Top Law News Gujarat bar council suspends lawyer for life May 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Gujarat bar council suspends lawyer for life Bar Council of Gujarat charged Ajitsinh Gohil with professional misconduct and also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on him; the lawyer had made allegations against judges . The Bar Council of Gujarat on Tuesday suspended Bar Association of Gandhinagar president Ajitsinh Gohil for life and fined him Rs 50,000 for professional misconduct. […] Read more » Gujarat bar council lawyer suspends
Media & Entertainment News Anna Hazare is face of anti-corruption: Kiran Bedi May 18, 2011 / May 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment When the history of the anti-corruption movement is written for posterity, veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare’s face will be identified with the fight, says writer, social activist and former super cop Kiran Bedi. Bedi, who released the book “Anna Hazare: The Face of India’s Fight Against Corruption”, is part of Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement that saw […] Read more » Anna Hazare face of anti-corruption Kiran Bedi
Top Law News Liberalisation hasn’t led to education for deprived sections: Apex court May 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said the notion that liberalization and free-market economy in India would generate wealth which the government would use for providing higher education to deprived sections of the society has turned out to be “false and a mirage”. “For the past two decades, this country has been in the throes of early […] Read more » apex court deprived sections education Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar Liberalisation Supreme Court
Criminal Law News 28 convicted for fraudulently securing government jobs May 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 4 Comments on 28 convicted for fraudulently securing government jobs A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Monday convicted 28 income tax department employees for securing jobs on the basis of forged documents during 1990-91. The 28 accused have been sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment and also fined Rs.1,000 each. “These appointments for lower division clerks, upper division clerks, stenos […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) convicted fraudulently government jobs securing
High Profile Cases Ready to name more witnesses, Gujarat cop tells probe panel May 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat’s senior IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt told the Nanavati-Mehta commission that he could name other witnesses who would vouchsafe his presence at a crucial meeting called by Chief Minister Narendra Modi Feb 27,2002 in addition to the names he mentioned in his affidavit made before the Supreme Court. “I will give the names of […] Read more » Chief Minister Narendra Modi Gujarat cop IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt Nanavati-Mehta commission ready witnesses
Top Law News No contempt move for now, Delhi college teachers told May 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Monday said that no contempt proceedings would be initiated against the teachers of Delhi University-affiliated Dyal Singh College who had flouted the court’s order by protesting against the semester system, but asked all teachers to cooperate in the system’s implementation. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra contempt Delhi college teachers Delhi High Court DUTA Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Environment Law News No information about oil rigs safety: RTI activist May 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian government has failed to provide information about the department tasked with ensuring safety of oil rigs in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to avoid any environmental disaster, said a Right to Information (RTI) activist Monday. RTI activist Lokesh Batra said he had filed an RTI at the cabinet secretariat in March […] Read more » exclusive economic zone (EEZ) oil rigs safety RTI activist
High Profile Cases Court to decide Kalmadi’s bail plea May 21 May 16, 2011 / May 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The bail plea of Suresh Kalmadi, former Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman and Congress MP, was postponed to May 21 by a court here Monday. Kalmadi is in judicial custody for alleged financial irregularities in the preparations for the mega-event in October 2010. He is accused of conspiring to give the contract for Timing Scoring […] Read more » bail plea Kalmadi May 21
Top Law News Apex court issues notice on Dinakaran’s petition May 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the judges enquiry committee on a petition by Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, saying that charges framed against him were beyond the scope of the notice of motion seeking his impeachment for alleged misconduct. The bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad issued the […] Read more » apex court Chief Justice J.S. Kehar Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran Dinakaran's petition judge Aftab Alam Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi Karnataka High Court P.P. Rao senior counsel Sikkim High Court Supreme Court
Top Law News Compensate migrant Indian worker wrongly deported: Court May 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed the external affairs ministry to pay compensation of Rs.50,000 to a Indian who was returning to his job in Spain but was detained by airlines staff at Brussels airport and deported to India despite having valid documents. Ruling on the petition of Balwinder Singh, Justice S. Muralidhar said: ‘This […] Read more » Balwinder Singh Compensate Delhi High Court deported Foreigners Regional Registration Office FRRO Indian worker Justice S. Muralidhar migrant Regional Passport Officer RPO wrongly
Top Law News PMO sees 8,400 percent rise in RTI pleas May 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment People are seeking answers, even if it means asking the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) some tough questions. The number of Right to Information (RTI) applications filed with the office have increased a whopping 8,402 percent in five years, say officials. The number of RTI queries with the PMO rose from 48 in 2005 – […] Read more » 400 percent rise 8 department of personnel and training DoPT PMO RTI pleas
Top Law News Give five mn tonnes food grains in 150 poor districts: Court May 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Saturday directed the central government to release five million tonnes of food grains more for distribution among the vulnerable section of the population in 150 poorest districts of the country. In a special sitting, a bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma said that additional food grains for below […] Read more » 150 poor districts Court five mn tonnes food grains