Top Law News Court verdict delay violates constitutional mandate: Jurists April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court verdict delay violates constitutional mandate: Jurists Jurists have voiced concern on judges allegedly sitting over verdicts long after the conclusion of the arguments and said the practice violated the right to speedy justice guaranteed by the constitution. Former attorney general of India Soli Sorabjee observed: “You are creating, may be out of necessity, the mafia culture” and the former chief justice […] Read more » Article 21 Former attorney general of India Soli Sorabjee former chief justice of India J.S. Verma
Top Law News Be sensitive to women’s requirements: Jairam Ramesh April 9, 2012 / April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh Sunday called upon the bureaucracy to be more gender sensitive while constructing low cost toilet blocks in villages as it is linked to the empowerment of women. The minister pulled up the administrative machinery across the country for half-heartedly implementing the scheme. He said that as per Census 2011, 60 […] Read more » empowerment of women Kalina Campus Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh
Top Law News Only parliament can modify reserved communities list: Court April 8, 2012 / April 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has ruled that only parliament can modify the list of reserved communities, while upholding a magisterial court’s order that awarded punishment to a man who misrepresented himself as a Scheduled Caste for getting a government job. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge P.S. Teji, while setting aside a revision petition filed […] Read more » Delhi court reserved communities Scheduled Caste Special Judge P.S. Teji
Top Law News BBMP Asst EE house raided, Rs 2.35 cr property seized April 8, 2012 / April 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Karnataka Lokayukta in a raid seized property worth about Rs 2,35,72,307 disproportionate to known source of income from BBMP, Bangalore Uttarahalli Sub-Division Assistant Executive Engineer S Venkatesh. The raids were conducted on the premises belonging to Venkatesh at Koramangala and the residence of Ms Jayamma, his mother-in-law at yanagunte village in Hoskote Taluk and at […] Read more » Bangalore Uttarahalli Sub-Division Assistant Executive Engineer S Venkatesh BBMP Lokayukta ADGP H N Satyanaraya Rao
Top Law News Sheila Dikshit worried for women’s safety in Delhi April 8, 2012 / April 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday expressed concern about the safety of women in the national capital after being told about tapes made by a news channel containing remarks by Delhi police officials blaming women for provoking rape. “I have not seen those tapes myself, but I will watch them and talk to the […] Read more » Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit safety of women women's safety in Delhi
Top Law News Use land reforms not gun to check Maoism: Experts April 8, 2012 / April 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Distribution of surplus land to landless tribals would be more effective than using the paramilitary forces to check Maoism, experts suggested to Saturday. Speaking here at a round table discussion on ‘Naxalite Maoist Insurgency: A Solution’, former bureaucrats and security experts said the Maoists had come to occupy the vacant space that the government had […] Read more » Central Reserve Police Force Former additional chief Secretary of West Bengal S.C. Agarwal Maoism National Security Council member E.N. Rammohan Naxalite Maoist Insurgency paramilitary forces
Top Law News Lawyers’ protest paralyses Delhi courts April 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Work in six district courts here was paralysed Saturday following a day-long strike by lawyers protesting against an attack on two advocates earlier in the week. “Lawyers abstained from work against the attack on two advocates Thursday night in east Delhi by some petrol pump employees,” said Rajiv Khosla, former president of the Delhi Bar […] Read more » Advocate Neeraj Sharma Advocate Rajeev Sharma Delhi court former president of the Delhi Bar Association Rajiv Khosla Lawyers' protest
Top Law News ‘Jharkhand order on RS polls a victory on corruption’ April 7, 2012 / April 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the Jharkhand High Court dismissing a petition challenging the Election Commission’s (EC) order countermanding voting for two Rajya Sabha seats from the state, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi Thursday termed it as a success against corruption. “One more success against corruption. Time to feel good,” Quraishi said on micro-blogging site Twitter. The Bharatiya Janata […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi Jharkhand High Court
Top Law News Can’t quit IIT, reappear in entrance test: Court April 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Leaving an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) course midway or after confirming the admission will now cost students dear as the Delhi High Court has held that this would bar them from reappearing in the entrance test in the following year. Justice Hima Kohli has upheld the decision of IIT authorities that students who leave […] Read more » Delhi High Court IIT-JEE-2012 scheduled Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) course Justice Hima Kohli
Top Law News Human rights body protests atrocities on Lankan Tamils April 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rights group Human Rights Defence International (HRDI) Thursday protested near the Sri Lankan High Commission here against what they termed as the Sri Lankan Army’s “war crimes” and “atrocities” on the Sri Lankan Tamil community. The group of protestors, led by M.N. Krishnamani, president of Delhi Tamil Sangam, and HRDI secretary general Rajesh Gogna, carried […] Read more » HRDI secretary general Rajesh Gogna Human Rights Defence International Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam M.N. Krishnamani president of Delhi Tamil Sangam Sri Lankan Tamil community
Top Law News Rights panel plans open hearing in Odisha April 5, 2012 / April 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said Wednesday it will hold an open public hearing at Puri April 9 on various issues concerning the scheduled castes in Odisha. “The victim or human rights defender can voice their grievances and outline the problems they face in seeking justice from government agencies in the open hearing,” said […] Read more » K.B. Saxena retired bureaucrat National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Odisha Scheduled Castes
Top Law News Court refuses relief to Uttar Pradesh scam accused April 5, 2012 / April 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A CBI special court here has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a private firm owner who fears being arrested for his suspected involvement in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam in Uttar Pradesh. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Talwant Singh rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Delhi-based firm Surya Tej Earth […] Read more » CBI Special court National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam Special Judge Talwant Singh Uttar Pradesh scam