Top Law News Sudipta, two Saradha officials remanded in police custody April 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sudipto Sen, the main accused in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam , and two other company officials were on Thursday remanded in 14 days police custody by a court at Bidhannagar here. Sen, the Saradha Group’s chairman along with director Debjani Mukhopadhyay and Arvind Singh Chouhan, who looked after the company’s interests in Jharkhand, were produced […] Read more » Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate A H M Rahman multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam news Sudipta Sudipto Sen Top news two Saradha officials remanded in police custody
Top Law News Delhi HC on child rape: Are people going mad? April 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Delhi HC on child rape: Are people going mad? The Delhi High Court Thursday expressed concern over the gang-rape of the five-year-old girl in the city, saying, “something somewhere is wrong” and wondering whether “people are going mad”. “It is surprising, what is happening in Delhi. Something somewhere is wrong,” said a division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath. […] Read more » Delhi HC on child rape
Top Law News Society must ensure dignity of women: President April 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Describing as “unacceptable” the recent incidents of child rapes and brutal assaults on women in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday called for introspection at the “repeated failure to ensure safety” and said solutions must be found. Addressing the 45th convocation ceremony of the state-run Utkal University at Odisha capital Bhubaneswar, the president said the […] Read more » ensure dignity of women
Top Law News SC raps police forces over treatment of women April 25, 2013 / April 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said that it would take a very serious view of another incident of police violence against a woman, and the person involved would have to bear the wrath of the court. Referring to the rising frequency of incidents of brutality against women, and even children, the court said the framers of […] Read more » Delhi HC on child rape police forces over treatment of women
Top Law News Bijan Das new Tripura advocate general April 25, 2013 / April 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gauhati High Court’s senior lawyer Bijan Das has been appointed the advocate general of Tripura, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Wednesday. Das, a resident of Assam, replaced Dipak Prakash Kundu, who resigned on health grounds. “Bijan Das has been practising law at the Gauhati High Court for the past 40 years,” Sarkar told […] Read more » Bijan Das Bijan Das -Tripura advocate general Tripura advocate general
Top Law News SC moved to seek halt to Kudankulam plant’s commissioning April 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was moved Tuesday, seeking a direction to the government not to take steps for commissioning the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu till allegations of use of sub-standard equipment and the impact on the reactor and the public safety were probed. The application by G. Sundarrajan has sought directions to the government […] Read more » halt to Kudankulam plant's commissioning
Top Law News SC disallows discrimination on subsidised foodgrain April 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said the government could not differentiate between “one poor man and another poor man” while offering subsidised foodgrain under the targeted public distribution system. The court said the central government could not deny ration card to an eligible person merely on the grounds that the allocation of quota of foodgrain for […] Read more » discrimination on subsidised foodgrain
Top Law News NHRC issues notice to UP Police over rapes April 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The NHRC said Tuesday that it has sought reports from the Uttar Pradesh government over its role in the alleged beating and detention of two rape victims in the state. “Notices have been issued to the state chief secretary and DGP (director general of police) calling for reports in both the incidents,” an official of […] Read more » NHRC issues notice to UP Police over rapes
Top Law News Poorest unable to exercise rights under NREGA, says CAG April 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report said that widespread instances of non-payment and delayed payment of wages have been noticed in 23 states under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). It said that “the per rural household employment declined from 54 days in 2009-10 to 43 days in 2011-12. There was […] Read more » Poorest unable to exercise rights under NREGA
Top Law News Former CJI J.S.Verma dead April 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Former CJI J.S.Verma dead Justice J.S. Verma, who headed the panel which suggested changes to the anti-rape laws in the aftermath of the Dec 16 gang-rape, died due to liver failure and bleeding in the stomach here Monday. He was 80. The former Chief Justice of India died at Gurgaon’s Medanta Hospital. “Justice Verma was admitted to the hospital […] Read more » J.S.Verma dead
Top Law News Jundal’s discharge plea rejected by Nashik court April 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court today rejected an application filed by suspected LeT operative and 26/11 Mumbai attacks conspirator Sayad Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, seeking discharge from the Maharashtra Police Academy attack conspiracy case. Sessions Judge K K Tantrapale rejected Jundal’s plea, special prosecutor Ajay Misar told reporters. Bilal Shaikh, Himayat Baig and Abu Jundal have […] Read more » 26/11 Mumbai attacks conspirator Sayad Zabiuddin Ansari Abu Jundal Jundal's discharge plea rejected by Nashik court news prosecutor Ajay Misar Sessions Judge K K Tantrapale Top news
Top Law News NBW issued against Sanjay Dutt but given bail April 23, 2013 / April 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt on Monday appeared before the local court here, after the court issued non-bailable warrant against him for failing to respond twice to the summons issued to him, in a case of criminal intimidation filed against him by a producer. Around 3.30 p.m. Mr. Dutt along with lawyer arrived at the court. […] Read more » Actor Sanjay Dutt Andheri court NBW issued against Sanjay Dutt but given bail news non-bailable arrest warrant producer Shakeel Noorani Top news