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
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
