Top Law News Court cancels freedom fighter’s pension of octogenarian April 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court cancels freedom fighter’s pension of octogenarian The Gauhati High Court has barred an octogenarian from getting the freedom fighter’s pension due to lack of documents to prove his imprisonment during the independence struggle, an official said here Saturday. The court found that octogenarian Anil Krishna Sarkar did not have certificates to prove that he was a freedom fighter and cancelled the […] Read more » cancels Court freedom fighter Gauhati High Court octogenarian pension
Top Law News Legal fraternity applauds victory for anti-graft bill April 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Legal fraternity applauds victory for anti-graft bill The legal fraternity Saturday applauded the victory of Anna Hazare and rights activists in forcing the government to take on board the members of the civil society for drafting anti-graft Lokpal bill, but cautioned the road ahead is full of difficulties. “It is an eye opener for the civil society,” says senior counsel Prashant Bhushan, […] Read more » anti-graft bill applauds Legal fraternity victory
Media & Entertainment News Anna Hazare has become symbol for a better India April 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Anna Hazare has become symbol for a better India It needed a 72-year-old man with no pretensions, a school dropout at that, to wake up India. And in just five days, Anna Hazare proved that it wasn’t enough to have an honest prime minister if the country really needed to battle and overcome the cancer of corruption. That he managed to unite a people […] Read more » Anna Hazare better India symbol
Top Law News Anna Hazare calls off fast April 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday broke his fast after over 90 hours of spearheading the campaign against corruption after government issued a gazette notification constituting a 10-member joint committee of ministers and civil society activists, including him, to draft an effective Lokpal Bill. After a last-minute twist almost derailed a peace deal between […] Read more » Anna Hazare calls off fast former law minister Shanti Bhushan (co-Ccairperson) former Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde HRD minister Kapil Sibal law minister Veerappa Moily lawyer Prashant Bhushan minority affairs minister Salman Khursheed RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal Swami Agnivesh
Top Law News Government’s nod to joint panel not end of struggle: Kejriwal April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government’s acceptance of a joint committee to frame a strong anti-graft legislation is not the end of the struggle as the bill has to be passed by parliament where many “corrupt leaders” are present, social activist Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday. Addressing the gathering at Jantar Mantar where social reformer Anna Hazare has […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Government Jantar Mantar joint panel Kejriwal nod struggle
Top Law News It’s the victory of democracy: Sibal April 8, 2011 / April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “It is a victory of the democracy,” Human resources development minister Kapil Sibal said on Friday night of the accord that had been reached on forming a joint committee of ministers and civil society leaders to draft an anti-graft legislation that had prompted social reformer Anna Hazare to announce that he would end Saturday morning […] Read more » democracy Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sibal victory
Top Law News Don’t politicise black money case: Apex court April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday asked all the contending parties in the black money case to refrain from politicizing the issue which was of larger national interest. An apex court bench of Justice B Sudarshan Reddy and Justice SS Nijjar said this after senior counsel Ram Jethmalani told the court that the conversation between Maharashtra […] Read more » apex court black money Hasan Ali Khan Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice SS Nijjar politicise Ram Jethmalani
Top Law News Don’t vote for material benefits: Anna Hazare April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Veteran social reformer Anna Hazare Friday urged India’s voters not to cast their ballots for material benefits. “Don’t vote in exchange for bottle of wine, or any other material thing. Votes are priceless,” Anna Hazare said in reply to a question at a press conference at Jantar Mantar where he is on a fast-unto-death since […] Read more » Anna Hazare don't for material benefits vote
Media & Entertainment News Anna Hazare calls for ‘Jail Bharo’ campaign on April 13 April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As his fast-unto-death against corruption entered the fourth day Friday and talks with the government stalled on some points, social activist Anna Hazare asked his supporters to court arrest April 13 under a ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’. The septuagenarian had earlier called for the ‘Jail Bharo’ campaign April 12. Anna Hazare’s announcement came after Human Resource […] Read more »
Media & Entertainment News Sonia pleads but Hazare not to give up as talks fail April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment His crusade against corruption triggering a virtual tsunami in India, social reformer Anna Hazare Thursday vowed to fast until death even as Congress president Sonia Gandhi urged him to end the agitation saying his demands will get the government’s “full attention”. Addressing thousands of young and old at the protest venue here, Anna Hazare, who […] Read more » Hazare pleads Sonia talks fail
Top Law News Himachal makes law tougher on drunken driving April 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The deadly cocktail of drinking and driving may soon invite a more stringent punishment even for private vehicle owners in Himachal Pradesh. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Thursday tabled a bill – the Criminal Law (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2011 – in the state assembly that now makes drunken driving of all vehicles a criminal […] Read more » driving drunken Himachal Law National Crime Records Bureau NCRB tougher
Media & Entertainment News Hazare undeterred by slight weakness, support swells April 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The third day of Anna Hazare’s fast-unto-death has started taking a toll on the social activist’s health, with doctors saying Thursday that his blood pressure was slightly high. However, the feisty leader remained unperturbed as he continued to smile and wave at the ever-growing sea of supporters at Jantar Mantar, in the vicinity of Parliament […] Read more » Hazare Jantar Mantar swells undeterred weakness