Constitution of India

On 31st July 2010, President Pratibha Patil made her inaugural address before an august gathering assembled at Vigyan Bhavan for the legal workshop sessions scheduled to begin as part of the All India Seminar on Judicial Reforms.

On 31^st July 2010, Justice S.H. Kapadia, the Chief Justice of India made the presidential address before the distinguished audience at the legal workshop series held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Before he began, P.H.Parekh, the President of the Indian Confederation of Bar, gave the audience a brief introduction, stating, “The CJI is a role model for the lawyers and law students of India. Our CJI talks less and does more. About 14 topics for the working sessions of this seminar were selected under his guidance.”

On 31^st July 2010, Harish Salve began the opening session of the legal workshop series held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The name, Harish Salve, needs no formal introduction for such has been his brilliance, fame and success as a lawyer.

On 31^st July 2010, for once, the rains nearly spoiled it.

With much excitement and anticipation, I waited for the inaugural session of the All India Seminar on Judicial Reforms (Balance Sheet of 60 years of the administration of Justice under the Indian Constitution 1950 – 2010) to begin. The venue is Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. A legal workshop like this cannot be missed as it touches varied facets of Indian law.

In July 2010, the Supreme Court of India held that a person is entitled to interim bail pending disposal of the main application, as this is a constitutional right in consonance with Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The ruling was delivered to protect the reputation of persons, who are lodged in prison.

Education is every citizen’s legal right. In India, a majority of girls are not given education by their families. In South India, this problem is particularly high in the state of Karnataka. To solve this, the Government of India will launch the Saakshar Bharat scheme in Karnataka to curb female illiteracy.  To start with, this scheme will cover Karnataka’s 17 districts, that have low female literacy rates.

The most talked about star of the FIFA World Cup 2010, Psychic Paul, has received Spanish citizenship. The octopus had become a household name throughout FIFA 2010 for his accurate predictions. Octopus Paul had gained a huge fan following in Spain, after predicting Spain’s victory in the semi-finals and finals of the FIFA World cup, 2010.

Psychic Paul was awarded the honorary citizenship, personally by Carlos Montes, the mayor of Spain's town Caballero. Montes presented him a silver plaque and a statue of its best known cephalopod. Further, octopus Paul has also received an invitation to Carballino’s annual octopus festival. However, it is said that octopus Paul is not likely to leave his home town.

The consumerist culture has become a cancerous growth in Kerala’s once-golden culture. In nearly every home, there is purposeful, ostentatious display of consumerism, paving the way for an unhappy, highly criminalized society with increasing levels of sexual harassment and violence against women.

India legal news reports indicate that incidents of violence against women are increasing in India. The latest statistics reveal that every third minute a case of violence against women is reported in India. Nearly 50 cases of dowry related violence are registered. To save family honor and reputation, many cases of sexual harassment and violence against women are not reported.

As per India legal news reports, the apex court held that students who are lured by unrecognized and non-affiliated educational institutes, through misleading advertisements, should be compensated adequately. This is a significant decision that has great relevance for today’s students. Everywhere across the country, there are new institutes claiming to be the best ones for training or grooming students into experts in the domain. However, most students may not do a thorough check at all and get cheated by unscrupulous institutes. The court said that such duped students can be compared to victims of train accidents. The court referred to them as victims of career accidents. To prevent such incidents in future, such fake institutes shall be made to pay.