Top Law News SC notice on PIL for HPV vaccines research details September 3, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a PIL seeking access to the research and other information on the PATH project on human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, used for preventing cervical cancer in India. A bench of Justice K.S.Radhakrishnan and Justice A.K.Sikri issued notice. The HPV vaccine’s clinical trial was conducted […] Read more » HPV human papilloma virus ICMR Indian Council for Medical Research Justice A.K. Sikri Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan national news National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization news NTAGI todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC seeks details on NGOs, their accounts September 3, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the CBI to file an affidavit stating whether NGOs receiving financial assistance from the government and other aid agencies were filing the statement of their accounts on the funds received by them and how these were spent. A bench of Justice H.L.Dattu and Justice M.Y. Eqbal also asked the Central […] Read more » advocate M L Sharma Justice H.L. Dattu justice M Y Eqbal national news news Ralegan Siddhi village todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Fresh murder charges against Musharraf September 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistan police on Monday registered murder charges against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in connection with the death of a radical cleric during the siege of a mosque in 2007. It is the latest in a series of charges dating back to Musharraf’s 1999-2008 rule, which the retired general has faced since returning from self-imposed exile in […] Read more » national news news Pervez Musharraf Qasim Niazi Radical cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Asaram sent to jail for 14 days September 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur city on Monday sent spiritual guru Asaram Bapu, arrested for alleged sexual assault on a minor, to 14 days’ judicial custody, a police official said. “Asaram has been sent to judicial custody till Sep 15,” a police official told IANS over phone from Jodhpur. He will be lodged in the Jodhpur Central Jail. Asaram […] Read more » Asaram Bapu Asaram sent to jail for 14 days national news news spiritual guru Asaram Bapu todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Review area division between HC benches in UP: Petition September 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed Monday before the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court (HC), questioning the territorial jurisdiction of the two benches of the high court in Uttar Pradesh. The petition filed by social activist Nutan Thakur says that the territorial jurisdiction of the two benches is presently governed by the United […] Read more » national news news social activist Nutan Thakur todays news todays top news Top news United Provinces High Courts Amalgamation Order 1948
Top Law News Charge sheet against Tytler, Verma in forgery case September 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The complaint of a forged letter lodged by Congress leader Ajay Maken has led straight to his colleague, Jagdish Tytler. The Central Bureau of Investigation has chargesheeted jailed arms dealer Abhishek Verma and Mr Tytler. The duo have been charged with criminal conspiracy and attempt to cheat. According to CBI officials, the agency got details […] Read more » Congress leader Ajay Maken Edmund Allen. Mr Allen Jagdish Tytler national news news todays news todays top news Top news Verma
Top Law News Sri Lanka ready to probe UN claims September 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sri Lanka on Sunday said it was ready to probe the allegations raised by U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay that some people she met during her mission to probe alleged war crimes committed during the ethnic conflict with the Tamil Tigers had been threatened. Ms. Pillay’s office must provide evidence to prove the allegations […] Read more » Eelam War IV human rights violation LTTE LTTE war crimes national news Navi Pillay news Sri Lanka ethnic conflict Sri Lanka war crimes Sri Lankan Tamils todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Pakistani team to question Mumbai attack witnesses September 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An eight-member Pakistani delegation will visit India next week to cross-examine the witnesses in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, a media report said on Sunday. The delegation will comprise Pakistani prosecution and defence lawyers, Dawn newspaper reported citing a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) prosecutor. Mohammad Azhar Chaudhry, FIA’s special prosecutor, said the Indian government had issued a […] Read more » defence counsel Khawaja Haris Ahmed Federal Investigation Agency FIA FIA deputy director Faqir Mohammad FIA special prosecutor Chaudhry Mohammad Azhar Khizer Hayat Mohammad Azhar Chaudhry national news news Raja Ehsanullah Satti Riaz Akram Cheema Syed Husnain Abuzar Pirzada todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Law has become business now, says Sibal September 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Law as a profession has become a business over the years, which is a matter of concern, union Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal said Sunday. “Lawyers have always been regarded as providers of service. That is why law is a profession. Over the years, however, I found that it has become a business,” Sibal […] Read more » Hugh Patterson McMillon National Law School of India University national news news Right to Information Act todays news todays top news Top news union Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal
Top Law News Juvenile accused in Dec 16 gang rape gets three years in reform home August 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The juvenile in the December 16, 2012 gangrape-murder case of a 23-year-old paramedical student has been found guilty of rape and murder by the Juvenile Justice Board. This is the first judgement in the gangrape case that created a nationwide outrage. He has been sentenced to three years in a correctional home subject to review. His sentence […] Read more » anti-rape law. Dec 16 gang-rape Dec 16 gang-rape case Delhi gangrape-murder case national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC to hear pleas against high court verdict on IPL probe panel August 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will Sep 11 hear cross-petitions by the BCCI and Cricket Association of Bihar challenging the Bombay High Court judgment holding that the panel that probed allegations of betting and spot fixing during the sixth version of IPL was not validly constituted. A bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, […] Read more » BCCI Chennai Super Kings Cricket Association of Bihar Indian Cements Ltd Jaipur IPL Cricket Private Ltd Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar national news news senior counsel C.A. Sundram senior counsel Harish Salve Srinivasan todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Karnataka gets NHRC notice over vacant school seats August 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking note of seats reserved for poor students lying vacant in Karnataka schools, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notice to the state government. Accusing Karnataka of poorly implementing the Right to Education Act, the NHRC has sought a reply from the state’s chief secretary within four weeks. “We have taken suo motu […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission national news news NHRC Right to Education todays news todays top news Top news