Legal India CBI raids premises of CWG officials February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment Premises of senior officials of the Organising Committee (OC) of the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) were Friday raided in the capital by the CBI for suspected irregularities in overlays contracts, officials said.”Raids were conducted at various locations today (Friday) morning,” a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official told. The CWG held Oct 3-14 last year […] Read more » Binu Nanu Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chairman Suresh Kalmadi Commonwealth Games (CWG) M. Jayachandran OC secretary general Lalit Bhanot Prime Minister Manmohan Sanjay Mahindroo Shekhar Deorukhkar T.S. Darbari
Legal India Mosque demolition: Clean-chit for Advani challenged by CBI February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment The CBI Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict discharging Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani and 20 others of the allegation of demolishing the Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya Dec 6, 1992. Advani and 20 others were discharged by the high court May 20, 2010 in a case in […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Babri Masjid Bharatiya Janata Party leader Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Clean-chit L.K. Advani Mosque demolition Supreme Court
Legal India Apex court seeks status report on K.G. Balakrishnan February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment Supreme Court Friday asked Attorney General G. Vahanvati to submit the status report on the home ministry’s investigation into a complaint alleging former chief justice K.G. Balakrishnan possessed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatantra Kumar gave the attorney […] Read more » apex court Attorney General G. Vahanvati Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatantra K.G. Balakrishnan National Human Rights Commission President Pratibha Patil Supreme Court
Legal India PF scam: court adjourns hearing till March 14 February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ghaziabad on Friday adjourned till March 14 the hearing of the provident fund (PF) scam involving misappropriation of funds in the accounts of class III and IV employees of the Ghaziabad court. CBI judge AK Singh adjourned the hearing in view of the strike called by the […] Read more » CBI judge AK Singh CBI judge Rama Jain Central Bureau of Investigation Ghaziabad court provident fund (PF) scam
Legal India Deadline for ban on gutka in plastic sachet stays February 17, 2011 / February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment In a setback for chewing tobacco manufacturers, the Supreme Court Thursday declined to extend the March 1 deadline banning the marketing of tobacco products in plastic sachets.An apex court bench of Justices G.S Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly, however, said the central government’s rules prohibiting the plastic packaging, which was to come into force with immediate […] Read more » Ban on Gutkas Justices A.K. Ganguly Justices G.S Singhvi Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium
Legal India Compulsory education gives poor right to dignity: Court February 17, 2011 / February 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court said Thursday provision of free and compulsory education to the disadvantaged sections of society was to afford them a right to live with dignity. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar made the observation in the course of the hearing of a […] Read more » Right to Education Supreme Court
Legal India Not attacking judiciary, but corrupt judges: Congress MP February 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment Congress MP K.Sudhakaran, who is facing heat following his remarks that he witnessed an apex court judge taking a bribe, Thursday said he was not attacking the judiciary but corrupt judges. ‘In my speech last week, I never ever uttered a word against the judiciary, but I mentioned that I was witness to a bribe […] Read more » Chief Minister K.Karunakaran.
Legal India Notice to environment ministry on Adarsh society’s plea February 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Thursday sought the response of the union environment ministry on a petition by members of the scam-hit Adarsh Housing Society challenging the ministry’s order to demolish the 31-storey building. Issuing notice, Justice D.K. Deshmukh asked the ministry to file its reply by March 8. The ministry Jan 16 ordered that the […] Read more » Adarsh society's plea
Legal India Raja goes to Tihar Jail, looks calm February 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment Former communications minister A. Raja, arrested in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam, was Thursday sent to Tihar Jail on 14 days judicial custody by a Delhi court. Wearing a dark grey safari suit, Raja looked calm and collected, his face betraying no emotion, as the order came.Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge […] Read more » A. Raja CBI Tihar Jail
Legal India Kalmadi aide’s CBI custody extended February 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday extended the CBI custody of former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi’s aide Shekhar Deorukhkar by two more days. He was sent to five-day remand Feb 12. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge O.P. Saini allowed the CBI’s plea to quiz him for two more days. Deorukhkar was […] Read more » CBI Suresh Kalmadi
