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
Top Law News Musharraf trial: Court wants security tightened December 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Islamabad Anti-Terrorist Court Friday granted former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s request for exemption from appearing before it in the judges’ detention case, and directed police to improve security arrangements. The court adjourned the hearing to Dec 20, Dawn online reported Friday. Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) Judge Atiqur Rehman heard the case relating to the detention […] Read more » counsel Ilyas Siddiqui Islamabad Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Atiqur Rehman Musharraf trial news Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf public prosecutor Nadeem Tabish todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court raps UP for withdrawing cases against terror accused December 13, 2013 / December 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Uttar Pradesh’s Akhilesh Yadav government came in embarrassment Thursday when the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court rapped it on its move to withdraw cases against terror accused. A bench of Justice Ashok Pal Singh, Justice Devi Prasad Singh and Justice Ajay Lamba, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a local […] Read more » advocate Ranjana Agnihotri Akhilesh Yadav Allahabad High Court Justice Ajay Lamba Justice Ashok Pal Singh Justice Devi Prasad Singh news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC pulls up UP over Muzaffarnagar riot victims’ plight December 13, 2013 / December 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pulling up the Uttar Pradesh government over the plight of victims of the Muzaffarnagar riots, the Supreme Court has ordered it to immediately supply blankets and medical help to people living in relief camps. The apex court reacted sharply to media reports of death of some 50 children due to cold and poor facilities in […] Read more » Akhilesh Yadav Muzaffarnagar riots news Relief Camps Riots Victims Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News A.K. Ganguly must quit, says BJP December 13, 2013 / December 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday demanded the resignation of West Bengal Human Rights Commission chief A.K. Ganguly, a former judge of the Supreme Court accused by a law intern of sexual harassment. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj raised the demand for the resignation of Ganguly as soon as the house […] Read more » A.K. Ganguly must quit law intern of sexual harassment news todays news todays top news Top news Trinamool Congress member Sudip Bandopadhyay West Bengal Human Rights Commission chief A.K. Ganguly
Top Law News SC grants bail to Lalu Prasad December 13, 2013 / December 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him bail in a fodder scam case. Lalu Prasad was awarded five years’ imprisonment by the special Ranchi court for his alleged involvement in the fodder scam. There were 44 accused in the case and 37 of them […] Read more » fodder scam Lalu Prasad news RJD SC grants bail to Lalu Prasad todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Justice Jillani sworn-in as Pakistan chief justice December 12, 2013 / December 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani took oath Thursday as Pakistan’s 21st chief justice, succeeding Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the man responsible for military dictator General Pervez Musharraf’s downfall. President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath of office to Justice Jillani at the Presidency here, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. According to APP, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif […] Read more » Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani Key of the City of Detroit (Michigan) news Pakistan's 21st chief justice todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Kolkata LGBT activists to continue fight for rights December 12, 2013 / December 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that a same-gender sexual relationship is an offence, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Kolkata asserted that their fight would only get even stronger. The movement is “strong” and will, with “renewed vigour”, take on the verdict, said the members who gathered at the […] Read more » Academic Nabaneeta Dev Sen Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender LGBT news Ramachandra Guha todays news todays top news Top news women's rights activist Saswati Ghosh
Top Law News Dec 16 gang rape: Two convicts say arrest process not followed December 12, 2013 / December 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two convicts in the Dec 16, 2012 gang rape case told the Delhi High Court Wednesday that police did not follow the proper procedure while arresting them. M.L. Sharma, counsel for convicts Mukesh and Pawan Kumar Gupta, said his clients were arrested on the basis of media reports. Delhi Police arrested them without having any […] Read more » convict Mukesh convict Pawan Kumar Gupta Delhi High Court M.L. Sharma main accused Ram Singh news Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital todays news todays top news Top news
