Top Law News IT department freezes accounts of Mahindra Satyam March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Income Tax department Tuesday froze the bank accounts of Mahindra Satyam after the software firm failed to pay a tax demand of Rs.616 crore ($136 million). Mahindra Satyam, the new brand identity of the fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services Limited, has moved the Andhra Pradesh High Court challenging the demand notice and seeking a stay […] Read more » Central Board of Direct Taxes Central Bureau of Investigation Mahindra Satyam Chairman Ramalinga Raju Tech Mahindra Vineet Nayyar
Top Law News CBI can’t probe Goa drug nexus, high court told March 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The police-politician-drug mafia nexus case cannot be investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as it ‘lacks manpower’ and has ‘constraints of local language’, its officials Tuesday told the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court. The federal investigation agency said this in a letter issued to the union ministry of personnel which was […] Read more » CBI drug nexus Goa High Court National Students Union of India Sunil Kavthankar Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Jats threaten to halt trains, cut water to Delhi March 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Leaders of Haryana Jats Tuesday threatened to halt road and train traffic and disrupt water supply to Delhi if the authorities failed to promise them quotas in government jobs. “If they don’t accept our demands by March 25, we will block the Delhi-Ambala track. If nothing happens by the final deadline March 28, we will […] Read more » (CRPF) (RAF) Bhupinder Singh Hooda Central Reserve Police Force cut Delhi halt trains Haryana Chief Minister Hawa Singh Sangwan Jats the Rapid Action Force threaten water
Top Law News Senior telecom official to probe divestment of VSNL March 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment S.R. Rao, additional secretary in the Department of Telecom (DoT), has been named to head the probe on matters relating to the divestment of state-run Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) in favour of the Tatas. The probe, according to officials, will deal with two aspects: The delay in separating the surplus land held by the […] Read more » Department of Telecom divestment Official probe senior Tata Communications telecom Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd VSNL
Top Law News Child witness’s testimony carries weight: Supreme Court March 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The courts can rely on evidence tendered by a child if it inspires its confidence and there was no embellishment or improvement in it, the Supreme Court has said. “The law on the issue (child’s evidence) can be summarised to the effect that the deposition of a child witness may require corroboration, but in case […] Read more » carries Child witness First Information Report Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice P. Sathasivam Supreme Court testimony weight
Top Law News Meghalaya demands its own high court March 22, 2011 / March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Meghalaya government Tuesday demanded a high court of its own in the state and said it would continue to pursue the issue with the central government. ‘We are in the process of approaching and reminding the government of India of the need of having a separate high court, but we need to have the […] Read more » Bindo Lanong demands Deputy Chief Minister High Court M. Veerappa Moily Manas Chaudhuri Meghalaya Union Law and Justice Minister
Top Law News Officials warned on child marriages March 22, 2011 / March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Rajasthan government has warned of strict action against district administrations and police officials if they fail to check child marriages on Akshya Tritiya (Akha Teej) to be observed May 6, an official said Tuesday. The day is considered highly auspicious for marriages. It falls on the third day after ‘amavasi’ (new moon) in the […] Read more »
Top Law News Engineer to be prosecuted for judges getting dengue March 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has paved the way for the prosecution of a government engineer whose alleged negligence resulted in mosquitos breeding at the construction site of a court complex in south Delhi and five judges being hit by dengue. Additional Session Judge Virender Bhat said: ‘The allegations against the petitioner (Public Works Department assistant engineer, […] Read more » Additional Session Judge Commonwealth Games dengue engineer judges Municipal Corporation of Delhi prosecuted Virender Bhat
Top Law News Court asks illegal Delhi mosque to relocate March 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday asked a charitable society, whose illegally built mosque was razed in Jangpura area of the city, to rebuild the structure on an alternative site given by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). The DDA razed the mosque early January, sparking protests by members of the com munity. The DDA told the […] Read more » advocate R.K. Saini Court Delhi Development Authority Delhi High Court Delhi mosque illegal Justice G.S. Sistani relocate Residents Welfare Association
Media & Entertainment News Amnesty asks India to stop rights abuse in Kashmir March 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Coming down heavily on India for alleged rights violations in terror-riven Jammu and Kashmir, global rights watchdog Amnesty International Monday said the Public Safety Act (PSA) should be revoked in the state. The 600-page Amnesty report – the first on Jammu and Kashmir since 2000 – has termed the PSA a “lawless law”. We strongly […] Read more » Amnesty Amnesty International's Armed Forces Special Powers Act Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Home Secretary G.K. Pillai India Kashmir Public Safety Act Ramesh Gopalakrishnan rights abuse stop
Intellectual Property News Wrong information under RTI to land officials in trouble March 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Providing wrong information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act could be prove costly with a senior Haryana official directing that action be taken against erring staff. State Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati has issued directions to all the departments to fix responsibility and take action under the Government Employees Conduct Rules against those erring officials […] Read more » Information land officials RIGHT TO INFORMATION RTI trouble Wrong
Criminal Law News Charged with drunken driving, atones through social service March 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 25-year-old man held guilty of drunken driving has been spared a jail term by a Delhi court which said ‘forgiveness is the best punishment’ and told him to undertake social service for two months starting Sunday. Sandeep Kumar, an employee of a private firm who hails from Buana Lakhu village in Haryana’s Panipat district, […] Read more » atones Charged drunken driving social service