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Finding trained cops the challenge in tackling Maoists: Chidambaram

February 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Finding trained cops the challenge in tackling Maoists: Chidambaram

“The most difficult element is trained, well-equipped state police force to take on the challenge of Maoists,” Chidambaram told reporters in an interaction at the Indian Women’s Press Corps here. The home minister said the intellectual and material support by some unsuspecting NGOs and civil society is “making the task difficult for us”. “It confuses […]

Chhattisgarh Maoists on ‘bloodbath’ mission in Bihar, Bengal

February 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

An estimated 650 Maoist guerrillas have crossed over from Chhattisgarh’s Bastar forests to West Bengal and Bihar to carry out deadly attacks, intelligence sources said Friday. The rebels belong to the Maoist People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), the military wing of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), the sources said. The PLGA has sneaked […]

Chargesheet filed against Kobad Ghandy

February 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Delhi Police Friday filed a chargesheet against arrested ideologue of tyhe banned Communist Party of India-Maoist Kobad Ghandy, accusing him of anti-national activities. The chargesheet that ran into over a 100 pages was filed before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja. In it, the special cell of Delhi Police stated that Ghandy was involved in anti-national […]

Police action: Andhra Congress divided over court order

February 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

– Legislators of the ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh stand divided over the state high court order on police action against students of Osmania University protesting for a separate Telangana state. A day after two legislators from the Andhra region took exception to the court reprimanding the government and police and making certain observations […]

Indian facing $44mn corruption trial in British tax haven

February 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

A non-resident Indian is fighting multi-million dollar money-laundering charges in Britain’s semi-autonomous island of Jersey in a complex case spanning three continents over the allegedly ill-gotten wealth of a late Nigerian military dictator. Raj Arjandas Bhojwani, an Indian citizen, could be sent to prison for up to 14 years if found guilty at the end […]

India’s food inflation still hovers around 18 percent (Lead)

February 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on India’s food inflation still hovers around 18 percent (Lead)

Rising food prices, not negative inflation, is what alarms corporate India. “There is no fear of deflation and this is just a temporary phenomenon. The negative inflation number that we see today is the result of a sharp drop in prices of fuel, power and lubricants,” said Amit Mitra, secretary general of Federation of Indian […]

Human rights body condemns Maoist killing in Bihar

February 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) Thursday strongly condemned the killing of at least 10 people in Bihar by Maoists, saying that the act cannot be justified ‘by any means’. Suhas Chakma, director of ACHR said: ‘The wanton killing of civilians cannot be justified under any circumstances and constitutes an act of terrorism. These […]

Investor sells Vedanta shares over human rights violations

February 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Human right activists, tribal leaders and social activists in Orissa Sunday welcomed the Church of England’s decision to sell its shares in British mining major Vedanta due to its dissatisfaction with the company’s rights’ record in the state. “It is a great step by the Church. It understood the peoples’ concern to protect their livelihood, […]

Centre misleading court on canal projects: Madhya Pradesh

February 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The central government is misleading the Supreme Court on the ongoing construction of two canals for the Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar reservoir projects, the Madhya Pradesh government told the court Wednesday. The state government accused the union government of making a wrong submission in an affidavit, which said the two “projects cannot be allowed as […]

High court admits Sajjan Kumar’s anticipatory bail plea

February 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on High court admits Sajjan Kumar’s anticipatory bail plea

The Delhi High Court Wednesday admitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s anticipatory bail plea challenging a trial court order rejecting bail in connection with cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Justice S.L. Bhayana reserved the order till 2 p.m. after hearing arguments from both sides. Apprehending arrest, the former union minister had approached the court […]

Higher judiciary can order CBI probe

February 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The government and the Central Bureau of Investigation Wednesday took opposite stands before the Supreme Court on the higher judiciary’s power to order CBI probes into criminal cases.Their submissions were made before a five-member constitution bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, which was hearing a bunch of petitions by various state governments questioning the […]

Aamir Khan resigns from Copyright Act panel

February 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Miffed by media reports that he is trying to harm writers, Bollywood star Aamir Khan has resigned from the 10-member committee formed by the government to look into the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act. “It seems to me that there is an attempt by certain people to attack me in public by printing lies […]