Top Law News SC cautions high courts on reversing acquittals August 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that the jurisdiction of high courts in reversing an acquittal after re-appreciating the evidence was “extremely narrow” and could be done only in cases of “miscarriage of justice” during trial. “…the revisional jurisdiction of the high courts while examining an order of acquittal is extremely narrow and ought to be […] Read more » national news news SC cautions high courts on reversing acquittals todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News wo charged with murder of India-born businessman August 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Police in Australia have charged two people with the murder of a India-born businessman last month. A 27-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man were arrested and charged Tuesday with the murder of Shyam Dhody July 5, local media reported. Dhody, 37, was shot dead while he was on his bed in his home at Gilston, […] Read more » national news news todays news todays top news Top news wo charged with murder of India-born businessman
Top Law News Gift mobile phone to sister on Rakshabandhan, Delhi high court tells brother August 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The judiciary has time and again come to the rescue of girls facing threats from family members to sacrifice education midway to get married. This time, however, in an unprecedented move while protecting one such college girl, the Delhi high court has directed her brother to gift her a mobile phone this Rakshabandhan for use […] Read more » Gift mobile phone on Rakshabandhan Gift mobile phone to sister on Rakshabandhan Justice Hima Kohli
Top Law News FIR in Goa’s Rs.35,000 crore mining scam August 20, 2013 / August 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With an eye to a crucial hearing in the Supreme Court later this month, the Goa government has made its first move to prosecute those indicted in a Rs.35,000 crore illegal mining scam in the state. The first information report (FIR) comes after months of going slow in the illegal mining probe. The probe has […] Read more » FIR in Goa's Rs.35000 crore mining scam FIR on Goa Mining Scam Rs.35000 crore mining scam Rs.35000 crore mining scam in Goa
Top Law News SC asks centre about steps to check criminal lawmakers August 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on SC asks centre about steps to check criminal lawmakers Aiming to “bring purity in elections”, the Supreme Court Monday questioned the government on steps it intends to take to bar people charged with heinous crimes or found guilty by a commission of inquiry from becoming lawmakers. “The objective is to bring purity in elections. We have to take care that the process is not […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Paras Kuhad bring purity in elections criminal lawmakers Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice R.M. Lodha SC asks centre to check criminal lawmakers steps to check criminal lawmakers
Top Law News Supreme Court reserves verdict on the use of beacon lights and sirens August 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday reserved its order on a plea seeking stripping “high dignitaries”, other than constitutional authorities, of beacon lights and sirens that they have on their vehicles as a status symbol and use to their advantage while travelling The Supreme Court Monday reserved its order on a plea seeking stripping “high dignitaries”, other […] Read more » Justice GS Singhvi Justice V. Gopala Gowda stripping "high dignitaries top news of beacon lights and sirens use of beacon lights and sirens verdict on the use of beacon lights and sirens
Top Law News Uttar Pradesh asked to fill rights Commission vacancies August 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to fill vacancies in the state Human Rights Commission within a month. A bench of Chief Justice Shiva Kirti Singh and Justice D.K. Upadhyay gave the direction while hearing a public interest litigation filed by activist Nutan Thakur. The state commission […] Read more » activist Nutan Thakur Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Shiva Kirti Singh H.K. Sema Justice D.K. Upadhyay national news news todays news todays top news Top news Uttar Pradesh asked to fill rights Commission vacancies
Top Law News No 12-hour work shift: AITUC August 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A proposal in the Goa government’s draft investment policy, released by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar last week, to increase work shifts to 12 hours, has attracted objection from the All IndiaTrade Union Congress (AITUC). Parrikar Monday promised to look into the matter, if a formal objection was filed by the AITUC with the state government. Speaking to reporters Monday, AITUC general secretary […] Read more » AITUC All IndiaTrade Union Congress Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar national news news No 12-hour work shift: AITUC todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Men oppose ‘biased’, woman-friendly marriage legislation August 19, 2013 / August 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin A group of men, who met here over the past two days to discuss the marriage laws amendment bill, Saturday passed a resolution terming it “unconstitutional” and biased in favour of women. They also demanded that all family laws should be gender neutral. “We have passed a resolution and declared that Marriage Laws Amendment Bill […] Read more » CRISP Kumar V. Jahgirdar Marriage Laws Amendment Bill of 2010 Men oppose 'biased' national news news Save Indian Family Foundation SIFF todays news todays top news Top news woman-friendly marriage legislation
Top Law News Uphold esteem, credibility of judiciary: CJI August 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Uphold esteem, credibility of judiciary: CJI Supreme Court Chief Justice P. Sathasivam Saturday expressed concern over the decline of the peoples’ faith in the judiciary and appealed to the members of the legal profession to uphold and preserve its public esteem and credibility. The CJI, who was here to inaugurate a building of the Gauhati High Court, stressed on the need […] Read more » credibility of judiciary: CJI national news news todays news todays top news Top news Uphold esteem
Top Law News Sports bar fined for racial discrimination against Indo-Canadians August 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A human rights tribunal in Canada has ordered a popular sports bar to pay C$10,000 each to three Indo-Canadians for racially discriminating against them. The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has found the Shark Club of Langley in the Canadian province of British Columbia guilty of denying Surinderjit Rai, Manjit Gill and Manjinder entry to […] Read more » national news news Sports bar fined for racial discrimination against Indo-Canadians todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court suspends CAS decision on Ukrainian club August 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court of Switzerland suspended a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) which said Ukraine’s FC Metalist Kharkiv was guilty of match-fixing. The court suspended the ruling Friday that the Ukranian football club and some of its officials were guilty of match-fixing in relation to a match between FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Metalis Kharkiv […] Read more » CAS Court of Arbitration for Sport Court suspends CAS decision on Ukrainian club FC Karpaty Lviv FC Metalis Kharkiv national news news PAOK todays news todays top news Top news UEFA Ukraine's FC Metalist Kharkiv Ukranian football club
