Top Law News Court to hear arguments on March 7 on summoning Shinde February 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court fixed March 7 for hearing arguments on whether to summon Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in a defamation case filed against him for his remarks linking BJP and RSS to Hindu terror. Metropolitan Magistrate Amitabh Rawat fixed the date for arguments after the court took on record all evidence submitted so far in the case. Earlier, it had recorded the […] Read more » AICC BJP and RSS to Hindu terror Home Minister Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde pre-summoning evidence of petitioner V P Kumar summoning Shinde
Top Law News Defamation case: Court asks Dikshit to appear on April 5 February 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court asked to Sheila Dikshit Chief Minister of Delhi to appear before it in person on April 5 in a defamation case filed by her against former city BJP chief Vijender Gupta. Metropolitan Magistrate Saumya Chauhan directed the Chief Minister to appear before it on the next date after allowing her plea for exemption […] Read more » defamation case defamation case of Sheila Dikshit Delhi High Court Indira Gandhi Peace Award Indira Gandhi Peace Award function Mehmood Pracha Metropolitan Magistrate Saumya Chauhan Sheila Dikshit Chief Minister of Delhi
Top Law News Court questions mill rule restricting women to work after 60 February 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Labour Commissioner has been asked by the Bombay High Court to have a re-look at a standing order of Podar Textile Mill which allows efficient male workers to work for three years post-retirement, while depriving the same benefit to their female counterparts. The court was of the view that after approval of the impugned standing […] Read more » 20-A by the Labour Commissioner in 1958 Articles 14 & 16 of the Constitution Bombay High Court Chief Justice Mohit Shah constitutional validity female counterparts Justice Anoop Mohta Labour Commissioner mill rule restricting women Podar Textile Mill right of equality of women
Top Law News Delay in justice a major challenge, says CJI Kabir February 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir a major problem being faced in delivery of criminal justice was delay “where the entire process takes almost 15-16 years”. Delivering Justice P D Desai memorial lecture in Ahmedabad on ‘Administration of Criminal Justice’ Justice Kabir told, “Today a major problem is delay where the entire process, from the time when […] Read more » Administration of Criminal Justice Altamas Kabir Chief Justice of India Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir Criminal Justice system in India Justice P D Desai memorial lecture lecture in Ahmedabad lok adalats Madhya Pradesh Negotiable Instruments Act
Top Law News Punjab court decides rape case in 48 hours February 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It took just 48 working hours for a court in this Punjab district to decide a rape case, and sentence the accused. Additional district and sessions judge J.S. Bhinder Friday sentenced Manu Paswan, who belongs to Bihar, to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl of Puglana village in this district. The matter […] Read more » Punjab court decides rape case in 48 hours
Top Law News Delhi High Court upholds 10 years’ jail for minor’s rapist February 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has upheld a 10-year jail sentence for a man convicted of raping a minor in view of the gravity of the offence. Justice S.P. Garg, in a recent order, held that the accused had betrayed the parents of victim who had allowed their child to go to his house for a […] Read more » 10 years' jail for minor's rapist
Top Law News Owaisi gets bail in both cases, to be released Saturday February 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi was Friday granted bail in both cases of hate speech in Adialabad and Nizamabad districts of Andhra Pradesh. He is likely to walk out of jail Saturday. A couple of hours after a court in Nizamabad town approved his bail, another court in Adilabad also passed orders granting him bail, clearing […] Read more » Owaisi gets bail
Top Law News Kerala assembly refers bill on women’s dignity to panel February 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala Assembly on Thursday referred to the subject committee of the house a bill to safeguard women from harassment and protect their dignity and privacy. State Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan piloted the Kerala Protection of Privacy and Dignity of Women Bill, 2013, which is intended to prevent harassment and any other attempt or activity […] Read more » bill on women's dignity
Top Law News 1,455 death penalties in 10 years February 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A total of 1,455 convicts were handed out death sentence in the past 10 years which amounts to one such penalty awarded every three days by the country’s courts, a rights panel said, quoting official documents. “As per the records of the National Crimes Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 1,455 convicts or an average […] Read more » 1 455 death penalties in 10 years
Top Law News Prodn warrant against O P Chautala in DA case February 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court sought the presence of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala in a disproportinate assets case in which he is an accused. Special CBI judge Manu Rai Sethi issued the production warrant for Chautala for March 2 as the 78-year-old Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief was not brought to the court […] Read more » 78-year-old Indian CBI judge Manu Rai Sethi chargesheeted Chautala Chautala Delhi court former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala Haryana Congress leader Shamsher Singh Surjewala junior basic trained Shamsher Singh Surjewala superintendent Jail No. 4
Top Law News Delhi gang-rape case: Two doctors testify February 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two Safdarjung Hospital doctors, who were part of the team that treated last year’s Dec 16 gang-rape victim, testified in a Delhi court Tuesday. They were also cross-examined by defence counsel. The fast track court of Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna also recorded the statements of two magistrates, who were part of the judicial proceedings […] Read more » Delhi Gang rape case
Top Law News SC fumes over sex tests, female foeticide February 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed its concern over the deteriorating sex ratio and chided state governments over their failure to check sex determination clinics and punish law violators fuelling female foeticide. “People have a belief that if they don’t have a male child they will go to narak (hell)”, the court said, asking “where is […] Read more » female foeticide Justice Dipak Misra Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan sex tests