Top Law News Bombay High Court to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation: Deal with complaints on illegal structures December 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Admonishing Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for its apathy shown in taking action against illegal structures, the Bombay High Court has asked the civic body to evolve some internal correctional mechanism to deal with such matters expeditiously. “We may place on record that similar grievances have been made in large number of matters in which the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Deputy Municipal Commissioner illegal structures Justices R D Dhanuka and A M Khanvilkar Mazhar Hussain
Top Law News High Court assuages enraged nation in 2012 December 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The year 2012 saw the Delhi High Court ordering day-to-day trial of sexual offence cases in the aftermath of the brutal gangrape case besides some judicial interventions for loosening decades-old grip of politicians on sports bodies. Following the widespread protests and calls for speedy justice, the high court came up with the unprecedented order that […] Read more » 2010 Commonwealth Games\ 2G scam All India Chess Federation All India Football Federation Athletic Federation of India brutal gangrape Congress veteran N D Tiwari Delhi High Court Gymnastic Federation of India Hockey India Indian Hockey Federation MCOCA charges National Sports Development Code sexual offence cases speedy justice Supreme Court V K Malhotra of BJP respectively Wrestling Federation of India
Top Law News Delhi gang-rape victim still extremely critical: hospital December 28, 2012 / December 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi gang-rape victim 23 year old girl’s condition remains “extremely critical”, a day after she was admitted at the super specialty Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore. According to the hospital officials “The girl’s condition was the same as last night.” Hospital Chief Executive Officer Dr Kelvin Loh had said in a statement last night that “the patient remains […] Read more » Delhi gang-rape extremely critical gang rape High Commission of India Hospital Chief Executive Officer Dr Kelvin Loh Indian government Mount Elizabeth Hospital Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore Mount Elizabeth Hospital's Intensive Care Unit Singapore
Top Law News Death of constable: 2 accused take alibi plea December 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Wednesday took note of the plea of two brothers, accused with six others in the case of death of a constable deployed during the protests against the gang-rape incident that they were in a metro train during occurrence of the alleged incident. Metropolitan Magistrate Navita Kumari sought replies of the Delhi […] Read more »
Top Law News Par panel questions Delhi Police chief on growing atrocities against women December 27, 2012 / December 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Police chief has asked by a parliamentary panel over the gang-rape incident in the capital and pointed out deficiencies like vacancies at officer level and lack of vehicles to patrol the streets. Before the Parliamentary Standing Committee, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar appeared on Home to face questions on ‘growing atrocities against women in Delhi’. Home Secretary […] Read more » 1860 1872 1973 acid attack city government Congress member Sandeep Dikshit Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi Police Delhi Police chief Delhi Police Commissioner gang rape Home Secretary R K Singh Indian Penal Code parliamentary Parliamentary panel Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar Police Commissioner's deposition police control room police investigations the Code of Criminal Procedure the Indian Evidence Act
Top Law News Courts act tough on politicians, terrorists December 27, 2012 / December 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Cases involving corporates, politicians and terrorists engaged trial courts, which also advocated strong measures to deal with crime against women like the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old student at the fag end of the year. There was national outrage over the gang-rape case even as the courts here on regular intervals asked lawmakers to explore […] Read more » Bal Thackeray bureaucrats CBI corporates corruption involving politicians delhi gangrape Gangrape gangrape of a 23 year old student maximum life term for rape molestation of minors politicians serial offenders Shiv Sena Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray telecom minister A. Raja terrorists engaged trial courts
Top Law News Judicial reforms were the flavour of 2012 December 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judicial reforms were the flavour of the year as the government focused its efforts on bringing a bill on judicial accountability and kept up its plans to change the present system of appointment of judges where the executive has little say. In March, the Lok Sabha passed an ambitious bill to lay judicial standards but despite two […] Read more » chaired by Prime MinisterManmohan Singh constitutional body Government Judicial reforms Law Ministry Lok Sabha National Framework of Court Excellence NDA government Petroleum Ministry Rajya Sabha senior judges Union Cabinet UPA II government
Top Law News Day-to-day trial in Santos-Reuben murder case December 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fast track court will hear the Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandez murder case trial on day-to-day basis from January 15, over two months after the charges were framed against four persons by a sessions court. Keenan (24) and Reuben (29) were stabbed following a scuffle near a paan shop in suburban Andheri on October 20, 2011 […] Read more » arrested accused Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandez murder case public outcry Santos-Reuben
Top Law News Courts must ensure speedy trial in rape cases: Supreme Court December 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Before the brutal gang-rape of the medical student in Delhi, the Supreme Court judgement was made in 10 days which has triggered nation-wide protests and calls for fast track courts to adjudicate rape cases. A bench of justices Swatanter Kumar and Fakkir Mohammed Ibrahim Kalifulla gave their judgement on December 6, 10 days before the Delhi […] Read more » adjudicate rape cases brutal gang-rape CrPC for the trial court Fakkir Mohammed Ibrahim Kalifulla justices Swatanter Kumar life imprisonment rape cases section 376 (rape) sections 376 A to D of the IPC Supreme Court judgement
Top Law News Jaya wealth case: Sudhakaran records statements December 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment VN Sudhakaran, disowned foster son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and co-accused in the multi-crore disproportionate assets case against her, on Wednesday appeared before a special court for recording his statements. He replied to 143 questions posed by the 36th Additional City Civil and Sessions Court Judge MS Balakrishna. The judge asked questions relating […] Read more » Additional City Civil multi-crore disproportionate assets case Sessions Court Judge MS Balakrishna Special court Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa VN Sudhakaran
Top Law News Delhi gang-raped victim remains critical in Singapore hospital December 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gang-rape victim a 23-year-old , who was flown to Singapore and admitted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital today, remains in an extremely critical condition. According to the hospital spokesperson, “The patient arrived at Mount Elizabeth Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit this morning in an extremely critical condition.” He also said, “She is being examined and the hospital is working […] Read more » brutally tortured Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar Dr BD Athani flown to Singapore gang rape gang-raped Government of India hospital Indian High Commission Indian High Commission in Singapore Mount Elizabeth Hospital Mount Elizabeth Hospital's Intensive Care Unit multi-organ transplant Safdarjung Hospital Singapore south Delhi
Top Law News FSL pulled up for having non-competent officers December 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Irked over non-availability of competent forensic experts for conducting DNA examination, a Delhi court has directed a forensic science laboratory (FSL) here to hold the test again on an accused in a gangrape case of a minor girl in a moving car in 2010. The court’s order came after the prosecutor submitted to it that the […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau destruction of evidence DNA / finger printing examination DNA examination Forensic Science Laboratory gang rape gangrape case kidnapping murder National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories Rohini-based FSL