Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Niira Radia seeks stay on release of film based on her life March 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Corporate lobbyist Niira Radia Thursday approached the Delhi High Court which issued a notice to the producer of the film “Monica-the Politics of Murder” on her plea against the release of the movie on the ground that it depicts her private life in a “scandalous” manner. Kush Bhargava, a Lucknow-based Congress leader, is the producer […] Read more » Censor Board Justice V.K. Jain Niira Radia release stay Vaishnavi Corporate Communications Private Ltd
Criminal Law News Yeddyurappa faces police probe over land deal March 24, 2011 / March 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bangalore court Thursday ordered a police probe into a private complaint against Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa over a land deal. The investigation is to be completed by May 4. The probe will be conducted by the police attached to the state Lokayukta (ombudsman), Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge C.B. Hipparagi ordered. He is […] Read more » Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa faces Governor H.R. Bhardwaj land deal police probe Sessions Judge C.B. Hipparagi Yeddyurappa
Top Law News Court orders CBI probe against Narayan Rane’s son March 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback to Congress heavyweight and Industries Minister Narayan Rane, the Bombay High Court Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe his son Nitesh Rane’s alleged involvement in a shooting incident. Nitesh, who heads NGO Swabhiman Sanghatana, has been accused of firing at Shamim alias Chintu Shaikh, a former aide, in his […] Read more » Bombay High Court CBI Court Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice A.R. Joshi Narayan Rane Nitesh Rane orders
Criminal Law News Hasan Ali associate arrested March 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Thursday arrested Kolkata-based businessman Kashinath Tapuriah here for his alleged association with Hasan Ali Khan, said to the India’s biggest tax evader, sources in the probe agency said. To be presented at a Mumbai court later in the day, Tapuriah (74) is alleged to have played a major role in the […] Read more » arrested associate Enforcement Directorate Hasan Ali Kashinath Tapuriah Kolkata-based businessman
Top Law News Parliament passes bill to change name of Orissa March 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Parliament passes bill to change name of Orissa Orissa will hereafter be called ‘Odisha’ and the Oriya language will be known as ‘Odia’ with Parliament giving approval to amendment of the Constitution and also passing the related bill. The Rajya Sabha passed the Orissa (the Alteration of Name) Bill and adopted the Constitution (113th) Amendment Bill after a brief debate with members from […] Read more » bill Home Minister P. Chidambaram Odisha Orissa Parliament passes Pyarimohan Mohapatra Rajya Sabha Rudra Narayan Pany
Top Law News Court questions government, school on girl’s eye injury March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought a reply from the Delhi government and officials of a school as to why they were not able to provide immediate treatment to a girl whose eyes were injured in an incident in the institution. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court eye injury girl Government Justice Sanjiv Khanna Patrons for Poor People’s Foundation school Vishwamitra Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya
Top Law News All metro hospitals to get tips on emergency treatment March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on All metro hospitals to get tips on emergency treatment The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the central government to circulate among all government hospitals in the metros its suggestions on the prompt treatment of patients in an emergency. The central government, in consultation with the director general of health services, has come up with the suggestions which were presented before a bench of Chief […] Read more »
Top Law News Make eighth chapter of Telangana report public: high court March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court today directed the Centre to make public the eighth chapter of the Srikrishna Committee report on Telangana which deals with sensitive law and order issues. Justice L. Narasimha Reddy of the High Court gave the order on a petition requesting the court to direct the Centre to disclose the eighth […] Read more » eighth chapter High Court Justice L. Narasimha Reddy public Sri Krishna committee Telangana report
Top Law News Delhi government questioned on school kids using intoxicants March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday questioned the Delhi government on a petition seeking steps to prevent city school children from accessing intoxicants. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the education department and asked it to file a reply by May 18 on the issue raised by a […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi government Delhi High Court intoxicants Justice Sanjiv Khanna National Commission for Protection of Child Rights questioned school kids
Media & Entertainment News ‘Government ignoring Mizoram tribal refugees in Tripura’ March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mizoram’s Reang tribal refugees living in Tripura for the last 14 years have been neglected by both the central and state governments, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Wednesday. “The Reang tribal refugees are willing to return their homes in Mizoram. The future of the thousands of their children in refugee camps is being […] Read more » Government ignoring Mizoram Chief Secretary Mizoram tribal Pu Van Hela Pachuau refugees Sanjoy Kumar Panda Soumya Gupta Tripura Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Tripura counterpart
Top Law News Insult of Sikhs is insult to nation: Krishna March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India on Wednesday said dishonour to the Sikhs is a national insult and the government takes serious note of the incident in which golfer Jeev Milkha Singh’s coach Amritinder Singh was forced to remove his turban at Milan airport last week. Assuring the Rajya Sabha that the issue would be taken up with Italy, External […] Read more » BJP leader S. S. Ahluwalia External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna golf India-Italy relationship Insult Krishna Milka Singh coach nation Sikhs Turban issue
High Profile Cases Court admits CBI plea to extradite Warren Anderson March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Wednesday allowed a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea seeking extradition of US-based former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson for the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Vinod Yadav said everyone in India wants Anderson, 90, to be extradited for world’s biggest environmental disaster. “Why should (the) plea not be […] Read more » admits CBI plea Central Bureau of Investigation Chief Metropolitan Magistrate CMM Court Delhi court extradite UCC pesticide plant Vinod Yadav Warren Anderson