Top Law News Mamata government told to compensate chained activist July 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Thursday directed the West Bengal government to pay Rs.15,000 as compensation to a student activist who was earlier chained to a hospital bed by police. The order was given by a bench of Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Joymalyo Bagchi in a public interest litigation which sought compensation for the […] Read more » Chief Justice Arun Mishra Justice Joymalyo Bagchi Mamata government told to compensate chained activist national news news Shankar Sahani todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Batla House shootout: Key points of judgment July 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Thursday convicted Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Shahzad Ahmad, the lone accused in the 2008 Batla House shootout in New Delhi, for killing a police inspector and attacking other officers. Nearly five years after the shootout, additional sessions judge (ASJ) Rajender Kumar Shastri convicted Ahmad, 24, from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, of […] Read more » Atif Amin Batla House Batla House shootout Batla House shootout: Key points of judgment Mohammad Sajid national news news Rajender Kumar Shastri todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Airhostess suicide case: Court quashes rape charge against Chadha July 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today quashed fresh charges relating to abetment of rape and unnatural offence invoked against Aruna Chadha, an employee of former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, in the air hostess suicide case. A bench of Justice G P Mittal also allowed the plea of Delhi Police seeking to expunge the adverse remarks made against […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Siddharth Luthra Airhostess suicide case Aruna Chadha Court quashes rape charge against Chadha Gopal Goyal Kanda Justice G.P. Mittal national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News More trade fairs for disabled, says Selja July 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on More trade fairs for disabled, says Selja More national fairs will be organised across the country for the disabled, in order to create awareness on the latest aids and assistive technologies, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Kumari Selja said here Thursday. “We will hold more national fairs for the disabled across the country. It will help in creating awareness and assessing and […] Read more » More trade fairs for disabled national news news says Selja todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court wants draft checks on junk food in schools in 10 days July 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday given 10 days to the central government to frame draft guidelines for regulating sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and around schools. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru told the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) that “no further […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Rajeeve Mehra Court wants draft checks on junk food in schools in 10 days Food Safety and Standards Authority of India FSSAI Justice B.D. Ahmed Justice Vibhu Bakhru national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC notice to Sahara firms on SEBI’s contempt plea July 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice to Sahara Group’s two real estate companies on a petition by the Securities and Exchange Board of India seeking contempt proceedings against them for their failure to comply with Dec 5, 2012, order of the apex court. The apex court order of Dec 5, 2012, asked the market regulator […] Read more » Justice JS Khehar Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan national news news Sahara Group Sahara Housing Investment Corporation Sahara India Real Estate Corporation SC notice to Sahara firms on SEBI's contempt plea SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court verdict Thursday in Batla House shootout July 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday will pronounce its verdict in the 2008 Batla House shootout in which a lone suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Shahzad Ahmad is facing trial. Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri will pass the order. The prosecution, in its final arguments, had contended that it had “sufficient circumstantial evidence” and phone records to […] Read more » Batla House shootout Court verdict Thursday in Batla House shootout Indian Mujahideen Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri national news news Shahzad Ahmad todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Verdict Thursday in juvenile Dec 16 gang rape accused July 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A juvenile justice board (JJB), trying the minor accused in the December 16 brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl here, would pronounce its judgement today. The board presided by principal magistrate Geetanjali Goel had reserved its verdict on July 11 after counsel for the accused and the prosecution submitted their clarifications. The juvenile accused in the […] Read more » Akshay Thakur December 16 brutal gang rape December 16 Gang rape JJB Juvenile Justice Board magistrate Geetanjali Goel Mukesh national news news Pawan Gupta todays news todays top news Top news Verdict Thursday in juvenile Dec 16 gang rape accused Vinay Sharma
Top Law News Sanjay Dutt’s hope of leaving jail dashed July 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt’s last hope of leaving the jail were dashed Tuesday as the Supreme Court refused to revisit its March 21 verdict upholding his conviction under the Arms Act and the five-year jail sentence. The actor who surrendered May 16 to serve a three and a half years’ jail term, remaining out of […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice G.S. Singhvi national news news Sanjay Dutt Sanjay Dutt's hope of leaving jail dashed todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Sushma Swaraj meets Biden; discusses H1B issue July 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday met US Vice President Joe Biden, and discussed the issue of H1B visas given to professionals. “I had a very good meeting with Mr Joe Biden, Vice President, United States of America this afternoon,” Swaraj said on her Twitter account. “Amongst other issues, I […] Read more » H1B Visa to Indian professionals national news news Sushma Swaraj Sushma Swaraj meets Biden; discusses H1B issue todays news todays top news Top news Totalization agreement US Vice President Joe Biden
Top Law News SC hears plea on juvenile’s age July 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on July 31 the plea of Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy for a fresh interpretation of the term ‘juvenile’ which he raised in the wake of the December 16 gang-rape incident here. Swamy told the apex court that his petition asking to consider the “mental and intellectual […] Read more » Care and Protection of Children Chief Justice P Sathasivam December 16 Gang rape Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice Ranjan Gogoi national news news SC hears plea on juvenile's age todays news todays top news Top news UNCRC United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child
Top Law News SC gives a week to CBI in fodder scam July 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday gave the CBI a week’s time to spell out its stand on Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad’s plea for transfer of trial in a fodder scam case against him to another court. The scam is linked to alleged financial lapses in the Bihar animal husbandry department in the 1990s. An apex court bench of Chief Justice P. […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice Ranjan Gogoi Lallan Kumar Singh national news news Rajiv Ranjan Singh Ranjit Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad SC gives a week to CBI in fodder scam todays news todays top news Top news