Top Law News Apex court seeks timely disposal of mercy petitions July 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a petition filed by an NGO seeking time-bound disposal of mercy petitions lying with President Pratibha Patil. Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar issued the notice, returnable in four weeks. NGO Justice on Trial has sought direction to the government to dispose […] Read more » Apex court disposal Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar mercy petitions
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks source of Kerala temple treasure July 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to examine the source and antiquity of the treasure unearthed from the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram. An apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik asked the ASI to suggest the steps that can be taken to […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran Kerala temple treasure Padmanabhaswamy temple Supreme Court
Top Law News Domestic violence very high in Asia-Pacific: UN report July 6, 2011 / July 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Domestic violence very high in Asia-Pacific: UN report Nearly half the population of women in the Asia-Pacific region have experienced physical and sexual violence at the hands of their partners, a report by UN Women claimed. Released Wednesday, the report, which offers a comprehensive global review of women’s rights around the world, said that the level of domestic violence is very high in […] Read more » Asia-Pacific domestic violence physical and sexual violence UN report
Top Law News State biggest land grabber: Supreme Court of India July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on State biggest land grabber: Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the state was the biggest land grabber, depriving farmers of their livelihood for generations. The apex court bench of Justice G S Singhvi and Justice A K Ganguly said that farmers’ lands were being acquired in the name of public interest and being given to builders to construct […] Read more » biggest land grabber Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Land Acquisition Act. State Supreme Court of India
Top Law News Apex court hints at lapses in admissions quota in universities July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday hinted at lapses in procedure adopted by Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for admitting students from the other backward classes (OBC) category. The apex court observation came during the hearing of a petition filed by a former professor of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, P.V. Indiresan, challenging a Delhi […] Read more » admissions quota apex court Delhi University Jawaharlal Nehru University Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran lapses Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal universities
Top Law News Introduce HIV/AIDS bill in parliament, demand affected people July 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Around 200 HIV-positive people staged a protest in the capital Monday demanding that a bill to protect the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS be introduced in the monsoon session of parliament. At present the bill is with the health ministry.Holding a banner and protesting outside the health ministry Monday, Sahil from the Om Prakash […] Read more » HIV/AIDS bill Parliament
Top Law News Don’t neglect people with HIV, PM tells ministries July 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said ministries should make various schemes more accessible to people with HIV/AIDS, from employment under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme to more access to women and children to Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). Addressing the national convention of zila parishad chairpersons and mayors on HIV and AIDS, the […] Read more » HIV ICDS Integrated Child Development Services neglect PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Top Law News Happy at being picked as CVC: Pradeep Kumar July 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Newly-selected Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) Pradeep Kumar Sunday said he was “happy” at being unanimously chosen to head India’s anti-corruption watchdog. “I am happy because it was a unanimous decision by the committee,” Pradeep Kumar, who is on a holiday here, said. He was chosen by the selection committee of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home […] Read more » CVC Pradeep Kumar
Top Law News Delhi to have human rights courts soon July 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After a petition was filed in the Delhi High Court questioning the absence of human rights courts in the national capital, Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna has issued a notification that each Delhi court will have a specific human rights court. The notification, a copy of which is with IANS, said under section 30 of the […] Read more » Asian Centre for Human Rights Delhi Delhi High Court human rights courts National Human Rights Commission
Top Law News Mamata for modernising court infrastructure July 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday emphasised on the need to revamp the infrastructure in the courts for fast disposal of pending cases. Speaking at the launch of ‘Mission Mode Programme for Reduction of Pendency of Arrears in Cases’, Banerjee said: ‘We need to introduce modern facilities in courts. The infrastructure needs immediate revamp.’ […] Read more » 'Mamata court infrastructure modernising
Top Law News Court absolves leading news dailies of defamation charges July 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three leading news dailies of the national capital have been absolved of defamation charges by a Delhi court for reporting an incident about a dowry demand in 1996. The defamation case was filed against Hindustan Times, Delhi Mid Day and Sandhya Times which had earlier published a news article that blamed a groom for walking […] Read more » absolves Court defamation charges Metropolitan Magistrate Prashant Sharma news dailies
Top Law News Final draft of new disability law submitted July 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The final draft of a new disability law has been submitted to Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Mukul Wasnik, a statement said Friday. According to the statement, the committee appointed by the ministry to draft the new legislation presented the final draft of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2011 to the minister. “The […] Read more » disability law Minister Mukul Wasnik