Media & Entertainment News Baba Ramdev ends fast June 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Yoga guru Baba Ramdev ended his fast-unto-death on the ninth day of the agitation against black money on Sunday at the request of spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. “Baba has broken his fast taking a glass of juice from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,” announced Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy, who also took the opportunity […] Read more » Baba Ramdev ends fast
Media & Entertainment News Infosys’ Murthy favours PM, judiciary under Lokpal’s ambit June 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Infosys’ outgoing chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy late Saturday favoured bringing the prime minister and the top judiciary under the purview of the proposed Lokpal (ombudsman) institution. ‘Knowing that the kind of extraordinary individual (prime minister) Manmohan Singh is, I have no doubt that he would be the first one to ask to include him under […] Read more » chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy Lokpal's ambit
Media & Entertainment News Delhi to host disabled peoples’ international meet June 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi is all set to host the Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI) meet in August this year, a leading disabled rights activist said here Saturday. “The meet will see over 150 differently challenged people from 30 countries. We are also getting requests from people from Europe and Africa who want to attend the meet,” said Javed […] Read more » convenor ( disabled rights group. Delhi disabled peoples' international meet Javed Abidi UNESCAP
Criminal Law News Gujarat top cops served notice in RDX landing case June 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat government Friday issued a show-cause notice to IPS officers Satish Verma, Atul Karwal and H.P. Singh and Deputy Superintendent of Police Sukhdevsinh Jhala in connection with the 1993 Porbandar RDX landing case. The notice has been issued for allegedly allowing Sattar Maulana, a key accused in the landing of the RDX explosives at […] Read more » Atul Karwal Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyaya Gujarat top cops H.P. Singh IPS officers Satish Verma Justice J.B. Pardiwala RDX landing case
Top Law News Madras High Court orders uniform school syllabus June 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major setback for Tamil Nadu’s AIADMK government, the Madras High Court Friday stayed an amendment to the Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education Act that deferred the implementation of a uniform syllabus for school students. Disposing a batch of petitions, the court said the government can conduct detailed study of a common […] Read more » Madras High Court uniform school syllabus
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