Top Law News Because they kept marching, America changed: Obama August 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Obama, speaking from the hallowed place where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech 50 years ago, called on the nation Wednesday to build upon the accomplishments of racial justice and complete the journey to economic equality. In some ways, the moment marked a dream fulfilled, with the nation’s first black president embodying […] Read more » national news news Obama todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Pakistan top court drops contempt notice against Imran Khan August 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistan’s top court on Wednesday dropped contempt charges against cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, accepting his explanation that he never intended to bring senior judges into disrepute. Khan, the head of Pakistan’s third largest party, criticised the judiciary and election commission for inaction over alleged rigged at elections in May, when he won a political breakthrough. But […] Read more » Anwar Zaheer Jamali Imran Khan national news Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Corruption charges not framed against ex-judge August 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Corruption charges could not be framed against former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav Tuesday in the cash-at-door scandal despite her appearing in a CBI special court here. Yadav’s counsel told the trial judge that she had moved the high court against the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court’s July 31 decision […] Read more » additional advocate general Sanjeev Bansal Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav judge Nirmaljit Kaur national news news todays news todays top news Top news Trial judge Vimal Kumar
Top Law News CBI clarifies on government nod preceding graft probes August 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it should hold that no prior sanction of the government was required to proceed against public servants in corruption cases investigated and monitored on the directions of the apex court. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said under section 6A of Delhi Special Police Establishment Act – […] Read more » 6A of Delhi Special Police Establishment Act advocate petitioner ML Sharma national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News UP court issues warrants against chief minister and two others August 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior officers in the state administration swung into action on Tuesday evening following reports that a local court in Faizabad had issued a bailable warrant against chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi PartyMLA Tej Narain Pandey and IAS officerl Ajay Shukla, seeking their appearance in a case. Pandey is also a minister and Shukla former district magistrate of Faizabad. The warrant […] Read more » Akhilesh Yadav IAS officerl Ajay Shukla national news news Samajwadi PartyMLA Tej Narain Pandey todays news todays top news Top news UP court issues warrants against chief minister
Top Law News UN human rights chief visits Sri Lanka August 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Tuesday visited parts of Sri Lanka’s northern region which has been battered by 30 years of war between the Tamil Tigers and the military. Among the areas she visited included Mullivaikal, which was where civilians were believed to have been killed during the war. Pillay also visited […] Read more » national news Navi Pillay news todays news todays top news Top news UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Top Law News Church told to compensate child sex abuse victim August 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Italy has ordered the Catholic Church to pay 700,000 euros to the family of a woman who was reportedly sexually abused by a priest when she was a child. Parish priest Giorgio Carli was arrested in 2003, accused of raping the woman when she was nine until she was 14. He was convicted of the abuse […] Read more » national news news Parish priest Giorgio Carli todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Three Chinese get death for drug trafficking August 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three men in China have been sentenced to death for drug trafficking, a court said. The court in south China’s Hainan province announced Tuesday evening that Lin Mingjin and Yang Zuxing were found guilty of transporting and selling more than 40 kg of ketamine in 2012. Police said Lin and Yang bought the drugs from Xiao Haifeng in April-May […] Read more » drug trafficking Li Shun Lin Mingjin national news news todays news todays top news Top news Yang Zuxing
Top Law News No compromise in rape cases: SC August 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held that rape cases cannot be compromised or condoned even if the victim forgives the accused for the offence. A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam ruled that such compromises, if entered into, are per se illegal and the provision for lesser punishment […] Read more » national news news sexual assault & rape Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Supreme Court to hold in-camera hearing in Radia case August 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to hold an in-camera hearing in the Niira Radia case, at Tata counsel Harish and Salve’s urging. Salve contended that the top court must hear the case in closed door proceedings to ensure that secret information is not leaked to the media. The in-camera hearing will take place on Thursday morning. The court […] Read more » CPIL Jain Hawala case national news news Niira Radia case Tata counsel Harish todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Waiting for judge to be named for solar scam probe: Chandy August 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is waiting to hear from the Kerala High Court on its request to name a sitting judge for heading a judicial probe ordered into the solar scam case, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Tuesday. “We have received the Left opposition’s letter stating that the probe’s terms of reference should included the chief minister […] Read more » Biju Radhakrishnan businesswoman Saritha Nair Chief Minister Oommen Chandy national news news solar scam case todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Dec 16 gang rape: Cops conclude final arguments August 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Concluding their final arguments, police Monday told a court here that they have all the evidence to prove the guilt of the accused in the Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape. Special Public Prosecutor Dayan Krishnan, appearing for the police, told Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna that they had “all the evidence to prove them guilty”. “It […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna Dec 16 gang-rape Juvenile Justice Board national news news special public prosecutor Dayan Krishnan todays news todays top news Top news