Top Law News Solicitor general embroidering or stretching truth: Subramanian Swamy November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday alleged that Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian could have been “misled” by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on communications with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the 2G spectrum allocation issue. “The solicitor general has either been misled by the PM’s office or misinformed the court,” Swamy told reporters outside […] Read more » embroidering general solicitor Subramanian Swamy
Top Law News Gujarat officer challenges order for disclosure of assets November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday issued a notice to the state government after a senior bureaucrat asked the court to set aside a state government order asking officials to furnish details of their assets. Notices were issued to the state government, its public information officer, the chief information commissioner. Arvind Agrawal, an Indian Administrative Service […] Read more » assets challenges disclosure Gujarat officer
Top Law News Property dealer gets life term for wife’s killing November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court here Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to a property dealer convicted of plotting the killing of his wife in 2008. According to police, Baljinder Singh alias Talla, hatched the conspiracy with his friend Ashok Kumar and employee Vijay Pal to kill his wife Anuradha May 17, 2008, at Sector 38 (west) here. Besides […] Read more » dealer killing Property wife
Top Law News Supreme Court frowns on PM’s silence over Raja November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday took exception to the 15-month “silence” of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on former MP Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking sanction to initiate proceedings against then telecom minister A. Raja over the 2G spectrum row. The prime minister could have said that the material on record was insufficient and declined the sanction, said […] Read more » frowns PM Raja Supreme Court
Top Law News CAG should enhance skills to serve future needs: PM November 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) needs to enhance its skills to reorient itself to deliver results, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday and added that reports from the institution are taken very seriously by the government, parliament and the people. Addressing a gathering at the inauguration of the 150-year celebrations of the CAG, the […] Read more » CAG PM skills
Top Law News Land acquisition for Vedanta University quashed November 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa High Court on Tuesday quashed the process of land acquisition for Vedanta University in Puri and directed the government to return the acquired land to its owners, a lawyer said. The division bench of Chief Justice V Gopal Gouda and Justice B P Das delivered their verdict in response to eight petitions, said […] Read more » acquisition land quashed Vedanta University
Top Law News Kasab questions permission to NIA to quiz him November 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the sole survivor out of the 10 Pakistani gunmen in the 26/11 attack, Monday filed an application witghn e Bombay High Court seeking to know how had the Maharashtra government given permission to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to interrogate him. The application was filed Monday – the first […] Read more » Kasab NIA permission questions quiz
Top Law News Ayodhya verdict challenged in Supreme Court November 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court’s Sep 30 verdict on the Ayodhya dispute was Monday challenged by a petitioner in the Supreme Court. The appeal was filed by Mohammad Siddiq alias Hafiz Mohammad Siddiq on behalf of 90-year-old organisation Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH). Siddiq is the general secretary of the JUH, which had taken part in the country’s […] Read more » Ayodhya challenged Supreme Court verdict
Top Law News Yeddyurappa made party in lawmakers’ disqualification case November 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court Monday rejected the plea of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa not to make him a party to a petition of five Independent lawmakers who have challenged their disqualification from the assembly. A three-judge bench of Justice Mohan Shantanagoudar, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice A.S. Bopanna ruled that the chief minister be […] Read more » disqualification lawmakers Yeddyurappa
Top Law News NCPCR to recommend programmes for HIV/AIDS affected children November 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is preparing a comprehensive document recommending programmes to provide assistance to HIV/AIDS affected children. The document includes suggestions like juvenile centres and providing legal and social support for children suffering from HIV/AIDS, NCPCR officials said. ‘We are formulating a comprehensive policy document. The recommendations will include […] Read more » affected HIV/AIDS NCPCR
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Vodafone to deposit Rs.2,500 crore November 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed telecom major Vodafone to deposit Rs.2,500 crore ($550 million) as part of a tax liability in the takeover of Hutch Essar group’s India operations. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia also said Vodafone has to provide a bank guarantee of Rs.8,500 crore to the government. The […] Read more » deposit Hutch Essar group’s Supreme Court Vodafone
Top Law News Apex court grants interim relief to Amar Singh, Jaya Prada November 15, 2010 / November 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim relief to former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh and actor-turned politician Jaya Prada from being expelled as MPs even if they defy their party’s whip in the house. The apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph granted the relief while referring their matter […] Read more » Amar Singh apex court interim Jaya Prada Relief Samajwadi Party