Top Law News Court reduces jail term of man convicted of raping minor June 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has reduced the jail term of a man who was convicted for kidnapping a minor girl for marriage and raping her, noting that she had gone willingly with him. Justice G.P. Mittal reduced the five-year jail term of Sanjay to four years, observing that the girl, few months less than 16 […] Read more » Court reduces jail term of man convicted of raping minor Justice G.P. Mittal national news news Sanjay todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Protest march in Kolkata against atrocities on women June 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee faced protests while visiting a murdered rape victim’s family in North 24 Parganas district, intellectuals Tuesday urged the people to join a march here to protest the rise in crimes against women. The rally has been planned from the College Square in the the city at […] Read more » Mahasweta Devi Mamata Banerjee Mrinal Sen Nabaneeta Dev Sen National Crime Records Bureau national news news Protest march in Kolkata against atrocities on women Sabyasachi Chakraborty Soumitra Chatterjee Tarun Sanyal todays news todays top news Top news West Bengal Chief Minister
Top Law News Britain offers same day visa in Chennai June 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Britain’s deputy high commission in Chennai will issue visas on the day of application from Tuesday to Indians in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu,, an official said Monday. “The new visa service will facilitate urgent travel to Britain and compliments our fast track service with online payment options,” UK Visas and Immigration regional […] Read more » Britain offers same day visa in Chennai Britain’s deputy high commission national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News US top court rules voters don’t need citizenship proof June 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Siding with the Obama administration, the US Supreme Court on Monday tossed out a provision in a Arizona state law requiring proof of citizenship for registration as a voter. With a 7-2 majority, the apex court ruled that the state’s voter-approved law interfered with federal law designed to make voter registration easier. Opponents of the […] Read more » Arizona state law national news news Obama administration Obama Justice Department todays news todays top news Top news US top court rules voters don't need citizenship proof
Top Law News Deposit Rs.10000 to meet dying mother; court orders terror accused June 18, 2013 / June 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here ordered an accused in the July 2006 Mumbai serial train blasts case to deposit Rs.10,000 if he wanted to visit his ailing mother with an escort, his lawyer said Monday. The accused, Mohammed Sajid M. Ansari, who is booked under the dreaded Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), had filed […] Read more » Deposit Rs.10000 to meet dying mother; court orders terror accused Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra Judge Y.D. Shinde Mohammed Sajid M. Ansari Mumbai serial train blasts case national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court notice on plea for cancellation of government recruitment exam June 18, 2013 / June 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to the central government and the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on a plea of a candidate seeking cancellation of the CGL examination in April on grounds the paper was leaked a day before the test. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, issuing show cause notice to department of personnel and training […] Read more » CGL examination Court notice on plea for cancellation of government recruitment exam justice Sanjeev Sachdeva N.K. Jha national news news Nitant Trivedi Rahul Saini SSC Staff Selection Commission todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News IPL spot fixing: Chandila sent to 3 days’ police custody June 18, 2013 / June 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday sent suspended Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila, arrested in connection with the IPL spot fixing scam, to three days’ police custody for interrogation. Sending Chandila to police custody, Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Kumar Jain also posted for June 22 the bail pleas of the cricketer and five other accused. “The matter […] Read more » Ajay Kumar Jain Ajit Chandila IPL IPL scam IPL spot fixing: Chandila sent to 3 days' police custody IPL spot-fixing scam Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCA national news news Sreesanth todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Over 530,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon June 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The UN Higher Council for Refugees said on Sunday that the number of Syrians who have fled their war-torn country to Lebanon has exceeded 530,000. In its latest report on Syrian refugees, the UN agency said more than 455,000 have registered with UN offices in Lebanon while over 75,000 were waiting for their registration process […] Read more » 000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon national news news Over 530 todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Woman’s complaint against hospital dismissed June 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman who filed a negligence complaint against St. Stephen’s Hospital here for a botched up sterilisation has been shown the door by the top consumer court, saying that she deliberately did not abort the unwanted pregnancy and moved a consumer forum for compensation as a girl was born to her. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal […] Read more » K.S. Chaudhari Member B.C. Gupta National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission national news news St. Stephen's Hospital todays news todays top news Top news Woman's complaint against hospital dismissed
Top Law News ‘Harassed fathers’ demand gender neutral family law (June 16 is Father’s Day) June 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Child Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP), a Bangalore-based NGO fighting for shared parenting in case of divorce or separation, Sunday demanded reforms in family laws — to make them gender neutral. “The anti-father mindset unfortunately persists in our society. In divorce and separation cases, one of the parents, out of revenge, deprives the […] Read more » Child Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting CRISP CRISP founder Harassed fathers' demand gender neutral family law national news news president Kumar V. Jahgirdar todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court tells lawyers seeking FIR against SHO to move proper forum June 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed the two lawyers seeking registration of FIR against a Station House Officer (SHO) for allegedly assaulting them to approach the proper forum of police or a magistrate’s court. Justice R.V. Easwar asking the lawyers to go to superintendent of police and if that is not effective, then they have the right to file […] Read more » Court tells lawyers seeking FIR against SHO to move proper forum Justice R.V. Easwar Milan Malhotra national news news Nikhil Mehta SHO of Geeta Colony todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News 23 percent of Indian elders face abuse: Report June 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on 23 percent of Indian elders face abuse: Report Around 23 percent or more than one-fifth of India’s elderly are known to have experienced abuse in the form of disrespect, verbal abuse, neglect while some have even faced assault, according to the “Elder Abuse in India 2013” report. The report by Help Age India was released on the eve of “World Elder Abuse Awareness […] Read more » 23 percent of Indian elders face abuse: Report national news news todays news todays top news Top news