Top Law News NHRC seeks action against engaging children in polls March 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take appropriate action against parties and candidates engaging children for their campaigns for the Lok Sabha polls, an activist said here on Saturday. Acting on a complaint lodged by Odisha based rights activist Akhand, the NHRC has ordered the ECI […] Read more » Election Commission of India Elections 2014 Lok Sabha National Human Rights Commission news NHRC todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News 1984 riots: 442 persons convicted, 2706 acquitted April 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Out of the 3,163 persons there is only 442 people who have been arrested for the anti- Sikh riots in 1984 here in Delhi were convicted for the crimes, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran said the number of Sikhs killed during 1984 riots was 2,733 as mentioned in the Ahuja Committee report. “In […] Read more » 1984 riots Ahuja Committee report anti-Sikh riots anti-Sikh riots case Lok Sabha Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran
Top Law News President Pranab Mukherjee gives assent to anti-rape Bill April 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on President Pranab Mukherjee gives assent to anti-rape Bill Assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013, making anti-rape laws very stringent has been given by the President Pranab Mukherjee. on March 19 the had been passed by the Lok Sabha by Rajya Sabha on March 21. The President accorded assent to the Bill and it would now be called the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, […] Read more » brutal gangrape Criminal Law Criminal Law Act 2013 death of a Delhi para-medical student Delhi para-medic Lok Sabha President Pranab Mukherjee
Top Law News Judicial reforms were the flavour of 2012 December 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judicial reforms were the flavour of the year as the government focused its efforts on bringing a bill on judicial accountability and kept up its plans to change the present system of appointment of judges where the executive has little say. In March, the Lok Sabha passed an ambitious bill to lay judicial standards but despite two […] Read more » chaired by Prime MinisterManmohan Singh constitutional body Government Judicial reforms Law Ministry Lok Sabha National Framework of Court Excellence NDA government Petroleum Ministry Rajya Sabha senior judges Union Cabinet UPA II government
Top Law News High Court rejects writ for dismissal of Shatrughan’s election November 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A petition seeking cancellation of election of actor-politician Shatrughan Singha from Patna Saheb parliamentary seat has been rejected by The Patna High Court rejected Justice V N Sinha did not find merit in the petition of one Ghanshyam Lal Jamuar who had demanded cancellation of the poll in the constituency in 2009 in which Shatrughan Sinha was elected. […] Read more » BJP candidate frivolous ground Ghanshyam Lal Jamuar Justice V N Sinha Lok Sabha Patna High Court Patna Saheb Shatrughan Singha Shatrughan Sinha
Top Law News Sangma’s plea ill-conceived, Pranab tells Supreme court October 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Sangma’s plea ill-conceived, Pranab tells Supreme court President Pranab Mukherjee has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court in response to a petition, filed by his opponent in the presidential election PA Sangma, challenging his appointment. Describing the petition as “ill-conceived and baseless”, Mukherjee told the Supreme Court that at the time of filing his nomination papers he held no office of […] Read more » Congress ill-conceived and baseless Indian Statistical Institute Lok Sabha President Pranab Mukherjee Sangma Supreme Court
Top Law News Cash-for-vote: Accused appears in court, warrant cancelled August 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sohail Hindustani, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 cash-for-vote scandal that rocked the Lok Sabha, appeared in a special court here Wednesday, which had issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against him at the last hearing. Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal asked police to take Hindustani into custody after he appeared in court. Hindustani apologised for […] Read more » alleged mastermind Amar Singh's former aide Sanjeev Saxena cancelled the NBW against him Cash-for-vote: Accused appears in court Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal Lok Sabha MP Ashok Argal Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh Sudheendra Kulkarni UPA-I government warrant cancelled
Top Law News Panel probing judges can probe more charges: Supreme court August 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday held that a committee set up under the Judges Inquiry Act can go beyond the charges contained in the notice of motion admitted in the Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha and forwarded to the committee in pursuance of an impeachment motion against a judge. ‘It will be naive to contend that […] Read more » judges can probe more charges Judges Inquiry Act Justice Aftab Alam Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha Supreme Court
Top Law News Lok Sabha speaker pitches for land to tillers November 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday said that the ‘revolutionary’ target of land to the tillers should be pursued honestly to sustain the interests of farm labourers and increase the agricultural productivity of India. ‘Agricultural labourer is the real farmer. With their hard work, we are able to grow crops but they do not have […] Read more » Allahabad. land Lok Sabha of Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture pitches speaker Technology and Sciences tillers