Top Law News Five more named co-accused in 2G phone spectrum case April 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday named five more people, including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi, co-accused in the case involving the award of second generation (2G) phone spectrum. The supplementary chargesheet, the second thus far, filed by the premier probe agency in a special court here also names as co-accused […] Read more » 2G A. Raja Balwa co-accused Dayalu Ammal Five Gautam Doshi Hari Nair Kanimozhi phone spectrum case R.K. Chandolia Siddhartha Behura Surendra Pipara Swan Telecom promoter
Media & Entertainment News Sabarimala ‘celestial light’ man-made, admit authorities April 25, 2011 / April 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The ‘celestial light’ at the Sabarimala temple on Makara Sankranthi day is actually man-made, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) told the Kerala High Court Monday, three months after a stampede killed 102 pilgrims there. The board, which oversees the functioning of all temples in Kerala’s southern districts, said this in an affidavit to the court, […] Read more » authorities celestial light celestial Makara Jyothi light Kerala High Court Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham KYS man-made Sabarimala Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)
Top Law News For seven years, presidential reference in Supreme Court April 25, 2011 / April 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on For seven years, presidential reference in Supreme Court A presidential reference to the Supreme Court over a water dispute between Punjab and Haryana is pending for nearly seven years, a Haryana minister has said in a letter to the central government. He believes resolving the issue will help bring more water to his state. “This perhaps is the only presi dential reference which […] Read more » presidential reference Supreme Court Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal
Top Law News Khap leaders to seek review of apex court direction April 25, 2011 / April 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Within a week of the Supreme Court’s direction to state governments to rein in khap panchayats (caste councils) from issuing illegal diktats, khap leaders from across Haryana held a meeting here on Sunday and decided to seek a review of the order. During the ‘Sarva Khap Mahapanchayat’, khap leaders decided to file a review plea […] Read more » 'Sarva Khap Mahapanchayat' apex court direction Gyan Sudha Mishra justices Markandeya Katju Khap leaders review
Media & Entertainment News Sathya Sai Baba: A village boy who became demi god April 24, 2011 / April 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sathya Sai Baba, who died on Sunday, was seen as a reincarnation of god by millions, having preached an eclectic blend of Hindu religion since the time he claimed to be an ‘avatar’ at a young age of 14. The many attacks by rationalists on him and what he stood for did not derail the […] Read more »
Top Law News Senior lawyers rally behind Bhushans, some decline comment April 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior lawyers like Rajinder Sachar and Kamini Jaiswal have backed the Lokpal Bill drafting committee co-chair Shanti Bhushan and his son and panel member Prashant Bhushan, who face allegations of corruption, while some others declined to comment on the controversy. Even as Sachar, a former chief justice of Delhi High Court, and Jaiswal described the […] Read more » Bhushans counsel S.B. Sanyal Counsel Shekhar Naphade Kamini Jaiswal Rajinder Sachar rally Senior lawyers
Top Law News Hegde not to resign, members to stay focused April 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After consultation here Saturday among the civil society members of the joint committee formed to draft the Lokpal Bill, it was announced that Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N. Santosh Hegde will not resign from the panel. “The panel members requested me to stay on saying they wanted me to contribute to the drafting of the bill. […] Read more » focused Hegde Justice N. Santosh Hegde Karnataka Lokayukta members resign
Top Law News More accountability for judiciary recommended April 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As eminent jurists here recommended more accountability for the judiciary, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said a clean judiciary was the right of every Indian, adding that judicial activism was right so long it concerned human rights and was not on the wrong side of the constitution. Speaking on ‘What Ails the Indian Judiciary’ at […] Read more » accountability Dr. K.N.Katju judiciary jurist K.K. Venugopal Justice J.S.Verma Justice V. Ramaswami recommended Supreme Court Bar Association Supreme Court judge Kuldip Singh
Top Law News Court allows two girl to live together April 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two girls, who wanted to live together despite’s their parents’ objection, have realised their wish after the Chhattisgarh high court allowed them to do so. Neha Singhania, 23, who had approached the court with a habeas corpus petition, said Friday that the court has fulfilled her long-cherished dre am. A division bench of the Chhattisgarh […] Read more »
Top Law News Regularise services of officials on ad hoc basis: Tribunal April 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has asked the home ministry and the Delhi government to regularise the services of two officials, promoted to assistant commissioners of police (ACPs) but on an ad hoc basis, and notify the recruitment rules for the post. It said that the two applicants cannot just remain in a post on […] Read more » ad hoc basis CAT Central Administrative Tribunal DANIPS Delhi Andaman & Nicobar Islands Police Service Justice V.K. Bali L.K. Joshi officials Regularise services tribunal
Media & Entertainment News Voices of dissonance against Anna and Co April 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, historian K.N. Panikkar and activist Shabnam Hashmi Friday strongly objected to the ‘authoritarian’ attitude adopted by social reformer Anna Hazare in his fight against corruption and accused him of being affiliated to right-wing Hindu groups. The trio expressed their reservations over the formation of the joint committee for drafting the anti-graft Lokpal […] Read more » activist Shabnam Hashmi Anna and Co dissonance historian K.N. Panikkar Mahesh Bhatt voices
Top Law News I stand by my statement: Sanjiv Bhatt April 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A senior police officer, who has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court implicating Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots in the wake of the Godhra train burning, says he will not backtrack from his statement despite any pressure. Bhatt said in his affidavit that Modi had said that Hindus should be […] Read more » Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sanjiv Bhatt stand statement