Corporate Law News A passport in three days? New project to roll out soon June 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Passport Seva Project, an ambitious e-governance programme that aims at passport delivery in three days, has entered its most crucial stage. The rollout of 77 Passport Seva Kendras is expected to begin any time now in major Indian cities and be completed by January 2012. Things have not been entirely smooth for the pilot […] Read more » e-governance programme passport Passport Seva Kendras
Criminal Law News Mumbai terror trial winds down Tuesday June 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Closing arguments are expected on Tuesday in the trial of Pakistan-born Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana who is accused of providing material support to Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. Rana, 50, told US District Judge Harry Leinenweber in Chicago Federal court on Monday that he was waiving his right to testify […] Read more » David Coleman Headley Lashkar-e-Taeba Mumbai terror
Media & Entertainment News Lokpal meeting boycotted by drafting committee June 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Social reformer Anna Hazare and other civil society members Monday boycotted the Lokpal bill drafting panel meeting saying the police crackdown on Baba Ramdev had “strengthened the doubts” about the government’s intentions to have a strong anti-corruption body. “Recent events since our last meeting don’t inspire any confidence that the government is serious enough about […] Read more » boycotted drafting committee Lokpal meeting
Top Law News Case against Digvijay for calling Ramdev ‘thug’ June 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bihar court Monday admitted a complaint seeking to register a case of sedition against Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh for calling yoga guru Baba Ramdev a “thug”. The chief judicial magistrate in Muzaffarpur, about 70 km from here, accepted the complaint filed by advocate Sudhir Ojha. Ohja sought to book Digvijay Singh for sedition, […] Read more » Digvijay Ramdev 'thug'
Top Law News Pillai, top cop get Supreme Court notice on Ramdev June 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai and Delhi Police chief B.K. Gupta asking them what were the circumstances under which yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters were forcibly evicted. A notice has also been issued to Delhi Chief Secretary P.K. Tripathi which has to be answered in […] Read more » Delhi Chief Secretary P.K. Tripathi Delhi Police chief B.K. Gupta Home Secretary G.K. Pillai Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatantar Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court moved on Ramdev’s eviction June 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was moved Sunday seeking direction to the central government to reveal details of the police action involving the detention of yoga guru Baba Ramdev and the eviction of his supporters from the Ramlila Ground here on the night of June 4-5 while they were protesting against graft. The matter will come up […] Read more » A. Raja DMK MP Kanimozhi Ramdev's eviction Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Shameful chapter in Indian democracy: Jaitley June 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley on Sunday described the crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s anti-graft fast as “a shameful chapter in the history of Indian democracy”. “What happened last (Saturday) night at the Ramlila Ground is a shameful chapter in the history of Indian democracy. It was a barbaric act by the […] Read more » Black day Indian democracy Jaitley Modi PM responsible Shameful chapter
Media & Entertainment News Government has lost mental balance: Mulayam June 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said here Sunday the central government seemed to have lost its “mental balance” and would have to “pay for its action” of cracking down on yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s stir in Delhi. “The government swooped down on Ramdev and his supporters as if it were carrying an attack on […] Read more » Government mental balance Mulayam
Media & Entertainment News Advani demands emergency session of parliament June 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In his reaction to the crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani on Sunday urged President Pratibha Patil to convene an emergency session of parliament. “I want the president to take cognisance of the happenings in the country for the past six months and convene an emergency session of […] Read more » Advani emergency session Parliament
Media & Entertainment News Ramdev can continue protest in Uttarakhand: chief minister June 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Strongly backing Baba Ramdev’s “peaceful” agitation against corruption, Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal today assured the yoga guru of “full security” if he decides to continue his protest in the state. “If he (Ramdev) wants to continue his agitation and protest in Uttarakhand, then he has full freedom to do it,” Pokhriyal said, hours after […] Read more » protest Ramdev Ramesh Pokhriyal Uttarakhand
Media & Entertainment News Ramdev’s five-star satyagraha engineered by VHP, RSS: Digvijay June 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Ramdev’s five-star satyagraha engineered by VHP, RSS: Digvijay Sharpening his attack on Baba Ramdev, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday dubbed his indefinite fast as a “five-star satyagraha” sponsored by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to divert people’s attention from “Sanghi terror”. “Now it is absolutely clear as to what are the credentials of Baba Ramdev. He is […] Read more » Baba Ramdev fast black money corruption Digvijay Singh five-star satyagraha Ramdev RSS VHP
Top Law News Court questions government on plea against Amod Kanth June 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday issued a notice to the central government on a plea to withdraw medals awarded to former Delhi Police officer Amod Kanth and one of his colleagues for their role in maintaining law and order during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the city. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra […] Read more » Amod Kanth Chief Justice Dipak Misra Government Justice Sanjeev Khanna plea