Media & Entertainment News Indians continue to support Hazare through SMSes April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Despite the recent controversies surrounding civil society members of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee, support for Anna Hazare’s anti-graft campaign continues unabated, as evident from the thousands of SMSes pouring in from across the country, the organisers said Tuesday. An SMS that read – ‘Do you want to volunteer for Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption […] Read more » Anna Hazare Arvind Kejriwal continue IAC India Against Corruption Indians Jantar Mantar Kiran Bedi SMSes support Swami Agnivesh
Intellectual Property News Using RTI difficult for us, say Indians abroad January 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Using RTI difficult for us, say Indians abroad Living overseas for education, employment or other reasons, Indians abroad find it difficult to use the Right to Information (RTI) Act due to the cumbersome fee-payment process. ‘Even after five years of the RTI Act, Indian citizens living abroad are unable to use it effectively because of a cumbersome fee payment system. The Indian government […] Read more » abroad Indians RTI
Top Law News Over a million Indians engaged in manual scavenging (To go with Abolish manual scavenging by 2012-end, urges NAC) October 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Advisory Council, headed by Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Saturday expressed its distress over manual scavenging in the country and urged the government to abolish it by 2012. Here are some details – # About 1.3 million people are employed in the practice in the country. # In 1993, parliament passed the Employment of […] Read more » engaged Indians manual million Over scavenging