Top Law News Decadal increase in separated women goes up to a million February 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Friday said the number of divorced and separated women in the country has gone up by nearly a million in a decade. Data released by the women and child development ministry showed that the number of divorced and separated women in the country had touched 2,342,930 as per the 2001 census from 1,426,700 […] Read more » increase in separated women goes up to a million Marriage Laws Bill news Supreme Court advocate Kirti Singh The Economic Rights and Entitlements todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Legislation has failed to end manual scavenging: NHRC February 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Legislation to end the “insidious” practice of manual scavenging has failed in India, which still has 340,000 manual scavengers – a matter of “utter shame,” National Human Rights Commission chairman K.G. Balakrishnan said Friday. “In the 1993 (The Employment of Manual Scavenges and Construction Of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, manual scavenging is an offence but […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission news NHRC NHRC chairman K.G. Balakrishnan The Employment of Manual Scavenges and Construction Of Dry Latrines Act todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Rahul assures ordinance on human rights legislation February 22, 2014 / February 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday met human rights activists at Jantar Mantar here and assured them the government would bring an ordinance on anti-corruption and human rights bills. Thousands of people, including activists, protested demanding the government bring out an ordinance on three pending human rights legislations — the Grievance Redress bill, the Disability […] Read more » news Rahul assures ordinance on human rights legislation the Disability Rights bill the Grievance Redress bill the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes Amendment bill todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News HC orders medical board to determine murder accused’s age February 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed AIIMS to constitute a medical board to determine the age of a murder case accused, who claimed to be a juvenile. Justice Kailash Gambhir and Justice Sunita Gupta asked the doctors of medical board to give their individual and composite views within four weeks while assessing the age of […] Read more » AIIMS Anand Kishor Justice Kailash Gambhir Justice Sunita Gupta Lady Harding Medical College news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News HC suspends AAP’s pending power bills waiver February 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday suspended the AAP government decision to give 50 percent waiver on pending electricity bills of 24,036 consumers. These consumers had stopped payment of their dues during the Aam Aadmi Party’s “bijli satyagraha”. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Sidharth Mridul, suspending the AAP government’s decision […] Read more » 50 percent waiver on pending electricity bills Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed HC suspends AAP's pending power bills waiver Justice Sidharth Mridul news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC to hear plea on non-dissolution of Delhi assembly February 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on Monday the Aam Aadmi Party’s plea seeking a direction to the lieutenant governor to dissolve Delhi assembly and hold fresh polls along with Lok Sabha elections. The bench headed by chief justice P Sathasivam said that it will hear the petition on February 24. Advocate Prashant […] Read more » Advocate Prashant Bhushan Chief Justice P Sathasivam governor Najeeb Jung news SC to hear plea on non-dissolution of Delhi assembly todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Why surcharge on power purchase increased, asks HC February 21, 2014 / February 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday asked Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to inform it about the reason for a six-eight percent increase surcharge on power purchase costs by electricity distribution companies. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Sidharth Mridul asked the DERC to apprise it on what basis and formula […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party member Madhuresh Lakhaiyar Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission DERC Justice Sidharth Mridul news power purchase cost adjustment changes PPAC todays news todays top news Top news Why surcharge on power purchase increased
Top Law News NIA files second charge sheet against Bhatkal, others February 21, 2014 / February 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The NIA on Thursday filed its second chargesheet against Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his close associate Asadullah Akhtar in connection with a case of alleged conspiracy to carry out terror acts in the country. The supplementary charge sheet was filed before the court of district judge I S Mehta who posted the […] Read more » Asadullah Akhtar Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal National Investigation Agency news NIA NIA files second charge sheet against Bhatkal todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News AAP moves SC over Delhi assembly in suspended animation February 21, 2014 / February 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The AAP Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Feb 16 decision of the central government not to dissolve the Delhi assembly as recommended by then chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and keep it in suspended animation. The plea – likely to come up for hearing next week – said it was incumbent on the president […] Read more » AAP moves SC over Delhi assembly in suspended animation counsel Fali Nariman news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Rajiv assassination: SC suspends release of convicts February 21, 2014 / February 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered status quo and suspended the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to release seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said it will examine the procedural lapse in the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to grant remission and release within three […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam news Rajiv assassination Rajiv Gandhi assassination case Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Make delay a criteria for deciding mercy petition, says SC February 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government to include delay as a criteria in deciding the mercy petition of a death row convict. Pointing out that the government has set out certain criteria for deciding mercy petitions, the bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh said: “We hereby […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam delay a criteria for deciding mercy petition Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh
Top Law News Delhi HC orders surprise checks at juvenile homes February 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday ordered surprise checks of observation homes at regular intervals and issued guidelines for the safety of juveniles lodged in such homes after four incidents of rioting took place last year. A division bench of Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice R.V. Easwar said CCTVs shall be installed at all key points […] Read more » Justice R.V. Easwar Justice Ravindra Bhat juvenile homes surprise checks at juvenile homes
