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
Media & Entertainment News Malegaon blast: Chargesheet against Pravin Mutalik April 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nearly three months after arresting right-wing group member Pravin Mutalik, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Thursday filed a chargesheet in a Mumbai court alleging he was a key conspirator in the Sep 29, 2008 Malegaon blast. Absconding since the blast, Mutalik, an important functionary of Abhinav Bharat organisation, was arrested by the ATS from Gokak […] Read more »
Top Law News Can’t reveal names in black money cases, court told April 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Can’t reveal names in black money cases, court told The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with other countries, it could not disclose the names of the people under investigation for alleged money laundering and parking funds in foreign banks based in tax havens. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. […] Read more » black money cases Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement DTAA Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Lokpal panelists reject resignation demand; PM says bill in July April 22, 2011 / April 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As corruption allegations swirled around Lokpal Bill drafting panel members Shanti Bhushan and his son Prashant, social activists rejected demands for their resignation and urged them not to quit even as another member, justice N. Santosh Hegde said he would consider leaving the committee. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he hoped to bring the […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal demand Lokpal Manmohan Singh panelists reject resignation RTI activist Shanti Bhushan
Media & Entertainment News RTE Act violations: Dirty school toilets major complaint April 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Dirty, non-functional toilets form a major chunk of the complaints filed by parents in Delhi under violation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act. According to a statement by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) with which the complaints have been filed, as many as 206 of the total 800 complaints filed […] Read more » Dirty RTE Act violations school toilets
Top Law News Civil society members guarded on Bhushan controversy April 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Civil society members on the Lokpal Bill panel were guarded Thursday on whether committee co-chair Shanti Bhushan and and his son Prashant Bhushan, embroiled in the CD controversy, will continue on the panel. Right to Information (RTI) activist and panel member Arvind Kejriwal declined to comment on the matter. “I don’t have to say anything […] Read more » Bhushan controversy Civil society members guarded
Top Law News Falling child sex ratio is national shame: PM April 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Calling for a “crusade” to curb bias against women, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the practice of female foeticide and infanticide was a “national shame”. Addressing bureaucrats at a function here, Manmohan Singh said Indian girls and women “have done us proud in classrooms, in boardrooms and on the sports field. They have […] Read more » child sex ratio female foeticide infanticide national shame PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Media & Entertainment News Supreme Court asks government’s view on black money probe team April 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday sought the central government’s response to its suggestion for setting up a special investigation team (SIT) with experts from various agencies to probe black money stashed away in tax havens abroad. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar also indicated it was inclined to appoint […] Read more » (RAW) black money CBI Central Bureau of Investigation IB Intelligence Bureau Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar Ram Jethmalani Research and Analysis Wing Supreme Court