Top Law News IPL spot-fixing: Chandila, two others get bail September 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Suspended cricketer Ajit Chandila and two others, arrested for their alleged involvement in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, were today granted bail by a Delhi court which said there were some “missing links” in the prosecution’s case. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma granted bail to Rajasthan Royals’ player Chandila, ex-Ranji player Baburao Yadav and alleged bookie […] Read more » Arun Chandila Baburao Yadav bookies arrest Chandresh Jain Deepak Kumar Delhi Police IPL 2013 IPL scam IPL Spot-fixing national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Land acquisition bill not fair to tribals: Hemant Soren September 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the central land acquisition bill did not favour the state’s tribal people, and told reporters Sunday that he would raise the issue with the union government. “The state government will formulate its own policy to give maximum benefit to people of the state,” Soren said. The new land acquisition […] Read more » central land acquisition bill Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren Land acquisition bill not fair to tribals national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Key bills passed in parliament’s monsoon session September 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Unlike recent Parliament sessions when a large part of the sittings were complete washouts, the just-ended monsoon session saw passage of 10 legislations including UPA’s flagship bills – food security and land acquisition. An official statement from parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath listed details of bills passed by both the Houses and legislations that were cleared separately […] Read more » Chinese incursions in Ladakh food security bills fuel price killing of Indian soldiers by Pakistanarmy land acquisition bills national news news Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath Robert Vadra's land deal controversy Telangana todays news todays top news Top news UPA's flagship bills
Top Law News Crackdown on Kerala’s speedsters after bus crash September 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after the tragic bus accident in Malappuram district of Kerala claimed 13 lives, law enforcing authorities began Saturday to rein in speeding drivers. Officials from the Motor Vehicles’ Department were seen waiting on the sides of the roads and swooping down on speeding bus drivers. At least two dozen speeding vehicle owners have […] Read more » Malappuram district of Kerala MVD official P. Rajiv national news news state Public Works Department Minister V.K. Ebrahim Kunju todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Three charged in Dubai for Indian’s death September 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has charged three men with accidentally causing the death last year of an Indian lift mechanic who fell into a lift shaft. Dahaneesh Dahraman, 24, fell while installing lifts at a building in Al Karama last April 17, The National newspaper reported. One of the victim’s supervisors told the Dubai Court of […] Read more » Dahaneesh Dahraman national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Bengal rights group to move president against governor September 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A rights group Saturday said it would lodge a complaint with President Pranab Mukherjee against West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan for making “provocative remarks against students”. The Association for Protection of Democratic Rights’ (APDR) had earlier approached the West Bengal Human Rights Commission on the issue, but it had rejected the complaint. “APDR has decided […] Read more » APDR Association for Protection of Democratic Rights national news news retd. Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly todays news todays top news Top news WBHRC West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan West Bengal Human Rights Commission
Top Law News Activists uncertain of bill banning manual scavenging September 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Unimpressed by the bill banning manual scavenging passed in parliament last week,several activists in the national capital Sunday said the legislation has many loopholes and would be effective only if implemented strictly. “Just preparing a bill is not enough. What we need is strict implementation,” Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of the Sulabh sanitation movement, told IANS, […] Read more » Bezwada Wilson bill banning manual scavenging Bindeshwar Pathak founder of the Sulabh sanitation movement Manual Scavengers national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Kerala private buses to jam services over speed governors September 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Private bus operators in Kerala on Sunday announced an indefinite strike to protest against the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) directive for installing speed governors on all heavy vehicles. The strike began at midnight.Commuters across the state are heavily dependent on private bus services as the state-owned transport corporation has just 5,803 buses while the non-government […] Read more » Kerala private buses to jam services Motor Vehicles Department MVD national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Indian-American named judge in California September 6, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A leading Indian American lawyer, Sunil R. Kulkarni, has become the first South Asian American state judge in Northern California with his appointment to Santa Clara County Superior Court. Palo Alto, California, resident Kulkarni, 41 who since 2011 has served as a senior counsel in the litigation group at the University of California, was named […] Read more » Alka Sagar Indian American lawyer Indian American Paul Singh Grewal Judge Oliver W. Wagner national news news Santa Clara County Superior Court Sunil R. Kulkarni todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News RTI amendment bill referred to parliamentary panel September 6, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on RTI amendment bill referred to parliamentary panel The government on Thursday referred an amendment Bill on the Right to Information Act (RTI) that seeks to keep political parties out of the purview of the Act to a parliamentary standing committee “for elaborate study.” Announcing this in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Personnel and PMO V. Narayanasamy said: “The government has […] Read more » CIC order national news news parliament panel political parties under RTI Act RTI (Amendment) Bill todays news todays top news Top news V.Narayanaswamy
Top Law News Himachal court seeks list of ‘tainted’ officials September 6, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked the state’s chief secretary for a list of government functionaries with doubtful integrity. A division bench of Chief Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice Kuldip Singh directed Chief Secretary Sudripta Roy yesterday to file an affidavit by Oct 1 listing the names of “tainted” officials and their postings. The […] Read more » Chief Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Chief Secretary Sudripta Roy former drug controller Sher Singh Thakur Justice Kuldip Singh national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News 2G: Raja allowed to take CVC report’s copy September 6, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday directed the CBI to present the inquiry report of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in the 2G case and allowed accused former telecom minister A. Raja and to take a copy of it. While hearing Raja’s plea, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge O.P. Saini asked the probe agency to […] Read more » Central Vigilance Commission CVC national news news Raja allowed to take CVC report special Judge O.P. Saini todays news todays top news Top news