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
Top Law News Happy at being picked as CVC: Pradeep Kumar July 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Newly-selected Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) Pradeep Kumar Sunday said he was “happy” at being unanimously chosen to head India’s anti-corruption watchdog. “I am happy because it was a unanimous decision by the committee,” Pradeep Kumar, who is on a holiday here, said. He was chosen by the selection committee of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home […] Read more » CVC Pradeep Kumar
Media & Entertainment News Major immigration fraud uncovered in Punjab July 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A major immigration fraud of Rs 8 million (Rs 80 lakh) was uncovered here, Punjab police said on Sunday. A complaint was received against an immigration agent Gurbachan Singh Manku, based here, 100 km away from state capital Chandigarh. He had duped around 80 people of Rs 100,000 each on the pretext of sending them […] Read more » immigration fraud Punjab uncovered
High Profile Cases Supreme Court ruling on money laundering probe Monday July 3, 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 » CBDT CBI Central Board of Direct Taxes Central Bureau of Investigation Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice R.V. Raveendran Justice S.S.Nijjar money laundering probe Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News A long way to go, cheer Delhi’s gays July 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pulsating drum beats, rainbow hues adorning the crowd, and faces beaming with pride and joy — the capital’s alternate sexuality community got together Saturday to celebrate the second anniversary of the Delhi High Court’s landmark ruling decriminalising homosexuality. The over 200 people who gathered at Jantar Mantar were throbbing with excitement, though the evening’s message […] Read more » Delhi's gays Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender LGBT
Top Law News Delhi to have human rights courts soon July 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After a petition was filed in the Delhi High Court questioning the absence of human rights courts in the national capital, Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna has issued a notification that each Delhi court will have a specific human rights court. The notification, a copy of which is with IANS, said under section 30 of the […] Read more » Asian Centre for Human Rights Delhi Delhi High Court human rights courts National Human Rights Commission
Media & Entertainment News ‘Delhi Police can’t be blamed for action on Baba Ramdev’ July 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Reiterating his stand on the forcible eviction of yoga guru Baba Ramdev from the Ramlila Ground here last month, Delhi Police chief BK Gupta on Saturday said his team was not at fault. “The police actions have been recorded by the cameras of many news channels and they prove that the police cannot be blamed,” […] Read more » Baba Ramdev blamed Delhi Police
Top Law News Mamata for modernising court infrastructure July 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday emphasised on the need to revamp the infrastructure in the courts for fast disposal of pending cases. Speaking at the launch of ‘Mission Mode Programme for Reduction of Pendency of Arrears in Cases’, Banerjee said: ‘We need to introduce modern facilities in courts. The infrastructure needs immediate revamp.’ […] Read more » 'Mamata court infrastructure modernising
Criminal Law News Bengal government issued notice on children’s deaths July 2, 2011 / July 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The West Bengal government was Friday issued notice by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) over the reported deaths of 17 infants in a state-run hospital in Kolkata in a span of two days. According to a statement by the commission Friday, 17 infants died within a span of two days at the B.C. Roy, […] Read more » Bengal government children's deaths National Human Rights Commission NHRC
Top Law News Court absolves leading news dailies of defamation charges July 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three leading news dailies of the national capital have been absolved of defamation charges by a Delhi court for reporting an incident about a dowry demand in 1996. The defamation case was filed against Hindustan Times, Delhi Mid Day and Sandhya Times which had earlier published a news article that blamed a groom for walking […] Read more » absolves Court defamation charges Metropolitan Magistrate Prashant Sharma news dailies
Top Law News Final draft of new disability law submitted July 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The final draft of a new disability law has been submitted to Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Mukul Wasnik, a statement said Friday. According to the statement, the committee appointed by the ministry to draft the new legislation presented the final draft of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2011 to the minister. “The […] Read more » disability law Minister Mukul Wasnik