High Profile Cases Ex-DMK Minister held for land grabbing August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Tamil Nadu Minister and DMK leader N.K.K.P. Raja and four others were arrested in Erode on Thursday in connection with a land grabbing case. Raja becomes the second minister of the previous DMK regime to be taken into custody in the continuing crackdown by the AIADMK government on land grabbing, the first being […] Read more » DMK leader land grabbing case N.K.K.P. Raja Tamil Nadu Minister
Top Law News HC to hear petition challenging Lokpal Bill tomorrow August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Aug 31 A petition challenging the government’s action to present Gandhian Anna Hazare’s as well as its own Lokpal Bill in Parliament has been filed in the Delhi High Court and is slated to come up for hearing tomorrow. The petition filed by Delhi-based lawyer Manohar Lal Sharma has alleged that the […] Read more » Anna Hazare Delhi High Court Lokpal Bill in Parliament Petition challenging the government's action
High Profile Cases Pandya’s widow seeks arrest of real culprits August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ahmedabad, Aug 31 Jagruti Pandya, widow of slain BJP leader and former Gujarat Minister Haren Pandya, today sought cooperation of Chief Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leader L K Advani in the re-investigation into her husband’s murder so that “real culprits still roaming free” could be booked. Addressing a news conference two days […] Read more » BJP Leader Gujrat Chief Minister Haren Pandyatoday Jagruti Pandya L.K. Advani Narendra Modi
Top Law News Anna Hazare’s movement might become a case study for XLRI August 31, 2011 / August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin Gandhian Anna Hazare’s success with his anti-corruption movement might soon become a case study for management students at the famed XLRI School of Business and Human Resources. “The movement is fit as case study for budding management students here and we are seriously contemplating to look into various aspects of the movements, particularly Hazare’s […] Read more » Anna Hazare Anna Hazare's movement case study for XLRI XLRI
Top Law News Frivolous plea against PM costs lawyer Rs.1 lakh August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Frivolous plea against PM costs lawyer Rs.1 lakh A plea seeking prosecution of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the cash-for-votes A plea scam that rocked parliament during a trust vote in 2008 was Tuesday dismissed by the Delhi High Court, which also imposed a penalty of Rs.1 lakh on the petitioner lawyer. On July 22, 2008, three Bharatiya Janata Party members waved wads […] Read more » Frivolous plea against PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Top Law News Supreme court pulls up three states on vehicle number plates August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued contempt notices to Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh for failing to take steps to introduce digital high-security number plates for vehicles. The court asked them why exemplary cost should not be slapped on them for their default in carrying out the court’s direction. The Supreme court bench of […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court vehicle number plates
Top Law News Comprehensive law needed for judges: Parliamentary panel August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A parliamentary panel on Tuesday stressed the need for a “comprehensive law on judges’ appointmenst”, noting the present draft of the bill only addresses the issue “partially”. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice and Personnel submitted its report on the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010 in both Houses of Parliament. The bill […] Read more » Comprehensive law needed for judges high court judge Parliamentary panel Supreme Court judge
Top Law News One day, my fight will also be recognised: Irom Sharmila August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Irom Sharmila, on a hunger strike for the past 11 years, on Tuesday said a day would come when her fight against rights violations by security forces would be acknowledged by New Delhi like the way parliament had recognised Anna Hazare’s campaign against corruption. “The central government recognised Anna Hazare as a true Indian citizen […] Read more » AFSPA Armed Forces Special Powers Act Irom Sharmila
Top Law News Law on ailing delinquents passed August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Parliament Monday passed Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2010, to prevent separation of children suffering from diseases like leprosy and TB from others in juvenile homes. The bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha earlier this month. Moving the bill for consideration, in the absence of Women and Child Development Minister […] Read more » Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill 2010 Law on ailing delinquents Law on ailing delinquents passed
Top Law News Supreme court to examine Kerala education quota for poor August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to examine the validity of the Kerala government’s decision to extend 10% reservation for economically backward class students of the forward community. A bench of Justice DK Jain and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly, while admitting the petition filed by three organisations, said “let the hearing be expedited.” The bench sought […] Read more » Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice DK Jain Kerala education quota for poor Supreme Court
Top Law News Government evasive on Ramdev eviction,Supreme court told August 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told Monday that affidavits filed by the union home secretary and the Delhi Police chief on the June 4 eviction of yoga guru Baba Ramdev from the Ramlila ground here were evasive. Amicus curiae Rajiv Dhawan told an Supreme court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar that the affidavits […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Ramdev eviction Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Rajiv Gandhi killers move court for stay of hanging August 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The three convicts facing the gallows for their involvement in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi Monday moved the Madras High Court to stay their Sep 9 hanging. MDMK general secretary Vaiko and advocate N. Chandrasekaran filed the petition on behalf of the condemned prisoners – Murugan, Perarivalan and Santhan. “Vaiko has filed […] Read more » assassination of Rajiv Gandhi court for stay of hanging Madras High Court President Pratibha Patil Rajiv Gandhi killers Supreme Court