Top Law News Oil ministry denies reports on ONGC chief’s extension February 27, 2014 / February 27, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Reacting to the controversy over the petroleum ministry seeking a tenure extension for Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) chairman Sudhir Vasudeva, the ministry clarified Wednesday it has referred the issue back to the cabinet’s appointments panel alongwith with the complete vigilance profile of Vasudeva. “Considering that only a few days were left for his […] Read more » news Oil ministry denies reports on ONGC chief's extension ONGC ONGC chairman Sudhir Vasudeva todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Permission sought to keep NSA phone records longer February 27, 2014 / February 27, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Obama administration has asked a special court for permission to hold on to National Security Agency (NSA) phone records for longer than five years, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The daily describing it as “an unintended consequence of lawsuits seeking to stop the data- surveillance programme”, Xinhua reported. The Justice Department, in a […] Read more » news Permission sought to keep NSA phone records longer todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC stays release of four convicts in Rajiv killing February 27, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the release of four convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, ordering status quo on a plea by the Centre challenging the Tamil Nadu government’s proposal to release them. The court bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam directed that the central government’s plea would be heard on March 6. […] Read more » Justice P. Sathasivam news Rajiv Gandhi assassination case SC stays release of four convicts in Rajiv killing todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC commutes death sentence, jails rapist for 35 years February 27, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of a man convicted for raping a minor girl who later died of her injuries, but sentenced him to a minimum of 35 years’ imprisonment without remission. “We are of the view that in spite of the fact that the appellant had committed a heinous crime and […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan justice M Y Eqbal news SC commutes death sentence todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Only assembly speaker, deputy speaker enjoy immunity: SC February 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Everyone else falls in the same category and could not claim a privilege that is not available to the common man, an Apex Court bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh said in its judgment on Tuesday. The court also set aside the Madhya Pradesh Assembly’s show cause […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh news Only assembly speaker deputy speaker enjoy immunity todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Explain state transfer points in nursery admission: Delhi HC February 26, 2014 / February 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rubbishing the five additional points awarded to children whose parents come under the inter-state transfer category during nursery admissions, Delhi High Court has asked the city government to explain the logic behind state transfer points. “What is the logic behind these five points? Why should one get an additional point for getting transferred here? We […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed Economically Weaker Section Explain state transfer points in nursery admission Justice R.V. Easwar Justice Ravinder Bhat Justice Siddharth Mridul Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC refers euthanasia plea to constitution bench February 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to a five-judge Constitution Bench a petition seeking to declare dying with dignity a fundamental right for terminally ill patients. A Bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam and Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Shiva Kirti Singh referred the Public Interest Litigation petition filed by Common Cause to the Constitution Bench. […] Read more » Aruna Shanbaug Case Euthanasia mercy killing news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Sheila Dikshit moves Delhi HC over AAP plea February 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday moved the high court against the AAP’s plea to withdraw the erstwhile Congress government’s appeal against a trial court order for lodging a complaint against her for alleged misuse of government funds ahead of the 2008 assembly polls. Seeking impleadment in the case, Dikshit also objected to […] Read more » AAP's plea Arvind Kejriwal Delhi Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit Justice VP Vaish news right to information activist Vivek Garg todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News L.V. Prasad institute to develop website for blind February 26, 2014 / February 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, known for its expertise and experience in rehabilitation of the blind and visually impaired, is developing an exclusive website for the blind. The institute launched the initiative to bring knowledge, awareness and services to those affected by vision loss of any degree, it said in a statement Tuesday. LVPEI’s rehabilitation team […] Read more » L.V. Prasad Eye Institute L.V. Prasad institute to develop website for blind LVPEI's rehabilitation news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News No mercy for rape-murder convicts: FTCs send nine to gallows February 24, 2014 / February 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fast track courts (FTCs) in sexual assault cases in the capital are not showing any mercy to rape-murder convicts. In four verdicts delivered so far in heinous rape-murder cases, all the nine convicts were sentenced to death. They included the four men convicted in the Dec 16, 2012, gang-rape. Six FTCs were set up last […] Read more » news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Rajiv killing: SC to hear centre’s plea Thursday February 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear Thursday the centre’s plea seeking to restrain the Tamil Nadu government from releasing the conspirators in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam agreed to hear the plea after Additional Solicitor General Siddharth Luthra told the court the Tamil Nadu government had […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Siddharth Luthra Chief Justice P Sathasivam news Rajiv Gandhi assassination case Rajiv killing todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Our financial records open to public, AAP to court February 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday told the Delhi High Court that it is the only party whose all financial records and other details are open for public view. Filing its response in the court on a plea questioning its source of funds, the AAP urged the court to direct a thorough investigation of the […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party AAP FCRA Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act Justice Jayant Nath Justice Pradeep Nandrajog news todays news todays top news Top news
