Media & Entertainment News Lokpal bill comes to parliament, BJP, Team Anna protest August 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Thursday stuck to its promise by introducing the much-debated anti-graft Lokpal bill in the Lok Sabha, which predictably elicited protests from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and civil society activists led by Anna Hazare for excluding the prime minister from its ambit. The bill, which was approved by the union cabinet last month, […] Read more » anti-graft Lokpal bill in the Lok Sabha BJP and Team Anna protest Lokpal bill Home Minister P. Chidambaram Lokpal bill comes to parliament Narayanasamy Prevention of Corruption Act
Media & Entertainment News Delhi hosts Slut Walk, flays sexual violence July 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment She was being raped- in a street play. Stunned, the audience looked on, as the other actors — both men and women-asked them why no one steps forward as scores of women in the city are sexually assaulted every day. The play was a part of India’s first Slut Walk, also called as ‘Besharmi Morcha’. […] Read more » 'Slut Walk' Besharmi Morcha flays sexual violence Parliament Street to Jantar Mantar. sexual violence
Media & Entertainment News Delhi all set for its first Slutwalk July 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The virtual world was Saturday abuzz with last minute invitations, even as preparations were in full swing for the capital’s first Slut Walk or ‘Besharmi Morcha’ Sunday — a campaign to protest the random use of the word ‘slut’ and sexual violence against women. The official page of the campaign on Facebook, with over 1,450 […] Read more » (Young Women's Christian Association Besharmi Morcha Delhi Slutwalk dressing like sluts Jantar Mantar Umang Sabharwal organiser YWCA
Media & Entertainment News Nileema Mishra to donate Magsaysay prize money July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nileema Mishra, one of the Magsaysay Award winners this year, has decided to donate the entire prize money to her rural microcredit project, her family member said. “In the past, she has got around half a dozen small awards, and every paisa she donated to her cause. Even the prize money from Magsaysay Award will […] Read more » donate Magsaysay prize money Magsaysay Award winner Nileema Mishra Magsaysay Award winner Nileema Mishra to donate prize money Nileema Mishra
Media & Entertainment News NHRC issues notice to Orissa July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday issued a notice to the Orissa government and police for allegedly using a school as camp to fight the villagers opposing land acquisition by the South Korean company Posco. The NHRC has taken a suo motu cognizance of a media report that the police have occupied a school […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission NHRC issues notice to Orissa South Korean company Posco
Media & Entertainment News Supreme Court notice to poll panel on EVMs July 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed the Election Commission to decide on a petiton seeking provisions for instant verification of votes cast through electronic voting machines (EVMs). The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Panikar Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the commission to decide within three months on the petition by […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Election Commission EVMs Justice K.S. Panikar Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court Supreme Court notice
Media & Entertainment News 1.33 lakh Anganwadi centres not functional: Tirath July 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than one lakh Anganwadis, government-run child care centres that are an important tool in implementation of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), are not functional. This was revealed here Saturday by Woman and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath.In a statement Saturday, on the conclusion of a conference to review the ICDS programme, Tirath said: […] Read more » Anganwadi centres AWCs ICDS Integrated Child Development Services Krishna Tirath Woman and Child Development Minister
Media & Entertainment News Rohinton Nariman appointed Solicitor General of India July 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior advocate Rohinton Nariman will be the next Solicitor General of India. He will replace Gopal Subramanium, who quit recently after the government decided to field Nariman in his place in the 2G case. Sources said Law Minister Salman Khursheed spoke to Nariman early this week to seek his consent for the high-profile job. “He […] Read more » Gopal Subramanium Law Minister Salman Khursheed Rohinton Nariman Rohinton Nariman new Solicitor General of India Solicitor General of India
Media & Entertainment News Apex court names panel to evaluate Kerala temple treasure July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s Supreme Court Thursday set up a panel of experts to make an inventory of the valuable treasure found in an ancient Hindu temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A the bench of two judges ruled that a five-member panel should film and photograph the objects found in vault A of the Sri […] Read more » Kerala temple treasure royal family of Travancore TP Sundar Rajan
Media & Entertainment News Supreme Court stays newspaper wage board recommendations July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday asked the central government not to go ahead with the implementation of the recommendations of Justice Majathia Wage Board for working journalists and other newspaper employees for the next two weeks. The apex court bench of Justice Balbeer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma, however, did not pass any formal order […] Read more » Anandabazar Patrika media group Justice Balbeer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma Justice Majathia Wage Board
Media & Entertainment News NHRC to join facebook, twitter July 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on NHRC to join facebook, twitter In an attempt to get more interactive and spread awareness about its work, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will soon join the social network in the virtual world of facebook and twitter. “We want to reach out to more people so there are plans to join platforms like facebook and twitter,” Satyabrata Pal, NHRC […] Read more » facebook National Human Rights Commission NHRC twitter
Media & Entertainment News Debate on gender inequality sets mood for Slut Walk July 11, 2011 / July 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment College students and professionals participated in a debate on gender inequality at Jantar Mantar here Sunday, ahead of the country’s first Slut Walk later this month to protest sexual violence against women. The first ‘Open Debate’ saw youngsters holding banners reading ‘Slutwalk, Besharmi Morcha’ as they sat in a circle talking about issues like rape, […] Read more » 'Slut Walk' Besharmi Morcha’ gender inequality