Top Law News Sheila Dikshit moves Delhi HC over AAP plea February 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday moved the high court against the AAP’s plea to withdraw the erstwhile Congress government’s appeal against a trial court order for lodging a complaint against her for alleged misuse of government funds ahead of the 2008 assembly polls. Seeking impleadment in the case, Dikshit also objected to […] Read more » AAP's plea Arvind Kejriwal Delhi Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit Justice VP Vaish news right to information activist Vivek Garg todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News L.V. Prasad institute to develop website for blind February 26, 2014 / February 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, known for its expertise and experience in rehabilitation of the blind and visually impaired, is developing an exclusive website for the blind. The institute launched the initiative to bring knowledge, awareness and services to those affected by vision loss of any degree, it said in a statement Tuesday. LVPEI’s rehabilitation team […] Read more » L.V. Prasad Eye Institute L.V. Prasad institute to develop website for blind LVPEI's rehabilitation news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News No mercy for rape-murder convicts: FTCs send nine to gallows February 24, 2014 / February 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fast track courts (FTCs) in sexual assault cases in the capital are not showing any mercy to rape-murder convicts. In four verdicts delivered so far in heinous rape-murder cases, all the nine convicts were sentenced to death. They included the four men convicted in the Dec 16, 2012, gang-rape. Six FTCs were set up last […] Read more » news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Rajiv killing: SC to hear centre’s plea Thursday February 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear Thursday the centre’s plea seeking to restrain the Tamil Nadu government from releasing the conspirators in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam agreed to hear the plea after Additional Solicitor General Siddharth Luthra told the court the Tamil Nadu government had […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Siddharth Luthra Chief Justice P Sathasivam news Rajiv Gandhi assassination case Rajiv killing todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Our financial records open to public, AAP to court February 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday told the Delhi High Court that it is the only party whose all financial records and other details are open for public view. Filing its response in the court on a plea questioning its source of funds, the AAP urged the court to direct a thorough investigation of the […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party AAP FCRA Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act Justice Jayant Nath Justice Pradeep Nandrajog news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Ascertain accused’s rehabilitation before sentencing: SC February 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has directed trial courts to determine before pronouncing sentence whether a person convicted of murder or other heinous crimes could be reformed or rehabilitated. “Many a times, while determining the sentence, the courts take it for granted, looking into the facts of a particular case, that the accused would be a menace […] Read more » Ascertain accused's rehabilitation before sentencing Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Vikramajit Sen news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Chauhan sworn in Himachal high court judge February 24, 2014 / February 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tarlok Singh Chauhan was Sunday sworn in as an additional judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. Acting Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir administered the oath of office and secrecy to Chauhan at a simple ceremony held in the court complex here. He is the fifth judge on the 11-member bench, comprising Chief Justice Mir. […] Read more » additional judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court news Tarlok Singh Chauhan todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Protest on as Disability Rights bill not cleared February 22, 2014 / February 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hundreds of disabled people Friday continued their protest at Jantar Mantar here as the Parliament session ended without passing the Disability Rights Bill. This was despite assurances by both the government and the opposition to pass the measure in this session. The group has been protesting over a month while demanding passage of the bill. […] Read more » disability rights bill Disability Rights Group convenor Javed Abidi news Telangana Bill todays news todays top news Top news United Progressive Alliance
Top Law News Seize property of the corrupt, says Bhushan February 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court advocate and AAP leader Prashant Bhushan favours seizing money earned dishonestly by corrupt officials and confiscation of their property. He also wants a rigorous process to select Lokpal members and to ensure the financial independence of investigative agencies to combat corruption. Bhushan was addressing a training programme for IAS officers and other senior […] Read more » AAP leader Prashant Bhushan Jan Lokpal bill Jindal Institute of Leadership Development Jindal School of Government and Public Policy Lokpal news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Decadal increase in separated women goes up to a million February 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Friday said the number of divorced and separated women in the country has gone up by nearly a million in a decade. Data released by the women and child development ministry showed that the number of divorced and separated women in the country had touched 2,342,930 as per the 2001 census from 1,426,700 […] Read more » increase in separated women goes up to a million Marriage Laws Bill news Supreme Court advocate Kirti Singh The Economic Rights and Entitlements todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Legislation has failed to end manual scavenging: NHRC February 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Legislation to end the “insidious” practice of manual scavenging has failed in India, which still has 340,000 manual scavengers – a matter of “utter shame,” National Human Rights Commission chairman K.G. Balakrishnan said Friday. “In the 1993 (The Employment of Manual Scavenges and Construction Of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, manual scavenging is an offence but […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission news NHRC NHRC chairman K.G. Balakrishnan The Employment of Manual Scavenges and Construction Of Dry Latrines Act todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Rahul assures ordinance on human rights legislation February 22, 2014 / February 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday met human rights activists at Jantar Mantar here and assured them the government would bring an ordinance on anti-corruption and human rights bills. Thousands of people, including activists, protested demanding the government bring out an ordinance on three pending human rights legislations — the Grievance Redress bill, the Disability […] Read more » news Rahul assures ordinance on human rights legislation the Disability Rights bill the Grievance Redress bill the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes Amendment bill todays news todays top news Top news
