Top Law News SC tells petitioners to move high court on CAG appointment July 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the former chief election commissioner N. Gopalaswami to move the Delhi High Court as it declined to entertain his petition challenging the appointment of former defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as the CAG of India. “Go to high court,” said the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir […] Read more » CAG chief election commissioner Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Comptroller and Auditor General Fali Nariman N. Gopalaswami national news news SC tells petitioners to move high court on CAG appointment Shashi Kant Sharma todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Daily lauds Pakistan’s first-ever female jirga July 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An influential Pakistani daily Monday lauded a group of women in Swat Valley who have established the country’s first ever female jirga whose “objective is to counter the typically misogynistic decisions”. An editorial in the Dawn said it is difficult to believe that in a country that boasts of female fighter pilots, not to mention […] Read more » Daily lauds Pakistan's first-ever female jirga female jirga national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News 600,000 inquiries about bribery received in China July 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prosecutors in China received more than 600,000 inquiries about bribery involving companies or individuals in the first six months this year, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate said. The figure represents a 76.5 percent rise from the same period last year, as more government departments and trade associations are taking advantage of such inquiries to prevent possible corruption, […] Read more » 600000 inquiries about bribery received in China national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Supreme Court move ruffles jailbirds’ feathers in Bihar July 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court move ruffles jailbirds’ feathers in Bihar The Supreme Court judgment July 10 to keep politicians in lawful confinement out of the electoral fray, even if they are not convicted, has caused worry to deepen among many Bihar leaders. Many top political leaders of the state, including former chief minister and leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Lalu Prasad, have been […] Read more » ruffles jailbirds' feathers in Bihar
Top Law News Court acquits ‘rapist’ held on basis of suspicion July 14, 2013 / July 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment No matter how strong the suspicion is, it cannot take the place of proof, the Delhi High Court has said while acquitting a man of charges of rape and abduction of a four-year-old neighbour. Justice G.P. Mittal, in a recent judgment, upheld the trial court’s decision which acquitted Nand Ji Prasad of raping the minor […] Read more » Court acquits 'rapist Court acquits 'rapist' held on basis of suspicion rapist acquits on basis of suspicion
Top Law News Court agrees to hear plea to decongest Delhi road July 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear a petition seeking urgent measures to improve traffic flow on the busy Vikas Marg for reducing accidents and saving motorists’ time and energy. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru, before which the petition came up recently, decided to hear it […] Read more » Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed Court agrees to hear plea to decongest Delhi road decongest Delhi road Justice Vibhu Bakhru plea to decongest Delhi road
Top Law News Make laws on gender violence more citizen-friendly July 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Laws dealing with gender violence need to be simple and short so that victims as well as protectors do not have any problem understanding or interpreting them, experts at a seminar here opined Saturday. “In India, the laws are not harmonised. As part of moving forward on gender issues we have to understand how to […] Read more » gender violence laws more citizen-friendly laws on gender violence Make laws on gender violence more citizen-friendly
Top Law News Court notice on plea alleging discrimination in DU’s open school July 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the central government, Delhi University on a PIL alleging that practice and procedure followed by School of Open Learning (SOL) is very “arbitrary and discriminatory”. The students who take admission in university’s SOL are treated as “second class citizens” and “indifferently”, the plea alleged. A division bench […] Read more » Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed discrimination in DU's open school DU's open school Justice Vibhu Bhakru
Top Law News Kedarnath has become a ‘ghost town’, SC told July 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As Supreme Court on Friday asked the NDMA to file a status report on the rescue and relief operation in flood-devastated Uttarakhand, it was told that pilgrimage centre of Kedarnath has become a “ghost town” with scores of bodies buried under the earth brought by rain and floods. A bench of Justice A.K.Patnaik and Justice […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik justice M Y Eqbal Kedarnath has become a 'ghost town'; SC told National Disaster Management Authority national news NDMA news pilgrimage centre of Kedarnath todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News No population stabilisation without women’s empowerment: FOGSI July 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) has said the empowerment and emancipation of women was necessary for population stabilisation. “We have tied up with government agencies and NGOs in states with poor human development indices to tackle the issue (of population stabilisation) both at the macro and micro levels,” Hema Divakar, president of […] Read more » Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India FOGSI Hema Divakar national news news No population stabilisation without women's empowerment: FOGSI president of FOGSI Public Health Foundation of India todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Bangladeshi autistic woman becomes Special Olympics champion July 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It is difficult to imagine that a woman with both physical and mental disability could accomplish something that even normal people cannot hope to achieve. Indeed, what Shewli Shathi has done can be considered a miracle. Shathi, 27, was born into a poor family in Dhaka and was unable to walk until she was 15-years […] Read more » Bangladeshi autistic woman becomes Special Olympics champion Dhaka Kazi Bilkis Begum national news news Shewli Shathi Special Olympics World Summer Games SWID todays news todays top news Top news Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled Bangladesh
Top Law News NHRC team to assess situation in Uttarakhand July 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team will visit Uttarakhand next week to take stock of the relief and rehabilitation work after devastating floods last month wreaked havoc in the hill state, an official statement said Friday. The five-member team, headed by Kanwaljit Deol, director general (investigation), will visit Uttarakhand July 15-18 for on-the-spot assessment […] Read more » flashfloods Kanwaljit Deol National Human Rights Commission national news news NHRC NHRC team to assess situation in Uttarakhand relief and rehabilitation work todays news todays top news Top news