Top Law News Black money: Apex court seeks details on government steps January 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After being criticized by the Supreme Court and the Opposition for its handling of black money deposited by industrialists and others in foreign bank accounts, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the government has nothing to hide, and added that India cannot violate secrecy laws to reveal names in the Swiss trail. “No information […] Read more » apex court black money Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
Top Law News CVC committee not told of pending chargesheet against Thomas January 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told Thursday that the high-powered committee for the selection of central vigilance commissioner (CVC) was not informed about a pending chargesheet against P.J. Thomas and the sanction granted by the Kerala government to prosecute him in the palm oil import case. The high-powered selection committee comprises Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home […] Read more » Central Vigilance Commissioner CVC
Top Law News Finally, Kashmir to get information commission January 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After much delay, Jammu and Kashmir is set to constitute its first state information commission . Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti are scheduled to meet Thursday afternoon to decide on the names of the chief information commissioner and two information commissioners. Officials […] Read more » information commission Kashmir
Top Law News Controversial cop named for medal, locals protest January 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Locals and activists took to the streets here to protest the award of the President’s Police Medal to the city’s former Deputy Inspector General of Police Prem Prakash, accused of shielding the rapist of an 11-year-old girl last year. ‘DIG Prem Prakash was squarely responsible for shielding the owners of Gyansthali School, where Divya was […] Read more »
Criminal Law News Lawyer denied bail in property grab case January 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has dismissed the bail plea of an advocate who allegedly forged documents and indulged in impersonation to grab properties. Justice S.N. Dhingra Jan 24 rejected the bail application of Mahip Singh Saini, a practising lawyer, saying that the accused misused his position in committing a crime and hence was not entitled […] Read more » property grab case
Top Law News Court raps Delhi government, power regulator January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday pulled up the Delhi government and the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) over appointment of members of the power regulator, saying it is “not happy with the state of affairs”.The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan sharply criticised the government and said “we have seen files […] Read more » Delhi government power regulator
Top Law News Supreme Court declines to block Godhra carnage verdict January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to restrain a special fast track court in Gujarat from pronouncing its verdict Feb 19 in the 2002 Godhra train carnage in which 59 people were killed. The apex court bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice B.S. Chauhan said that “after asking the trial court to proceed with the […] Read more » Godhra carnage verdict
Intellectual Property News Right to education to cover secondary schools soon: Sibal January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday hoped the Right to Education (RTE) act will cover secondary schools in the coming years. ‘In the coming five years similar rights will cover secondary education,’ Sibal said while addressing a function organised by the ministry and UNICEF. He said the act will address the problem of […] Read more » Human Resource Development kapil sibal Right to Education
Criminal Law News ‘Can’t reveal names yet of Indians with black money abroad’ January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Secrecy clauses in treaties with other countries are preventing the government from disclosing the names of Indians with black money abroad, estimated at $462 billion to $1.4 trillion, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday. ‘We have nothing to hide. But there are legal provisions,’ the finance minister told a press conference here, which was called […] Read more » black money Pranab Mukherjee
Criminal Law News Rajesh Talwar attacked with cleaver outside court January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajesh Talwar, the father of murdered teen Aarushi, was Tuesday seriously injured after an unidentified man attacked him with a sharp-edged cleaver outside the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in full view of hundreds of people. Talwar could be seen holding his head in pain as blood flowed out. The place was milling […] Read more » Rajesh Talwar
Top Law News More arbitration centres for commercial disputes planned January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on More arbitration centres for commercial disputes planned Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Monday said that the central government was looking at setting up arbitration centres for commercial disputes in every metropolitan city in the country. Speaking during a ceremony in Panaji, marked to unveil India’s first international arbitration outside the national capital, Moily also made a pitch for a paradigm shift […] Read more » arbitration centres commercial disputes
Criminal Law News Gujarat not to aid rebuilding riot-damaged religious buildings January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Making its policy clear on the issue of granting aid to religious structures damaged in the 2002 riots, the Gujarat government Monday told the state high court that it will not provide any financial aid to them. The government pleader, P.K. Jani conveyed this to the first bench comprising Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice […] Read more » buildings religious riot-damaged