Top Law News SC to hear Reliance’s plea in 2G case July 22, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Reliance Telecom Ltd (RTL) on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging trial court’s order summoning Reliance ADAG chairman Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani as prosecution witnesses in 2G spectrum allocation scam case. A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam, before whom the matter was mentioned for an urgent hearing, agreed to hear the case and posted it for […] Read more » 2G spectrum ADAG chairman Anil Ambani Chief Justice P Sathasivam national news news Reliance Telecom Ltd RTL SC to hear Reliance's plea in 2G case Shahid Usman Balwa Tina Ambani todays news todays top news Top news Vinod Goenka
Top Law News Protest in Delhi to appoint IIT-Kharagpur chief July 22, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Alumni, teachers and students from the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) braved heavy rains and protested at Jantar Mantar here Saturday demanding appointment of a head for IIT-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP). The protest, led by the IIT-KGP Alumni Association, started around 4 p.m. with the marchers alleging that the Kharagpur institute, around 135 km from […] Read more » national news news Protest in Delhi to appoint IIT-Kharagpur chief todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Justice Sathasivam sworn in as chief justice of India July 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday administered the oath of office to Justice P Sathasivam as the Chief Justice of India (CJI). Justice Sathasivam, 64, is the 40th CJI and the first from Tamil Nadu. He will remain in office till April 26, 2014. He succeeded CJI Altamas Kabir, whose last day in office was on […] Read more » 40th Chief Justice of India Chief Justice of India CJI Justice P. Sathasivam Justice Sathasivam sworn in as chief justice of India national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Land for landless families to be in women’s name July 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to ensure that women get a fair share of land holdings, the government is proposing to make all new land distribution among landless poor families in the woman’s name, instead of jointly with her husband. According to the draft national land reforms policy formulated by the rural development ministry, homestead land title […] Read more » agricultural extension services crop insurance Land for landless families to be in women's name national land reforms policy national news news Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Parents of youths sentenced for life protest in Srinagar July 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Parents and relatives of two Kashmiri youths, sentenced for life by acourt in West Bengal, staged a protest here Thursday and appealed to the governments of West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir to save them. “My son is innocent. He has never been to Calcutta (Kolkata). He was picked up from home and then framed by West Bengal Police,” […] Read more » Abdul Rashid national news news Parents of youths sentenced for life protest in Srinagar Sheikh Imran todays news todays top news Top news two Kashmiris to life imprisonment
Top Law News J&K government behind SMS ban on prepaid mobiles: BSNL July 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Thursday said the decision to ban SMS service on prepaid mobile phones in Jammu and Kashmirwas taken by the state government and not the centre. The government-owned telecom major revealed this in a reply to a notice by the state human rights panel on a petition filed by an activist. The SMS […] Read more » ban SMS service on prepaid mobile Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited BSNL J&K government behind SMS ban on prepaid mobiles: BSNL national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC sets aside notification for common medical test July 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday set aside a Medical Council of India (MCI) notification mandating a common National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET) for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses in government and private institutions. In a majority judgment, Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Vikramajit Sen said: “We also have no hesitation in holding […] Read more » Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Vikramajit Sen MCI Medical Council of India National Entrance Eligibility Test national news NEET news SC sets aside notification for common medical test todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Experts welcome apex court decision on juvenile age July 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Adolescent behavioural experts and child rights activists Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s verdict striking down the plea to reduce the age of juvenile from 18 to 16 years and dismissing the contention that minors involved in heinous crimes should not be protected under the law. Psychologists in the national capital opined that those under 18 years of […] Read more » Experts welcome apex court decision on juvenile age national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Notice to CBI on Ajay Chautala’s interim bail plea July 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the CBI and Tihar Jail authorities on an interim bail plea of Ajay Chautala, who is serving a 10-year jail term for irregular appointment of teachers in Haryana in 2000. Ajay Chautala, son of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, sought interim bail on medical grounds. […] Read more » Ajay Chautala Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala Justice Sidharth Mridul national news news Notice to CBI on Ajay Chautala's interim bail plea todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News NHRC notice to Bihar over mid-day meal deaths July 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Bihar government as well as the state police over the death of 23 school children who consumed contaminated mid-day meal, an official said Wednesday. Taking suo-motu cognizance of media reports, the commission has given four weeks time to the officials to submit reports, he […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission national news news NHRC NHRC notice to Bihar over mid-day meal deaths todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC upholds law on reformist treatment to delinquent minors July 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the Juvenile Justice Act providing for a special reformist approach towards a minor irrespective of the nature of crime committed by him or her, saying that the law aimed to save children in conflict with law from becoming hardened criminals. “The essence of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of […] Read more » author Salil Bali Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Justice S.S.Nijjar Juvenile Justice Act national news news SC upholds law on reformist treatment to delinquent minors todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Dec 16 gangrape accused lists Dikshit as defence witness July 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An accused in the Dec 16 gang-rape case Wednesday sought permission of a fast track court here to make Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit a defence witness in the case. Counsel for Akshay Thakur told the court that the chief minister should be called as a defence witness as she had complained of interference by […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna Akshay Thakur Dec 16 gang-rape Dec 16 gang-rape case Dec 16 gangrape accused lists Dikshit as defence witness national news news Public Prosecutor Dayan Krishnan todays news todays top news Top news