Top Law News Nirbhaya Fund will be utilised soon, says home minister December 16, 2013 / December 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Home Minister Sushil kumar Shinde said Monday that the Nirbhaya Fund for ensuring safety of women, set up in memory of the young woman brutally gang-raped in the national capital Dec 16 last year, would soon be utilised. “The Nirbhaya Fund that was set up for women’s safety will be utilised soon,” Sushil kumar Shinde […] Read more » Criminal Procedure Code Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde news Nirbhaya Fund the Indian Penal Code todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News US court asks Sonia to respond to 1984 case by Jan 2 December 16, 2013 / December 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A US federal court has given Congress president Sonia Gandhi till January 02 to respond to a Sikh body’s charges of protecting and shielding party leaders allegedly involved in the November 1984 anti-Sikh violence. Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) had filed an amended class action complaint against Gandhi on December 4 citing what it called “specific […] Read more » Alien Tort Statute news November 1984 anti-Sikh violence SFJ Sikhs For Justice todays news todays top news Top news Torture Victim Protection Act of 1992 US federal court
Top Law News No over-zealousness in Ganguly issue: Indira Jaising December 16, 2013 / December 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Raising the pitch for removal of former apex court judge A.K. Ganguly, accused of sexually harassing a law intern, as West Bengal human rights panel chief, Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising Sunday rubbished allegation of over-zealousness in the issue. “What the Supreme Court has done is an internal as well as just procedure to look […] Read more » former apex court judge A.K. Ganguly news Solicitor General Indira Jaising todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Apex court orders transport money to deaf and dumb December 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has directed the central and state governments to grant transport allowance to deaf and dumb employees as is given to blind and orthopaedically handicapped people, and said any distinction between the two was discriminatory. “We are inclined to allow and direct to grant transport allowance to deaf and dumb people at par […] Read more » Justice A.K. Sikri Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news transport money to deaf and dumb
Top Law News Pass Lokpal bill in din if needed: Anna Hazare December 16, 2013 / December 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activist Anna Hazare today said the government should pass the Lokpal Bill in din if needed. He also said the session should be extended if needed to pass the proposed legislation. “I would say if some parties are creating ruckus, pass the bill in din… so many bills are passed in din,” he said. “If […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party Activist Anna Hazare Anna Hazare Lokpal Bill news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Government’s Lokpal bill not strong: AAP December 16, 2013 / December 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sunday rejected the Lokpal bill under consideration in parliament, saying it was weak and would not prevent corruption, but work instead to “protect the corrupt”. “This Lokpal bill does not provide for formation of Lokayuktas, there is no provision for whistle blower protection, and it is not free of the […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party AAP Arvind Kejriwal Government's Lokpal bill Lokpal Bill news Prashant Bhushan todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Modify Section 377: NHRC asks government December 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment he National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Saturday appealed to the government to make all necessary legislative modifications in Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code to ensure that no one is deprived of human rights, following the Supreme Court’s verdict on gay sex. “The NHRC is of the view that all people regardless of their […] Read more » Modify Section 377
Top Law News HC notice on bail plea of three jailed UNI employees December 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued notice to police on the bail plea of three UNI news agency employees accused of making casteist remarks against another employee. Justice Sunita Gupta Friday asked Delhi Police to file its reply on the bail pleas of the two senior journalists and an office accountant by Dec 17. The […] Read more » bail plea of three jailed UNI employees jailed UNI employees
Top Law News Ponty Chadha case: Police officer knew of conspiracy, says lawyer December 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A senior Delhi Police officer was aware of the conspiracy being hatched to trespass into a farmhouse in south Delhi where a shootout took place Nov 17, 2012, leading to the death of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep, a lawyer told the court Saturday. Defence lawyer K K. Manan told Additional Sessions […] Read more » death of liquor baron Ponty Chadha Defence lawyer K K. Manan Ponty Chadha case
Top Law News UP Police taken to task for not registering FIRs December 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh Police for not registering FIRs when people of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) lodged complaints. It also advised the police to take all complaints brought by SC and ST people seriously, said an official. In a suo motu cognisance taken by […] Read more » task for not registering FIRs
Top Law News EC tells states to prepare flawless electoral rolls December 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In view of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission (EC) has asked the states and the union territories to prepare error-free electoral rolls, said a letter, dated Dec 11, released Sunday. “An accurate error-free electoral roll is the cornerstone of free and fair elections,” it stated. The letter has instructions for preparing flawless […] Read more » EC tells states to prepare flawless electoral rolls
Top Law News Amnesty fears attacks on Bangladesh Hindus December 13, 2013 / December 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jamaat-e-Islami leader and war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah could trigger more violence with the country’s minority Hindu community bearing the brunt. Mollah, who was also the Jammat’s assistant secretary general, was hanged at 10.01 p.m. Thursday, hours after the country’s highest court dismissed his petition to review his death sentence. Mollah was sentenced to death […] Read more » attacks on Bangladesh Hindus ICT verdict International Crimes Tribunal Jamaat-e-Islami Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Quader Mollah news todays news todays top news Top news
