Top Law News Section 377: Supreme Court declines to stay High Court judgment July 22, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court declined to stay the Delhi High Court judgment declaring Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code unconstitutional and decriminalising unnatural sex between consenting adults. A Bench comprising Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sathasivam granted eight weeks for the Centre to file its response to special leave petitions challenging the High […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News Ajmal admits to crime July 22, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai- Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab’ confessed to his crime before the Special Sessions Court at the Arthur Road jail in mumbai. He said “Mujhe gunha kabool hai. I want to confess.” The lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 attacks stunned the courtroom with these words, uttered just as the court was preparing to […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News SC stays narco test of police officers July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Jul 20- The Supreme Court today stayed narco-analysis test of the police officers arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir. A Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam posted the petition filed by the officers challenging a Jammu […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News State governments set up SCPCR: Ministry of WCD July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on State governments set up SCPCR: Ministry of WCD Ministry of Women and Child Development has been requesting the State Governments and the Union Territory Administration to set up State Commissions for Protection of Child rights in accordance with the Section 17 of the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act 1005. So far only Delhi, Maharashtra, Sikkim and Goa have constituted the State […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News Case of arson handed over to CB-CID July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment LUCKNOW- The case relating to vandalism and arson at the residence of UPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi here has been handed over to the Crime Branch of the Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID). Higher authority said that the CB-CID was directed to submit a report at the earliest. No time frame was set for completion of […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News CBI begins probe in missing file case July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment LUCKNOW- As directed by the Allahabad High Court (Uttar Pradesh), the CBI has started investigation into the case of 23 missing files related to the Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri mosque land dispute. A CBI team met senior officials of Uttar Pradesh government officials, sources said here today. Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News Sharif wins hijacking case July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Islamabad, Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif was on course to run for public office again after the Supreme Court Friday discharged him in a 10-year-old case in which he was accused of trying to hijack a plane to prevent army chief Pervez Musharraf from returning home. Read more » Law News Legal News
Top Law News Former IIM professor appointed ILI director July 20, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, July 16 –A former professor with the Indian Institute of Management, (IIM) Lucknow and environment law expert D.S. Sengar was appointed director of the Indian Law Institute, a deemed university. Whose ex-officio president is the chief justice of India (CJI). Read more » Law News Legal News
Criminal Law News Rita Bahuguna gets interim bail July 19, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment UPCC president Rita Bahuguna , who was arrested for making objectionable comments against Chief Minister Mayawati, was granted interim bail till July 29 by the Additional District Judge of Moradabad. She was asked to submit two sureties for Rs. 30,000 each. The ADJ on Friday reserved order on the bail plea of Ms. Rita Bahuguna, […] Read more » Law News Legal News