Top Law News NHRC slams health ministry for drug trial deaths August 12, 2011 / August 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on NHRC slams health ministry for drug trial deaths The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday slammed the health ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for the loss of hundreds of lives, allegedly because of drug trials in the country. Taking suo moto cognisance of a media report alleging that 1,725 people have lost their lives to drug trials in the […] Read more » drug trial deaths ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research NHRC NHRC slams health ministry for drug trial deaths
Top Law News Over 2.79 crore cases pending in Delhi trial courts August 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Over 2.79 crore cases pending in Delhi trial courts Over 2.79 crore cases are pending in Delhi trial courts while there is a backlog of over 42.17 lakh cases in the Delhi High Court and more than 33,538 cases are still to be decided by the Supreme Court, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday. Trial courts in the capital have 27,953,070 pending cases, […] Read more » 2.79 crore cases pending Delhi trial courts
Top Law News Children tortured in observation homes August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Some children in need of care and protection who have been put in observation homes in Delhi, among other places, have been found to be “tortured”, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has said. In a reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha Thursday, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath […] Read more » Children tortured in observation homes Juvenile Justice Act Krishna Tirath National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR observation homes Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath
Top Law News Officials fined Rs.44 lakh for denying information under RTI August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sum of Rs.44.23 lakh was recovered as penalty from central public information officers in the last four years for failing to provide information under the Right to Information (RTI), the Rajya Sabha was informed Thursday. “A sum of Rs.2,21,56,363 was collected as fees from RTI applicants by central public authorities over the period from […] Read more » denying information under RTI Officials fined Rs.44 lakh
Top Law News Supreme court should take cognisance of Gujarat action August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the Gujarat government’s action against another senior police officer for passing information to a panel probing the 2002 Gujarat riots, the Congress Thursday said the Supreme Court should take serious cognisance of it. “The government is doing everything so that facts about the Gujarat massacre remain buried forever,” said Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari.”We had […] Read more » 2002 Gujarat riots cognisance of Gujarat action Godhra train carnage Nanavati judicial inquiry commission Supreme Court Supreme court should take cognisance of Gujarat action
Top Law News Lawyer strike brings 2G proceedings to halt August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A group of lawyers Thursday barged into a court where the 2G scam case was being heard, asking that the proceedings be stopped and the bar association strike be observed. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge O.P. Saini, hearing the defense arguments of Hari Nair, one of the Reliance executives and an accused, said: […] Read more » 2G proceedings 2G scam case A. Raja CBI judge O.P. Saini Lawyer strike Lawyer strike brings 2G proceedings to halt
Top Law News ‘Other bills should not conflict with whistle-blower’s bill’ August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Parliamentary Standing Committee on law and justice has said that the “government should exercise great care that there is no conflict” between the whistle-blower’s bill and other legislations like the Lokpal bill and the judicial standards and accountability bill. In a report tabled in both houses of parliament Wednesday, the committee said that it […] Read more » 'Other bills should not conflict with whistle-blower's bill' Disclosures Bill 2010 whistle-blower's bill
Top Law News Court refuses to relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribals August 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court refuses to relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribals The Gauhati High Court Wednesday dismissed a plea for further relaxation of requisite marks for admission to medical colleges for the northeast’s tribal students, a lawyer said. “Hearing the writ petition filed by tribal students and their guardians, the high court’s Agartala bench Justice Utpalendu Bikash Saha said that the MCI (Medical Council of India) […] Read more » Court refuses to relax MBBS eligibility Gauhati High Court Justice Utpalendu Bikash Saha relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribals
Top Law News 2G: Supreme court issues notice to CBI August 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the CBI on a petition by Sanjay Chandra of Unitech and Vinod Goenka of DB Realty seeking bail in the second generation spectrum scam. Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice H.L. Dattu issued the notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), returnable in two weeks. Both Chandra and […] Read more » 2G Supreme court issues notice to CBI Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice H.L. Dattu notice to CBI
Top Law News Supreme court approves common curriculum for Tamil Nadu schools August 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a jolt to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court Tuesday directed the state government to implement the uniform system of school education providing for common curriculum for all schools from classes 1 to 10. Justices J.M. Panchal, Deepak Verma and B.S. Chauhan issued the direction while upholding the Madras High Court […] Read more » common curriculum for Tamil Nadu schools Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Deepak Verma Justices J.M. Panchal Madras High Court Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa
Top Law News Three vacancies for judges in Supreme court August 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There are three vacancies for judges in the Supreme Court and 284 in various high courts, the Rajya Sabha was informed Monday. Minister of Law and Justice Salman Khurshid said in a written reply ‘…the main reason for the large number of vacant posts is that the government has not received sufficient proposals to fill up […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Justice Salman Khurshid Three vacancies for judges in Supreme court
Top Law News Kerala palm oil scam: Fresh probe ordered in Chandy’s role August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Kerala palm oil scam: Fresh probe ordered in Chandy’s role A court here Monday ordered the state vigilance department to launch a fresh probe in the role of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the infamous 1992 palm oil import case when he was Kerala’s finance minister. The import of 15,000 tonnes of palm oil was undertaken in 1992. The case was registered in 1999 when […] Read more » Chief Minister Oommen Chandy food minister T.H. Mustafa and bureaucrats P.J. Thomas Jiji Thompson Kerala palm oil scam Special Vigilance Court judge P.K. Haneefa