Legal India 62 convicted in fodder scam, 23 jailed January 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court here Friday convicted 62 people, including 27 government officials, in the 1996 multi-million fodder scam and 23 of them were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment ranging from three to five years. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge R.R. Tripathy pronounced the judgment in the case related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs.8.37 […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation fodder scam
Legal India Court raps Delhi government, power regulator January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday pulled up the Delhi government and the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) over appointment of members of the power regulator, saying it is “not happy with the state of affairs”.The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan sharply criticised the government and said “we have seen files […] Read more » Delhi government power regulator
Legal India Right to education to cover secondary schools soon: Sibal January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday hoped the Right to Education (RTE) act will cover secondary schools in the coming years. ‘In the coming five years similar rights will cover secondary education,’ Sibal said while addressing a function organised by the ministry and UNICEF. He said the act will address the problem of […] Read more » Human Resource Development kapil sibal Right to Education
Legal India More arbitration centres for commercial disputes planned January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on More arbitration centres for commercial disputes planned Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Monday said that the central government was looking at setting up arbitration centres for commercial disputes in every metropolitan city in the country. Speaking during a ceremony in Panaji, marked to unveil India’s first international arbitration outside the national capital, Moily also made a pitch for a paradigm shift […] Read more » arbitration centres commercial disputes
Legal India Gujarat not to aid rebuilding riot-damaged religious buildings January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Making its policy clear on the issue of granting aid to religious structures damaged in the 2002 riots, the Gujarat government Monday told the state high court that it will not provide any financial aid to them. The government pleader, P.K. Jani conveyed this to the first bench comprising Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice […] Read more » buildings religious riot-damaged
Legal India Delhi government’s power on consumer panel post restricted January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has restrained the Delhi government from taking a final decision on the appointment of two members in the state consumer commission. The court was hearing a plea questioning the government’s power to reserve two posts of the three-member commission – one for woman non-judicial member and the other for member (judicial). […] Read more » consumer panel
Legal India Citibank fraud: Victim seeks to withdraw complaint January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a new twist in the Rs.300 crore Citibank fraud, one of the high-profile victims Monday announced he was withdrawing his complaint against senior bank officials including its chief executive, Vikram Pandit. Police said this was not possible. ‘With reference to the FIR registered on Jan 4, 2011, concerning the fraudulent investment of funds from […] Read more » Citibank fraud
Legal India Make all Radia tapes public, apex court urged January 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a petition seeking the disclosure of all telephonic conversations of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia recorded by the Income Tax department. The department taped her conversations while intercepting her telephone calls in the wake of a complaint that she had amassed huge wealth in a […] Read more » Niira Radia
Legal India IT raids Katrina, Priyanka; seals lockers January 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Income Tax sleuths Monday sealed around a dozen lockers and seized incriminating documents after raids on the residences and offices of Bollywood personalities, including stars Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra and photographer Atul Kasbekar.According to official sources, besides Katrina, Priyanka and Kasbekar, the IT officers also raided Priyanka’s business manager Chand Mishra and a staff […] Read more » Katrina Priyanka
Legal India I am victim of political cross-fire, Thomas tells apex court January 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas Monday told the Supreme Court that he was the victim of a political cross-fire between late former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran and Left Democratic Front (LDF) leader and Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan.”Unfortunately, this respondent was caught in the middle of political battle which arose between the former chief […] Read more » Central Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas