Legal India Release Muslim youths held for Malegaon blast, say scholars January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment Muslim intellectuals Monday asked the Maharashtra government to free young Muslim men held in connection with the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast, following the recent statements of arrested Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Swami Aseemanand. Aseemanand, who was arrested last year, in a confessional statement before a magistrate said that he along with other Hindu activists […] Read more » Malegaon blast
Legal India Women demand codification of Muslim Personal Law January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment Activists of the Muslim Mahila Andolan from different parts of Uttar Pradesh converged in Lucknow on Sunday to demand codification of the Muslim Personal Law, which they say is being “misinterpreted to the disadvantage of women”. They also demanded an “immediate ban” on the malpractice of divorce by triple utterance of the word ‘Talaaq’. Prominent […] Read more » Muslim Personal Law
Legal India Law students to assist Gujarat courts January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment The Gujarat National Law University has decided to send its fifth year students to the Gujarat High Court to assist the judiciary, Vice Chancellor Bimal Patel said Sunday. The university will also send its fourth year students to various lower courts in Ahmedabad, Patel said. The decision was taken after Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya asked […] Read more » Law students
Legal India Prashan Bhushan attacks Sibal January 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment In a blistering attack on Communications Minister Kapil Sibal for saying that the audit report on auction of second generation (2G) telecom spectrum was erroneous, senior Supreme Court counsel Prashant Bhushan Saturday said that it amounted to largely giving a clean chit to his disgraced predecessor A. Raja. DMK leader Raja had to step down […] Read more » Prashan Bhushan Supreme Court counsel
Legal India Citibank fraud: Hero official’s police custody extended January 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment Sanjay Gupta, a top official of the Hero Group arrested in the Rs.300 crore Citibank fraud case, was Saturday sent to seven days’ police custody by a local court. Police, while seeking an extension in his remand, told the court that they wanted to question him to recover Rs.4 crore. They said they also wanted […] Read more » Citibank fraud
Legal India Arushi murder case closure ‘setback’ for CBI: Former chief January 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) decision to close the probe in the Arushi Talwar murder case is both a ‘failure’ and ‘big setback’ for the country’s premier probe agency and may damage its image, says its former chief. ‘The murder has been committed. Two bodies are found. You can’t identify and execute the culprit? […] Read more » Arushi murder case CBI closure
Legal India Supreme Court panel vetoes mining by Reddy brothers January 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) Friday recommended the cancellation of the mining leases of Reddy brothers in the Bellary reserved forest area, saying they were engaged in illegal mining. The CEC recommended to the forest bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice Aftab Alam and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan to cancel their mining […] Read more » Bellary reserved forest area Reddy brothers Supreme Court
Legal India Security forces cannot solve every problem in Chhattisgarh: Court January 8, 2011 / January 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment The apex court Friday observed that sending security forces to Maoist-affected Chhattisgarh for dealing with every problem would not lead to a solution. The court also wondered if there was no solution to the problem by which tribals displaced due to the Salwa Judum civil milita movement in the state could return to their villages […] Read more » Gopal Subramanium Security forces Solicitor General (SG)
Legal India Re-investigate Madhavpura Cooperative Bank scam: Prosecutor January 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment The special public prosecutor in the over Rs.2,000 crore Madhavpura Mercantile Cooperative Bank Scam Friday demanded reinvestigation of the case and enquiry against the police official who probed it. Chetan Shah said Friday that he had made a written submission for this before the Ahmedabad special metropolitan magistrate as the charge-sheet lacked evidentiary value. ‘The […] Read more » Madhavpura Cooperative Bank scam
Legal India High Court seeks records in Binayak Sen conviction January 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment The division bench of Chhattisgarh high court in Bilaspur on Friday sought case records of the trial court that awarded life imprisonment to rights activist Binayak Sen on December 24. The court had posted January 24 as the next date for hearing Sen’s bail application. The division bench has sought the record from the trial […] Read more » Binayak Sen conviction
