Top Law News Court clean chit for P.J. Kurien in sex scandal July 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major relief to Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, the Sessions Court here on Saturday dismissed a petition filed by the victim in the Suryanelli sex case seeking inclusion of the Congress leader in the case. The victim in the 17-year-old case had moved the court against Kurien based on the ‘revelation’ of […] Read more » Court clean chit for P.J. Kurien in sex scandal Dharmarajan Judge Abraham Mathew national news news Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien Suryanelli sex case todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Pak court denounces running of detention centres by ISI July 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Pakistan has strongly denounced the running of illegal detention centres by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and other intelligence and law-enforcing agencies of the country. While hearing cases of 280 missing persons on Thursday, chief justice Dost Muhammad Khan of the Peshawar high court observed that the courts in the country would no longer tolerate running of such centres, […] Read more » Bajaur chief justice Dost Muhammad Khan DAG Deputy Attorney General FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas Inter-Services Intelligence ISI Justice Asadullah Khan Chamkani Kurram agencies Mohmand Agency national news news Orakzai Pak court denounces running of detention centres by ISI PATA Provincially Administered Tribal Areas todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News 3,600 Indians return from Kuwait, India asks for ‘time and space’ June 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With around 3,600 Indians having returned from Kuwait this year, India Friday said it has asked the Gulf country’s government to “provide time and space” to expatriates overstaying or on irregular visas to return on their own or to regularise their stay as per its law. External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said here at […] Read more » 3 600 Indians return from Kuwait Indian envoy Satish C. Mehta
Top Law News New British visa policy to be discussed next month: India June 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India said Friday that the new British visa rules, that Indian industry bodies have termed as “discriminatory”, could be discussed next month at a bilateral forum. The controversial British proposal to collect 3,000 pounds (Rs.2.8 lakh) from Indian citizens for a six-month visa from November would come up for discussions during the India-Britain consular forum […] Read more » New British visa policy
Top Law News Temple offerings are not for buying vehicles: Court June 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Temple offerings are for providing better facilities to devotees and not for buying vehicles for temple officials, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has ruled. It has restrained the functionaries of the Chintapurni temple, a popular Hindu shrine in Una district, from using the vehicles purchased from the temple funds. Temple officer Subhash Chand informed the […] Read more » Temple offerings are not for buying vehicles Temple offerings not for buying vehicles: Court
Top Law News Narayanan backs state poll panel for moving Supreme Court June 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Thursday backed the State Election Commission’s decision to move the Supreme Court seeking adequate security for holding the panchayat elections. “it is a step in the right direction,” Narayanan told media persons here. “The need now is to find some way to hold the elections. Going to the Supreme Court […] Read more » BJP Communist Party of India-Marxist Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party CPI-M M.K. Narayanan Mamata Banerjee Narayanan backs state poll panel for moving Supreme Court national news news State BJP chief Rahul Sinha todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News US Senate approves landmark immigration bill June 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The US Senate approved a landmark immigration bill on Thursday that would provide millions of undocumented immigrants a chance to become citizens, but the leader of the House of Representatives said the measure was dead on arrival in the House. In a rare show of bipartisanship, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed the bill by a vote […] Read more » Boehner's demands national news news President Barack Obama Speaker John Boehner todays news todays top news Top news US Senate approves landmark immigration bill
Top Law News Fast track courts to try crime against women in Karnataka June 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fast track courts will be set up soon to try crimes against women in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Thursday. Establishing these courts was part of several steps his government would take to prevent crime against women in the state, he said. The government’s decision follows the June 20 kidnapping and gang-rape of a medical […] Read more » Bangalore Press Club Bangalore Reporters Guild Fast track courts to try crime against women in Karnataka FDI Foreign Direct Investment national news news Siddaramaiah todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Pakistan SC adjourns Musharraf case June 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday adjourned for an indefinite period the hearing in the treason case against former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, Dawn reported on its website. The move was taken to hold consultations over the setting up of a special court to hear the case against the former president, the report […] Read more » Attorney General Munir A. Malik Federal Investigative Agency FIA national news news Pakistan SC adjourns Musharraf case Pervez Musharraf todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Himachal court seeks report on ‘illegal’ appointments June 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked the state government to provide details regarding investigation into the alleged illegal recruitments by the state government between 1993-98. Acting on a petition of former Himachal Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Board chairman S.M. Katwal, a division bench of Chief Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice Kuldip Singh, in an […] Read more » Himachal court seeks report on 'illegal' appointments Himachal Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Board Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice Kuldip Singh national news news S.M. Katwal todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Huge gaps in implementing RTE: CRY June 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Even three years after the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act was implemented, many government schools still have huge infrastructural gaps, a report by an NGO said Wednesday. According to a survey by Child Rights and You (CRY), 11 percent of government schools did not have toilets, only 18 percent had […] Read more » Child Rights and You CRY CRY chief executive Puja Marwaha Huge gaps in implementing RTE: CRY national news news Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education RTE todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Panchayat polls: SC issues notice to centre West Bengal June 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the central and West Bengal governments on a petition by the state’s election commission seeking adequate security for holding panchayat elections in the state. The apex court bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Ranjan Gogoi issued the notice after West Bengal State Election Commission’s (SEC) counsel […] Read more » Justice Ranjan Gogoi national news news panchayat elections Panchayat polls: SC issues notice to centre West Bengal todays news todays top news Top news ustice A.K. Patnaik West Bengal State Election Commission