Legal India Dalai Lama to receive IF Award August 9, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Civil Rights Museum in the US will confer the International Freedom Award on the Dalai Lama for his “steadfast commitment to protecting and defending the rights of oppressed people of Tibet “. Read more » Law News Legal News
Legal India Apex Court stop UP from demolishing Lucknow jail August 8, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court suspended its own order that had allowed the Uttar Pradesh government to raze to the ground the sprawling 195-acre Lucknow Jail to pave the way for construction of an ecological park. Read more » Law News Legal News
Legal India court dismisses plea August 8, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Dismissing a PIL petition filed against the unveiling of Thiruvalluvar statue at Ulsoor, the Karnataka High Court gave a free hand to the State Government to initiate action against organisations and persons, including the petitioners, if they organised any bandh or agitation against the function scheduled for Sunday. A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice P.D. […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Legal India President inauguration Armed Forces Tribunal August 8, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Pratibha Patil inaugurated the Armed Forces Tribunal, an exclusive court for nearly 2.5 million serving and retired defence personnel. The principal bench of the tribunal will start functioning Monday. Read more » Law News Legal News
Legal India Bail application of Vikas and Vishal dismissed August 7, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court dismissed the bail applications of Vikas and Vishal Yadav, who are serving life sentence for killing Nitish Katara. Read more » Law News Legal News
Legal India Law panel for division of SC into five benches August 7, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Law Commission of India has recommended division of the Supreme Court in four regional benches at Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai or Hyderabad besides another one at Delhi to adjudicate on matters involving only constitutional questions. Read more » Law News Legal News
Legal India HC seeks government’s views on plea against salary hike for MLAs August 7, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Division Bench of the Madras High Court ordered the government pleader to get instructions from the government on a public interest litigation petition seeking a direction to the State Finance Secretary not to implement the salary hike announced for MLAs. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice H.L.Gokhale and Justice D. Murugesan, posted the matter for […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Legal India Death for three in 2003 Mumbai bomb blasts case August 7, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Prevention of Terrorism Act court on Thursday sentenced to death all the three persons convicted in the bomb blasts case of 2003. The explosions claimed 54 lives and injured 244 people. The case comprises blasts at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar on August 25, 2003, the blast aboard a bus at […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Legal India Exclusion of non-serious candidates from elections August 3, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bill, namely, the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Bill, 2008 has been introduced in Rajya Sabha on the 24th October,2008, which inter-alia includes among others, the proposal to increase the security deposit of the candidates from Rs.10000 to Rs.25000 and Rs.5000 to Rs.10000 for Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha respectively, which would be […] Read more » Law News Legal News
Legal India DoPT initiatives to strengthen RTI Act August 3, 2009 / August 13, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on DoPT initiatives to strengthen RTI Act Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has initiated action on a proposal to review the Second Schedule to the RTI Act, 2005 which contains the names of security and intelligence organizations exempt from its purview, with a view to strengthen the RTI Act. It is being examined whether some of the organizations could be deleted […] Read more » Law News Legal News