Top Law News Kerala government told to take over Padmanabhaswamy temple January 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Kerala government told to take over Padmanabhaswamy temple The Kerala High Court Monday asked the state government to take over control of the 16th century Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple in the heart of the capital city. The temple, at present, is maintained by the erstwhile royal family of Travancore. A division bench of the court gave the direction while disposing a bunch of petitions […] Read more » Padmanabhaswamy temple
Top Law News Allegations against Thomas were discussed: Chidambaram January 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Monday that allegations against Central Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas were discussed in the Sep 4, 2010, meeting of the selection committee which included him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj. He refrained from further comments, pleading the case is sub-judice. Chidambaram, addressing a press conference here […] Read more » Manmohan Singh P. Chidambaram P.J. Thomas
Top Law News Mirchpur violence: Supreme court pulls up Haryana government January 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up Haryana government for failing to clear the national highway blockades by the Jat community protesting the arrests of its members allegedly involved in Mirchpur village attack on Dalits. The Supreme court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly told the Haryana government that “the blockade of […] Read more » Mirchpur violence
High Profile Cases Actors, filmmakers protest Binayak Sen’s jail term January 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment About 150 people marked the Martyrs Day Sunday by staging a protest in Mumbai as part of a nationwide agitation against the life imprisonment awarded to rights activist Binayak Sen. The group that included artists, activists and common people chanted slogans like “Shame on you, Chhattisgarh government” and “Free Dr. Binayak Sen”. Calling the judgment […] Read more » Binayak Sen
Top Law News 2G scam, Radia tapes, black money cases at Supreme court this week January 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment For the Central Government battling legal cases on sensitive issues, it is a crucial week ahead at the Supreme Court. At least four major legal tangles, riveting the nation’s attention, are slated at the Supreme Court. The four cases closely followed across the nation are: the 2G spectrum allocation scam, corporate lobbyist Niira Radia’s tapes, […] Read more » 2G scam black money Radia tapes
Top Law News Pending criminal cases to be fast-tracked: Moily January 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Pending criminal cases to be fast-tracked: Moily All criminal cases pending before lower courts across the country will be fast-tracked within the next three months, Union Law Minister M. Verappa Moily said here Sunday. Addressing a press conference, Moily said: ‘Things are already in the process and the union government has given away a sum of Rs.20,000 crore to different states to […] Read more »
Top Law News Thousands march against corruption in Delhi January 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Holding aloft banners and shouting slogans against rising levels of corruption in the country, thousands of people from all age groups stepped out of their homes Sunday to demand an effective anti-graft law. Streaming banners that read ‘Corruption: Enough is enough’ and ‘Common people are raped in government offices’, the protestors gathered at the Ramlila […] Read more »
Top Law News Thousands march against corruption in Pune, Aurangabad January 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Thousands march against corruption in Pune, Aurangabad Marking the 63rd death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, thousands of people participated in a protest march against corruption in Pune and Aurangabad Sunday, an official said. The march, that is taking place simultaneously in 60 cities across India, is part of an anti-graft campaign by civil society groups. ‘In Pune, we have made it a […] Read more »
Top Law News India protests radio-tagging of duped Indian students in US January 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India Saturday said it has told United States that the use of monitors on some duped Indian students of closed American Tri-Valley University by authorities was “unwarranted” and demanded the immediate removal of the measure. The Tri-Valley University (TVU) in Pleasanton, a suburb in San Francisco Bay Area, was raided Tuesday and charged with helping […] Read more » radio-tagging Tri-Valley University
High Profile Cases Fodder scam: 35 sentenced to prison January 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thirty-five convicts in a case related to the multi-crore-rupee fodder scam were Saturday sentenced to imprisonment ranging from six-four years and slapped fines of up to Rs.2 crore by a special CBI court in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge of R.R. Tripathy Friday pronounced judgment in the case revolving around […] Read more » fodder scam
Top Law News Moily for CBI probe into Karnataka church attacks January 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Moily for CBI probe into Karnataka church attacks Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Saturday said the judicial panel, which absolved the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Hindu groups of attacks on churches in Karnataka, had suppressed the truth. ‘Only a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will bring out the truth,’ he told reporters here a day after the justice […] Read more » M. Veerappa Moily Union Law Minister
High Profile Cases Ishrat Jahan case: Illustrative evidence of staged shootout, court told January 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There was illustrative evidence to ‘suspect beyond reasonable doubt’ that the killing of Mumbai college girl Ishrat Jahan and three of her companions in 2004 was done in a staged shootout, a member of the Gujarat High Court-appointed SIT member told the court Friday. ‘There are scientific and circumstantial evidence against the version provided in […] Read more » Ishrat Jahan case