Top Law News Same-sex marriage drawing overseas couples to New Zealand November 6, 2013 / November 6, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than a third of the same- sex couples getting married under a new law in New Zealand are coming from overseas, authorities said Tuesday. In the period till the end of September, 40 of the 177 same-sex marriages involved couples from abroad, Xinhua reported from Statistics New Zealand. Out of these, 61 were between […] Read more » Marriage Amendment Act national news news Same-sex marriage todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Dubai court upholds death sentence for Indian November 4, 2013 / November 4, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Dubai court has upheld the death sentence awarded to an Indian national for killing a woman, from whom he had bought a washing machine, by slitting her throat. The 28-year-old Indian man, identified by the initials of his name AM, admitted in a court of appeal in Dubai to attacking the woman with a […] Read more » Dubai court upholds death sentence for Indian national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Cycle rally for safety of women November 4, 2013 / November 4, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jamia Milia Islamia will organise a 1,100-km-long cycle rally to spread awareness regarding safety of woman and to provide them a secure environment in the country. The rally, to be flagged off Nov 9 by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, will cover a distance of approximately 1,100 km. It will pass through the […] Read more » Jamia Milia Islamia Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah national news news Prof. N.U. Khan todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court notice to UGC over private varsities November 4, 2013 / November 4, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking suo motu cognisance of a media report, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notice to the University Grants Commission (UGC), asking it about the steps it has initiated to implement regulations pertaining to establishment and operation of private universities in the state. From the news item that has appeared in The Tribune, it […] Read more » Chief Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Kuldip Singh national news news State Private Educational Institutions (Regulatory) Act todays news todays top news Top news UGC University Grants Commission
Top Law News Need for statutory forum for electronic media November 4, 2013 / November 4, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Concurring with an Uttar Pradesh court’s observation underlining the need for a statutory forum for the electronic media, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said “it’s quite natural” to have such a mechanism when TV channels often compromise on the veracity of the news to improve their ratings. Kerala is home to a dozen Malayalam […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Ashok Pal Singh Justices Devi Prasad Singh Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy national news news Rajmohan Unnithan statutory forum for electronic media todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Supreme Court directions on civil servants will serve public interest November 4, 2013 / November 4, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court’s directions that civil servants should have an assured minimum tenure and should refrain from acting on verbal orders given by politicians will serve public interest by improving governance and bringing greater accountability in the system, say retired bureaucrats who have held key positions in the government. Former cabinet secretary T.S.R. Subramaniam said […] Read more » Civil Service Board CSB Former cabinet secretary T.S.R. Subramaniam former CBI Director Joginder Singh Former chief election commissioner S.Y. Quraishi national news news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Ensure encroachment-free water bodie November 4, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed the city police to ensure that water bodies like lakes and ponds are not encroached upon or allotted in future to make good the deficiency of land during consolidation proceedings. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Manmohan, in an order earlier this week, asked the […] Read more » Chief Justice N.V. Ramana Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation Delhi High Court East Punjab Holdings Act Justice Manmohan national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Employee can’t escape recovery of excess payments: SC November 4, 2013 / November 4, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that even after retirement from service, an employee can’t escape the recovery of the excess amount that is credited due to an error in salary calculations. Rejecting the submission that no amount should be recovered from the excess salary paid to employees, the apex court bench of Justice Anil R. […] Read more » can't escape recovery of excess payments Chandigarh Transport Gurcharan Singh Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice Dipak Misra national news news Punjab and Haryana High Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Non-compliance of court orders costs varsity officials dear November 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Defying a Himachal Pradesh court’s directive to clear the dues of around 850 pensioners of an agricultural university has cost its top functionaries dear. Expressing displeasure over non-release of pension arrears with dearness allowance even after the high court ordered this in 2011, a division bench consisting of Justices Sanjay Karol and Rajiv Sharma has […] Read more » Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Justices Sanjay Karol national news news Rajiv Sharma Sushil Kumar Phull todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Civil servants welcome SC order on fixed tenure November 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court’s direction that civil servants should have an assured minimum tenure has been welcomed by bureaucrats who said it would make a difference to people working at the field level and help them achieve their targets in a better manner. The Supreme Court Friday directed the centre and the states to set […] Read more » Civil servants welcome SC order on fixed tenure SC order on fixed tenure
Top Law News Need for statutory forum to supervise electronic media: Allahabad high court November 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has said that the country requires a statutory forum for electronic media which people may approach to ventilate their grievance. The observation came from a division bench of Justice Devi Prasad Singh and Justice Ashok Pal Singh on a petition filed by activist Nutan Thakur against […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Justice Ashok Pal Singh Justice Devi Prasad Singh Need for statutory forum to supervise electronic media statutory forum to supervise electronic media supervise electronic media
Criminal Law News Top Law News Dec 16 gang-rape: Prosecution argues for death sentence November 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday commenced hearing on the confirmation of the death penalty awarded to four convicts in the Dec 16, 2012, gang-rape case here. The prosecution said it has all the evidence against the four convicts awarded the death penalty by the trial court. Special Public Prosecutor Dayan Krishnan, starting the arguments, briefed […] Read more » Dec 16 gang-rape Justice Pratibha Rani Justice Reva Khetrapal Prosecution argues for death sentence in Delhi Gang rape case special public prosecutor Dayan Krishnan
