Top Law News Green tribunal issues arrest warrant against Goa officer July 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) principal bench in Delhi has issued a bailable warrant against Goa’s principal secretary for mines and forests while hearing a petition filed by a green NGO against a mining company. The order was issued Thursday against R.K. Varma, who is in-charge of several key departments like forests, environment, mining and […] Read more » Goa Paryavaran Sangharsh Samiti Green tribunal issues arrest warrant against Goa officer National Green Tribunal national news news NGT R.K. Varma todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court bans caste based rallies in UP July 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has ordered an immediate end to caste based political rallies in UP, throwing sand in the gears of parties that have been keen on moving beyond their traditional catchment areas to lure other large untapped social groupings. The Lucknow bench of the court on Thursday issued notices to central and state […] Read more » Badri Narayan BJP BSP and SP Congress Court bans caste based rallies in UP Election Commission national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News As service ends; street children to send out 1000 telegrams July 12, 2013 / July 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A thousand telegrams will go out from street children to various authorities, including President Pranab Mukherjee, apprising them about the issues they face, a non-government organisation (NGO) said Thursday. “Street children from Agra, Delhi, Gwalior, Jhansi and Mathura will be sending telegrams from today (Thursday) till 6 p.m. Monday to various authorities about the issues […] Read more » As service ends; street children to send out 1000 telegrams CHETNA Childhood Enhancement Through Training and Action national news news President Pranab Mukherjee todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC seeks status report on states’ tiger conservation plans July 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Making it clear that there would be no let up in efforts to save tigers, the Supreme Court Thursday asked the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to file a status report on the states that have submitted conservation plans for approval following a direction last year. “We have assumed jurisdiction on behalf of tigers as […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising counsel Vivek Tankha Justice A.K. Patnaik justice M Y Eqbal national news National Tiger Conservation Authority news NTCA SC seeks status report on states' tiger conservation plans TCP tiger conservation plan todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court dismisses DU teachers’ plea challenging semester system July 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed the petition a group of Delhi University teachers challenging the implementation of the semester system in the undergraduate courses, saying the courts were “ill-equipped” to arrive at a decision on the issue. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Veena Birbal sid: “We have consciously […] Read more » Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed Court dismisses DU teachers' plea challenging semester system DUTA implementation of the semester system in the undergraduate courses Justice Veena Birbal national news news The Delhi University Teachers Association todays news todays top news Top news UGC University Grant Commission
Top Law News SC to examine engineering admission policy July 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said it would examine whether a change in the policy for admission to 30 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) violated the fundamental rights of students seeking admission. Refusing to pass any interim order seeking the quashing of the “normalisation procedure” for admission to the NITs, a bench of Justice H.L. Dattu […] Read more » Justice Dipak Misra Justice H.L. Dattu National Institutes of Technology national news news NIT SC to examine engineering admission policy senior counsel U.U. Lalit todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Jet asked to compensate passengers who missed flight July 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jet Airways has been penalised for a Jaipur-Mumbai flight delay which resulted in two passengers missing its international flight to Hong Kong. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has hauled up the airline for deficiency in service. The national commission, in a recent order, said: “Staff of Jet Airline knew that passengers Vandana Jain and […] Read more » Commission Presiding Member Vinay Kumar Jaipur-Mumbai flight delay Jet Airways Jet asked to compensate passengers who missed flight National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission national news news Subhash Bhatnagar todays news todays top news Top news Vandana Jain
Top Law News RTE: HC notice to DPS for not imparting quality education to poor students July 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the central government and chairman of Delhi Public School (DPS) Society on a plea alleging that one of its schools had deprived poor students of quality education by ignoring the right to education (RTE) law. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B D Ahmed and […] Read more » Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed Justice Vibhu Bakhru National Commission for Protection of Child Rights national news NCPCR news Right to Education RTE RTE: HC notice to DPS for not imparting quality education to poor students todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Reduce retirement age of judges: says judge July 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Reduce retirement age of judges: says judge Even as a section of legal luminaries are advocating increasing the retirement age of Supreme Court judges, Justice RM Lodha on Wednesday said that the retirement age of the apex court judges should be reduced to 62 years instead of the existing 65 years. “Every year a Supreme Court judge works, his life is reduced […] Read more » Justice RM Lodha national news news Reduce retirement age of judges: says judge reduced to 62 years instead of the existing 65 years todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC verdict to keep criminals out of power July 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court Wednesday declared unconstitutional the provision of the Representation of the People Act that allows elected representatives to continue as members of the elected bodies even after conviction in criminal cases. “If because of a disqualification a person cannot be chosen as a member of parliament or state legislature, […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya national news news SC verdict to keep criminals out of power todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News HC notice to Smriti Irani on Sanjay Nirupam’s plea July 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to TV actress-turned-BJP MP Smriti Irani on a plea filed by Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam for quashing the summons issued by a trial court on a defamation suit filed against him by her. Irani had filed a complaint against Nirupam for allegedly using “indecent language” during a television […] Read more » BJP MP Smriti Irani Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam HC notice to Smriti Irani on Sanjay Nirupam's plea Justice Sunil Gaur national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Atomic energy regulator yet to file Kudankulum report in SC July 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian atomic energy regulator has not yet filS.P. Udayakumar,ed with the Supreme Court its report on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP, an anti-KNPP activist said Wednesday. “In response to an application filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the AERB (Atomic Energy Regulatory Board) in its reply dated July 1 said: ‘The […] Read more » AERB Atomic energy regulator yet to file Kudankulum report in SC Atomic Energy Regulatory Board KNPP Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project ministry of environment and forests MoEF national news news NPCIL Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy PMANE the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board TNPCB todays news todays top news Top news