Legal India CWG scam: Hearing on Jayachandran’s bail plea Wednesday January 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday adjourned till Jan 19 the hearing on the bail plea of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) official M. Jayachandran in the Queen’s Baton Relay scam. Justice Hima Kohli adjourned the matter after the argument was concluded by defence counsel R.K. Handoo. Jayachandran, joint director (finance) in the OC, was arrested […] Read more » bail CWG scam M. Jayachandran plea
Legal India Court defers framing of charges in 2008 Delhi blasts January 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday deferred till Jan 31 the framing of charges against 14 suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists for their alleged involvement in carrying out serial blasts here in 2008, in which 26 people were killed. Additional Sessions Judge Santosh Snehi Mann deferred the case and asked defence counsel to be prepared with arguments on […] Read more » 2008 blasts Delhi
Legal India Goa ‘custody’ death: Victim’s kin refuse to claim body January 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The kin of a non-resident Indian chef, who died allegedly after being beaten up in police custody earlier this month, have refused to claim his body from a government morgue until the policemen responsible for his killing are punished. Police have denied the charge of custodial death. Speaking to reporters in Panaji, Cosme Fernandes, a […] Read more » 'custody' death Goa
Legal India Court accepts plea by Sadhvi Pragya’s aide January 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Accepting a plea of Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh’s associate Ananth Brahmachari about being ‘harassed’ by investigators, the Delhi High Court Monday issued a notice to the centre, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Delhi Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta. The court has asked the three parties to appear before it April 6 with their […] Read more » Anti-Terrorist Squad Sadhvi Pragya
Legal India Spectrum scam tapes: PAC to examine journalists January 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 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 by Legal India Admin | 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 by Legal India Admin | 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 by Legal India Admin | 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 by Legal India Admin | 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 by Legal India Admin | 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