Top Law News Former Army chief Gen V K Singh, 4 others get bail in defamation case July 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former-Army chief VK Singh and four top army officers, including vice chief of Army staff, on Monday appeared before a Delhi court following summons against them in a criminal defamation case and were granted bail. Former Army chief Gen V K Singh, Vice Chief of Army Staff S K Singh, Lt Gen B S Thakur […] Read more » Former Army chief Former Army chief Gen V K Singh Former Army chief Gen V K Singh in defamation case Former Army chief in defamation case
Top Law News Book online ragging complaints and get action within 15 minutes July 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment From July 26, students at universities and professional institutions can lodge online complaints against ragging or harassment by anyone on the campus. This is being done to ensure that the complaints are followed up with the institutes’ administration and police within 15 minutes of receiving a complaint. The HRD ministry is likely to unveil the […] Read more » anti-ragging anti-ragging call centre anti-ragging database booking of online ragging complaints ragging ragging-related cases UGC University Grants Commission
Top Law News Mulayam activated presidential poll July 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Mulayam activated presidential poll Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav who activated presidential poll by ticking a ballot in favour of Opposition nominee P A Sangma, only to tear the paper and vote for UPA’s Pranab Mukherjee. The SP boss, who was among the early voters at Parliament House, first marked a vote for Sangma. Realizing his mistake, Yadav […] Read more » Election Commission Mulayam Mulayam role in presidential poll Mulayam Singh Mulayam Singh Yadav presidential poll Rajya Sabha secretary general V K Agnihotri Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav
Top Law News Sex crimes: Sexual assault instead of Rape July 20, 2012 / July 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government’s move to make rape a gender-neutral crime is a welcome step towards harmonising current anomalies in laws relating to sexual offence. The proposed changes are aimed at broadening the definition of rape, so far restricted to penile and vaginal penetration. The replacement of the word ‘rape’ with ‘sexual assault’, a gender-neutral distinction, will […] Read more » Delhi High Court Delhi High Court in 2009 decriminalised homosexuality Law Commission penile and vaginal penetration rape sex Sex crimes sexual sexual acts of adults Sexual assault sexual experience sexual experience of the victim sexual offence. sexual offenders
Top Law News Conference on freedom of sex workers July 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Saturday Kolkata will host a conference on freedom of sex workers. 550 sex workers representatives from about 44 countries will participate in the event. The two-day event, to be held on July 21 and 22, will run parallel to the XIX International AIDS Conference being organized in Washington DC from Sunday. The sex workers […] Read more » AIDS Conference on freedom of sex workers conference on sex workers freedom of sex workers HIV Kolkata sex sex workers US government Washington DC
Top Law News Being called pahadi can lead you to divorce July 20, 2012 / July 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment If you use a word like pahadi or Bihari or any word which indicates your spouse and his/her family geographical background can lead you to the divorce path. As people are sensitive about this. The Bombay high court observed on Thursday, that a reason for a marriage breaking up was that the wife’s father referred […] Read more » Bombay High Court calling pahadi can lead to divorce causes of divorce divorce divorce on ground of using bad words
Top Law News HSBC Money Laundering: Govt will probe the matter July 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India on Thursday said it will “get to the bottom” of the alleged violation of safety compliance by HSBC’s staff in the country against money laundering and terrorist financing as it was “serious” matter. New Delhi also said it would seek more information from Washington on the probe by the US Senate’s Permanent Sub-committee on […] Read more » govt will probe the HSBC Money Laundering case HSBC HSBC Money Laundering case
Top Law News Forced implementation of RTE: NCPCR seeks report from Karnataka govt July 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked the Karnataka government to submit a report following allegations that four students from economically weaker section (EWS) were humiliated in a prominent Bangalore school in a bid to implement RTE. Taking suo motu cognisance of a media report, the National Commission for Protection of Child […] Read more » child abuse controller NCPCR National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR NCPCR action on Bangalore school humiliation case NCPCR against child abuse Right to Education Act RTE
Top Law News 2G case: Goenka exempted from personal appearance for a week July 19, 2012 / July 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DB Realty MD Vinod Kumar Goenka, facing trial in 2G spectrum allocation case, has been exempted by a Delhi court from appearing before it for a week to take care of his business in Mumbai. Special CBI Judge O P Saini exempted Goenka from personal appearance for a week, brushing aside his plea for permanent […] Read more » 2G 2G case 2G spectrum allocation case
Top Law News Man pierced wife’s genitals in Indore July 19, 2012 / July 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The brutal tale of a mechanic in Indore will belie the fact that we’re living in the 21st century. Sohan Lal pierced the genitals of his wife and inserted a lock there in order to prevent her from having an affair. The mechanic Sohan Lal was arrested on Tuesday. The incident of piercing of genitals came to […] Read more » 498 A of the IPC genitals inserting a lock in woman's genital insrting a lock in wife's genitals piercing of wife's genitals Sections 326 IPC
Top Law News Child Marriage: Groom held for marrying minor girl July 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Child Marriage: Groom held for marrying minor girl In a child marriage case a 22-year old man who tied the knot with a “minor” girl landed behind the bars with police arresting him within hours of the wedding on the charge of child marriage in the district today. Besides the bridegroom, the father and mother of the 15-year old girl, studying seventh standard […] Read more » arrest in Child Marriage child marriage Child Marriage Act Child Marriage Act in India Child marriage in India Prevention of Child Marriage Act
Top Law News IGL fined for delaying gas connection July 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), the supplier of Piped Natural Gas in Delhi has been fined by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 10,000 as compensation to a customer for delay in providing gas connection to him. The South West District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum observed that the IGL had “failed to perform” its […] Read more » consumer court consumer court in Delhi IGL IGL fined by consumer court IGL for defiency in service IGL supplier of Piped Natural Gas South West District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum