High Profile Cases Top Law News SC declines to pass order on Asaram’s plea October 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to pass any order on spiritual guru Asaram Bapu’s plea seeking to restrain media from carrying on speculative reporting in the allegation of rape against him but reiterated its 2012 guidelines on media reporting of sub-judice cases. Declining to pass any order on Asaram’s plea, the apex court bench of […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice Ranjan Gogoi order on Asaram's plea SC declines to pass order on Asaram's plea
Top Law News SC panel to probe sexual harassment complaints on premises October 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has set up a committee to look into complaints of sexual harassment within its precincts. The decks were cleared for the formation of the Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee after the government issued the relevant notification, enforcing Gender Sensitisation and Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, […] Read more » sexual harassment complaints sexual harassment complaints on premises supreme court to probe sexual harassment complaints on premises
Consumer Law News Top Law News SC to examine curbs on news on private FM radio October 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court, hearing a PIL by an NGO, Thursday said it will examine the rules that bar private FM radio channels and community radios from broadcasting news and current affairs. It also issued notice on the issue to the central government, returnable in two weeks. As a bench of Chief Justice P.Sathasivam and Justice […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam counsel Prashant Bhushan curbs on news on private FM radio Justice Ranjan Gogoi news on private FM radio SC to examine curbs on news
Top Law News ‘Godowns in villages through rural jobs scheme’ October 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government has decided to leverage the rural job scheme to create intermediary grain godowns at the block level to plug leakages in the public distribution system, a minister said Thursday. The move comes as the central government attempts to roll out the food security scheme throughout the country. “We will change Schedule 1 of […] Read more » 'Godowns in villages 'Godowns in villages through rural jobs scheme' Food minister K.V. Thomas grain godowns at the block level MGNREG rural jobs scheme'
Human Rights Top Law News India has highest number of slaves: Index October 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India has the dubious distinction of having the highest number of people living in conditions of slavery — estimated at nearly 14 million, according to an index ranking 162 countries. The Global Slavery Index 2013 was compiled by Australian-based rights organisation Walk Free Foundation on the basis of debt bondage, forced marriage and sale or […] Read more » highest no. of slaves are in india highest number of slaves in India India has highest number of slaves
Top Law News Children fan UP officials, and add to hot air October 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment District officials in Shamli district of western Uttar Pradesh perhaps thought of it as nothing much to bother about — children stood behind and fanned them during an “open court” meeting in a village, as a video camera caught the action. The incident occurred Tuesday at Shamli, when Principal Secretary Sunil Kumar of the Social […] Read more » Children fan UP officials
Consumer Law News Top Law News To file RTI in Goa, first prove you are Indian October 16, 2013 / October 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment To file an RTI application in Goa, you will first have to prove that you are an Indian citizen. A government circular issued late Tuesday now asks all Right to Information applicants to mandatorily attach a copy of the affidavit swearing that the applicant is an Indian national. The move has been called draconian by […] Read more » To file RTI in Goa
Criminal Law News Top Law News Bail for man who impersonated as PM October 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Tuesday granted bail to a man, who along with his accomplices, made hoax calls and demanded money from a private music company by impersonating as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and RJD leader Lalu Prasad. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma granted bail to accused Vikas Dutt Sharma and directed him to furnish […] Read more » Bail for man who impersonated as PM Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma man who impersonated as PM man who impersonated as PM and lalu
Top Law News Panel formed to consider Kerala HC bench: Tharoor October 16, 2013 / October 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor Tuesday hailed the decision of the Kerala High Court to constitute a panel to study the feasibility of setting up a bench of the court in the state capital. Tharoor, told reporters here that the registrar-general of the Kochi-based high court informed him about the decision […] Read more » Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor Justice K.T. Sankaran Justice S. Siri Jagan Justice T.R. Ramachandran Nair Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan Panel formed to consider Kerala HC bench
Criminal Law News Top Law News To avoid jail, health official pays compensation October 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Faced with the prospect of imprisonment for violating orders in a consumer case, an officer of Chandigarh’s health department Monday paid Rs.4.38 lakh in compensation to a woman who lost her foetus and suffered kidney damage. The loss of the foetus and the kidney damage occurred because of the negligence of government doctors in a […] Read more » health official pays compensation negligence of government doctors
Family Law News Top Law News Regulating placement agencies can prevent child trafficking October 16, 2013 / October 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The recent rescue of a teenaged domestic help in south Delh’s Vasant Kunj area after she was treated brutally by her employer is yet another addition to the growing list of shocking cases of ill-treatment meted out to domestics. Most of these helps are from the rural hinterland of the country and, as it turns […] Read more » Bachpan Bachao Andolan BBA Non-regulation of placement agencies prevent child trafficking by regulating placement agencies Regulating placement agencies can prevent child trafficking regulation of placement agencies
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court seeks government response on PIL against Kejriwal October 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday directed the central government to file its reply on a PIL seeking registration of a criminal case against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal and others for allegedly receiving foreign funds in violation of the law. A bench of Justices Pradeep Nanrajog and V.K. Rao asked the government to […] Read more » AAP Leader Arvind Kejriwal Arvind Kejriwal ASG Rajeeve Mehra government response on PIL against Kejriwal Justices Pradeep Nanrajog V K Rao
