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 Execution of Veerappan aides stayed for 6 weeks February 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The stay on the execution of four associates of the slain forest brigand, Veerappan has been extended by the Supreme Court extended who were convicted of killing 22 persons in a landmine blast in 1993 and whose mercy petitions were rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee. A Bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justices Anil R. […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval Bilavendran Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Colin Gonsalves Gnanaprakash justice Justices Anil R. Dave landmine blast life imprisonment Madaiah mercy petitions physically debilitated President Pranab Mukherjee sentence of death Simon Supreme Court TADA court Vikramajit Sen
Top Law News Superme Court extends stay on execution of death sentence of Veerappan February 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hanging of four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan has been further delayed with the Supreme Court extending its interim order staying the execution of death sentence imposed on them for killing 22 police personnel in a landmine blast in Karnataka in 1993. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir said it was […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Haren Raval advocates Ram Jethmalani Blast in 1993 Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir death sentence death sentence of Veerappan justices A R Dave landmine blast at Palar in Karnataka landmine blast in Karnataka President Pranab Mukherjee sandalwood smuggler Veerappan Supreme Court T.R. Andhyarujina TADA court in Mysore Tamil Nadu Police Vikramajit Sen
Human Rights Women activists urge president not to sign sexual crime ordinance February 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Women groups on Saturday urged President Pranab Mukherjee not to sign the ordinance of Criminal Law amendments passed by the Cabinet. Human rights lawyer Vrinda Grover said, “The ordinance is complete betrayal of the people’s faith.” She also questioned as to why the ordinance remained silent on Armed s Special Powers Act. “Justice Verma Committee […] Read more » activist Kiran Bedi Central Government Criminal Law amendments Human Rights IPS officer President Pranab Mukherjee Prime Minister Manmohan Singh punishing sex offenders sexual crime ordinance Union Minister Krishna Tirath UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi
Top Law News Judges appointed to Bombay High Court January 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Seven additional judges of the Bombay High Court as Judges of the High Court has been appointed by President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed. ‘In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Justice Filomeno Manuel Lopo Sales Rosario Dos Reis, Justice Rajesh Govind Ketkar, […] Read more » Additional Judge of the High Court additional judges of the Bombay High Court clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India Judges of the High Court Justice Filomeno Manuel Lopo Sales Rosario Dos Reis Justice Madan Trymbak Joshi Justice Madanlal Laxmandas Tahaliyani Justice Madatali Noormohammed Gilani Justice Rajesh Govind Ketkar Justice Ravi Krishnarao Deshpande Justice Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala Justice Tanaji Vishwas Nalawade President Pranab Mukherjee
Criminal Law News Delhi Gang rape victim a 23 year old girl has got dead in Singapore December 29, 2012 / December 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Gang rape victim a 23 year old girl has got dead in Mount Elizabeth Hospital here in Singapore early this morning. The victim was brutally gang raped and assaulted in Delhi. The girl, who was admitted to the well-known multi-organ transplant facility in Mount Elizabeth Hospital on Thursday morning in an extremely critical condition, breathed her last […] Read more » brutally gang raped and assaulted chief executive officer Dr Kelvin Loh death of girl Delhi Gang rape victim Delhi gang-rape Indian High Commissioner T C A Raghavan Mount Elizabeth Hospital President Pranab Mukherjee Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rape in India Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi Sexual assault Singapore
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 Judicial activism shouldn’t erode constitutional principles: President September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday cautioned against judicial activism resulting in the erosion of constitutional principles of separation of powers between the three pillars of state and and called on Indian judiciary to reinvent itself through introspection and self-correction. Speaking at the valedictory function of the sesquicentennial celebrations (150 years) of the Madras High Court here, […] Read more » basic features of the Indian Constitution cautioned against judicial activism Chief Justice of the Madras High Court M.Y.Eqbal erosion of constitutional principles of separation government officials Indian judiciary to reinvent Judicial activism shouldn't erode constitutional principles: President Kerala and Karnataka High Courts lawyers Madras National Law School at Srirangam President Pranab Mukherjee Tamil Nadu Advocate's Welfare Fund Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid
Top Law News Ansari sworn in as 14th Vice-President August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hamid Ansari was sworn-in as the Vice-President of the country for the second consecutive term by President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Saturday. Mr Ansari, 75, was administered the oath by the President at a grand ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. He had defeated NDA candidate Jaswant Singh with a comfortable margin earlier this […] Read more » Ansari sworn Ansari sworn in as 14th Vice-President comfortable margin Hamid Ansari Hamid Ansari was sworn National Conference Nationalist Congress Party NDA candidate President Pranab Mukherjee Rashtrapati Bhawan Vice-President