Top Law News Pakistan lawmaker loses seat over fake degree January 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A lawmaker in Pakistan was disqualified for holding a fake graduation degree, a media report said Friday. Qaimos Khan of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly, was disqualified by the election tribunal Thursday for forging his graduation degree, the Dawn newspaper reported. The tribunal also ordered the Election Commission to […] Read more » ANP Awami National Party Bahauddin Zakariya University member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly news Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz PML-N Qaimos Khan todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News China to punish harshly over medical waste disposal January 10, 2014 / January 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to reduce pollution and protect public health, China has decided to impose harsh punishment on those who will fail to handle the medical waste properly. Companies or government units that illegally collect, store, transport, and handle medical waste will have their licences revoked and heavily fined, reported Xinhua citing a statement from […] Read more » China to punish over medical waste disposal National Health and Family Planning Commission China news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Zardari faces graft cases, court adjourns hearing January 10, 2014 / January 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistan’s former president Asif Ali Zardari Thursday appeared before an anti-corruption court here for the first time since he retired in September last year, but the court adjourned the hearing until Jan 18. The former president appeared before Accountability Court Judge Mohammad Bashir amid strict security measures with a heavy deployment of policemen around the […] Read more » Asif Ali Zardari chief defence counsel Farooq H. Naek news Pakistan's former president Asif Ali Zardari todays news todays top news Top news Zardari Zardari faces graft cases
Top Law News New Saudi policy won’t affect us: Indian expats January 10, 2014 / January 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia feel that the new labour policy of that Gulf nation will not affect them as they are generally law-abiding citizens. “Indians are law-abiding people and the Saudi government has corrected the (residency) status of around 400,000 illegal Indian workers in the country,” Shihab Kottukad, consultant to the Non Resident Keralites […] Read more » news Non Resident Keralites Affairs Saudi Arabia todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News UNICEF calls for securing Syrian children’s future January 10, 2014 / January 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Tuesday urged the international community to scale up support for the Syrian children affected by the over-30-month crisis and to back up a global initiative of delivering assistance to them, Xinhua reported. The one-billion-dollar “No Lost Generation” initiative focuses on critical education and protection programs intended to lift Syrian […] Read more » news todays news todays top news Top news Unicef UNICEF securing Syrian children's future United Nations Children's Fund
Top Law News Court orders Musharraf to appear Jan 16 January 10, 2014 / January 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The special court trying former Pakistan president General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf for high treason on Thursday directed him to appear on January 16 failing which it would pass appropriate orders. The three-member court headed by Justice Faisal Arab in its order after hearing both sides in the morning, said that the reason for Mr. Musharraf’s […] Read more » Court orders Musharraf to appear Jan 16 Musharraf treason trial news Pervez Musharraf todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Lekhi to address BJP Gurgaon CA cell Jan 11 January 9, 2014 / January 9, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson and Supreme Court senior counsel Meenakshi Lekhi will address volunteers of the party’s newly-formed chartered accountants (CA) cell here Jan 11, a party spokesperson said Wednesday. Lekhi’s meeting will be attended by senior state leaders of the party, including national and state convenors of the CA cell. “The CA […] Read more » BJP national spokesperson and Supreme Court senior counsel Meenakshi Lekhi Lekhi to address BJP Gurgaon CA cell Jan 11 Meenakshi Lekhi news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Activists push for disability rights bill January 9, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Expressing concern over the delay in the passage of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, activists here Wednesday urged political parties to convene parliament to ensure that the legislation comes into existence at the earliest. Disabilities Activists Forum (DAF) – a platform of disability activists and organisations – called for strong political will for […] Read more » Activists push for disability rights bill DAF Disabilities Activists Forum disability rights bill news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Centre to reply to SC on re-examining allocation of coal blocks January 9, 2014 / January 9, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government will Thursday inform the Supreme Court whether it was inclined to re-examine the 32 coal blocks — allocated after 2006 to private companies by the screening committee of the coal ministry — that are core to the coal block allocation scam. “If you are going to cancel it, then we will have […] Read more » counsel Mukul Rohtagi counsel Vivek Tankha MMRD Act news re-examining allocation of coal blocks todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Victims of medical negligence demand justice January 9, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A number of victims of medical negligence Wednesday staged a protest in the capital, demanding justice and accountability from the health care system. “The main aim of our protest is to raise awareness among the public that they should fight when met with medical negligence,” Kunal Saha, president of People for Better Treatment (PBT), told […] Read more » daughter of late Justice J.S. Verma Delhi Medical Council justice and accountability from the health care system National Human Rights Commission news PBT People For Better Treatment president of PBT Kunal Saha todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Delhi HC stays SP office construction January 9, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday stayed the construction of the Samajwadi Party (SP) office here on Airport Authority of India’s (AAI) plea seeking handing over of the land to it on the ground that it was earlier allocated to it. As per the plea, the ministry of urban development July 2, 1985 allotted 2.0524 acres […] Read more » Advocate Sumit Pushkarna construction of the Samajwadi Party office on Airport Delhi HC stays SP office construction news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Delhi HC pulls up government, MCD over e-rickshaws January 9, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up the state government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for shifting the blame on each other on the issue of e-rickshaws plying on city roads without licences or number plates. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Jayant Nath came down heavily on the Delhi government and MCD. They said […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal Delhi High Court MCD over e-rickshaws news todays news todays top news Top news