Top Law News Warring media, lawyers told to cool down March 6, 2012 / March 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Monday offered to mediate between media and lawyers in Karnataka following the March 2 attack on journalists in the civil court complex here. “It is unfortunate that such an event happened,” Ravi Shankar said in a statement offering “to mediate between the media and the lawyers”. The attack, by […] Read more » attack on journalists Chief Justice Vikramjit Sen illegal mining case Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Top Law News Delhi Police anti-drinking drive to continue after Holi March 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Police reiterated Monday that its stringent anti-drinking drive will continue after Holi too. In a message on the Delhi Police page on Facebook, which has over 100,000 followers, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg said that the stringent drive will continue after Holi too. A total of 585 “drunk drivers have been […] Read more » anti-drinking drive Delhi Police Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill
Top Law News Need stringent laws to curb child sexual abuse: Krishna Tirath March 6, 2012 / March 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sexual abuse of children has become a routine affair in India and there is a need to make stringent laws to deal with it, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said here Monday. “Sexual abuse has become a routine affair and there is a need for stringent laws to tackle this menace,” Tirath said […] Read more » child sexual abuse National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath
Top Law News Karnataka lawyers to boycott courts Monday March 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka State Bar Council on Sunday directed all lawyers across the state to stay away from the courts on Monday in protest against the police “excess” on some of its members on Friday when some advocates attacked mediapersons and policemen at the city civil court complex. “As a mark of protest against police excess […] Read more » Advocates Association of Bangalore general secretary A.P. Ranganath council president KN Subba Reddy Karnataka State Bar Council
Top Law News Antony’s wife, Resul Pookutty enrol as advocates March 5, 2012 / March 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment One was India’s most voted sound engineer fulfilling his father’s dream and the other the spouse of a top politician, seeking to empower women in her own ways. Resul Pookutty and Elizabeth Antony were the centre of attraction during the enrolment session at the Kerala high court on Sunday morning, when a total of 406 […] Read more »
Top Law News CBI takes 13 years to scrutinise documents, gets court flak March 5, 2012 / March 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thirteen years to scrutinise documents of a case! The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) received flak from a Delhi court for taking such a long time to go over documents, thus prolonging the trial, during which five of the accused died. The youngest accused is now 59 years old. “It took around 13 years for […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation Delhi court Lalit Kumar Parmar director of private firm Punjab Phosphate Pvt. Ltd Special Judge Dinesh Kumar Sharma
Top Law News Government lacks will to tackle honour crimes: Jurist March 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court lawyer and women’s rights activist Kirti Singh Saturday said the government lacked the political will to tackle the issue of honour killings and claimed that a bill proposed by the government for criminalisation of honour killings was extremely limited. Speaking at the screening of film-maker Nakul Sawhney’s documentary on honour killings, “Izzatnagari ki […] Read more » All India Democratic Womens' Association (AIDWA) honour killings Supreme Court women's rights activist Kirti Singh
Top Law News Supreme child rights panel to complete five years March 4, 2012 / March 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s Supreme child rights panel, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) will complete five years when it celebrates its foundation day Monday. “The last five years of the NCPCR have shown that it is possible to fight all forms of violence and discrimination against children by working unitedly against the common goal of […] Read more » All Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act 2005 India's supreme child rights panel National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
Top Law News Indian to head Asia-Pacific advocates’ body March 3, 2012 / March 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lalit Bhasin, a senior lawyer from India, will take over as the next president of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), a professional organisation of business lawyers from the Asia-Pacific region. The announcement will be made Saturday at the 22nd IPBA Annual Conference here, according to a release from IPBA. He will take over from Shiro […] Read more » Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) Lalit Bhasin a senior lawyer from India Society of Indian Law Firm (SILF) vice president of the Bar Association of India Bhasin
Top Law News Lawyers assault media persons, students in Bangalore March 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Lawyers assault media persons, students in Bangalore A group of lawyers here Friday attacked media persons, stoned their vehicles, police and college students in an ugly display of anger over media coverage of their January protest that had gridlocked traffic for hours in the city’s central business district. The lawyers pounced on large number of reporters, including women, TV camera crew and […] Read more » Deputy Commissioner of Police G. Ramesh illegal mining case mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy Supreme Court judge and former Lokayukta (ombudsman) N. Santosh Hegde
Top Law News Validity of cheques to be reduced to 3 months March 2, 2012 / March 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government on Wednesday said the Reserve Bank has decided to reduce the validity of cheques and bank drafts from the present six months to three months beginning next fiscal. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised that with effect from April 1, 2012, banks should not make payments against cheques, drafts, pay orders […] Read more » bank drafts Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena Reserve Bank of India (RBI) validity period of cheque
Top Law News Court restrains NHAI on contract termination March 2, 2012 / March 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday extended the stay on the National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) decision to terminate the Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity Ltd’s (DGSCL) contract to operate the expressway between the capital and the Haryana city. A bench of Justice S. Muralidhar said that the court’s earlier order, restraining the NHAI from taking further […] Read more » Delhi High Court Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity Ltd's (DGSCL) Justice S. Muralidhar National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI)