Top Law News Police cane anti-rape protesters in Haryana October 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Haryana five people, including three women were get sustained injuries in Rohtak when police caned protestors who were rallying against recent incidents of rapes in Haryana. This rally had been organised by women’s organisations, and led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat. Rohtak, which is 75 km far from Delhi, where […] Read more » Antirape protesters Police cane protesters in Haryana
Top Law News Pakistan’s peons, gardeners told to declare dual nationality October 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Islamabad, Pakistan many of the lawmakers, including Interior Minister Rehman Malik, recently came under fire for holding dual nationality. Now, doctors, gardeners, peons and sanitary workers have been asked to submit a declaration that they are not citizens of two nations. According to a circular, The Punjab province administration asked to all government officials, including […] Read more » dual nationality Pakistani's dual nationality
Top Law News Large number of taxis and autos go off Delhi roads; commuters hit October 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tuesday, in Delhi, to protest against a law on installing GPS systems in the vehicles. Thousands of commuters were hit hard as large no. of autorickshaws and taxis went off the roads many of the autorickshaw and taxi operators were on a one day strike opposing the high installation charges for the proposed Global Positioning […] Read more » against GPS Auto and rikshaw Auto and rikshaw on Delhi roads Taxi and auto stirke
Top Law News Maharashtra Petrol Pumps Withdraw Agitation October 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After the assurance of the oil companies, Petrol and diesel stations all over umbai and Maharashtra Tuesday withdrew their ‘single shift’ A.S. Dikshit (President of Federation of All Maharashtra Petrol Dealers Association) said that “We have received their written assurance around midnight that the matter of enhanced commission and related issues was on the verge […] Read more » Maharashtra Petrol Pumps Petrol Pumps
Top Law News Press Council chief for probe into charges against Khurshid October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju today urged former Chief Justice of India and National Broadcasting Standard Association (NBSA) chief Justice J S Verma to probe allegations against Law Minister Salman Khurshid as also against India Today group and come out with its report. In a letter to Verma, Katju said, “I would request you […] Read more » charges against Khurshid Justice Markandey Katju
Top Law News RBI given two weeks to amend rules on FDI October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday refused to stay the Centre’s decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail sector. A bench of justices R M Lodha and A R Dave, however, said that the policy suffers from “curable” irregularity of want of legal sanction and asked the RBI to amend the Foreign Exchange Management Act […] Read more » amend rules on FDI Justice A.R. Dave Justice R.M. Lodha RBI & rules on FDI
Top Law News Seldom is there direct evidence of criminal conspiracy: SC October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that the essence of criminal conspiracy was an agreement to do a criminal act and seldom was there any direct evidence to prove the ingredients of the criminal conspiracy. “The essence of criminal conspiracy is an agreement to do an illegal act and such an agreement can be proved either […] Read more » criminal conspiracy direct evidence of criminal conspiracy evidence of criminal conspiracy
Top Law News Don’t sit over verdicts on personal liberty, SC tells high courts October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Don’t sit over verdicts on personal liberty, SC tells high courts The Supreme Court Friday told the high courts to pronounce their verdicts as expeditiously as possible in the cases involving the personal liberty of a person and more so when total detention period is not more than one year or less. “We remind all the High Courts that in a matter of this nature affecting […] Read more » Don't sit over verdict
Top Law News SC concerned over ‘devastating’ increase in rape cases October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Even as growing incidents of rape in Haryana have sparked a public outrage against the state government’s apathy, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the subordinate courts not to leave a rape accused scot-free on flimsy grounds. A bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam reversed a Uttar Pradesh high court order acquitting a man of […] Read more » Don’t acquit rapists increase in rape cases rapists on flimsy grounds
Top Law News PM for maintaining fine balance between RTI, privacy October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday called for fine balance between right to information and right to privacy, an issue that cropped up after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi sought details of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s foreign travel bills, which include those for health reasons. Addressing the annual convention of information commissioners here, Manmohan Singh highlighted […] Read more » maintaining balance between RTI privacy
Top Law News Court acquits scientist in graft case October 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court acquits scientist in graft case A scientist-cum-textile engineer has been acquitted by a court here of the charge of accepting bribe for clearing a sample of electrical cables relating to Indo-Pak border lightning project. Special Judge Pradeep Chaddah said the CBI case does not “generate confidence” as the “holes in the evidence are too big and unbridgeable” to prove the […] Read more » accepting the bribe from Guleria Avinash Kumar scientist and Textile Engineer charge of accepting bribe for clearing a sample of electrical cables complainant's firm Court acquits scientist in graft case falsely implicated in the case generate confidence holes in the evidence are too big and unbridgeable Indo-Pak border flood lightning project Indo-Pak border lightning project National Test House at Ghaziabad Prevention of Corruption Act scientist in graft case scientist-cum-textile engineer Special Judge Pradeep Chaddah testing of electric cables
Top Law News Court issues non-bailable warrant against Mallya October 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A city court in Hyderabad Friday issued a non-bailable warrant against business tycoon Vijay Mallya and five others in a cheque bounce case. The 13th Metropolitan Sessions Court issued the warrant against crisis-hit Kingfisher airlines in a case filed by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), which manages the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad. […] Read more » business tycoon Vijay Mallya chairman Mallya and CEO Sanjay Agarwal Court issued the warrant against crisis-hit Kingfisher airlines Court issues non-bailable warrant against Mallya crisis-hit airlines faces similar cases in Mumbai five others in a cheque bounce case GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd Kingfisher towards user charges bounced liquor baron reportedly sought exemption Metropolitan Sessions Court non-bailable warrant against business tycoon Vijay Mallya Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad