Top Law News Guidelines for PIL July 23, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As per the information furnished by the Registry of the Supreme Court, the guidelines for entertaining Public Interest Litigations (PIL) have been laid down by the Supreme Court in judicial pronouncements. Administratively, the Registry has generally defined matters of public interest to include (i) bonded labour matters, (ii) matters of neglected children, (iii) exploitation of […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News Gujarat HC reserves order on petition against SIT probe July 22, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ahmedabad- The Gujarat High Court today reserved the order on the petition challenging post-Godhra probe by special investigation team (SIT) against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 62 others, till July 24. Justice D H Waghela was hearing a petition from former BJP MLA from Lunavada, Kalubai Malivad, against the probe by Supreme Court-appointed SIT […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News NHRC notice to Madhya Pradesh on virginity test July 22, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on NHRC notice to Madhya Pradesh on virginity test The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Tuesday said it has issued notice to Madhya Pradesh on the virginity tests conducted on brides at a mass wedding there. The commission, taking suo motu cognisance of media reports, issued a notice to the chief secretary of the state on July 17 and sought a factual report within […] Read more » Law News Legal News NHRC Notice
Top Law News Section 377: Supreme Court declines to stay High Court judgment July 22, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court declined to stay the Delhi High Court judgment declaring Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code unconstitutional and decriminalising unnatural sex between consenting adults. A Bench comprising Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sathasivam granted eight weeks for the Centre to file its response to special leave petitions challenging the High […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News State governments set up SCPCR: Ministry of WCD July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on State governments set up SCPCR: Ministry of WCD Ministry of Women and Child Development has been requesting the State Governments and the Union Territory Administration to set up State Commissions for Protection of Child rights in accordance with the Section 17 of the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act 1005. So far only Delhi, Maharashtra, Sikkim and Goa have constituted the State […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News Former IIM professor appointed ILI director July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, July 16 –A former professor with the Indian Institute of Management, (IIM) Lucknow and environment law expert D.S. Sengar was appointed director of the Indian Law Institute, a deemed university. Whose ex-officio president is the chief justice of India (CJI). Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News Supreme Court awards compensation of Rs. 1 crore for medical negligence May 15, 2009 / October 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The honourable apex court has awarded exemplary damages of Rs. 1 crore to the victim – a software engineer who suffered permanent disability (partial paralysis and other disabilities) due to medical negligence at a government hospital in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The High Court of Andhra Pradesh had awarded compensation of Rs. 15 Lakhs. […] Read more » awards compensation for medical negligence Rs. 1 crore Rs. 1 crore for medical negligence Supreme Court Supreme Court awards compensation
Top Law News Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage-New ground for divorce under Section 14 of the Hindu Marriage Act April 2, 2009 / October 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Law Commission has recommended that “irretrievable breakdown” of marriage be included as a new ground for granting divorce to Hindus under the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act. In its latest (217th) report submitted to the Centre, the Law Commission has recommended that irretrievable breakdown of marriage should be […] Read more » Irretrievable Breakdown Marriage New ground for divorce the Hindu Marriage Act under Section 14 of
Top Law News Govt introduces new bill in LS to widen definition of employee February 25, 2009 / August 27, 2025 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Govt introduces new bill in LS to widen definition of employee New Delhi: The government has introduced a new bill in Lok Sabha to widen the definition of “employee” and bring in more people under the ambit of the Payment of Gratuity Act. Minister of State for Labour and Employment Oscar Fernandes on Thursday moved the Lok Sabha to withdraw the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, […] Read more »
