Top Law News Plea in Supreme Court to restrain Hazare from fasting August 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was moved Monday by an activist from Maharashtra seeking direction to anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare not to launch an indefinite fast from Aug 16 to press his demands on the Lokpal bill. Hazare’s demands were unconstitutional and amounted to intrusion in the legislative domain of parliament, said petitioner Hemant Patil, a businessman-cum-social […] Read more » Anna Hazare anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare bringing the prime minister under the purview of the lokpal. Lokpal Bill Supreme Court
Top Law News Package for canal-hit and dam displaced not same, rules Supreme Court August 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said that people affected by the canal network of the Narmada were not entitled to the same relief and rehabilitation (R&R) package as given to those displaced by the submerges caused by the dam constructed on the river. The people whose lands had been acquired for the canal network may, however, […] Read more » dam displaced Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Deepak Verma Justice J.M. Panchal Madhya Pradesh High Court Package for canal-hit Package for canal-hit and dam displaced not same Supreme Court
Top Law News Greater Noida farmers now want Rs.11,500 per square metre August 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Farmers from Greater Noida Sunday demanded a compensation at the rate of Rs.10,000-11,500 per square metre for their acquired lands, a village headman said. The demand is a part of a charter to be given to the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority and filed in the Allahabad High Court, which is hearing the farmers’ petitions […] Read more » Allahabad High Court GPM Gramin Panchayat Morcha Greater Noida farmers Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority land acquisition in Greater Noida
Top Law News ‘Change mindset towards widows’ July 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The mindset towards widows needs to be changed — this was the dominent view to emerge from discussions of religious leaders and social activists here on the status of widows, who are still virtually treated as outcasts in most Indian societies. The Guild of Service in collaboration with UN Women organised a meet here Friday […] Read more » 'Change mindset towards widows' Ekal Nari Sansthan UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women
Top Law News Employer’s stand final on pay for suspended staff: Supreme court July 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Employer’s stand final on pay for suspended staff: Supreme court The Supreme Court has held that even if a suspended government employee was acquitted in a criminal trial, his reinstatement would not necessarily entail payment of wages for the suspension period and the employer’s stand on the issue would be final. The apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik said Thursday […] Read more » Employer's stand final on pay for suspended staff GHMC Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran Supreme Court
Top Law News India plans better housing facilities for urban poor July 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With an estimated 95 million people expected to be living in shanties by next year, the government has drawn up an ‘ambitious’, but ‘achievable’ scheme to transform the urban landscape of the country by providing affordable houses and better amenities for the urban poor. ‘Rajiv Awas Yojana, which is called RAY, has the potential to […] Read more » affordable houses and better amenities better housing facilities for urban poor Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Rajiv Awas Yojana RAY urban poor
Top Law News Supreme Court stops all mining work in Bellary July 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday ordered the suspension of all mining operations in Karnataka’s Bellary region. “Mining (is) suspended with immediate effect till further orders,” said a bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia and including Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Aftab Alam. “The greed of a few is making everyone suffer,” the bench […] Read more » Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa illegal mining in Karnataka Justice Aftab Alam Justice Swatanter Kumar Karnataka Lokayukta N. Santosh Hedge mining in Karnataka's Bellary region suspension of all mining operations in Karnataka
Top Law News Weak law, tracking system hampers missing kids’ recovery July 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There is a huge discrepancy in the number of missing children in the country as sourced from police records and that obtained through RTI applications, an NGO said Friday, adding that it was among the many challenges in their recovery. “According to the Zonal Integrated Police Network, the number of missing children from 10 districts […] Read more » Amod Kanth DCPCR Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act tracking system hampers missing kids' recovery Weak law
Top Law News RTI complaint hearings through video conferencing July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on RTI complaint hearings through video conferencing The Bihar State Information Commission (SIC) Thursday launched a video conferencing system for quicker hearing and disposal of complaints related to the Right To Information (RTI) Act, officials said. State Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) A.K. Choudhary said the SIC will help dispose complaints against principal information officers for denying information under the RTI Act to […] Read more » Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hearings through video conferencing RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI complaint State Information Commission
Top Law News Bring PM under Lokpal, says BJP July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday supported bringing the prime minister under the purview of Lokpal, expressing dissatisfaction on the draft anti-corruption bill not mentioning the issue. ‘The BJP does not appreciate the complete omission of prime minister from the draft Lokpal bill, the prime minister should come under Lokpal,’ party general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad […] Read more » anti-corruption bill Bring PM under Lokpal Lokpal party general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad
Top Law News Make Right to water, sanitation a law: UN chief July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all member states to integrate the right to water and sanitation into their body of laws, on Thursday. Ban’s statement came as he addressed the UN General Assembly during a plenary meeting on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation. ‘Many of your governments have already included the […] Read more » right to water and sanitation UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Top Law News Court directs railways to rehabilitate scavengers July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed the Indian Railways to introduce bio-toilets in the trains and rehabilitate thousands of scavengers engaged for doing the menial job. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjive Khanna, who were hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Safai Karamchari Andolan, a federation of state-level organisations […] Read more » Bio-Toilets Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Indian Railways Justice Sanjive Khanna