Media & Entertainment News Senior official got extension despite CVC’s objections? April 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As the anti-corruption movement heats up in the country, documents obtained through RTI reveal that the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) had objected to an extension for a top level public sector official but her term was renewed by the government for five years this year. Anju Banerjee was appointed chairperson and managing director (CMD) of […] Read more » Anju Banerjee CVC's despite extension objections Senior official
Media & Entertainment News Shiney Ahuja gets bail from Bombay High Court April 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Wednesday granted bail to Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, who is convicted of raping his maid. A Mumbai sessions court had on March 30 sentenced the actor to seven years in jail after he was found guilty of raping his maid in June 2009. “Shiney has been granted bail today on a […] Read more » bail Bombay High Court Shiney Ahuja
Media & Entertainment News Teachers cry foul over scrapping of Anna’s function April 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Teachers at Lucknow University Wednesday said the varsity administration’s decision to cancel a function involving social activist Anna Hazare is aimed at crippling his campaign against corruption and they would seek the governor’s intervention. “We will convene a general body meeting of teachers to decide our strategy against the varsity administration, whose decision is aimed […] Read more » Anna's cry foul function Lucknow University Teachers Association LUTA scrapping Teachers
Top Law News Helpline in Delhi soon against child labour April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to tackle child labour and handle complaints from workers, a toll free helpline would soon be launched by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, a state government official said Tuesday. The helpline number 12789 will be functional between 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., added the official. “It is being commissioned with an aim […] Read more » CHILD LABOUR Delhi Helpline Labour Minister Ramakant Goswami
Top Law News Former Gujarat top cop Sreekumar seeks security for Sanjiv Bhatt April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Gujarat additional director general of police R.B. Sreekumar has urged the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team to provide security to senior police officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who has filed an affidavit implicating Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots. In a letter addressed to SIT chief R.K. Raghavan, with copies to the registrar general […] Read more » Former Gujarat top cop R.B. Sreekumar Sanjiv Bhatt security seeks SIT chief R.K. Raghavan Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Indians continue to support Hazare through SMSes April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Despite the recent controversies surrounding civil society members of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee, support for Anna Hazare’s anti-graft campaign continues unabated, as evident from the thousands of SMSes pouring in from across the country, the organisers said Tuesday. An SMS that read – ‘Do you want to volunteer for Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption […] Read more » Anna Hazare Arvind Kejriwal continue IAC India Against Corruption Indians Jantar Mantar Kiran Bedi SMSes support Swami Agnivesh
Media & Entertainment News CWG scam: Suresh Kalmadi sent to 8-day police custody April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former chief of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi was on Tuesday sent to eight days police custody by a city court here. Kalmadi, who was arrested on Monday for alleged irregularities in awarding contracts for the October 2010 Games, had spent the night in CBI custody. 66-year-old Kalmadi has been accused of awarding […] Read more » CWG scam flung police custody Slipper Suresh Kalmadi
Media & Entertainment News Pragya Thakur alleges Sonia, Digvijay, Pawar behind Malegaon blasts April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, facing trial in the 2006 Malegaon blast and 2007 Sunil Joshi murder, Monday refuted her involvement and alleged that Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Congress leader Digvijay Singh, union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and slain anti-terrorist squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare were the main conspirators in both cases. Pragya was brought to Indore […] Read more » alleges Digvijay Singh Malegaon blasts Pragya Thakur Sharad Pawar Sonia Gandhi
Top Law News No airport development fee for Delhi, Mumbai: SC April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Passengers travelling out of Delhi and Mumbai airports would no longer have to pay Airport Development Fee (ADF) with the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashing the levy which has yielded about Rupees 2,500 crore in two years. Hearing an appeal against the Delhi High Court’s order which had upheld levying of ADF, a bench set […] Read more » AAI AERA Airport Development Fee Airports Authority of India Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Delhi Delhi International Airport Ltd DIAL MIAL Mumbai Mumbai International Airport Ltd SC
Top Law News People should speak up against corruption: Ex-chief justice Verma April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on People should speak up against corruption: Ex-chief justice Verma People should speak up against corruption as every individual had a role to play in the fight against the malaise, former chief justice of India J.S. Verma said Monday. Presiding over a function to release a book titled ‘The Tangy Taste of Indian Politics and Beyond’ here, Verma said that corruption in high places needs […] Read more » CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Central Vigilance Commission corruption ex-chief justice J.S. Verma speak
Top Law News High-level committee to trail money laundering April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Monday told the Supreme Court that it has set up a multi-disciplinary committee, comprising top officials of different departments, to oversee and coordinate investigations into cases of money laundering and stashing black money in tax havens. An apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar was told that […] Read more » committee Gopal Subramanium Hasan Ali Khan High-level Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar money laundering Solicitor General Supreme Court trail
Top Law News Appointment of special police officers questioned April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday pulled up the central and the Chhattisgarh governments for taking recourse to an antiquated police act of 1861 to appoint special police officers (SPOs) and arming them with weapons in the trouble-torn areas of Chhattisgarh. “What is the rationale of appointing people under the 1861 act after the advent of the […] Read more » Appointment Chief Minister Raman Singh Gopal Subramanium Harish Salve Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar police officers questioned Solicitor General special Supreme Court