Top Law News Dalit groups submit their version of Lokpal bill September 2, 2011 / September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Sep 2, Representatives of Dalit, tribal and minority groups Friday submitted a draft of what they called the Bahujan Lokpal bill to Parliamentary standing committee chairman Abhishek Manu Singhvi. They have been protesting their lack of representation in both the government and civil society versions of the Lokpal bill. ?There are differences on […] Read more » Bahujan Lokpal bill Dalit version of Lokpal bill Lokpal Bill lokpal of Dalit groups
Top Law News ‘Sex selection now spreads to Hayana’s rural areas September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prenatal sex selection, which was earlier restricted to the urban and wealthy class in Haryana, has now spread its tentacles to the rural areas as well, thanks to easy availability of portable ultrasound devices, a report said Friday. The Centre for Social Research which conducted a survey in two of the lowest sex ratio districts […] Read more » Sex selection Sex selection spreads to Hayana's rural areas
Top Law News Public Service Guarantee Bill September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Raipur, Sep 1, The Chhattisgarh Government is all set to introduce comprehensive legislation to deal with public grievances more effectively, official sources said today. The drafting of the Public Service Guarantee Bill is in the final stage and most likely to be introduced during the Assembly’s ongoing Monsoon Session scheduled to conclude on September 10. […] Read more » Public Service Guarantee Bill
Top Law News SC ire at private hospitals denying free treatment to poor September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on SC ire at private hospitals denying free treatment to poor New Delhi, Sep 1, The Supreme Court has taken serious note of the attitude of private hospitals in denying free medical treatment to the poor after getting land at highly concessional rates. The Court’s stricture came while dismissing a batch of petitions filed by private hospitals expressing their inability to provide free medical treatment to […] Read more » free treatment to poor Private hospitals private hospitals denying free treatment to poor SC ire at private hospitals
Top Law News Baba Ramdev anti-corruption crusade tour in 3 states September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Yoga guru Baba Ramdev is planning to tour Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in the next three months as part of his anti-corruption crusade. Ramdev is at present in New Delhi in respect with a meeting of Bharat Swabhiman Trust. Baba Ramdev s close aide Acharya Balkrishna has got a reprieve with High Court, Nainital, […] Read more » anti-corruption Baba Ramdev
Top Law News Justice Soumitra Sen resigns September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Justice Soumitra Sen resigns Kolkata high court Judge, Justice Soumitra Sen has sent in his resignation letter to the President and the speaker of the Lok Sabha. His resignation comes days before the Lok Sabha was due to take up the impeachment motion that was passed by a large majority in the Rajya Sabha. Justice Soumitra Sen of Calcutta […] Read more » impeachment motion in the Lok Sabha impeachment motion in the Rajya Sabha Justice Soumitra Sen Kolkata high court Judge Soumitra Sen
Top Law News Non-advocates can appear before consumer forums : Apex court August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Non-advocates can appear before consumer forums : Apex court The Supreme Court has held that a non-advocate could appear before the consumer disputes redressal forum if he/she is appearing on an individual case basis without charging a fee and also without any pre-existing relationship with the complainant. A bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Justice Dr. Mukundakam Sharma and Justice Anil R. Dave in […] Read more » Non-advocates can appear
Top Law News HC to hear petition challenging Lokpal Bill tomorrow August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Aug 31 A petition challenging the government’s action to present Gandhian Anna Hazare’s as well as its own Lokpal Bill in Parliament has been filed in the Delhi High Court and is slated to come up for hearing tomorrow. The petition filed by Delhi-based lawyer Manohar Lal Sharma has alleged that the […] Read more » Anna Hazare Delhi High Court Lokpal Bill in Parliament Petition challenging the government's action
Top Law News Anna Hazare’s movement might become a case study for XLRI August 31, 2011 / August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin Gandhian Anna Hazare’s success with his anti-corruption movement might soon become a case study for management students at the famed XLRI School of Business and Human Resources. “The movement is fit as case study for budding management students here and we are seriously contemplating to look into various aspects of the movements, particularly Hazare’s […] Read more » Anna Hazare Anna Hazare's movement case study for XLRI XLRI
Top Law News Frivolous plea against PM costs lawyer Rs.1 lakh August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Frivolous plea against PM costs lawyer Rs.1 lakh A plea seeking prosecution of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the cash-for-votes A plea scam that rocked parliament during a trust vote in 2008 was Tuesday dismissed by the Delhi High Court, which also imposed a penalty of Rs.1 lakh on the petitioner lawyer. On July 22, 2008, three Bharatiya Janata Party members waved wads […] Read more » Frivolous plea against PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Top Law News Supreme court pulls up three states on vehicle number plates August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued contempt notices to Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh for failing to take steps to introduce digital high-security number plates for vehicles. The court asked them why exemplary cost should not be slapped on them for their default in carrying out the court’s direction. The Supreme court bench of […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court vehicle number plates
Top Law News Comprehensive law needed for judges: Parliamentary panel August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A parliamentary panel on Tuesday stressed the need for a “comprehensive law on judges’ appointmenst”, noting the present draft of the bill only addresses the issue “partially”. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice and Personnel submitted its report on the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010 in both Houses of Parliament. The bill […] Read more » Comprehensive law needed for judges high court judge Parliamentary panel Supreme Court judge