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
Top Law News Visas on arrival see 39 percent rise in 2013’s first half July 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Visas on arrival see 39 percent rise in 2013’s first half The number of Visas on Arrival (VoA) issued to tourists from 11 selected countries has gone up by 38.8 percent in the first six months of 2013 as compared to the like period last year, an official release said. Between January to June 2013, a total number of 9,328 VoAs were issued as compared to […] Read more » national news news todays news todays top news Top news Visa on Arrival scheme Visas on Arrival Visas on arrival see 39 percent rise in 2013's first half VoA
Top Law News SC dismisses Gujarat Police ADG’s petition July 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a petition by the Additional Director General of Gujarat Police P.P. Pandey challenging the state high court’s order by which it had handed over to the CBI the investigation into Ishrat Jahan and her associates’ staged shootout killing. The court also directed the registration of a fresh First Information Report […] Read more » Additional Director General of Gujarat Police P.P. Pandey Ishrat Jahan Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Kurian Joseph national news news Nithari in Uttar Pradesh SC dismisses Gujarat Police ADG's petition todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Green tribunal issues arrest warrant against Goa officer July 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) principal bench in Delhi has issued a bailable warrant against Goa’s principal secretary for mines and forests while hearing a petition filed by a green NGO against a mining company. The order was issued Thursday against R.K. Varma, who is in-charge of several key departments like forests, environment, mining and […] Read more » Goa Paryavaran Sangharsh Samiti Green tribunal issues arrest warrant against Goa officer National Green Tribunal national news news NGT R.K. Varma todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court bans caste based rallies in UP July 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has ordered an immediate end to caste based political rallies in UP, throwing sand in the gears of parties that have been keen on moving beyond their traditional catchment areas to lure other large untapped social groupings. The Lucknow bench of the court on Thursday issued notices to central and state […] Read more » Badri Narayan BJP BSP and SP Congress Court bans caste based rallies in UP Election Commission national news news todays news todays top news Top news