-The Indian Express From barring independent candidates from contesting elections to making it mandatory for corporates to seek shareholders' approval at their annual general meetings before donating funds to political parties, the Law Commission of India is set to recommend sweeping electoral reforms in its 255th report which will be submitted to the government on Thursday. Sources in the commission told The Indian Express that the panel has also opposed compulsory voting....
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HC upholds Rs 50k relief to JU professor over toon row
-The Times of India KOLKATA: In yet another legal blow to the Mamata Banerjee government, Calcutta High Court on Tuesday upheld the compensation recommended by West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) to Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra, who was arrested in 2012 for forwarding an email joke on the chief minister. Justice Dipankar Datta also ordered a probe into the role of two police officers involved in the arrest of Mahapatra and...
More »Attorney general is a public authority, must be under RTI: HC -Abhinav Garg
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Attorney General is not merely a lawyer for the government, but is a constitutional authority, the Delhi High Court has said, bringing the top law officer under the ambit of the RTI Act. Justice Vibhu Bakhru on Tuesday held the office of AG to be a "public authority" as per the transparency act and reversed the decision of the Central Information Commission (CIC). In 2012...
More »In Delhi, 70% of accused in crimes on women go free -Richi Verma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: For every four Delhiites charged with sexual offences, nearly three go scot free. Figures from Delhi Commission of Women's latest annual report (2013-14) shows the acquittal rate in the capital for crimes against women continues to be as high as 70% even as the number of cases steadily rises. According to the report, released on International Women's Day, not only are women in the capital still...
More »No country for women -Vidya Venkat
-The Hindu Law is merely an instrumentality of justice, to deliver it remains in the hands of those vested with the responsibility of implementing them - the police, the courts and the lawyers. Thanks to the documentary India's Daughter by British film-maker Leslee Udwin, the subject of sexual violence and attitudes towards women in India is back in the national headlines. Over two years ago, when the rape of a 23-year-old paramedical...
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