Top Law News Acquittal in Best Bakery case July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Monday acquitted five accused in the 2002 Best Bakery riots case for want of evidence but upheld the conviction of four others sentenced to life term by the trial court. A division bench comprising Justices V.M. Kanade and P.D. Kode, who had on July 3 reserved the judgment on the […] Read more » 2002 Best Bakery riots case Best Bakery case Bombay High Court Ms. Setalvad post-Godhra communal riots social activist Teesta Setalvad Teesta Setalvad
Top Law News SC restrains NIA to question Sadhvi Pragya Singh July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court onMonday restrained the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from interrogating Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur in a 2007 murder case of former RSS worker Sunil Joshi. A Bench of Justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad stayed the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s May 17 order by which the NIA was granted conditional permission […] Read more » Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu Madhya Pradesh High Court Malegaon case National Investigation Agency NIA pragya sigh thakur an accused in Malegaon case RSS RSS worker RSS worker Sunil Joshi Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur Sunil Joshi murder case Supreme Court
Top Law News Centre to bring RTI in school curriculum July 9, 2012 / July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With an aim to generate awareness on the Right to Information Act(RTI), the Centre is considering introduction of lessons on various facets of the transparency law in the school curriculum. The department of personnel and training (DoPT), which acts as a nodal agency for matters related to RTI Act, is in talks with the National […] Read more » National Council of Educational Research and Training NCERT Right to Information Act RTI RTI Act. RTI in school curriculum
Top Law News Subramanian Swamy moves court to add P. Chidambaram as co-accused July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy today sought a court permission to move an application seeking to include a person as co-accused in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case in which 16 PAC personnel are facing trial for allegedly killing 42 persons in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. He moved the court of Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Siddhartha, who […] Read more » Hashimpura massacre Janata Party Janata Party president Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy P. Chidambaram section 319 of Crpc Subramanian Swamy Subramanian Swamy in Hashimpura massacre case
Top Law News HC notice to CBI on Raja’s plea against charge order July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought CBI’s stand on former Telecommunication Minister A Raja’s plea challenging the trial court’s order on framing of charges against him in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Justice A K Pathak issued notice to the CBI and sought its reply by September 6, the date slated for hearing of similar […] Read more » 2G spectrum case A. Raja CBI CBI in 2G spectrum case Delhi High Court former Telecommunication Minister A Raja Telecommunication Minister A Raja
Top Law News MACT: Tutor gets Rs 19 lakh for loss of leg July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A private coaching centre tutor, who lost one of his legs after having been run over by a recklessly driven tempo, has been awarded a compensation of nearly Rs 19 lakhs by a road mishap MACT. Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) ordered Reliance General Insurance company Ltd, with which the offending vehicle was insured, to […] Read more » compensation in road accidents MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Reliance General Insurance company Ltd
Top Law News SC seeks govt’s reply on ‘killings’ by BSF July 9, 2012 / July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court(SC) today sought the Centre’s reply on a plea for probe into the alleged torture and extra-judicial killings by the Border Security Force(BSF) personnel in the border area of West Bengal. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar asked the government to file its response within three weeks. The court’s […] Read more » 'killings' by BSF 'West Bengal border area of West Bengal Border Security Force BSF Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Kolkata SC Supreme Court torture and extra-judicial killings by Border Security Force torture and extra-judicial killings by BSF West Bengal Police
Top Law News SC seeks details of sites damaged in Gujarat riots July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gujarat government to file a survey report of the religious sites which were damaged and destroyed during the 2002 Gujarat riots in the state. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra also asked the state government to quantify the amount needed for building and repairing […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots 2002 post-Godhra riots Godhra riots Gujarat Gujarat government Gujarat High Court Gujarat riots Gujarat riots victims Justice Dipak Misra Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan National Human Rights Commission NHRC post-Godhra riots Supreme Court supreme court on gujarat riots
Top Law News RTE: 95% schools don’t comply with RTE guidelines July 9, 2012 / July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Right to free education is a dream of every welfare state, India took initiative in this regard by introducing RTE but it appears that it is still a dream. Two years have been passed since the Right to Education came into existence but its goal is still unfulfilled more than 95 per cent of schools […] Read more » data relating to RTE guidelines under the RTE act Haryana implementation of RTE act information of RTE Right to Education Right to free education RTE RTE forum
Top Law News Petition for calling PM Manmohan Singh as ‘Shikhandi’ July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After facing the criticism for taking potshots at Prime(PM) Minister Manmohan Singh, core member of team Anna, Prashant Bhushan will now have to face litigation over his remark. A city-based lawyer has filed a petition in court seeking permission to register a case against Prashant Bhushan for using the word ‘Shikhandi’ for Prime Minister Manmohan […] Read more » Manmohan Singh PM PM Manmohan Singh Prashant Bhushan Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Shanti Bhushan shikhandi Supreme Court lawyer supreme court senior lawyer Team Anna core member Team Anna member
Top Law News ‘suicide capital’: Gujarat’s Rajkot among top 5 in India July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajkot is the official suicide capital of Gujarat. With suicide rate of 28 (number of suicides per lakh inhabitants as per mid-year population estimates), it shares third spot jointly with Chennai. Only two newly-introduced cities this year by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) — Kollam in Kerala and Durg Bhilai in Chhattisgarh — are ahead […] Read more » ‘suicide capital’ Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India ADSI Chattisgarh cities of Gujarat Gujarat Kerala Madhya Pradesh National Crime Records Bureau NCRB NCRB data NCRB's annual publication NCRB's annual publication Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India Rajkot Saurashtra suicides in India
Top Law News Delhi High Court: Woman hit by court signboard awarded Rs 19 lakh July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman who became mentally disabled after a signboard at the Rohini district court fell on her head has been awarded a compensation of Rs 19 lakh by the Delhi High Court, which brushed aside claims of the defendants that the incident was an “act of God”. The victim, Harinder Kaur, was in the court […] Read more » act of God act of God an exception to absolute liability Delhi HC Delhi High Court Delhi high court decisions Delhi high court decisions on compensation Delhi high court decisions on law of tort exceptions to absolute liability High Courts in India Justice Vipin Sanghi law of tort MCD MCD commissioner PWD Rohini district court