Top Law News Par panel questions Delhi Police chief on growing atrocities against women December 27, 2012 / December 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Police chief has asked by a parliamentary panel over the gang-rape incident in the capital and pointed out deficiencies like vacancies at officer level and lack of vehicles to patrol the streets. Before the Parliamentary Standing Committee, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar appeared on Home to face questions on ‘growing atrocities against women in Delhi’. Home Secretary […] Read more » 1860 1872 1973 acid attack city government Congress member Sandeep Dikshit Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi Police Delhi Police chief Delhi Police Commissioner gang rape Home Secretary R K Singh Indian Penal Code parliamentary Parliamentary panel Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar Police Commissioner's deposition police control room police investigations the Code of Criminal Procedure the Indian Evidence Act
Top Law News Delhi gang-raped victim remains critical in Singapore hospital December 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gang-rape victim a 23-year-old , who was flown to Singapore and admitted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital today, remains in an extremely critical condition. According to the hospital spokesperson, “The patient arrived at Mount Elizabeth Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit this morning in an extremely critical condition.” He also said, “She is being examined and the hospital is working […] Read more » brutally tortured Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar Dr BD Athani flown to Singapore gang rape gang-raped Government of India hospital Indian High Commission Indian High Commission in Singapore Mount Elizabeth Hospital Mount Elizabeth Hospital's Intensive Care Unit multi-organ transplant Safdarjung Hospital Singapore south Delhi
Top Law News Silicosis-affected workers die silent death in Delhi September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment For Gulli Devi, 55, even breathing is a pain. Every time she does so, she groans as it is accompanied by sporadic coughing. Suffering from silicosis, the reed-thin woman fends for herself as her husband and son died due to the same incurable disease that has claimed many lives in a village that is actually […] Read more » accompanied by sporadic coughing affluent south Delhi neighbourhoods battling silicosis Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia Director of PRASAR S.M. Azad dying of silicosis Gulli Devi national capital’s Lal Kuan village National Human Rights Commission People’s Rights and Social Research Centre prescribed medicines for tuberculosis Silicosis-affected workers die silent death in Delhi sufferer Narayani Devi Suffering from silicosis Workmen Compensation Act
Top Law News HC to hear tomorrow plea on regularisation of colonies September 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after the Capital’s 895 unauthorised colonies were approved for regularisation, the Delhi High Court today decided to hear tomorrow a plea for restraining the government from taking any final decision on the issue. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, before whom the matter was […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri counsel Anil Aggarwal DDA Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit designs to illegally regularise unauthorised colonies HC to hear tomorrow plea on regularisation of colonies Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw LG's direction Lieutenant Governor Tejendra Khanna plea on regularisation of colonies unauthorised colonies
Top Law News Lawyers end strike after Delhi govt proposes talks August 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers of six district courts on Wednesday called off their indefinite hunger strike against the ten-fold hike in court fees after the Delhi government assured them of considering their demands. The Co-ordination Council of All Bar Associations in Delhi announced its decision to call off the strike, saying the city government has proposed to hold talks […] Read more » All Bar Associations in Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Court Fee (Amendment) Act Court Fee Act Delhi Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit delhi Court Fee (Amendment) Act delhi Court Fee Act Delhi government Delhi govt Delhi Revenue Minister Sheila Dikshit
High Profile Cases Courts rejects BJP legislator’s plea in Dikshit case April 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday did not accept the intervening application filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijay Jolly in a case against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for alleged violation of the election code of conduct in 2008. Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh rejected Jolly’s application saying that it has failed to satisfy the court. […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijay Jolly Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi court Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh
High Profile Cases Delhi Court Reserves Order on Poll Code Breach Case April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today reserved its order for April 19 on whether the city police’s plea for withdrawal of a poll code violation case of 2008 against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit could be heard at all. Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh reserved the order saying he was “prima facie” satisfied that the plea for withdrawal […] Read more » Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh Poll Code Breach Case Poll Code Breach Case section 321 (withdrawal from prosecution)
Top Law News Sheila Dikshit worried for women’s safety in Delhi April 8, 2012 / April 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday expressed concern about the safety of women in the national capital after being told about tapes made by a news channel containing remarks by Delhi police officials blaming women for provoking rape. “I have not seen those tapes myself, but I will watch them and talk to the […] Read more » Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit safety of women women's safety in Delhi
High Profile Cases ‘Clarify on withdrawal of case against Sheila Dikshit’ March 30, 2012 / March 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday asked the locus standi — the right to address the court on a matter before it — of Delhi Police for moving an application seeking withdrawal of a case against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit over an alleged election code violation in 2008. Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh, listing the matter for […] Read more » alleged election code violation in 2008 Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi court Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh