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Cyber Law Update August 2008 - Issue No. 5 Dear All, Please find append herewith a link of Cyber Law Update August 2008 - Issue No. 5 http://cyberlawupdate.blogspot.com/ Warm regards, Dipak G. Parmar dipak@lawyer.com ..

RTI group to plead your case by B K Ganesh,TNN, 12 Aug 2008 BANGALORE: People power is all set to take on a new avatar in Bangalore, and police officials will feel its impact. Mahithi Hakku Jagruthi Vedike, a group of RTI activists, will launch a service to assist citizens in their dealings with the police. This voluntary organization will help you register your police complaint and h..

Disability is lack of ability relative to a personal or group standard or spectrum. Disability may involve physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive or intellectual impairment, mental disorder (also known as psychiatric disability), or various types of chronic disease. A disability may occur during a person's lifetime or may be present from birth. Disability may be seen as resulting di..

Backgrounder The Central Government has been implementing a scheme called Development of Infrastructure Facilities for the Judiciary since 1993-94. The scheme is operated on a 50:50 basis. • Till date an amount of Rs.794.44 crore has been provided to the States and Uts to augment their resources for construction of courts and residential accommodation for the judiciary. The State Government..

Headmaster jailed for burning National Flag. KOLLAM (KERALA): Headmaster of an Upper Primary School near here was on Saturday sentenced to one year imprisonment by a lower court in connection with a case of burning the national flag on Republic Day in 2005. Abdul Wahab removed the National Flag hoisted in front of a Lower Primary School at Akkel in the district on the Republic Day and burned..

Hon'ble Justice Tirath Singh Thakur to take Oath as new Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court on 11-08-2008. The Oath ceremony to be held in Haryana Raj Bhavan...

Legalise homosexuality New Delhi, August 8: Observing that India was witnessing a stabilisation of the HIV epidemic, the Union Health Ministry favoured legalising homosexuality and removing discrimination against other vulnerable sections like sex workers in order to contain spread of the dreaded virus. "India's dedicated focus on HIV prevention is fetching dividends. We are seeing the begin..

There is no prescribed procedure for dealing with mercy petitions under Article 72 of the Constitution which deals with the President's power to grant pardon and to suspend, remit or commute death sentences, the Home Ministry has told the Central Information Commission. The information was disclosed by the Ministry during a hearing on a RTI plea seeking details of the procedure for ex..

The Supreme Court on Friday permitted South Korean steel major Posco to set up Rs 51,000-crore mega steel plant and captive minor port in Paradeep, Orissa. A special environmental bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan allowed Posco India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Korea-based Posco, to go ahead with its plans. With this order, the apex court has also cleared forest diversion..

i am an advocate and its a news to me as well as to other lawyers that Justice RAKESH SAXENA OF M.P.High Court got bumps & slaps by some ARMY PERSONALS at Jabalpur railway station.And in protest of which Indore High Court Advocates kept themself away from work on 08/08/08...

Cyber Law Update August 2008 - Issue No. 4 Dear All, Please find append herewith a link of Cyber Law Update August 2008 - Issue No. 4 http://cyberlawupdate.blogspot.com/ Warm regards, Dipak G. Parmar dipak@lawyer.com ..

An average of four people are killed every day in India's jails or police stations, says a report by a human rights watchdog. The watchdog found that 7,468 people had been killed in prison or police custody in the last five years, which works out to an average of over four per day. The report, "Torture in India 2008: A State of Denial", released by the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), sta..

RBI may Bring Relief for Credit Card Holders December 18, 2007 In an effort to make the credit card operations more transparent, RBI may make it compulsory for banks to repay the small credit balance to cardholders in case the card is left inactive for more than six months. The rule applies for cardholders who have a credit balance of Rs 100 or lower in the account. The RBI has observed..

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court's order lifting the ban on SMS services which allegedly was aggravating the violence by spreading the rumours during the on-going protest on Amarnath land transfer row. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan also stayed the High Court direction asking the district administration to treat press identity cards issued..

Madras High Court today ordered notice to the Union Law Ministry, Tamil Nadu Government and former Additional Judge N Kannadasan on a petition, challenging Mr Kannadasan's appointment as the State Consumer Disputes Redressel Commission President. A Division Bench, comprising Mr Justice P K Misra and Mr Justice K Kannan directed the petitioners to remove the name of Chief Justice A K Gangul..