Top Law News NGO welcomes SC ruling on juvenile act March 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An NGO working for children’s rights Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the existing Juvenile Justice Act. The apex court Friday refused to interfere with the age of juveniles in cases where they were found guilty of heinous crimes. It was held by the court that the provisions of the act were in […] Read more » ICPS Integrated Child Protection Scheme Juvenile Justice Act news NGO welcomes SC ruling on juvenile act todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC asks CVC to examine dispute over closure reports in 20 cases March 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the CVC to examine 20 cases where there is a dispute within the CBI between investigating officers and the senior officer whether closure report should be filed in them or not. A bench of Justice R.M.Lodha, Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph asked the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) […] Read more » Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice R.M. Lodha news SC asks CVC to examine dispute over 20 cases Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Children do not vote, hence ignored by parties March 31, 2014 / March 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Children cannot vote, they cannot make political demands and therefore do not have any say in electoral outcomes. Is this the reason why, year after year, political parties have been ignoring the needs of children in their poll promises? This despite the fact that children constitute over a third of India’s 1.21 billion population. Children […] Read more » CEO of World Vision India Jayakumar Christian Children do not vote & ignored by parties news Pragya Vats manager Save the Children todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News China punishes gaming company using pornographic adverts March 29, 2014 / March 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment China has banned a mobile game using a Japanese porn star for promotion and fined its developer for publicising pornography, the ministry of culture said Thursday. The Shanghai Wanke Internet Technology corporation invited Kato Taka, a famous Japanese porn actor, to make a video with pornographic content to advertise a mobile game developed by the company, […] Read more » China punishes gaming company for pornographic ads news Shanghai Wanke Internet Technology corporation todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Russian passports to most Crimeans within months: Russia March 29, 2014 / March 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Most Crimeans are expected to receive Russian passports within three months, Russia’s Federal Migration Service (FMS) deputy head Anatoly Fomenko said. Fomenko said an overwhelming majority of the population would receive Russian passports within three months. All Ukrainian citizens and people without citizenship permanently residing in Crimea and Sevastopol as of March 18, 2014, will […] Read more » news Russia’s Federal Migration Service Russian passports to most Crimeans todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Britain to “modernize” court system March 29, 2014 / March 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Britain will invest 375 million pounds (624 million U.S. dollars) between 2015 and 2020 to “modernize” nearly 3,000 courtrooms in the country in a bid to reduce financial costs and deliver better judicial services in the digital age, British Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said Friday. The British Treasury has agreed a one-off package of investment […] Read more » British Justice Secretary Chris Grayling British Ministry of Justice news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Special court judge, order stay in Musharraf case March 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Faisal Arab, who heads the special court set up to try former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf for high treason, remains part of the court and the order calling for the ex-military strongman’s appearance March 31 stands, the court said Thursday. After being repeatedly accused by Musharraf’s lawyers of being biased and partial, Justice Arab […] Read more » Court news Pakistan Pervez Musharraf todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Indian-origin actress suing BBC for racism March 29, 2014 / March 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Indian-origin actress is suing BBC for up to one million pounds ($1.6 million) for a racist remark made by the host of a popular motor show, media reported on Friday. Somi Guha, 36, has instructed her lawyers to take action after Jeremy Clarkson, host of the programme Top Gear, made the racist remark during […] Read more » Equal Justice Indian-origin actress suing BBC for racism news Somi Guha todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Andhra local body results to be announced after May 7 March 28, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday directed the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission not to declare the results of local body elections before May 7. Hearing a petition challenging the panel’s decision to announce the results of panchayat raj elections on April 13, the court asked the election authorities to declare the results after May 7. The […] Read more » 16 589 Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies Andhra local body results to be announced after May 7 news todays news todays top news Top news Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies
Top Law News Judicial custody illegal, violated rights, says Sahara chief March 28, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was Thursday told that its March 4 order sending Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy and two other directors to judicial custody was foundationally illegal and unconstitutional and must go. While assailing the March 4 order passed by the bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, the judges were told […] Read more » Counsel Rajiv Dhawan Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan news Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Calcutta CAT bench head alleges phone tapping March 28, 2014 / March 28, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Pratap Kumar Ray, a retired Calcutta High Court judge and current head of the Central Administrative Tribunal’s (CAT) Calcutta bench, has complained to the home secretary that his mobile phone is being tapped. Ray, while hearing a petition by former IPS officer Nazrul Islam on February 03, had annulled the promotion of five West […] Read more » Calcutta CAT bench Central Administrative Tribunal news Phone-tapping todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court rejects Loop’s plea to refer matter to Lok Adalat March 28, 2014 / March 28, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here Thursday dismissed a plea filed by Loop Telecom seeking directions for referring the case against it to the Lok Adalat. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge O.P. Saini dismissed the plea after going through the reply filed by investigating agency and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The CBI had opposed the […] Read more » Court rejects Loop's plea to refer matter to Lok Adalat department of telecommunications Essar Group Lok Adalat news special Judge O.P. Saini todays news todays top news Top news
