Top Law News Cash-at-door: Order to frame charges against ex-judge August 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A CBI special court Wednesday ordered the framing of charges against retired high court judge Nirmal Yadav accused of corruption and conspiracy in the Rs.1.5 million cash-at-door scandal. Justice (retired) Yadav will have to be present in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court here Aug 12 when charges would be framed. She had […] Read more » advocate general Sanjeev Bansal cash-at-door scandal Cash-at-door: Order to frame charges against ex-judge Delhi-based hotelier Ravinder Singh judge Nirmal Yadav national news news property dealer Rajiv Gupta todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News PM urged not to amend RTI Act August 1, 2013 / August 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activists and citizens Wednesday urged the prime minister not to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The petition to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, signed by around 300 people, came after a Central Information Commission order that declared six political parties to be public authorities. “It is reported that the government is considering the introduction […] Read more » former information commissioner Sahilesh Gandhi Harsh Mander Jean Dreze NAC members Aruna Roy national news news PM urged not to amend RTI Act Right to Information Act RTI todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Over 645,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon: UNHCR July 31, 2013 / August 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The UN Higher Council for Refugees (UNHCR) has said its offices in Lebanon completed the registration of more than 50,000 Syrian refugees in July, bringing the total number of those receiving aid to over 645,000. More than 541,000 Syrian refugees have been registered in Lebanon, while over 104,000 are still waiting for the registration process […] Read more » national news news Over 645000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon: UNHCR todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Verdict on gang rape accused juvenile may be put off July 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The verdict on the juvenile accused in the Dec 16 gang rape case is likely to be put on hold as the Supreme Court Wednesday fixed for Aug 14 its hearing on a petition on the legally defined age for a juvenile. Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy has petitioned the apex court, challenging the law […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Siddharth Luthra Chief Justice P Sathasivam Dec 16 gang-rape case Juvenile Justice Board national news news todays news todays top news Top news Verdict on gang rape accused juvenile may be put off
Top Law News Evidence exists to nail Pinarayi Vijayan in SNC Lavalin case: CBI July 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A CBI probe team Wednesday submitted an affidavit in a CBI court here claiming that it had sufficient evidence to link Pinarayi Vijayan, secretary of the Kerala unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, to the SNC Lavalin case relating to the renovation of three power plants. In June 2009, the Central Bureau of Investigation […] Read more » Evidence exists to nail Pinarayi Vijayan in SNC Lavalin case: CBI national news news Pinarayi Vijayan todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Koda gets bail, set to leave prison July 31, 2013 / July 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jharkhand High Court Tuesday granted bail to former chief minister Madhu Koda in a graft case related to a rural electrification contract, paving the way for him to step out of jail after three years and eight months. The court while granting bail to Koda in the rural electrification scam, linked to alleged wrongdoings […] Read more » Koda gets bail lawyer Biswajeet Mukherjee Madhu Koda national news news rural electrification scam set to leave prison todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Green tribunal for CNG vehicles in Shimla July 31, 2013 / July 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Himachal Pradesh government to explore the possibility of introducing compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles in the state capital. “The state government shall put forward its stand as to why traffic is being permitted on every road in Shimla, resulting in air and noise pollution,” the NGT bench, comprising chairman […] Read more » auto-free zones Green tribunal for CNG vehicles in Shimla Himachal Pradesh government Justice Swatanter Kumar Justice U D Salvi National Green Tribunal national news news NGT todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Make sexual offences act part of school curriculum: Minister July 31, 2013 / July 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Make sexual offences act part of school curriculum: Minister The law providing protection to children from sexual offences should be made part of the school curriculum and children must be educated about its provisions, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said Tuesday. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, describes sexual offence in a gender neutral manner and provides for […] Read more » Make sexual offences act part of school curriculum: Minister national news news Nita Chowdhury POCSO Act Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act todays news todays top news Top news Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath
Top Law News Rights panel slams Delhi Police ad on street children July 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) Tuesday asked Delhi Police to explain the “insensitive” portrayal of street children in newspaper advertisements. The advertisement by police on underprivileged children in an English daily Tuesday read: “Help him learn to chop an onion. Before someone teaches him how to chop a head.” “The commission […] Read more » DCPCR Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat national news news Rights panel slams Delhi Police ad on street children todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Delhi Police hunting for Dawood, Shakeel July 31, 2013 / July 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Police is hunting for fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim, his aide Chhota Shakeel and eight bookies, three of them in Pakistan, in connection with the spot fixing scandal in Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches, an official said Tuesday. S.N. Srivastava, special commissioner of police (special cell), said: “Apart from Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel, we are still […] Read more » Bookie Ashwini Aggarwal Chandila Chavan Chhota Shakeel Dawood Ibrahim Delhi Police hunting for Dawood and Shakeel national news news S.N. Srivastava Sreesanth todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Manning of Wikileaks case ruled not guilty of aiding enemy July 31, 2013 / July 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A US military judge Tuesday ruled Bradley Manning, the army private accused of leaking classified information to whistle blower site Wikileaks, not guilty of aiding the enemy, the most serious of the charges he faced, but guilty of most other charges. The judge, Col. Denise Lind, found the 25-year-old Manning not guilty of aiding the […] Read more »
Top Law News BCCI probe panel illegal: Bombay High Court July 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major blow to the BCCI, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday termed the two-member probe panel formed by the cricket board to investigate IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal as unconstitutional and illegal. The court has asked BCCI to form a new probe panel. A division bench of justices S J Vazifdar and M […] Read more » BCCI probe panel illegal: Bombay High Court national news news todays news todays top news Top news
