Top Law News Bill to amend RTI Act likely in parliament Monday August 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is Monday likely to introduce in the Lok Sabha a bill to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act to keep political parties out of its ambit, informed sources said. The issue has been in the limelight after a June 3 Central Information Commission (CIC) order stated that six national political parties would […] Read more » Bill to amend RTI Act likely in parliament Monday Central Information Commission CIC national news news RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Sri Lanka urged to probe deaths of protestors August 10, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Sri Lankan government should promptly create an independent and transparent inquiry into the deaths of protestors at Weliweriya Aug 1, Human Rights Watch said Saturday. At least three people were killed and several injured after security forces fired live ammunition at protestors who were demanding access to clean drinking water. According to news reports, […] Read more » national news news Sri Lanka urged to probe deaths of protestors todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News HC suspends driving license over car parking brawl August 10, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Awarding punishment to a man for fighting and causing grievous injuries to his neighbours over parking space, Delhi High Court has ordered the suspension of his driving license for six months. Justice Hima Kohli also directed the man and his three sons to pay Rs.10,000 to their neighbour’s family and deposit another Rs.10,000 with Delhi […] Read more » HC suspends driving license over car parking brawl national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Indian man in NZ in a spot after being burgled August 10, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Indian man on a job search visa in New Zealand has found himself in a major quandary after losing a file containing all his important original documents in a burglary last month. Ajai Paul Singh had moved to his Mount Eden flat in suburban Auckland three days before the burglary took place July 10 […] Read more » Ajai Paul Singh Indian man in NZ in a spot after being burgled national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Indian origin man in Fiji gets life term for double-murder August 10, 2013 / August 10, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Fiji Friday sentenced an Indian origin man to life imprisonment for a double-murder committed early last month. The high court of Labasa in the Macuata province in Fijian island of Vanua Levu sentenced 31-year-old Nilesh Chand to life in jail for the murders of two Indian origin youngsters, Abhishek Kumar, 21, and […] Read more » high court of Labasa Indian origin man in Fiji gets life term for double-murder national news news Nilesh Chand Tevita Dutaboto todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Two Haryana legislators charged in sarpanch’s suicide August 10, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday filed a charge-sheet against Haryana legislators Om Prakash Jain and Zile Ram Sharma for abetting the suicide of a former village sarpanch in the state’s Karnal district. The investigating agency filed the charge sheet in the court of special judicial magistrate, CBI, Panchkula in Haryana against Jain, legislator […] Read more » ex-sarpanch of Kambopura village Karam Singh legislators Om Prakash Jain national news news todays news todays top news Top news Two Haryana legislators charged in sarpanch's suicide Zile Ram Sharma
Top Law News Thousands arrested in Russia, says rights body August 10, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Moscow police have detained thousands of suspected irregular migrants since late last month for alleged violation of migration and employment regulations, Human Rights Watch said Friday. Hundreds are in custody, including in a makeshift tent camp ininhuman conditions. Russia should immediately halt these arbitrary detentions and the degrading treatment of migrants. At the end of July, police opened a massive campaign in Russia’s […] Read more » Human Rights Watch massive sweep national news news says rights body Thousands arrested in Russia todays news todays top news Top news Undocumented migration in Russia
Top Law News Pro-reservation students on protest inside Allahabad jail August 10, 2013 / August 10, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pro-reservation protestors late on Friday began an indefinite sit-in at the Allahabad prison in Uttar Pradesh, officials said Saturday. Students jailed for protests last week against the withdrawal of the new reservation policy in the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission examinations said the sit-in would continue till their demands are met, and the new policy […] Read more » Dinesh Yadav National Human Rights Commission national news news Pro-reservation Pro-reservation students on protest inside Allahabad jail protest inside Allahabad jail Samajik Nyay Morcha todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Mexican court overturns conviction in journalist’s murder August 10, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The highest court in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz threw out the conviction of the purported killer of journalist Regina Martinez, whose family said they will appeal the decision. “I am certain of the guilt of Jorge Antonio Hernandez Silva,” the victim’s brother, Angel Alfonso Martinez Perez, said in a statement. “I knew and followed the investigation, […] Read more » Angel Alfonso Martinez Perez Jorge Antonio Hernandez Silva journalist Regina Martinez Mexican court overturns conviction in journalist's murder Mexican Gulf coast state national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Children can’t assert rights, so fight for them: NCPCR chairperson August 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Children cannot fight for their own rights, so having laws protecting such rights is not enough, people need to be aware of them and fight for them, Kushal Singh, chairperson, NCPCR, said Friday. Speaking at the 24th edition of the Tara Ali Baig Memorial Lecture organised by SOS Children’s Village here, Singh, who heads the […] Read more » Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act Children can't assert rights CLPRA Kushal Singh chairperson NCPCR national news NCPCR news Right to Education RTE so fight for them: NCPCR chairperson Tara Ali Baig todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Scheduled Castes of all religions should enjoy benefits: Jayalalithaa August 9, 2013 / August 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to bring in necessary laws to include all Scheduled Castes (SC), regardless of their religion, under the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950. In a letter to Manmohan Singh, the text of which was released to the media here, Jayalalithaa said: “The social […] Read more » national news news Ranganath Misra Scheduled Castes of all religions should enjoy benefits: Jayalalithaa Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News ‘Gandhi to King’ concert to mark US civil rights march August 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The American capital is set to begin the 50th anniversary celebrations of Martin Luther King’s famous civil rights march on Washington with a concert named ‘Reflections on peace: from Gandhi to King’. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, the US civil rights leader led a March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug 28, 1963 and […] Read more » 'Gandhi to King' concert to mark US civil rights march Christylez Bacon Martin Luther King's famous civil rights march national news news Nistha Raj POEM-CEES Reflections on peace: from Gandhi to King Shankar Tucker with Jonathan Batiste todays news todays top news Top news Vidya and Vandan Iyer
