Top Law News NHRC issues notice to UP Police director general January 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Thursday issued notice to the director general of Uttar Pradesh Police over Monday’s physical assault on some women protestors by policemen in Firozabad. Taking suo motu cognizance of a media report that some police personnel were found kicking, slapping and lathi-charging women protestors, the commission has sought a reply […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission news NHRC NHRC issues notice to UP Police director general todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Gurgaon farmers to get land compensation under new law January 17, 2014 / January 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Haryana government Thursday said farmers and land owners in several villages here will be compensated under a new law, after objections were raised by them regarding acquisition of their land under the old law. P.C. Meena, administrator of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) in Gurgaon, said the rights of land owners and farmers […] Read more » Gurgaon farmers to get land compensation under new law Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh Haryana Urban Development Authority HUDA Land Acquisition Act 1894 news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Delhi HC exempts Kejriwal from appearing in defamation case January 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday exempted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from personally appearing before a court here in connection with a defamation case filed against him by Amit Sibal, son of union minister Kapil Sibal, last year. The order of Justice J.R. Midha came on a petition challenging the July 24, 2013 summoning order of […] Read more » Amit Sibal Delhi HC exempts Kejriwal from appearing in defamation case Justice J.R. Midha news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC tells government to decide on post reservation in AIIMS January 17, 2014 / January 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said it was for the central government to decide whether there should be reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in super speciality posts in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) as the court declined to revisit its July 2013 judgment. “We clarify (that) it is for the central […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General L. Nageshwar Rao Justice H.L. Dattu justice M Y Eqbal Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice S.S.Nijjar Justice Vikaramajit Sen news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Delhi HC concerned over ‘misuse’ of kids after adoption January 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday expressed concern over the children given away by parents for adoption, saying there are apprehensions that they “may be misused in child trafficking”. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Siddhartha Mridul said “there must be some kind of control” on how to deal with the adoption process […] Read more » CARA Central Adoption Resource Authority Hague Convention of 1993 Justice B.D. Ahmed Justice Siddhartha Mridul Juvenile Justice Act news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Is Supreme Court losing its moral authority? Lawyers wonder January 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As allegations of “unwelcome behaviour” against retired Supreme Court judges – two have surfaced so far – are denting the institution’s moral authority, an informal in-house mechanism is required to determine the veracity of such allegations and a single yardstick should be applied for any probes into the charges, eminent lawyers say. They have also […] Read more » A.K. Ganguly justice K.T.S. Tulsi news Supreme Court of India todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Agitation over illegal migrants in Meghalaya suspended January 16, 2014 / January 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thirteen pressure groups in Meghalaya yesterday announced the suspension of their agitation demanding the re-introduction of the British-era Inner Line Permit (ILP) system to tackle the influx of illegal Bangladeshi migrants. The declaration came after a meeting with Chief Minister Mukul Sangma who offered the examination of 52 existing laws connected with the issue of […] Read more » British-era Inner Line Permit Chief Minister Mukul Sangma ILP Khasi Students' Union chief Daniel Khyriem KSU news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News HC reserves verdict on nursery admission guidelines January 16, 2014 / January 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The schools said the new guidelines were “arbitrary”. A division bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw reserved the order after hearing both the parties. The nursery admission process is now on hold after the government told the bench that “it would wait for the court’s decision on the issue before […] Read more » Advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul chief justice NV Ramana HC reserves verdict on nursery admission guidelines Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC moves on sexual harassment plea against retired judge January 16, 2014 / January 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice on a law graduate’s plea to put in place a permanent mechanism to attend to complaints of sexual harassment by sitting and former judges at all levels, including the apex court. The law graduate has alleged sexual harassment by a judge whom she worked with as an intern in […] Read more » Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati Chief Justice Sathasivam Kolkata-based National University of Juridical Sciences news retd. Justice Swatanter Kumar todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Show us coal blocks allocation guidelines, SC tells government January 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the central government to place before it the guidelines that the screening committee followed in allocating coal blocks to applicants. “What were the guidelines followed by the screening committee? Whether guidelines were disclosed in the advertisement inviting applications for allocation of coal blocs,” asked a bench of Justice RM […] Read more » CEA Central Electricity Authority Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice RM Lodha news Show us coal blocks allocation guidelines todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Swatanter Kumar files defamation case against media, intern January 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Supreme Court judge and National Green Tribunal chairman Justice Swatanter Kumar on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court for a defamation case against media organisations and an intern who accused him of sexual harassment. Mentioning the matter before Justice G.S. Sistani, the bunch of lawyers appearing for Justice Kumar also sought an order restraining […] Read more » National Green news sexual harassment Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news Tribunal chairman
Top Law News SC asks government to file Justice Shah’s illegal mining report January 15, 2014 / January 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed the central government to file before it the report of Justice (retd.) M.B.Shah on illegal mining in Odisha and Jharkhand by Jan 27. The green bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik, Justice S.S.Nijjar and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla sought copies of Justice Shah’s report on illegal mining be placed before […] Read more » illegal mining Jharkhand Justice Shah report news Odisha Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
