High Profile Cases Gujarat told to provide security to Bhatt, family October 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Tuesday asked the Gujarat government to provide adequate security to police officer Sanjiv Bhatt, arrested on charges of insubordination, and his family. The home ministry instructions to Gujarat came hours after an Ahmedabad court reserved, for Oct 7, its orders on the state’s revision petition against the judicial remand of the […] Read more » Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Home Minister P. Chidambaram Sabarmati Express in Godhra Sanjeev Bhatt Sessions Judge G.N. Patel
Criminal Law News Cocaine case: Fardeen charged with lighter offence October 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai sessions court Tuesday framed charges against actor Fardeen Khan for attempting to buy cocaine in a 2001 case, dropping against him the graver charge of possessing over two grams of the drug that carried a maximum punishment of 10 years in jail. The offence with which he has been charged now carries a […] Read more » Cocaine case Fardeen Khan Narcotics Control Bureau NCB
Top Law News School slaps ‘property tax’ on students, parents move court October 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Parents of children studying in a private school in east Delhi have moved the Delhi High Court challenging the institution’s decision to collect from them Rs.430 per month as “property tax”. Justice Kailash Gambhir Monday issued notice to St. Lawrence Convent Senior Secondary School, the Delhi government and government auditor seeking their response on the […] Read more » Comptroller and Auditor General Delhi High Court Justice Kailash Gambhir School slaps 'property tax' on students
Top Law News No communication from high court: Kashmir government October 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jammu and Kashmir government Monday denied it had received any communication from the state high court regarding the nomination of a sitting judge for a probe into the death of a ruling National Conference (NC) worker Sep 30. Reacting to a news item carried by a section of the local press and IANS, Home […] Read more » High Court Home Commissioner B.R. Sharma Kashmir government National Conference Supreme Court
Top Law News Goa to pass Lokayukta law this week: Digambar Kamat October 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Goa government will present and pass its own Lokayukta law in the two-day legislative assembly session starting Oct 5, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said Monday. Speaking to reporters after the Congress-led government’s cabinet meeting, Kamat said that the council of ministers had approved the Lok Ayukta Bill. It ‘would be tabled and passed […] Read more » Digambar Kamat Goa Lokayukta law
Top Law News 2G case: Bail plea hearing of five accused deferred October 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Monday deferred the hearing on the bail pleas of five accused in the 2G spectrum scam. The hearing on the bail pleas of Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal, both directors of Kusegaon Fruits & Vegetables Pvt Ltd, and Cineyug Films director Karim Morani was deferred till October 17. The hearing on […] Read more » 2G case Asif Balwa bail plea DMK MP Kanimozhi Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar Karim Morani Rajiv Agarwal RK Chandolia Shahid Balwa
Media & Entertainment News Montek, Ramesh consensus on poverty line definition October 3, 2011 / October 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Montek, Ramesh consensus on poverty line definition Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Monday said the panel and the government had come to a consensus on the issue of defining people below the poverty line, which had triggered strong opposition from activists. “We have reached a consensus over the issue. He (Ramesh) would be joining me to address a press […] Read more » consensus on poverty line definition Jairam Ramesh Montek SAingh Ahluwalia
Criminal Law News ‘High court judge can’t probe Kashmir custodial death’ October 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has turned down the state government’s request that a sitting judge of the court probe the custodial death of National Conference (NC) worker Sayeed Muhammad Yousuf, official sources said on Monday. According to sources, chief justice KM Kalifullah has told the state government that it is not within his […] Read more » chief justice KM Kalifullah high court judge Jammu and Kashmir High Court Kashmir custodial death NC) worker Sayeed Muhammad Yousuf Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Ex-CJI concerned over delay in Gujarat riots cases October 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former chief justice of India J.S. Verma Saturday expressed concern that the perpetrators of human rights violations in the 2002 Gujarat riots are still unpunished. ‘That’s something that disturbs me as it would disturb every reasonable person in our country,’ Justice Verma told NDTV 24X7 news channel in an interview. Responding to the recent Supreme […] Read more » chief justice of India J.S. Verma Ex-CJI Gujarat riots cases NHRC
Media & Entertainment News Kashmir villager sends Rs.26 to Manmohan, Montek October 2, 2011 / October 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Kashmir villager sends Rs.26 to Manmohan, Montek A villager from Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir Saturday said he has sent demand drafts of Rs.26 — the Planning Commission’s poverty line cut-off for rural areas — to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and the commission’s Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahulwalia and asked them to show how to spend […] Read more » Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Kashmir villager Manmohan Singh Montek Singh Ahulwalia Planning Commission Rs.26 to Manmohan Rs.26 to Montek Supreme Court
Top Law News Probe if MCOCA can be slapped on Hasan Ali: Court October 2, 2011 / October 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Saturday directed Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik to appoint an officer to investigate if the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) can be slapped on alleged money launderer and tax evader Hasan Ali Khan. The order was given after the court heard a petition of Mumbai-based social activist I.G. […] Read more » Bombay High Court ED Enforcement Directorate Hasan Ali Hasan Ali Khan MCOCA
High Profile Cases Make me cash-for-vote scam witness, not accused: Kulkarni October 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Make me cash-for-vote scam witness, not accused: Kulkarni Sudheendra Kulkarni, a former aide of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani and arrested in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, Saturday told a Delhi court that he should be made a witness in the case instead of an accused. “The court should make me a witness in the case, not accused. My only motive was […] Read more » cash-for-vote scam witness Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal Sudheendra Kulkarni