Top Law News Is Supreme Court losing its moral authority? Lawyers wonder January 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As allegations of “unwelcome behaviour” against retired Supreme Court judges – two have surfaced so far – are denting the institution’s moral authority, an informal in-house mechanism is required to determine the veracity of such allegations and a single yardstick should be applied for any probes into the charges, eminent lawyers say. They have also […] Read more » A.K. Ganguly justice K.T.S. Tulsi news Supreme Court of India todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Agitation over illegal migrants in Meghalaya suspended January 16, 2014 / January 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thirteen pressure groups in Meghalaya yesterday announced the suspension of their agitation demanding the re-introduction of the British-era Inner Line Permit (ILP) system to tackle the influx of illegal Bangladeshi migrants. The declaration came after a meeting with Chief Minister Mukul Sangma who offered the examination of 52 existing laws connected with the issue of […] Read more » British-era Inner Line Permit Chief Minister Mukul Sangma ILP Khasi Students' Union chief Daniel Khyriem KSU news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News HC reserves verdict on nursery admission guidelines January 16, 2014 / January 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The schools said the new guidelines were “arbitrary”. A division bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw reserved the order after hearing both the parties. The nursery admission process is now on hold after the government told the bench that “it would wait for the court’s decision on the issue before […] Read more » Advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul chief justice NV Ramana HC reserves verdict on nursery admission guidelines Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC moves on sexual harassment plea against retired judge January 16, 2014 / January 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice on a law graduate’s plea to put in place a permanent mechanism to attend to complaints of sexual harassment by sitting and former judges at all levels, including the apex court. The law graduate has alleged sexual harassment by a judge whom she worked with as an intern in […] Read more » Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Chief Justice Sathasivam Kolkata-based National University of Juridical Sciences news retd. Justice Swatanter Kumar todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Show us coal blocks allocation guidelines, SC tells government January 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the central government to place before it the guidelines that the screening committee followed in allocating coal blocks to applicants. “What were the guidelines followed by the screening committee? Whether guidelines were disclosed in the advertisement inviting applications for allocation of coal blocs,” asked a bench of Justice RM […] Read more » CEA Central Electricity Authority Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice RM Lodha news Show us coal blocks allocation guidelines todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Swatanter Kumar files defamation case against media, intern January 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Supreme Court judge and National Green Tribunal chairman Justice Swatanter Kumar on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court for a defamation case against media organisations and an intern who accused him of sexual harassment. Mentioning the matter before Justice G.S. Sistani, the bunch of lawyers appearing for Justice Kumar also sought an order restraining […] Read more » National Green news sexual harassment Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news Tribunal chairman
Top Law News SC asks government to file Justice Shah’s illegal mining report January 15, 2014 / January 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed the central government to file before it the report of Justice (retd.) M.B.Shah on illegal mining in Odisha and Jharkhand by Jan 27. The green bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik, Justice S.S.Nijjar and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla sought copies of Justice Shah’s report on illegal mining be placed before […] Read more » illegal mining Jharkhand Justice Shah report news Odisha Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Congress attacks Bharti for questioning CBI judge January 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Congress Tuesday raised questions over the continuance of Somnath Bharti as Delhi’s law minister after he termed as “erroneous” a CBI judge accused him of tampering with evidence in a case he was handling last year. “People in this country respect the judiciary the most. Our judiciary is independent and nothing can be more […] Read more » Arvinder Singh Lovely CBI CBI Special Judge Poonam A. Bamba Congress Congress attacks Bharti for questioning CBI judge Delhi chief Arvinder Singh Lovely Delhi's law minister Somnath Bharti news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News ‘Justice Swatanter Kumar should quit as green panel chief’ January 15, 2014 / January 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The All India Legal Aid Forum (AILAF) Tuesday demanded resignation of Justice (retd.) Swatanter Kumar from the post of chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT) after he faced allegations of sexual harassment. The forum, along with the Association of Human Rights Defence International (HRDI) and All India Bar Association (AIBA) condemned the alleged act and […] Read more » AIBA AILAF All India Bar Association All India Legal Aid Forum HRDI Human Rights Defence International National Green Tribunal National University of Juridical Sciences news NGT NUJS) retd. Justice Swatanter Kumar todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News AAP minister in trouble, BJP demands resignation January 15, 2014 / January 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti Tuesday came under fire from political quarters over his indictment by a court for “tampering with evidence” in a case which he handled last year. While the Congress criticised Bharti, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded the resignation of the minister who defended himself, saying it was an “absolute lie”. […] Read more » AAP minister in trouble Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Narmada Bachao Andolan supports AAP January 14, 2014 / January 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday announced the support of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), and said they will work in cooperation for the betterment of the country. Addressing a press conference here today, AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said, “The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) have pledged its support to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party AAP Medha Patkar Narmada Bachao Andolan NBA news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Tribunal awards Rs.37 lakh to DU professor’s parents January 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Family members of an assistant professor in Delhi University, who died in a road accident last year, have been awarded a compensation of over Rs 37 lakh by a motor accident claims tribunal (MACT) here. MACT directed the SBI General Insurance Company, with which the offending vehicle was insured, to pay a compensation of Rs […] Read more » Compensation Delhi Delhi University DU DU assistant professor news todays news todays top news Top news
