Top Law News Court gets tough against encroachments in Shimla September 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court gets tough against encroachments in Shimla The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the municipal commissioner of Shimla to file an affidavit, within six weeks, about the number of encroachments in the markets, with explanation why each of these was not removed within a reasonable time. A division bench of Chief Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice Kuldip Singh passed the order on a public interest […] Read more » Chief Justice A.M. Khanwilkar encroachments in Shimla Justice Kuldip Singh national news Neelam Sharma news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Prosecution-defence arguments in Dec 16 gang-rape case September 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Prosecution-defence arguments in Dec 16 gang-rape case Following are the arguments of the prosecution and the defence on the quantum of sentence in the Dec 16 gang-rape case. The prosecution, arguing for granting the four accused the death sentence, said: –The case falls in the “rarest of rare” categories, and the accused “don’t carry any element of sympathy due to age”. –The […] Read more » Afzal Guru Ajmal Kasab Dec 16 gang-rape Dec 16 gang-rape case national news news rarest of rare categories todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Seemandhra electricity employees defer strike September 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The electricity employees of Seemandhra regions of Andhra Pradesh Wednesday agreed to postpone their indefinite strike till Sep 16, following an appeal by Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy. Over 30,000 electricity employees in Seemandhra, as Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions are collectively known, had threatened to go on strike from Wednesday midnight to protest […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Andhra Pradesh Generation Corporation Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corp Apgenco Aptransco Congress Working Committee CWC electricity employees of Seemandhra regions JAC Joint Action Committee national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC seeks details on power to allocate coal blocks September 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the central government to clarify as to who had the power to allocate coal blocks – the centre or the states – and sought details about a committee that vetted applications for the allocation of blocks. The poser came from a bench of Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Madan B. Lokur […] Read more » advocate M L Sharma Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Coal Mines (Nationalization) Act 1973 Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice R.M. Lodha Mines and Minerals Development (Regulation) Act national news news Prashant Bhushan todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Ex US envoys to India seek non-discriminatory immigration law September 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Five former US ambassadors to India have written to top US Congressional leaders in support of a “clean” immigration reform bill that does not include any discriminatory provisions that may harm US or Indian interests. “For all the right reasons, the United States has made India one of our premier strategic partners,” wrote the five […] Read more » Democrat House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid national news news non-discriminatory immigration law Republican House Speaker John A. Boehner Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Dec 16 gang rape case sentencing Friday September 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Dec 16 gang rape case sentencing Friday A fast track court, which has convicted four persons in the December 16 gangrape-cum-murder case, on Wednesday fixed September 13 for pronouncing the quantum of sentence to be awarded to them. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna reserved the order on punishment after hearing arguments of the prosecution, which sought death penalty for the four, and […] Read more » Crime against women December 16 gangrape case Fast track court fast track court verdict gangrape sentencing national news news Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC to take up plea on Muzaffarnagar September 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear a plea seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the communal flare-up in Muzzafarnagar in Uttar Pradesh that has claimed nearly 40 lives. An apex court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi said it would hear the matter Thursday as senior counsel Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Muzzafarnagar national news news SC to take up plea on Muzaffarnagar senior counsel Gopal Subramaniam todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News PIL seeks CBI probe into Uttar Pradesh riots September 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court (HC) in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, seeking a CBI probe into all riots in the state in the last 18 months. The period would cover the regime of the Samajwadi Party (SP) government led by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, that […] Read more » Justice Vishnu Sahay Commission national news news Nutan Thakur todays news todays top news Top news uttar pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav
Top Law News Court rejects contempt notice against Shinde September 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court rejects contempt notice against Shinde A Delhi court Wednesday rejected a defence lawyer’s plea to issue contempt notice against Home Minister Sushil kumar Shinde for reportedly having said the guilty in the Dec 16 gang rape case would get death penalty. The Saket court rejected the plea of the defence counsel who claimed the minister had said Tuesday that “death […] Read more » Dec 16 gang-rape Dec 16 gang-rape case Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Assam to seek refugee status for selected migrants September 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Assam government said Tuesday it would formally approach the central government over the issue of granting refugee status to those people who entered the state from the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) due to religious persecution. “Those who entered Assam illegally from East Pakistan due to religious persecution should be given refugee status,” Chief […] Read more » Assam to seek refugee status for selected migrants national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Judgment in Dec 16 gang-rape case: Salient features September 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judgment in Dec 16 gang-rape case: Salient features * Delhi court convicts four accused of murder, gang-rape, unnatural offences, kidnapping, dacoity, destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy, among others. * The court describes the Dec 16 gang-rape as “premeditated” and “brutal” act. * The court says the facts made all the accused […] Read more » Dec 16 gang-rape Dec 16 gang-rape case Judgment in Dec 16 gang-rape case national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court frames charges of rape, murder in Kamduni case September 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The court framed charges under section 302, 376 A and 376D of the IPC among others, against eight of the accused who have been arrested three months after the gruesome incident. Amid noisy protests and alleged police baton charge, a city court on Tuesday framed charges against eight accused in the alleged gang rape and […] Read more » Kamduni Primary School headmaster Pradip Mukerjee Kamduni village in West Bengal's North national news news todays news todays top news Top news