Top Law News Cradle in every village – to save the girl child May 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment If someone casts her away, there will be others to cradle her. By October this year, cradles will be set up in 110 locations in 80 villages of Shrigonda sub-district in Maharashtra to enable new parents to ‘drop’ a female infant if she is unwanted – instead out snuffing out her life. The infant would […] Read more » Cradle in every village save the girl child
Top Law News Fair land takeover package will cut litigation: Apex court May 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said there would be far less litigation relating to land takeover if governments paid reasonable compensation to landowners. The court said that landowners whose land was acquired had a ‘legitimate grievance’ that the government took away their land for peanuts ‘in the name of development’. ‘If the state takes steps for […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General (ASG) P.P. Malhotra apex court Fair land takeover Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi litigation
Media & Entertainment News Did not attempt suicide in prison, says Punjab BJP leader May 24, 2011 / May 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With rumours afloat that he may have attempted suicide in prison where he is lodged in a Rs.1.5 crore bribery scam, former Punjab chief parliamentary secretary (CPS) Raj Khurana of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday showed media persons his wrists and said he had not cut them. Brought to the district court complex here […] Read more » attempt suicide CBI Raj Khurana
High Profile Cases 2G case: No bail for Balwas, Rajiv Aggarwal May 24, 2011 / May 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court Tuesday turned down the bail pleas of Shahid Balwa, Asif Balwa and Rajiv B. Aggarwal in the 2G spectrum scam case. While Shahid Balwa is the promoter of Swan Telecom, the other two are from Kusegaon Realty. CBI special judge O.P. Saini rejected the bail applications of all three, named as […] Read more » 2G case Asif Balwa bail Balwas CBI court Gautam Doshi Hari Nair R.K. Chandolia Rajiv Aggarwal Shahid Balwa Surendra Pipara Swan Telecom's Vinod Goenka Unitech's Sanjay Chandra
High Profile Cases Headley reveals rare details of Mumbai terror plot planning May 24, 2011 / May 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment From how to pray without leaving the forehead indurated to the language of the train announcements at the Victoria Terminus station, the Pakistani planners of the Mumbai terror attacks paid meticulous attention to every detail, key plotter David Coleman Headley testified here. The 50-year-old Pakistani American, who has pleaded guilty to all 12 charges of […] Read more » Headley Mumbai terror plot planning Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI reveals Victoria Terminus station
High Profile Cases Karunanidhi reaches Tihar Jail to meet Kanimozhi May 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DMK chief M. Karunanidhi reached Tihar Jail Monday evening to meet his daughter and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi, who is lodged there in connection with the 2G spectrum case. The DMK chief, who is in the national capital on a ‘personal visit’, reached the jail premises at around 5.40 pm. He was escorted by DMK […] Read more » DMK chief M. Karunanidhi G. Aravinthan Kanimozhi T.R. Baalu Tihar Jail
Top Law News Court paves way for fresh power tariff in Delhi May 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi high court on Monday gave the go-ahead to the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to fix the power tariff for 2010-11, lifting curbs imposed on the process by the state government. Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna held the Delhi government and private electricity distribution companies responsible for delay in the […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court Delhi Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission DERC fresh power tariff Justice Sanjiv Khanna paves
High Profile Cases Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar move high court for bail May 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar, currently in Tihar jail in connection with the 2G spectrum scam, Monday moved the Delhi High Court for bail. Kumar and Kanimozhi’s lawyer Aristotle said: ‘I have just filed the bail application for Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar before the Delhi High Court.’ The two were taken […] Read more » bail Central Bureau of Investigation Delhi High Court High Court Kanimozhi Sharad Kumar
High Profile Cases 2G scam: Morani’s bail plea dismissed May 23, 2011 / May 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Cineyug Films’ founder Karim Morani, named as co-conspirator of 2G spectrum allocation scam, saying his health report was normal. “In view of the medical condition of the accused being normal and stable, I am satisfied that no case for […] Read more » 2G scam bail plea CBI CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini Central Bureau of Investigation dismissed Gautam Doshi Hari Nair Karim Morani R.K. Chandolia Sanjay Chandra Shahid Balwa Siddharth Behura Surendra Pipara Vinod Goenka
Intellectual Property News Pass Lokpal Bill soon, say people May 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Pass Lokpal Bill soon, say people Participants at a public consultation, organised by NGO India Against Corruption here Sunday, demanded that parliament pass the Lokpal Bill as soon as possible to root out corruption from India. A large number of people from all walks of life participated in the consultation, held in Shahadra in east Delhi. ‘This is the first time […] Read more » Lokpal Bill
High Profile Cases 2G scam: Five corporate honchos’ bail verdict Monday May 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court will, on Monday, pronounce its verdict on the bail plea of five senior corporate executives accused in the second generation (2G) spectrum case. The five accused are Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom, Sanjay Chandra of Unitech and three officials of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group — Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and […] Read more » 2G scam Asif Balwa bail verdict CBI Central Bureau of Investigation corporate honchos' Gautam Doshi Hari Nair Justice Ajit Bharihoke Kanimozhi Karim Morani Mukul Rohtagi R.K. Chandolia Rajiv B. Aggarwal Shahid Usman Balwa Sharad Kumar Siddharth Behura Surendra Pipara
Media & Entertainment News Meetings to raise public awareness on Lokpal Bill in Delhi May 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to increase public awareness on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill, the volunteers of pressure group India Against Corruption (IAC) are holding several meetings in the national capital Sunday. These will be held in three areas: Narela, Rohini and Shahdara. “As the drafting of the Lokpal Bill, which is to be finalised by June […] Read more » Lokpal Bill meetings public awareness