Top Law News Swamy in support of Himachal Freedom of Religion Act July 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy defended the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (HPFRA) and maintained that it did not violate any provision of the Constitution. Swamy, in his capacity as convenor, Legal Cell, Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, argued that the petitioners had no locus standi as they were not the aggrieved from infringement of […] Read more » Himachal Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act as a violation of fundamental rights Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act as against of freedom of religion Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act ultravires constitution Himachal Pradesh High Court HPFRA
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 Himachal all set to empower rural women December 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Himachal Pradesh is all set to empower women at the grassroots level by electing only women to around 13,000 seats in panchayati raj institutions (PRIs), the village-level third tier of governance. The Himachal Pradesh government, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, in 2008 raised reservation of seats for women in all rural and urban civic […] Read more » empower Himachal rural women
Top Law News ‘Rural women help Himachal fight open defecation’ October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rural women in Himachal Pradesh have emerged as the driving force behind wiping out the menace of open defecation, a global expert said here Sunday. ‘The women have proved themselves as instrumental towards bringing about behavioural changes in the orthodox Indian society about sanitation and hygiene,’ said Christopher Juan Costain, regional team leader of Water […] Read more » defecation fight Himachal Rural women
Top Law News Himachal asked to give details on its tainted officials September 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state government to place on record the list of its officials facing corruption and other charges. Taking note of the government reinstating officials against whom investigations under the Prevention of Corruption Act are on, a division bench of Chief Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice […] Read more » details Himachal officials tainted