Top Law News HC dismisses plea against ordinance on convicted lawmakers February 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed a plea seeking quashing of the government’s decision to bring an ordinance to shield convicted lawmakers from being unseated. A division bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Manmohan, giving relief to jailed legislators and parliamentarians, said if an individual’s the right to stand for an election if […] Read more » advocate M L Sharma chief justice NV Ramana HC dismisses plea against ordinance on convicted lawmakers Justice Manmohan news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Women, girls denied voice in decision making: Kofi Annan February 7, 2014 / February 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Women and girls are major drivers of development, yet in India and elsewhere, they continue to be denied opportunities to have a voice in decisions that affect their lives, and those of their families and communities, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Thursday. Giving the keynote address at the 14th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit […] Read more » 14th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News As protests intensify, panel set up to address northeast concerns February 7, 2014 / February 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As protests continued to rage in the national capital over attacks on people from the northeast, the central government Thursday announced the formation of a committee that will examine the reasons behind such attacks and suggest remedial measures. The announcement to form the six-member committee came soon after a delegation of leaders from the northeast […] Read more » Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania news retired bureaucrat M.P. Bezbaruah Sikkim MP P.D. Rai todays news todays top news Top news victim of racism
Top Law News Prior sanction needed for action against officials? SC reserves verdict February 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday reserved verdict on the validity of a legal provision that mandates the CBI to seek the government’s prior sanction before proceeding against an officer of the rank of joint secretary or above on charges of corruption. However, the six-bench constitution bench said that if it had to invalidate section 6A of […] Read more » 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act Central Vigilance Commission counsel Prashant Bhushan CVC Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Dipak Misra Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla Justice R.M. Lodha Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya Lokpal news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC to rule Friday on validity of newspaper employees’ wage board February 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will Friday pronounce its verdict on the validity of the Justice G.R. Majithia Wage Board for Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees that has been challenged by several newspaper organisations including their joint body Indian Newspapers Society (INS). A bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice G.R. Majithia Wage Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Shiva Kirti Singh news SC to rule Friday on validity of newspaper employees' wage board todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar opposes witness’s plea February 6, 2014 / February 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and three others, facing trial in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Wednesday opposed the plea of a witness in a court here. Testifying as a prosecution witness in the case, Vishwendra Singh, the then deputy secretary (home) of the Delhi government and now private secretary to the Lt. Governor, moved a […] Read more » 1984 Sikh riots Anti-Sikh riots caseews Delhi news Sajjan Kumar todays news todays top Top news
Top Law News HC seeks AAP response on funding February 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to file its response on a plea questioning its source of funds. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Jayant Nath asked the AAP to file a reply by Feb 28. Appearing for AAP, advocate Prashant Bhushan told the court that centre […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party AAP Additional Solicitor General Rajeeve Mehra Advocate Prashant Bhushan Justice Jayant Nath Justice Pradeep Nandrajog news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Delhi HC concerned over pesticides in vegetables February 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday expressed concern over a report that said pesticide residues were found to be “beyond permissible limits” in vegetables and edible items sold across the country. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, taking note of a report filed by amicus curiae Sanjay Jain, issued […] Read more » Chief Justice N.V. Ramana Delhi Agriculture Marketing Board Delhi HC concerned over pesticides in vegetables Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Congress will continue to champion Dalits’ empowerment: Sonia February 6, 2014 / February 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday snubbed party leader Janardan Dwivedi’s statement calling for an end to reservation along caste lines, saying the empowerment of Scheduled Castes and Tribes and Backward Classes has been “an article of faith with the Congress”. “There should be no doubt or ambiguity on the stand of the Congress on the […] Read more » Congress Party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala Congress president Sonia Gandhi Congress will continue to champion Dalits' empowerment news party leader Janardan Dwivedi todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News What’s the status of claim commissioner, HC asks DMRC February 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Delhi Metro to appraise it on the status of appointment of claims commissioner in the DMRC, to decide the claims of accident victims. Justice Manmohan asked the metro’s counsel to take instructions from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on appointment of a claims commissioner and the reason […] Read more » Delhi Metro Rail Corporation DMRC Justice Manmohan news todays news todays top news Top news What's the status of claim commissioner
Top Law News Make rules to protect elderly: HC to UP February 5, 2014 / February 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad high court (HC) has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to expedite the formulation of rules for the safety of senior citizens in the state. Directing the government to make rules under the Senior Citizen Act and also to constitute a body to hear and redress problems being faced by the aged, the high […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Justices Sunil Ambwani and Dinesh Gupta Make rules to protect elderly news Senior Citizen Act todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Plea against Kejriwal to be heard Wednesday February 5, 2014 / February 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here posted to Wednesday further hearing on a criminal complaint filed against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for giving “misleading information” in his affidavit filed prior to the assembly elections. The complaint was heard by Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh Tuesday and posted for further hearing Wednesday. “At the request of counsel for the […] Read more » Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh news NGO Maulik Bharat Trust Plea against Kejriwal to be heard Wednesday todays news todays top news Top news
