violence, saying it did not sufficiently “touch and concern” the US court to exercise jurisdiction. However, even as he dismissed the case filed by the US based rights group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), Judge Robert W. Sweet of […] Read more » Alien Torts Statute news November 1984 anti-Sikh violence Sikhs For Justice todays news todays top news Top news US court dismisses 1984 riots case against Congress
Top Law News Bombay High Court dismisses Jundal’s plea for physical court appearance April 30, 2014 / April 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea by terror acused Sayyed Zabiuddin Ansari, alias Abu Jundal, to quash a Maharashtra government order banning his court appearances on security grounds, his lawyer said. Jundal had filed a plea in July 2013 challenging the government resolution (GR), contending that he had a right under the Constitution […] Read more » A. Prabhudesai Abu Jundal Bombay High Court Justice N. Patil lawyer Ejaz Naqvi news Sayyed Zabiuddin Ansari todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Trace Modi’s wife: Letter asks CJI, Delhi CJ April 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An advocate from Meerut has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India and Delhi High Court Chief Justice seeking their intervention for the “safety and security” of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s wife Jashodaben, alleging she has been “wrongfully confined at some unknown place”. “It is seriously apprehended that she has been […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Justice of India Delhi High Court Jashodaben Narendra Modi news todays news todays top news Top news Varanasi
