-The Times of India DELHI: Despite cases of intimidation of key witnesses being a routine, there is still no law in India on witness protection or to deal with threat to their life and otherwise from criminals and those in positions of power. Many witnesses died under mysterious circumstances in the Vyapam scam. In Asaram case, too several witnesses came under attack. Not long ago in the Jessica Lal murder case, several...
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Convicts can't be hanged secretly and hurriedly: Supreme Court -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Condemned prisoners also have a right to dignity, the Supreme Court has said holding that execution of death sentence cannot be carried out in an arbitrary, hurried and secret manner without allowing death row convicts to exhaust all legal remedies and meet family members. "Right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution does not end with the confirmation of the death sentence. Even in cases...
More »Centre Asked to Pay Compensation to Mother of Imphal Woman Shot by Assam Rifles -A Vaidyanathan and Anindita Sanyal
-NDTV New Delhi: The Supreme Court today ordered the Centre to pay a compensation of Rs. 10 lakh to the mother of Thangjam Manorama, a woman shot brutally to death by soldiers of the 17 Assam Rifles in 2004. The NHRC has also recommended that Rs. 10 lakh be paid to the family of Manorama. The death of the 34-year-old woman was followed by vociferous protests in the state that...
More »Green law to subsume existing authorities mooted -Nitin Sethi & Somesh Jha
-Business Standard A committee set up to review laws related to protection of environment and forests, headed by former Cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian, has recommended an omnibus green law that will not only subsume existing legislation, but also hold the potential to undo existing judicial pronouncements on environmental issues. The proposed law will also do away with all existing authorities created under the Environment Protection Act, 1986. The panel's report,...
More »No ordinance to amend land acquisition law, law minister Sadananda Gowda says
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Law minister Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday ruled out taking the ordinance route for any amendments in the Land Acquisition Act though he said the government was in favour of bringing some changes. "There is a proposal. The call has to be taken by the concerned (rural development) ministry," he said, without elaborating on the proposed changes. Finance minister Arun Jaitley had last week said the government will...
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