Top Law News Supreme Court slams lapses in medical college admissions April 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court slams lapses in medical college admissions In an apparent expression of its exasperation over the state of medical education in the country, the Supreme Court slammed the authorities for ignoring the admission procedures and virtually selling the seats. ‘The best way for medical test (admission) is to put the seats to auction and whosoever bids successfully should be awarded admission,’ sarcastically […] Read more » admissions lapses medical college Rajasthan Pre-medical Test Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal Senior counsel Pallav Shishodia slams Supreme Court
Top Law News Court cancels freedom fighter’s pension of octogenarian April 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court cancels freedom fighter’s pension of octogenarian The Gauhati High Court has barred an octogenarian from getting the freedom fighter’s pension due to lack of documents to prove his imprisonment during the independence struggle, an official said here Saturday. The court found that octogenarian Anil Krishna Sarkar did not have certificates to prove that he was a freedom fighter and cancelled the […] Read more » cancels Court freedom fighter Gauhati High Court octogenarian pension
Top Law News Legal fraternity applauds victory for anti-graft bill April 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Legal fraternity applauds victory for anti-graft bill The legal fraternity Saturday applauded the victory of Anna Hazare and rights activists in forcing the government to take on board the members of the civil society for drafting anti-graft Lokpal bill, but cautioned the road ahead is full of difficulties. “It is an eye opener for the civil society,” says senior counsel Prashant Bhushan, […] Read more » anti-graft bill applauds Legal fraternity victory
Top Law News Anna Hazare calls off fast April 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday broke his fast after over 90 hours of spearheading the campaign against corruption after government issued a gazette notification constituting a 10-member joint committee of ministers and civil society activists, including him, to draft an effective Lokpal Bill. After a last-minute twist almost derailed a peace deal between […] Read more » Anna Hazare calls off fast former law minister Shanti Bhushan (co-Ccairperson) former Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde HRD minister Kapil Sibal law minister Veerappa Moily lawyer Prashant Bhushan minority affairs minister Salman Khursheed RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal Swami Agnivesh
Top Law News Government’s nod to joint panel not end of struggle: Kejriwal April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government’s acceptance of a joint committee to frame a strong anti-graft legislation is not the end of the struggle as the bill has to be passed by parliament where many “corrupt leaders” are present, social activist Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday. Addressing the gathering at Jantar Mantar where social reformer Anna Hazare has […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Government Jantar Mantar joint panel Kejriwal nod struggle
Top Law News It’s the victory of democracy: Sibal April 8, 2011 / April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “It is a victory of the democracy,” Human resources development minister Kapil Sibal said on Friday night of the accord that had been reached on forming a joint committee of ministers and civil society leaders to draft an anti-graft legislation that had prompted social reformer Anna Hazare to announce that he would end Saturday morning […] Read more » democracy Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sibal victory
Top Law News Don’t politicise black money case: Apex court April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday asked all the contending parties in the black money case to refrain from politicizing the issue which was of larger national interest. An apex court bench of Justice B Sudarshan Reddy and Justice SS Nijjar said this after senior counsel Ram Jethmalani told the court that the conversation between Maharashtra […] Read more » apex court black money Hasan Ali Khan Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice SS Nijjar politicise Ram Jethmalani
Top Law News Don’t vote for material benefits: Anna Hazare April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Veteran social reformer Anna Hazare Friday urged India’s voters not to cast their ballots for material benefits. “Don’t vote in exchange for bottle of wine, or any other material thing. Votes are priceless,” Anna Hazare said in reply to a question at a press conference at Jantar Mantar where he is on a fast-unto-death since […] Read more » Anna Hazare don't for material benefits vote
Top Law News Himachal makes law tougher on drunken driving April 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The deadly cocktail of drinking and driving may soon invite a more stringent punishment even for private vehicle owners in Himachal Pradesh. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Thursday tabled a bill – the Criminal Law (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2011 – in the state assembly that now makes drunken driving of all vehicles a criminal […] Read more » driving drunken Himachal Law National Crime Records Bureau NCRB tougher
Top Law News Citing Japan, Indian villagers oppose nuclear plant April 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fear has gripped people in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh where the authorities plan to set up a 1,400-MW atomic power station. Residents say the nuclear crisis in Japan, triggered by a tsunami, is one more reason why the plant should not come up in their area. Mandla, which is tribal-dominated and is over 400 […] Read more »
Top Law News Youth, office-goers converge on Hazare’s fast venue April 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Some bunked colleges and others took leave from work as people from across the country came in droves to central Delhi’s Jantar Mantar Wednesday to support Anna Hazare’s fast-unto-death for a more stringent anti-corruption law. Jitender Jain, 40, who has a transport business in Uttar Pradesh, has been in Delhi since Tuesday to support Hazare […] Read more » converge Hazare's fast venue office-goers youth
Top Law News I-cards, welfare fund proposed for lawyers’ clerks April 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers’ clerks in all district courts in the city may soon get identity cards and access to a welfare fund as the Delhi High Court Wednesday asked its registrar general to meet the district and sessions judge and chalk out a scheme for the purpose. Disposing of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a […] Read more » chief A.S. Chandhiok Chief Justice Dipak Misra clerks High Court I-cards Justice Reva Khetrapal lawyers proposed Supreme Court welfare fund