Criminal Law News Rana acquitted for Mumbai, India disappointed June 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a verdict that “disappointed” India, a US jury cleared Pakistan-born Canadian Tahawwur Rana of charges that he helped with the 26/11 Mumbai attack but convicted him of supporting the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the Islamist militant group New Delhi blames for the carnage. The Indian government stressed it was still carrying out investigations against Rana, but […] Read more » India disappointed Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Rana acquitted for Mumbai Tahawwur Rana
Media & Entertainment News Court slams 2G co-accused for not producing legal documents June 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday slammed a private firm allegedly involved in the 2G scam for not having complete legal documents related to the dubious transaction of Rs.200 crore as a loan amount to Kalaignar TV which the prosecution has said was a bribe. Justice Ajit Bharihoke pulled up the defence counsel directors of Kusegaon […] Read more » 2G co-accused Asif Balwa Justice Bharihoke Kalaignar TV legal documents MP Kanimozhi Shahid Usman Balwa
Top Law News 115 mn kids exposed to hazardous work globally June 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Around 115 million of the world’s 215 million child labourers do hazardous work and there is an urgent need for action to halt this practice, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a report launched in Geneva Friday. The report, ‘Children in hazardous work: what we know, what we need to do’ stated that every […] Read more » ILO International Labour Organization June 12 World Day Against Child Labour
Top Law News RTI query on assets of former CJI Balakrishnan June 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Right to Information (RTI) appeal was been filed Thursday seeking complete detail of assets and income of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Justice K.G. Balakrishnan during the period 2006-2011. RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agarwal filed his appeal before Joint Secretary J.P. Meena who is appellate authority in the NHRC under the Right to […] Read more » CJI Balakrishnan RTI
Media & Entertainment News Will train nationalists, not Maoists: Ramdev June 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Defending his statement of building an army to tackle any future police crackdown, yoga guru Baba Ramdev Thursday said that his statement was taken in the wrong context and that he was not training Maoists, but nationalists. “I am not training naxals or Maoists but people who will fight for this country,” Ramdev told reporters […] Read more » not Maoists Ramdev train nationalists
Media & Entertainment News ABVP slams Chidambaram for defending Ramdev crackdown June 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on ABVP slams Chidambaram for defending Ramdev crackdown The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Thursday slammed Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s defence of the police crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and said the action was “undemocratic and dictatorial”. Sunil Ambekar, national organising secretary of the RSS-affiliated student body, said Chidambaram was “helplessly” trying to defend his undemocratic and dictatorial misdeeds at Ramlila ground. […] Read more » ABVP Chidambaram Ramdev crackdown
Top Law News M.F. Husain dies exiled from his homeland June 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Maqbool Fida Husain, who was hailed as the Picasso of India but was forced to live in self-imposed exile from his homeland due to death threats from Hindu radicals, died in London Thursday. He was 95. Husain was ailing from age-related problems for some time and breathed his last in a London hospital after suffering […] Read more » exiled M.F. Husain
Criminal Law News Death penalty for 10 people for honour killing June 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment At least 10 members of a family were sentenced to death by a local court for killing an 18-year-old girl, her lover and the lover’s brother in 2008. Vijaya, 18, her lover Udai Pal Singh and Singh’s brother Satyabhan were killed in Pilkathra village in Etah in November 2008. Vijaya’s father Ramesh Pal, along with […] Read more » death penalty honour killing Udai Pal
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Key points of order denying bail to Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar June 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar in 2G spectrum case citing prima facie evidence and high political connection. Here are the key points of the court’s order: * Kalaignar TV Pvt. Ltd. is a closely owned company, in which the two are […] Read more » Kanimozhi Key points order denying bail Sharad Kumar
Media & Entertainment News Hundreds gather as Anna Hazare begins day-long fast June 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Hundreds gather as Anna Hazare begins day-long fast Singing devotional songs and holding placards, hundreds of supporters gathered near Rajghat in the capital Wednesday morning to support veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare and participate in a day-long fast to protest the crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev. With the weather turning a little benevolent and the tricolour fluttering in the background, a smiling Anna […] Read more » Anna Hazare
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar’s bail plea rejected June 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Citing prima facie evidence, the Delhi High Court Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV managing director Sharad Kumar, who are in jail in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. The single judge bench of Justice Ajit Bharihoke said: “The petitioners are involved in corruption and gratification of Rs.200 crore […] Read more » bail plea rejected Delhi High Court Justice Ajit Bharihoke Kanimozhi Sharad Kumar
Media & Entertainment News Anna Hazare hurt by Congress’ RSS remark: Kejriwal June 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gandhian Anna Hazare is “hurt” by the Congress terming him the face of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), civil rights activist Arvind Kejriwal said here on Tuesday. “He has a lot of self-respect and is very hurt by this statement. He is writing a letter on it and you will have to wait for one-and-a-half […] Read more » Anna Hazare Congress' RSS Kejriwal