Legal India PF scam: Court threatens warrants against accused judges February 1, 2011 / March 22, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court trying the provident fund (PF) scam Monday asked the defence lawyers for the six accused judges to furnish an undertaking to ensure their clients’ presence before the court otherwise warrants would be issued against them. The court’s warning came when it found that the six judges had […] Read more » A.K. Singh Arun Kumar Court threatens PF scam R.N. Mishra R.P. Mishra R.P. Yadav R.S. Chaubey warrants against accused judges
Legal India Kerala government told to take over Padmanabhaswamy temple January 31, 2011 / March 22, 2016 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Kerala government told to take over Padmanabhaswamy temple The Kerala High Court Monday asked the state government to take over control of the 16th century Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple in the heart of the capital city. The temple, at present, is maintained by the erstwhile royal family of Travancore. A division bench of the court gave the direction while disposing a bunch of petitions […] Read more » Kerala government Padmanabhaswamy temple take over Padmanabhaswamy temple
Legal India Actors, filmmakers protest Binayak Sen’s jail term January 31, 2011 / March 22, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment About 150 people marked the Martyrs Day Sunday by staging a protest in Mumbai as part of a nationwide agitation against the life imprisonment awarded to rights activist Binayak Sen. The group that included artists, activists and common people chanted slogans like “Shame on you, Chhattisgarh government” and “Free Dr. Binayak Sen”. Calling the judgment […] Read more » Actors Binayak Sen Binayak Sen's jail term filmmakers protest
Legal India 2G scam, Radia tapes, black money cases at Supreme court this week January 30, 2011 / March 28, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment For the Central Government battling legal cases on sensitive issues, it is a crucial week ahead at the Supreme Court. At least four major legal tangles, riveting the nation’s attention, are slated at the Supreme Court. The four cases closely followed across the nation are: the 2G spectrum allocation scam, corporate lobbyist Niira Radia’s tapes, […] Read more » 2G scam black money Radia tapes
Legal India Thousands march against corruption in Delhi January 30, 2011 / March 28, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Holding aloft banners and shouting slogans against rising levels of corruption in the country, thousands of people from all age groups stepped out of their homes Sunday to demand an effective anti-graft law. Streaming banners that read ‘Corruption: Enough is enough’ and ‘Common people are raped in government offices’, the protestors gathered at the Ramlila […] Read more » corruption march against corruption Thousands march against corruption in Delhi
Legal India Fodder scam: 35 sentenced to prison January 29, 2011 / March 28, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thirty-five convicts in a case related to the multi-crore-rupee fodder scam were Saturday sentenced to imprisonment ranging from six-four years and slapped fines of up to Rs.2 crore by a special CBI court in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge of R.R. Tripathy Friday pronounced judgment in the case revolving around […] Read more » fodder scam
Legal India Moily for CBI probe into Karnataka church attacks January 29, 2011 / March 28, 2016 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Moily for CBI probe into Karnataka church attacks Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Saturday said the judicial panel, which absolved the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Hindu groups of attacks on churches in Karnataka, had suppressed the truth. ‘Only a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will bring out the truth,’ he told reporters here a day after the justice […] Read more » Karnataka church attacks M. Veerappa Moily Moily Moily for CBI probe Union Law Minister
Legal India Ishrat Jahan case: Illustrative evidence of staged shootout, court told January 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There was illustrative evidence to ‘suspect beyond reasonable doubt’ that the killing of Mumbai college girl Ishrat Jahan and three of her companions in 2004 was done in a staged shootout, a member of the Gujarat High Court-appointed SIT member told the court Friday. ‘There are scientific and circumstantial evidence against the version provided in […] Read more » Ishrat Jahan case
Legal India Supreme Court dismisses plea to stop Haj subsidy January 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a petition by former Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Hindu ideologue Praful Goradia seeking the abolition of the subsidy given to Haj pilgrims. “There is no force in this petition and it is dismissed,” the court said. The court also said that a “very small expenditure in proportion to the […] Read more » Haj subsidy
Legal India ‘This is not America’, court tells married man in live-in relationship January 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “This is not America”, is what the Delhi High Court Friday told a 22-year-old woman in a live-in relationship with her brother-in-law, who had deserted her sister and two children and sought the court protection on the ground that they faced a threat to their lives from her family members. Justice Hema Kohli pulled up […] Read more » live-in relationship
