Top Law News Rajya Sabha passes marriage laws amendment bill August 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major step towards making marriage laws more women-friendly, Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the bill to amend the Hindu Marriage Act (1955) and the Special Marriage Act (1954) that provides for “irretrievable breakdown on marriage” as a ground for divorce as well as grants women the right to a share in the property of their husbands. The Marriage […] Read more » Hindu Marriage Act marriage laws amendment bill national news news Special Marriage Act todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Bengal assembly passes bill for time-bound services August 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Bengal assembly passes bill for time-bound services The West Bengal assembly Monday passed a legislation making it mandatory for the state to deliver services to the citizens within a stipulated period, in an effort to stop harassment of the public. The West Bengal Right to Public Services Bill, 2013 provides that citizens applying for any services from any department or a local […] Read more » Bengal assembly passes bill for time-bound services national news news Public Services Bill todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SFI leader’s death: Bengal rights panel orders compensation, blames police August 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major embarrassment for West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee regime, the state rights panel Monday recommended Rs.10 lakh compensation for the custodial death of SFI leader Sudipto Gupta here in April. A full bench of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission, which met during the day, pointed at the responsibility of police in the April […] Read more » Communist Party of India-Marxist CPI-M national news news retd Justice Ashok Kumar Ganguly SFI leader Sudipto Gupta todays news todays top news Top news West Bengal Human Rights Commission
Top Law News Odisha carpenter’s kin win battle for benefits August 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The family of a dead carpenter in Odisha will soon get his provident fund dues with the top consumer court ruling that such a benefit would not cease if the individual concerned was shifted from one department to another in the same organization. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission came to the help of the […] Read more » G.S.M. Reddy K.S. Chaudhari Member B.C. Gupta National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission national news news Podagada Dam Division todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Jagan begins indefinite fast in jail August 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment YSR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy began an indefinite fast in Chanchalguda jail on Sunday to protest against the Congress’ “unilateral” decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh without addressing the concerns of the people of Seemandhra region. The Kadapa MP demanded that the Centre should maintain status quo, if it could not do justice to all […] Read more » AP politics bifurcation issue Chanchalguda Jail indefinite fast Jaganmohan Reddy national news news Seemandhra region todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News All five Mumbai rapists held, Chavan assures speedy justice August 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Sunday said the Mumbai gang-rape case would be tried in a fast track court and noted criminal lawyer Ujjwal Nikam has been requested to appear as public prosecutor even as the fifth suspect was arrested. The last remaining accused was arrested in Delhi, hours after the fourth accused was held […] Read more » Chand Babu Sattar Shaikh Kasim Bengali lawyer Ujjwal Nikam Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Mohammad Salim Ansari Mohammed Kasim Hafiz Shaikh national news news todays news todays top news Top news Vijay Jadhav
Top Law News Muslim Brotherhood leaders’ trial adjourned August 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The trial of the top leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi hails, was adjourned to Oct 29 over the absence of defendants. A few minutes after the first session opened Sunday morning, the lawyers asked for adjourning the trial as the defendants have the right to attend, Xinhua quoted […] Read more » anti-Morsi protesters Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi hails Islamist Brotherhood General Guide Mohamed Badie national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Lawyers to lay siege to Taj Monday August 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers demanding a bench of the Allahabad High Court in Agra will hold a protest march and lay siege to the Taj Mahal Monday, an organiser said, adding that tourists inconvenienced by the stir would be presented roses and explained the reasons. After the day-long siege, the lawyers from Mathura, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah and Aligarh […] Read more » 2014 Lok Sabha polls K.D. Sharma leader Rajiv Tiwari national news news president of the Agra Hotels and Restaurants Association Rakesh Chauhan siege to the Taj Mahal todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Men’s right group protests ‘discriminatory’ proposed marriage law August 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Men’s right group protests ‘discriminatory’ proposed marriage law A men’s rights group on Sunday took out a rally protesting against the proposed Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2002, alleging it would breakdown the traditional family system by introducing no-fault divorce and was heavily loaded against the husband. “Similar laws in the west have led to breakdown of the traditional family system. In the US, while only 20 […] Read more » Anil Gupta discriminatory proposed marriage law Marriage Laws national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News All five Mumbai rapists held of Mumbai gang rape case August 25, 2013 / August 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on All five Mumbai rapists held of Mumbai gang rape case Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Sunday said the Mumbai gang-rape case would be tried in a fast track court and noted criminal lawyer Ujjwal Nikam has been requested to appear as public prosecutor even as the fifth suspect was arrested. The last remaining accused was arrested in Delhi, hours after the fourth accused was held […] Read more » criminal lawyer Ujjwal Nikam gang rape in abandoned textile mill Mumbai gang rape case Mumbai gang rape case of a photo journalist
Top Law News Maharashtra bans black magic and superstitious practices August 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Maharashtra bans black magic and superstitious practices Maharashtra heralds a progressive new era with a comprehensive law banning black magic, witchcraft and other superstitious practices coming into effect, officials said Sunday. Governor K Sankaranarayanan signed an Ordinance Saturday evening which will curb all these practices, and award stringent punishment for practitioners. Maharashtra is the first state in the country to enact such […] Read more » killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti by Narendra Dabholkar Maharashtra bans black magic Maharashtra bans black magic and superstitious practices Maharashtra bans superstitious practices Narendra Dabholkar founder of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti superstitious practices
Top Law News Dec 16 gang-rape accused wanted to kill victim: Prosecution August 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi police on Saturday, during final arguments in the December 16, 2012 gang-rape case, told a city court that the accused had a clear intention to kill the victim so that no witness of the horrific incident was left behind. Special public prosecutor Dayan Krishnan told additional sessions judge Yogesh Khanna that the intestine of […] Read more » accused wanted to kill victim of Dec 16gang rape Dec 16 gang-rape December 16 2012 gang-rape case Special public prosecutor Dayan Krishnan in dec 16 gang rape case
