Legal India Spectrum scam tapes: PAC to examine journalists January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment Murli Manohar Joshi, who heads parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), said Sunday that the journalists whose names have surfaced in the 2G spectrum scam will have to appear before the panel. Joshi said that all those whose names were revealed in corporate lobbyist Nira Radia’s taped conversations cannot escape from appearing before the PAC. The […] Read more » Murli Manohar Joshi Spectrum scam tapes
Legal India Using RTI difficult for us, say Indians abroad January 16, 2011 | 1 Comment on Using RTI difficult for us, say Indians abroad Living overseas for education, employment or other reasons, Indians abroad find it difficult to use the Right to Information (RTI) Act due to the cumbersome fee-payment process. ‘Even after five years of the RTI Act, Indian citizens living abroad are unable to use it effectively because of a cumbersome fee payment system. The Indian government […] Read more » abroad Indians RTI
Legal India Another Kalmadi aide granted bail January 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday granted bail to former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) official Sanjay Mahendroo, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the Queen’s Baton Relay scam in London in 2009. A Patiala House court granted bail to Mahendroo, who was the deputy director general (marketing), as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) […] Read more » Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) Kalmadi
Legal India High court prompts Mayawati to release Banda rape victim January 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment Prompted by an Allahabad High Court directive, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday ordered the release of a 17-year-old rape victim whom a ruling Bahujan Samaj party lawmaker had falsely implicated in a theft case. Though it was a court holiday, senior judge Justice Rajesh Agrawal decided to take suo motto cognizance of the case […] Read more » Banda rape victim Mayawati
Legal India Swamy moves court against Sibal’s attack on CAG January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Friday moved the Supreme Court against the ”intemperate and uncalled for public attack” by Communications Minister Kapil Sibal on the ”CAG methodology”for calculating the loss in allocating 2G spectrum in 2008 at 2001 prices. Swamy said that the way Sibal has led the attack on the CAG methodology for calculating […] Read more » Communications Minister kapil sibal Subramanian Swamy
Legal India Thousands offer Friday prayers at site of demolished mosque January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment Thousands of Muslims offered Friday prayers at the site of a mosque in south Delhi that was demolished by the authorities for being built on public land, as protests were held at three places in the capital, including the walled city, against the demolition.Around 1,500 people, including Syed Ahmed Bukhari, the Shahi Imam of Jama […] Read more » demolished mosque
Legal India Why hide names of foreign account holders, asks apex court January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government what was its difficulty in disclosing the names of people who have stashed away huge amounts of money in Swiss and German banks in Liechtenstein principality in Europe.”What is the privilege” in not disclosing their names, asked the apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and […] Read more » account apex court CBDT foreign holders The Central Board of Direct Taxes
Legal India Kalmadi aide Darbari gets bail in Baton Relay scam January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday granted bail to former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee official T.S. Darbari, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the Queen’s Baton Relay scam. Justice Hima Kohli granted Darbari bail as the CBI was unable to file a charge sheet against him within the stipulated 60 days of his arrest. […] Read more » Baton Relay scam Suresh Kalmadi T.S. Darbari
Legal India ‘Information commissioners cause loss of Rs. 86 crores’ January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment Information Commissioners across the country caused a loss of Rs. 86 crores to the exchequer during the last fiscal by not imposing penalties in cases where they should have under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, a study released here Thursday said. Public Cause Research Foundation studied 76,813 orders passed by 87 information commissioners and […] Read more » commissioners Information
Legal India PF scam: Judges plead illness against appearing in court January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment A court Thursday rejected the applications and medical certificates submitted by the six retired judges chargesheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Rs.6.58 crore provident fund scam. The CBI special court had summoned 20 accused in the provident fund scam case Thursday. The CBI counsel demanded non-bailable warrant against the absent judges. The […] Read more » PF scam
