High Profile Cases Experts begin documenting Kerala temple treasure August 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court appointed committee of experts Monday began documentation of the Rs.1 lakh crore worth of treasure uncovered in the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple here. Director General of the National Museum, C.V. Ananda Bose, who heads the five-member panel, led his colleagues after 3 p.m into the place where the treasure has been stored in […] Read more » documenting Experts Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice M.N. Krishnan Justice R.V. Raveendran Kerala temple treasure late T.P. Sunderarajan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Police mum on Hazare request for fast August 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Police mum on Hazare request for fast Gandhian Anna Hazare on Monday said police has not indicated whether or not he can hold a hunger strike against corruption at the Jantar Mantar here from Aug 16. “We sent an application to the police commissioner seeking permission for the fast but have got no response. There has been no formal letter denying us […] Read more » activist Arvind Kejriwal anti-graft Lokpal bill Hazare request for fast against corruption
High Profile Cases CBI selectively targeting some in 2G case: Shahid Balwa August 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa Monday told a Delhi court that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was selectively targeting some firms in the 2G spectrum case. He asked how could he have caused a loss to the national exchequer when the prime minister and Communications Minister Kapil Sibal have said that there was […] Read more » 2G scam 2G spectrum case CBI CBI selectively targeting some in 2G case kapil sibal Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Shahid Balwa Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa theCentral Bureau of Investigation
Top Law News Greater Noida farmers now want Rs.11,500 per square metre August 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Farmers from Greater Noida Sunday demanded a compensation at the rate of Rs.10,000-11,500 per square metre for their acquired lands, a village headman said. The demand is a part of a charter to be given to the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority and filed in the Allahabad High Court, which is hearing the farmers’ petitions […] Read more » Allahabad High Court GPM Gramin Panchayat Morcha Greater Noida farmers Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority land acquisition in Greater Noida
Media & Entertainment News Delhi hosts Slut Walk, flays sexual violence July 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment She was being raped- in a street play. Stunned, the audience looked on, as the other actors — both men and women-asked them why no one steps forward as scores of women in the city are sexually assaulted every day. The play was a part of India’s first Slut Walk, also called as ‘Besharmi Morcha’. […] Read more » 'Slut Walk' Besharmi Morcha flays sexual violence Parliament Street to Jantar Mantar. sexual violence
Top Law News ‘Change mindset towards widows’ July 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The mindset towards widows needs to be changed — this was the dominent view to emerge from discussions of religious leaders and social activists here on the status of widows, who are still virtually treated as outcasts in most Indian societies. The Guild of Service in collaboration with UN Women organised a meet here Friday […] Read more » 'Change mindset towards widows' Ekal Nari Sansthan UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women
Top Law News Employer’s stand final on pay for suspended staff: Supreme court July 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Employer’s stand final on pay for suspended staff: Supreme court The Supreme Court has held that even if a suspended government employee was acquitted in a criminal trial, his reinstatement would not necessarily entail payment of wages for the suspension period and the employer’s stand on the issue would be final. The apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik said Thursday […] Read more » Employer's stand final on pay for suspended staff GHMC Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Delhi all set for its first Slutwalk July 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The virtual world was Saturday abuzz with last minute invitations, even as preparations were in full swing for the capital’s first Slut Walk or ‘Besharmi Morcha’ Sunday — a campaign to protest the random use of the word ‘slut’ and sexual violence against women. The official page of the campaign on Facebook, with over 1,450 […] Read more » (Young Women's Christian Association Besharmi Morcha Delhi Slutwalk dressing like sluts Jantar Mantar Umang Sabharwal organiser YWCA
Top Law News India plans better housing facilities for urban poor July 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With an estimated 95 million people expected to be living in shanties by next year, the government has drawn up an ‘ambitious’, but ‘achievable’ scheme to transform the urban landscape of the country by providing affordable houses and better amenities for the urban poor. ‘Rajiv Awas Yojana, which is called RAY, has the potential to […] Read more » affordable houses and better amenities better housing facilities for urban poor Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Rajiv Awas Yojana RAY urban poor
High Profile Cases Dinkaran resigns as Sikkim Chief Justice July 30, 2011 / July 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tainted Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran sent his resignation to President Pratibha Patil on Friday. In his resignation, Dinakaran said that he has been targeted as he belongs to the lower caste and the system does not grant him any support. “I have a sinking suspicion that my misfortune was because of my […] Read more » Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran Justice Aftab Alam land grab charges for Justice P.D.Dinakaran President Pratibha Patil Sikkim High Court
Top Law News Supreme Court stops all mining work in Bellary July 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday ordered the suspension of all mining operations in Karnataka’s Bellary region. “Mining (is) suspended with immediate effect till further orders,” said a bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia and including Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Aftab Alam. “The greed of a few is making everyone suffer,” the bench […] Read more » Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa illegal mining in Karnataka Justice Aftab Alam Justice Swatanter Kumar Karnataka Lokayukta N. Santosh Hedge mining in Karnataka's Bellary region suspension of all mining operations in Karnataka
Consumer Law News Govt circulates draft land acquisition bill July 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government on Friday released a draftland acquisition bill that seeks to put in place a legal framework to not only protect the interests of owners and prospective buyers, but also those whose livelihoods depend on the acquired physical asset. Land markets in India being imperfect, the government intends to enact a transparent and flexible […] Read more » acquisition of farmland for housing and industrial projects Govt circulates draft land acquisition bill Land Acquisition Act 1894 land acquisition bill Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh