Top Law News Saudi Arabia to finalise labour contracts with India May 6, 2014 / May 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Saudi Arabia’s labour ministry will sign final contracts this month with India and Indonesia to counter the shortage of domestic workers in the country, a media report said. The country’s Deputy Labour Minister Mufrej Al-Haqbani said the ministry would start issuing visas for domestic workers once the unified contracts are signed, Arab News reported Monday. […] Read more » India-Saudi Arabia finalise labour contracts news Saudi Arabia Deputy Labour Minister Mufrej Al-Haqbani todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Bangladesh court orders organisation to vacate Suchitra Sen’s home May 5, 2014 / May 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Bangladesh Sunday dismissed a plea by a pro-Jamaat-e-Islami organisation to retain possession of the ancestral Pabna home of legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen. A bench of Appellate Division headed by Supreme Court Justice S.K. Sinha issued the order, bdnews24.com reported. This means that there is now no legal bar to evicting the […] Read more » Additional Attorney General Murad Reza Bangladesh court orders to vacate Suchitra Sen's home news pro-Jamaat-e-Islami organisation todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News New York Sikh cabbie found guilty of kidnapping, raping passenger May 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sikh taxi driver in New York has been found guilty of kidnapping and raping a 29-year-old female passenger three years ago and faces 25 years in prison when he is sentenced May 12. But a Brooklyn jury Friday acquitted Gurmeet Singh, 42, of Queens of robbery and assault as well as the top count of […] Read more » New York Sikh cabbie found guilty of kidnapping news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Amnesty International demands release of journalists in Myanmar May 5, 2014 / May 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Amnesty International (AI) has asked the Myanmar authorities to release at least six journalists arrested this year and described as being prisoners of conscience. Those detained include a cameraman from Democratic Voice of Burma who has been sentenced to a year in prison for documenting a corruption case, four journalists and the editor of the […] Read more » Amnesty International Amnesty International demands release of journalists Democratic Voice of Burma news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Manish Shah becomes first South Asian federal judge in Illinois May 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Indian-American Manish Shah has been confirmed by the US Senate as a federal judge in Illinois, making him the first South Asian federal judge in President Barack Obama’s home state. Son of immigrants from India, New York-born Shah, 40, was confirmed by the Senate by 95-0 votes to be a federal judge in the Chicago-based […] Read more » Indian-American Manish Shah Manish Shah becomes first South Asian federal judge news President Barack Obama todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News India, Saudi Arabia discuss standard employment contract May 3, 2014 / May 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Indian and Saudi Arabian officials discussed points of standard employment contract for Indian workers in the Saudi kingdom, media reported Friday. The first meeting of the Saudi-Indian Joint Committee on labour issues concluded Thursday, the day celebrated as International Labour Day. The meeting was a follow-up to an agreement that was recently signed for the […] Read more » Employment contract India India-Saudi Arabia employment contract India's Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi news Saudi Arabia Saudi Labour Minister Adel Fakeih Saudi-Indian Joint Committee todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News No houses on rent for Indians in Singapore May 3, 2014 / May 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Many online home rental websites in Singapore include the words “No Indians, no People’s Republic of China (PRC)”, which is sometimes followed by the word “sorry”, leading to increasing rental discrimination in the city. The issue appears more common with less expensive properties and on sites where content is posted directly by users, the Online […] Read more » news No houses on rent for Indians in Singapore People's Republic of China president Universal Society of Hinduism Rajan Zed todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Body of Canadian journalist found in Cambodia forest May 2, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Cambodian police Thursday discovered the body of 58-year-old Canadian journalist and author Dave Walker who has been missing since Feb 14 in Siem Reap city, national police spokesman Kirt Chantharith confirmed. “The badly decomposed body was discovered Thursday morning by boys who were picking fruit in the jungle of Angkor Thom temple complex,” Chantharith told […] Read more » Body of Canadian journalist found in Cambodia forest Canadian journalist and author Dave Walker news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Jordan opens new camp for Syrian refugees May 2, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jordanian government and the UN have officially opened a new camp for refugees from the war in Syria with the potential to become one of the world’s largest refugee camps. Although the first refugees began arriving on Monday – 437 so far – the camp, which currently has shelters for 25,000 and infrastructure for […] Read more » Jordan opens new camp for Syrian refugees new camp for Syrian refugees news Syrian refugees todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Egypt rejects criticism of mass death sentences May 2, 2014 / May 2, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Egypt on Wednesday voiced its rejection of criticism of recent mass death sentences against supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, terming it “unacceptable interference in the judiciary affairs,” according to the Xinhua news agency. Earlier this week, a court in Minya, Egypt, sentenced 683 supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi to death, including leading members of […] Read more » Catherine Ashton Egypt rejects criticism of mass death sentences European Union's foreign policy chief news todays news todays top news Top news Xinhua news agency
Top Law News India to discuss domestic workers’ issue in Saudi Arabia May 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian government has sought to create an effective legal framework to address the issues facing Indian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. Indian officials, who arrived this week, are slated to meet Saudi Deputy Labour Minister for International Affairs Ahmed Al-Fahaid to discuss legal modalities of a framework to facilitate mechanisms to address disputes arising […] Read more » India to discuss domestic workers' issue in Saudi Arabia Indian Affairs Minister Valayar Ravi news Saudi Deputy Labour Minister for International Affairs Saudi Labour Minister Adel Fakeih todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Sikhs, Muslims object to headgear ban at US amusement park May 1, 2014 / May 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two Sikh and Muslim groups have filed complaints alleging religious discrimination against a California amusement park after a couple of families wearing religious headgear were denied access to riding go-karts due to “safety concerns”. The complaints were filed Tuesday with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) against Boomers!, which is owned by […] Read more » California Department of Fair Employment and Housing headgear ban at US amusement park news Sikhs and Muslims object to headgear ban at US amusement park todays news todays top news Top news
