Top Law News State biggest land grabber: Supreme Court of India July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on State biggest land grabber: Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the state was the biggest land grabber, depriving farmers of their livelihood for generations. The apex court bench of Justice G S Singhvi and Justice A K Ganguly said that farmers’ lands were being acquired in the name of public interest and being given to builders to construct […] Read more » biggest land grabber Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Land Acquisition Act. State Supreme Court of India
High Profile Cases Black money: Justice MB Shah to be SIT vice-chairman July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A retired judge of the Supreme Court and former chief justice of Bombay high court, Justice MB Shah, will be the vice-chairman of the Special Investigations Team (SIT) constituted to monitor the probe into black money stashed abroad. The SIT will be chaired by former Supreme Court judge, Justice BP Jeevan Reddy. A direction to […] Read more » black money Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice MB Shah Justice SS Nijjar SIT SIT vice-chairman
Media & Entertainment News Gay community, celebs, UNAIDS slam Azad’s MSM remark July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Homosexuality is not a disease and there is no place for discrimination on the basis of a person’s sexual orientation, UNAIDS emphasised Tuesday, a day after Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said men having sex with men (MSM) is a “disease” and “unnatural”. “India’s rich tradition of inclusivity and social justice must include men […] Read more » celebs Gay community Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad men having sex with men MSM remark UNAIDS
High Profile Cases Impeachment proceedings against Dinakaran to continue: Supreme Court July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major setback for Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the impeachment proceedings against him would continue. However, the court asked the chairman of the Judges Inquiry Committee (JIC) to replace senior counsel P.P. Rao after Dinakaran alleged that Rao was biased against him.An apex court bench […] Read more » C.K. Prasad Dinakaran Impeachment proceedings JIC judges inquiry committee Justices G.S Singhvi P.D. Dinakaran senior counsel P.P. Rao Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Supreme Court stops Chhattisgarh from using tribals in Salwa Judum July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed the Chhattisgarh government for using tribals as special police officers (SPOs) in its Salwa Judum counter-insurgency operation against the Maoists , saying this should immediately stop. An apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S Nijjar directed the Chhattisgarh government to immediately “cease and desist” from […] Read more » Chhattisgarh Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar Salwa Judum Supreme Court
Top Law News Apex court hints at lapses in admissions quota in universities July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday hinted at lapses in procedure adopted by Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for admitting students from the other backward classes (OBC) category. The apex court observation came during the hearing of a petition filed by a former professor of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, P.V. Indiresan, challenging a Delhi […] Read more » admissions quota apex court Delhi University Jawaharlal Nehru University Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran lapses Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal universities
Media & Entertainment News MSM is unnatural: Ghulam Nabi Azad July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Men having sex with men (MSM) is “unnatural”, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Monday, a comment that is likely to raise the hackles of activists who have struggled to decriminalise homosexuality. “The practice of MSM is unnatural and not good for India. We are not able to identify where it is happening as it […] Read more » Ghulam Nabi Azad Health Minister HIV/AIDS MSM NACO National AIDS Control Organisation UNAIDS unnatural
Top Law News Introduce HIV/AIDS bill in parliament, demand affected people July 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Around 200 HIV-positive people staged a protest in the capital Monday demanding that a bill to protect the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS be introduced in the monsoon session of parliament. At present the bill is with the health ministry.Holding a banner and protesting outside the health ministry Monday, Sahil from the Om Prakash […] Read more » HIV/AIDS bill Parliament
Criminal Law News Court questions Uttar Pradesh on police station death July 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Court questions Uttar Pradesh on police station death Raising questions over the Uttar Pradesh police report on the murder and alleged rape of a teenaged girl in a police station, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday sought more details on the case from the state government by July 8, a lawyer said. While hearing a petition seeking a Central Bureau […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Central Bureau of Investigation Court police station death questions Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Don’t neglect people with HIV, PM tells ministries July 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said ministries should make various schemes more accessible to people with HIV/AIDS, from employment under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme to more access to women and children to Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). Addressing the national convention of zila parishad chairpersons and mayors on HIV and AIDS, the […] Read more » HIV ICDS Integrated Child Development Services neglect PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Criminal Law News 17 mercy petitions pending before president July 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on 17 mercy petitions pending before president Mercy petitions of 17 people on death row are pending before President Pratibha Patil, reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application has revealed. Most of the pleas are from those convicted of murder or rape. In reply to information sought under the RTI Act by Subhash Chandra Agarwal, the President’s Secretariat said the oldest […] Read more » Afzal Guru's petition Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar Gurmeet Singh Jafar Ali Kheraj Ram's death penalty Mahendra Nath Das alias Govinda Das mercy petitions pending President President Pratibha Patil Sushil Murmu TADA Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act
High Profile Cases Supreme Court appoints probe team on money laundering July 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce Monday its verdict on a plea that a special investigation team (SIT) probe the alleged money laundering by suspected tax evader Hasan Ali Khan and Kolkata based-businessman Kashinath Tapuria, among others. The plea by jurist Ram Jethmalani also sought a direction to the central government to disclose names, […] Read more » businessman Kashinath Tapuria CBDT CBI Central Board of Direct Taxes jurist Ram Jethmalani Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Altamas Kabir Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice Cyriac Joseph Justice R.V. Raveendran Justice S.S.Nijjar Justice T.S. Thakur Justice V.S. Sirpurkar money laundering probe Supreme Court tax evader Hasan Ali Khan team