Top Law News SC declines to interfere with Right to Education law January 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to interfere with the Right to Education Act which provides for free and compulsory elementary education without holding back the promotion of a child to next class till class 8. Rejecting a plea by petitioner Abhishek Gupta seeking the stay of section 16 of the act, a bench of Justice […] Read more » Justice H.L. Dattu Justice S.A. Bobde news petitioner Abhishek Gupta Right to Education Act SC declines to interfere with Right to Education law todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC to hear natural gas pricing matter March 4 January 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hold March 4 hearing in the plea by Communist lawmaker Gurudas Dasgupta and NGO Common Cause seeking review of the government decision to hike the natural gas price from $4.2 to $8.4 million British thermal unit (mmBtu) from April 2014 . Common Cause has sought a court monitored probe by a […] Read more » Communist lawmaker Gurudas Dasgupta counsel Prashant Bhushan Justice Ranjan Gogoi news senior counsel Colin Gonsalves todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court pulls up magistrate in case against Zee TV editors January 7, 2014 / January 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court Monday pulled up a magisterial court for refusing to take cognisance of a charge sheet filed against Zee Group chairman Subhash Chandra and Zee editors Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma said the magistrate’s court has no power to “wipe out” a police report. “When a final police report […] Read more » news Samir Ahluwalia Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma todays news todays top news Top news Zee editors Sudhir Chaudhary Zee Group chairman Subhash Chandra
Top Law News Himachal told to file charge sheet in illegal recruitments case January 7, 2014 / January 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday asked the state government to file a charge sheet within four weeks against those accused of illegal official recruitments between 1993-98. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Kuldip Singh passed the orders on a petition of the state Subordinate Services Selection Board’s former […] Read more » Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Kuldip Singh news state Subordinate Services Selection Board's former chairman S.M. Katwal todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News AAP forms sexual harassment complaints committee January 7, 2014 / January 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Aam Admi Party (AAP) Monday became the “first” political party in the country to have an internal committee on sexual harassment as per the Vishaka guidelines of the Supreme Court. “It would be a committee of three women members – Atishi Marlena, Preeti Sharma Menon and Leela Ramdas – who will look after women-related […] Read more » Aam Admi Party AAP Atishi Marlena news Preeti Sharma Menon social activist Leela Ramdas todays news todays top news Top news Vishaka guidelines
Top Law News Kerala to have six new all-women police stations January 7, 2014 / January 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, in his first meeting with police top brass, vowed to make the state a “Nirbhaya Kerala,” one where women have nothing to fear. Six new all-women police stations would be set up, he said. He said atrocities against women and children would be sternly dealt with. Chennithala was sworn in […] Read more » Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala news Nirbhaya Kerala six new all-women police stations in Kerala todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Bihar clerics not to conduct nikah of dowry seekers January 6, 2014 / January 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Muslim clerics in a Bihar district have said they won’t conduct marriage ceremony of those who give or take dowry. Alarmed over the trend of dowry among Muslims, this decision was taken by a body of Imams of Bihar’s Nalanda district at a meeting Saturday evening. “We have decided not to conduct nikah (marriage) for […] Read more » Bihar clerics not to conduct nikah of dowry seekers Haji Mohd Shafiullah Khan Muslim organisation Imarat-e Sharia news Qazi Maulana Mansur Alam todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News UP information commissioners’ appointment challenged in court January 6, 2014 / January 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after the Uttar Pradesh government appointed eight information commissioners, the decision was challenged before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court (HC). In a writ petition, Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Amitabh Thakur, among the 600 plus applicants for the eight posts, alleged that the selection process was arbitrary and sought it […] Read more » Allahabad High Court IPS officer Amitabh Thakur news todays news todays top news Top news Uttar Pradesh government appointed eight information commissioners
Top Law News Courts should carefully scrutinise rape victims’ evidence, says SC January 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that courts must carefully examine the evidence of a rape victim to ascertain its trustworthiness as it alone was sufficient to convict a rape accused and sentence him to life imprisonment. Holding that the rape victim’s evidence is placed on such a high pedestal that it alone was sufficient to […] Read more » Courts should carefully scrutinise rape victims' evidence Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Rioting case against Kejriwal to be heard Jan 25 January 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday posted for Jan 25 hearing of a case of rioting against Arvind Kejriwal, who is now the Delhi chief minister. The case dates to protests held by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) outside the official residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Aug 2012. Members of the party were then charged with […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Defence counsel Rahul Mehra Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Delhi's Urban Development Minister Manish Sisodia news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Man files defamation suit against son for inter-caste marriage January 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man in Bihar disowned his son and filed a defamation case against him on Saturday for marrying out of caste. Sidhnath Sharma, a Patna lawyer, also asserted that his son Sushant Jasu could no longer use his name and will have to pay Rs.10,000 copyright fees every time he used it. Filing a defamation […] Read more » Man files defamation suit against son for inter-caste marriage news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Tejpal’s judicial remand extended by 10 days January 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s judicial remand was Saturday extended by a further 10 days by a magistrate here. Tejpal, who has spent more than a month cumulatively in police and judicial custody, was presented before a court of a judicial magistrate. His defence argued that Tejpal should be released on bail because police had not […] Read more » news Tarun Tejpal Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal Tejpal's judicial remand extended by 10 days todays news todays top news Top news
