Top Law News Policy for South Asian women migrants: UN report June 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With South Asia contributing over six million international women migrants, a report Monday said lack of information and proper documentation has been hindering their empowerment. According to the report, which called for a sensitive policy discourse, in 2010 India was the third largest exporter of international female migrants after Nepal and Sri Lanka. Analysing the […] Read more » Policy for South Asian women migrants
Top Law News Auction of resources rational option:Supreme court June 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) told the Supreme Court Monday that auction was the only “rational and legal” way for allocating the nation’s natural resources to private parties for commercial exploitation. CPIL said this in its response to the presidential reference seeking opinion of the court whether the allocation of natural resources for […] Read more » Auction of resources rational option
Top Law News Court curbs sought on ‘Shanghai’ film’s release June 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A petition was filed Monday in the Delhi High Court for an interim stay on the June 8 release of Bollywood film “Shanghai” until its controversial song “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” was deleted. The Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena’s allegation that the song used insulting and outraging words would come up for hearing June 6. The […] Read more » 'Shanghai' film's release
Top Law News Court summons BJP leader on Dikshit’s plea June 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here Monday accepted Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s plea seeking issuance of summons against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta in a defamation case. Metropolitan Magistrate Saumya Chauhan issued summons to Gupta for June 22. Dikshit’s counsel Mehmood Pracha told the court that Gupta had neither responded to the legal notice served upon […] Read more » Dikshit's plea uncivilised" language against sheila dixit
Top Law News Justice Lokur sworn in as Supreme Court judge June 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Madan B Lokur was on Monday sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice SH Kapadia. Prior to his elevation, Justice Lokur was Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. With his elevation, the strength of the apex court has gone up to 26, five short of the sanctioned […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia Justice Lokuras Supreme Court judge
Top Law News Female foeticide: Maharashtra doctor in police custody June 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A doctor and two midwives were on Sunday remanded to police custody till June 6 by a Maharashtra court for allegedly dumping two female foetuses under a flyover here. “The magistrate’s court has remanded doctor Shivaji Sanap and midwives Javadebai and Ghighebai to police custody till June 6. They were taken into custody late Saturday […] Read more » female foeticide Maharashtra doctor in police custody
Top Law News A battle won for girls’ education in male bastion June 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It has been a tough battle for Faiza Nisar Ali who helped steer the entry of girls into the erstwhile male bastion of the historic Anglo-Arabic School. Fazia and the struggle of many other Muslim women created history when the school admitted girls for the first time in its over 300-year-old existence. Faiza’s fight began […] Read more » girls' education in male bastion
Top Law News Delhi radiation case: Court grants bail to five June 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday granted bail to five accused in the 2010 radiation case here in which one person died and eight others were affected. Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen granted bail to Delhi University’s then dean of sciences Roop Lal and four other teachers of the chemistry department Rita Kakkar, Ramesh Chandra Rastogi, Ashok Prasad and […] Read more » Delhi radiation case
Top Law News Eunuchs demand equality, special privileges June 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Members from the transgender and eunuch community Saturday came together, demanding equality and special privileges for themselves to live with dignity in society. At the first Hijra Habba (festival), held at the International Youth Centre, members of the community discussed the problems that eunuchs and the transgender community face, and the ways these problems could […] Read more » transgender and eunuch community transgender and eunuch community demand equality
Top Law News Court notice to school on poor student’s plea June 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sought response from the government and a private school on the plea of a poor Class 2 student seeking direction against the institution for allegedly not allowing him to continue his studies. Director of education, Delhi government, and Yuva Shakti Model School in north Delhi’s Rohini were told to give […] Read more » DDA Delhi Development Authority Delhi High Court Justice Hima Kohli Right of children to Free and Compulsory Education Act
Top Law News Why should Aamir apologise, asks Javed Akhtar June 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Why should Aamir apologise, asks Javed Akhtar The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded an apology from actor Aamir Khan for sending a “wrong message” about the medical community in his programme “Satyamev Jayate”. But lyricist Javed Akhtar doesn’t approve of it and calls it a “sick” decision. “The Indian Medical association wants Aamir to apologise for exposing corruption in their profession. […] Read more » exposing corruption in medical profession malpractices in the medical profession
Top Law News Air India may not survive if strike continues: Official June 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Air India chief Rohit Nandan Saturday warned that the airline may not be able to survive in the long run if its pilots don’t end their 26-day-old strike. ‘If the airline has to survive in the long run, achieve the turnaround, it is essential for the pilots to come back,’ Nandan told IANS. […] Read more » 26 th day of Air India Pilot strike Air India may not survive Indian Pilots Guild IPG