Top Law News RTI complaint hearings through video conferencing July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on RTI complaint hearings through video conferencing The Bihar State Information Commission (SIC) Thursday launched a video conferencing system for quicker hearing and disposal of complaints related to the Right To Information (RTI) Act, officials said. State Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) A.K. Choudhary said the SIC will help dispose complaints against principal information officers for denying information under the RTI Act to […] Read more » Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hearings through video conferencing RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI complaint State Information Commission
High Profile Cases CBI raising unnecessary hue and cry over Tata: Behura July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura, in jail for his alleged connection to the 2G spectrum scam, Thursday accused the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of raising an unnecessary ‘hue and cry’ over the Tata group being refused a 2G licence initially. The CBI had alleged that Tata, which applied for the licence March 4, 2008, […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam A. Raja CBI deputy director general of telecom A.K. Srivastava Home Minister P. Chidambaram Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tata group Wireless Planning and Coordination WPC
Top Law News Bring PM under Lokpal, says BJP July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday supported bringing the prime minister under the purview of Lokpal, expressing dissatisfaction on the draft anti-corruption bill not mentioning the issue. ‘The BJP does not appreciate the complete omission of prime minister from the draft Lokpal bill, the prime minister should come under Lokpal,’ party general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad […] Read more » anti-corruption bill Bring PM under Lokpal Lokpal party general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad
Top Law News Make Right to water, sanitation a law: UN chief July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all member states to integrate the right to water and sanitation into their body of laws, on Thursday. Ban’s statement came as he addressed the UN General Assembly during a plenary meeting on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation. ‘Many of your governments have already included the […] Read more » right to water and sanitation UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Media & Entertainment News Nileema Mishra to donate Magsaysay prize money July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nileema Mishra, one of the Magsaysay Award winners this year, has decided to donate the entire prize money to her rural microcredit project, her family member said. “In the past, she has got around half a dozen small awards, and every paisa she donated to her cause. Even the prize money from Magsaysay Award will […] Read more » donate Magsaysay prize money Magsaysay Award winner Nileema Mishra Magsaysay Award winner Nileema Mishra to donate prize money Nileema Mishra
Top Law News Court directs railways to rehabilitate scavengers July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed the Indian Railways to introduce bio-toilets in the trains and rehabilitate thousands of scavengers engaged for doing the menial job. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjive Khanna, who were hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Safai Karamchari Andolan, a federation of state-level organisations […] Read more » Bio-Toilets Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Indian Railways Justice Sanjive Khanna
Top Law News Income-Tax officials quiz Raja in court custody July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Income-Tax (I-T) department Wednesday interrogated former communications minister Andimuthu Raja, who is currently in judicial custody for alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum allocation case, an official said. The I-T team reached the Patiala House Court premises here around 2 p.m. and questioned the DMK leader. “We are quizzing him regarding his family income,” […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation case court custody Income-Tax (I-T) department Income-Tax officials quiz Raja Shahid Usman Balwa Vinod Goenka
Top Law News Derogatory word to be removed from caste certificates July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it will withdraw the word “chura” from certificates issued to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) stating that the revenue department of the Delhi government used the […] Read more » caste certificates Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Derogatory word Derogatory word to be removed Justice Sanjiv Khanna PIL public interest litigation Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes
Top Law News Supreme court bench recuses itself from plea against OBC quota July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik, constituting a Supreme Court bench, Wednesday recused themselves from hearing a petition challenging clause procedures being followed by Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University for admitting students against the quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The bench recused itself from hearing the matter after senior counsel […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Delhi University Jawaharlal Nehru University Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice R.V. Raveendran OBC quota OBCs. Other Backward Classes Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News NHRC issues notice to Orissa July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday issued a notice to the Orissa government and police for allegedly using a school as camp to fight the villagers opposing land acquisition by the South Korean company Posco. The NHRC has taken a suo motu cognizance of a media report that the police have occupied a school […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission NHRC issues notice to Orissa South Korean company Posco
High Profile Cases Government responsible for 2G mess, didn’t listen: Behura (Lead) July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is responsible for the 2G “mess”, jailed former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura said Wednesday, accusing the powers that be of not listening when he raised an objection. “The entire government is responsible for the mess. My client raised the objection publicly and the government didn’t listen to him. He was bound to follow […] Read more » 2G mess 2G spectrum allocation A. Raja CBI CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini Central Bureau of Investigation Government responsible for 2G mess Home Minister P. Chidambaram Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Siddhartha Behura
High Profile Cases Raja says he had no intention of framing PM July 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after he dragged in prime minister Manmohan Singh and home minister P Chidambaram into the 2G spectrum scam, former communications minister A Raja on Tuesday clarified that he did not intend to frame anyone. “Main kisi ko phasana nahi chahta tha (I had no intention of framing anyone),” Raja’s lawyer said on his […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam 2G spectrum transactions A. Raja CBI Central Bureau of Investigation framing PM judge OP Saini no intention of framing PRIME mINISTER P. Chidambaram