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New law on child abuse?

   21 November 2008 at 19:13

New Delhi, Nov. 20: After many years of delay, India may finally have a comprehensive law to deal with atrocities against children. The Union law ministry has asked the women and child development ministry to prepare a comprehensive law on the issue ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   259 Views


Pro-tribal law disturbs toddy tappers

   21 November 2008 at 19:13

Khammam, May 15: The toddy tappers in Agency area are distressed at tribals being allowed rights on palm trees through a 1970 regulation. They are planning to launch an agitation to urge the government to relax the rules to protect them from poverty. ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   261 Views


Cost of estrangement keeps mounting for husbands

   21 November 2008 at 13:11

They Will Have To Reimburse Separated Wife’s Medical Expenses: SCNew Delhi: Cost of estrangement continues to mount for husbands — who are mandated by law to pay the wife maintenance — with the Supreme Court churning out judgments giving a very expan ..

Posted in Family Law |   432 Views


False rape charges cost woman Rs 10K

   21 November 2008 at 13:11

New Delhi: Irked that a woman levelled false rape allegations against her husband as a pressure tactic to force the couple’s parents to accept the marriage, Delhi HC has slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on her. Quashing an FIR lodged by her in September ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   244 Views


Will the National Judicial Council improve on existing measures?

   21 November 2008 at 13:11

The Union cabinet is reported to have decided to introduce a new version of the Judges (Inquiry) Amendment Bill. The 2008 Bill is believed to provide for establishing a National Judicial Council to inquire into allegations of “misbehaviour” or “incap ..

Posted in Others |   178 Views


Minister’s discharge from wealth case challenged in HC

   21 November 2008 at 13:11

Chennai: The discharge of health minister M R K Panneerselvam from a disproportionate wealth case has been challenged in the Madras high court. When a petition filed by the Cuddalore-based P Ravindran seeking to condone a delay of 310 days in filing ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   186 Views


Keep off probe, HC to politicians

   21 November 2008 at 13:11

Chennai: Seeking to free the city police from political shackles, the Madras high court made it clear that there should not be interference from any political quarter in the probe into the November 12 campus clash at the Dr Ambedkar Government Law Co ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   180 Views


SC collegium returns to govt judges’ names

   21 November 2008 at 09:20

New Delhi: Madras High Court Chief Justice AK Ganguly, Patna HC Chief Justice RM Lodha and Kerala HC Chief Justice HL Dattu will be the new judges of the Supreme Court, while there is a strong possibility of two more appointments. The way for their ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   296 Views


The truth about prize chits & money circulation schemes

   20 November 2008 at 22:11

The lure of easy money and ignorance draw the gullible into this trap time and again — I refer to prize chit schemes and money circulation schemes. In 1977, a woman in Tiruchi started a simple scheme. You pay her Rs 1,000 and, after 21 days, collect ..

Posted in Others |   2474 Views


HC awards Rs 6L compensation for student’s death

   20 November 2008 at 22:11

Chennai: Holding the government as being vicariously liable for the death of a school student, who died after his classmate banged his head against a wall, the Madras high court has awarded Rs 6 lakh compensation to his parents. Justice N Paul Vasan ..

Posted in Others |   207 Views