Top Law News Cabinet nod to judicial appointments panel December 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Amid demands by jurists and BJP, government on Thursday gave the go ahead to grant constitutional status to a proposed commission for appointment and transfer of judges to the higher judiciary to ensure that its composition cannot be altered through an ordinary legislation. A parliamentary standing committee which examined the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) Bill, […] Read more » JAC Bill Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) Bill Law Minister Kapil Sibal news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Cabinet okays disbursement of pensionary benefit to MTNL employees December 27, 2013 / December 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The union cabinet on Thursday put an end to the long-pending pension issue of the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) by approving that all categories of erstwhile government employees who were absorbed in MTNL will be given pensionary benefits. “This would help to resolve the long-pending MTNL pension issue. The proposal entails a recurring expenditure […] Read more » Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited MTNL news Rule 37-A of CCS (Pension) Rules todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News China aims for judicial transparency December 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) has issued a judicial interpretation which clarifies procedures of cross-examining cases of state compensation. The move aims to boost the country’s judicial transparency and ensure that the compensation claimants and those liable for compensation have equal rights of information, participation and expression, reported Xinhua. Cross-examination should be made public except […] Read more » China aims for judicial transparency China's Supreme People's Court news SPC todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Russia drops cases against Greenpeace activists December 26, 2013 / December 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Russian authorities have dropped criminal cases against 30 Greenpeace activists from the ship Arctic Sunrise, the environmental group’s lawyer said Wednesday. “All activists have arrived in front of the investigative committee of St. Petersburg to be familiarised with the decision,” Xinhua quoted Andrei Suchkov as telling the Interfax news agency. By Wednesday afternoon, 16 activists […] Read more » Arctic Sunrise Greenpeace activists news Russia todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Calcutta HC acquits second lifer in weeks December 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the second such case this month, the Calcutta High Court Tuesday acquitted a lifer jailed in a murder case. A division bench of the court set free Jagat Sarkar, a labourer, for want of evidence. Justice Aniruddha Basu and Justice Shibshankar Sadhu ruled that there was no evidence to back up the charges for […] Read more » Calcutta HC acquits second lifer in weeks Calcutta High Court Justice Aniruddha Basu Justice Shibshankar Sadhu news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Children ‘accommodate’ abusers at home: study December 26, 2013 / December 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It is often reported that children react to sexual and physical abuse at home in unpredictable ways, making it hard to join the dots and reach a conclusion. Now, new research tries to explain children’s behaviour in response to abuse and could aid in intervention and the right treatment. Abused children suffer from emotional and […] Read more » Bob Shapell School of Social Children 'accommodate' abusers at home news Tel Aviv University todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News NUJS should disassociate from Ganguly, urges faculty December 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Demanding action against Justice (retd) AK Ganguly who allegedly sexually harassed an intern, faculty members of the National University of Judicial Sciences (NUJS) Wednesday asked the institution to disassociate itself from the former apex court judge, who is an honorary professor. The members showed solidarity with the former law intern and a NUJS graduate who […] Read more » Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam National University of Judicial Sciences news NUJS) retd Justice A K Ganguly todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Bihar panchayat bans cell phones for unwed girls December 25, 2013 / December 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A village council in Bihar has banned the use of mobile phones by unmarried girls, said a council member on Wednesday. The decision was taken Tuesday evening at a meeting of Somgarh panchayat (council) in West Champaran district. The panchayat also threatened to impose heavy fine on the girls’ families if they violated the diktat, […] Read more » BIHAR Cell phone ban news Panchayat todays news todays top news Top news Unwed girls
Top Law News Ganguly case: Law intern to pursue ‘appropriate proceedings’ December 25, 2013 / December 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former law intern who accused former Supreme Court Judge A.K. Ganguly of sexual harassment has said that she would “pursue appropriate proceedings at appropriate times”. “I request that it be acknowledged that I have the discernment to pursue appropriate proceedings at appropriate times. I ask that my autonomy be respected fully,” she said in […] Read more » Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam former Supreme Court Judge A.K. Ganguly National University of Judicial Sciences news NUJS) todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Charges to be framed against Musharraf Jan 1 December 25, 2013 / December 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court in Pakistan will formally frame charges of high treason against ex-president Pervez Musharraf Jan 1, 2014, court officials said Tuesday. The court was scheduled to begin trial of Musharraf Tuesday for abrogating the constitution. However, the former president could not appear before the judges over security threats, reported Xinhua. The three-member special […] Read more » ex-president Pervez Musharraf Islamabad High Court Justice Faisal Arab Mansoor Ali Khan news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Himachal phone-tap case to be registered in court soon: Virbhadra December 25, 2013 / December 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The case relating to the tapping of over 1,300 telephones in Himachal Pradesh during the erstwhile BJP government would soon be registered in court, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said Tuesday. “The inquiry is near completion and the challan (registration) will be filed soon,” the chief minister told reporters here. He said certain telephones were illegally […] Read more » Himachal phone-tap case to be registered in court Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh illegally tapped during the previous Bharatiya Janata Party regime news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Sibal launches IT training programme for backward rural women December 25, 2013 / December 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Minister of Communication & IT Kapil Sibal Tuesday launched a government e-initiative for creating a transparent and accountable governance model for enabling service delivery at the doorstep of citizens. The ‘E-Inclusion: IT Training for Rural SC/ST/Women Beneficiaries’ project is part of the government’s initiative under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) The Department of Electronics and […] Read more » DeitY Department of Electronics and Information Technology Minister of Communication & IT Kapil Sibal National e-Governance Plan NeGP news Sibal launches IT training programme for rural women todays news todays top news Top news
