High Profile Cases Providing safety and security measures in stations as sought in PIL: Railways to Delhi HC March 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian Railways on Friday told the Delhi High Court that it has put in place safety and security measures like baggage scanners, hand-held metal detectors and CCTV cameras in stations as sought in a PIL. The court granted the railways time till May 15 to file an affidavit and asked it to indicate the […] Read more » baggage scanners CCTV cameras Chief Justice D.N. Patel Delhi High Court hand-held metal detectors Indian Railways Justice C Hari Shankar RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI
Top Law News Supreme Court directs RBI to disclose information on bank inspection report under RTI April 26, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to disclose information pertaining to its annual inspection report of banks under the Right to Information (RTI) Act unless they are exempted under law. A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao also directed the federal bank to review its policy to disclose information […] Read more » disclose information on bank inspection RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI Supreme Court Supreme Court directs RBI Supreme Court directs RBI to disclose information on bank inspection
Top Law News Fitness certificate to vehicle without independent test illegal: Bombay High Court March 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said the Maharashtra government’s practice of issuing fitness certificates to private vehicles without conducting an independent test was illegal and in breach of its previous orders. Therefore, the state government must take a decision on amending its rules and circulars on the issue and inform the court of its decision, […] Read more » featured Fitness certificate Fitness certificate to vehicle illegal Justice R I Chagla Justices A S Oka Motor Vehicles Act 1988 PIL public interest litigation RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI
Top Law News Bill to amend RTI Act likely in parliament Monday August 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is Monday likely to introduce in the Lok Sabha a bill to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act to keep political parties out of its ambit, informed sources said. The issue has been in the limelight after a June 3 Central Information Commission (CIC) order stated that six national political parties would […] Read more » Bill to amend RTI Act likely in parliament Monday Central Information Commission CIC national news news RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News PM petitioned against amendments to RTI Act July 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activists have launched an online petition addressed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the amendment likely to be made to the Right to Information (RTI) Act in the upcoming parliament session. “We are informed that the government is thinking of amending the RTI Act to negate the Central Information Commission order that the political parties are public authorities under the act,” said […] Read more » National Campaign for People's Right to Information national news NCPRI news PM petitioned against amendments to RTI Act RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Former SC Judge Katju to launch NGO for free legal aid April 6, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 4 Comments on Former SC Judge Katju to launch NGO for free legal aid The retired Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju, is going to launch an NGO to offer justice to poor and helpless people. Katju, who had earlier sought pardon for Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt and Zaibunissa Kazi, convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case is the the retired judge of Supreme Court of India. The NGO, ‘The Court […] Read more » activist-filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt Bollywood actor criminal lawyer Majeed Memon Former SC Judge Katju to launch NGO for free legal aid Judge Markandey Katju Lawyer Memon Majeed Memon NGO NGO for free legal aid President or respective state Governors retired Supreme Court judge RIGHT TO INFORMATION Sanjay Dutt social crusaders The Court of Last Resort Zaibunissa Kazi
Top Law News Plea on political donations to be heard Sep 26 September 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The chief information commissioner (CIC) will Sep 26 hear a plea asking political parties to give out information on donations received by them, said NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) Saturday. The ADR approached the CIC in March 2011 as save for the Communist Party of India (CPI), no other national political party had provided […] Read more » ADR approached the CIC Bahujan Samaj Party Bharatiya Janata Party chief information commissioner Communist Party of India Communist Party of India-Marxist manpower to provide the information Nationalist Congress Party NGO Association for Democratic Reforms Plea on political donations Plea on political donations to be heard Sep 26 RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI application
Top Law News Gujarat riots: CIC order reversed to reveal communication between PM, Prez July 11, 2012 / July 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today set aside a Central Information Commission’s(CIC) order to the Centre to reveal to it the communication between erstwhile Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and President K R Narayanan over the 2002 Gujarat riots. Justice Anil Kumar gave the order, allowing the Centre’s appeal against the CIC’s directions. In the facts […] Read more » Article 74(2) Article 74(2) of the Constitution of India Atal Behari Vajpayee Central Information Commission CIC Delhi High Court erstwhile Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee Gujarat riots K R Narayanan President K R Narayanan Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee RIGHT TO INFORMATION Right to Information Act RTI Act.
High Profile Cases Court to hear Swamy’s plea on dues from IIT-Delhi February 26, 2012 / February 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Dismissing a plea of the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, a court has accepted a plea of Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy seeking recovery of his dues earned while serving there as an assistant professor 1972-1991. Additional District Judge Neelam Singh dismissed the plea of IIT-D seeking dismissal of Swamy’s civil suit on the ground that […] Read more » Additional District Judge Neelam Singh Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy RIGHT TO INFORMATION
Media & Entertainment News Tackling corruption top of government agenda: Prime Minister October 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Institution of a “strong and effective” Lokpal, reducing discretionary powers of public authorities and ensuring transparency in government contracts were on top of his government’s agenda, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday. He also stressed that the nation must “seize this moment” to bring in far-reaching changes in fighting corruption. “We are on the […] Read more » RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI Tackling corruption top of government agenda
Media & Entertainment News Imran Khan files suit against drinking age September 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Actor Imran Khan on Wednesday filed a public suit in the Mumbai High Court against raising the age limit for drinking to 25 in Maharashtra. “After the huge success of ‘Delhi Belly’ and ‘My Brother Ki Dulhan’, Imran waited for few days before he filed the PIL (public interest litigation),” said his spokesperson. The delay […] Read more » Imran Khan Mumbai High Court RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI
Top Law News RTI complaint hearings through video conferencing July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on RTI complaint hearings through video conferencing The Bihar State Information Commission (SIC) Thursday launched a video conferencing system for quicker hearing and disposal of complaints related to the Right To Information (RTI) Act, officials said. State Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) A.K. Choudhary said the SIC will help dispose complaints against principal information officers for denying information under the RTI Act to […] Read more » Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hearings through video conferencing RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI complaint State Information Commission
