Top Law News Anti-Kudankulam protestors to fast from May 1 onwards April 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Upset with the Tamil Nadu government for going back on its assurances, the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) Monday announced that it would resume an indefinite hunger strike from May 1 against the two 1,000 MW plants at Kudankulam. “We have decided to go on hunger protest once again from May 1 onwards as […] Read more » Anti-Kudankulam protestors Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy
Top Law News Court decision April 27 on Bangaru Laxman graft case April 23, 2012 / April 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court will April 27 deliver its judgment in a 10-year-old graft case against former Bharatiya Janata Party president Bangaru Laxman for allegedly accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer. Additional Sessions Judge Kanwaljeet Arora had April 2 reserved his order in the case. The case dates back to 2001, when Tehelka.com carried […] Read more » Bangaru Laxman graft case Delhi court Judge Kanwaljeet Arora
High Profile Cases Videograph court proceedings to ensure accurate reporting: Prashant Bhushan April 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eminent lawyer Prashant Bhushan has told the Supreme Court that to ensure fair and accurate reporting, proceedings of the Supreme Court and of the high courts should be videographed and made publicly available, as is done for parliament. “In order to avoid inaccurate or one-sided reporting” Bhushan told the apex court constitution bench to direct […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice D.K. Jain Justice J.S. Khehar Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Justice S.S.Nijjar lawyer Prashant Bhushan Supreme Court
Top Law News Poor suffer the most due to delayed justice: Ansari April 22, 2012 / April 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Poor suffer the most due to delayed justice: Ansari Criticising the delay in delivering justice, Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari Saturday said the poor people suffered the most due to delayed justice. “It is usually the individual citizen and the poor and marginalised among them, who bear the burnt of inadequate or non-existent Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanisms and extended judicial processes,” said Ansari while […] Read more » Calcutta High Court delayed justice Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Criminal Law News Israeli embassy car blast: Police deny Kazmi’s allegation April 22, 2012 / April 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Police Saturday denied allegations in a Delhi court that they forced Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, an accused in the Feb 13 Israeli embassy car blast here, to sign documents without reading them. “It is submitted that neither the accused (Kazmi) was forced to sign any document (without reading) nor any blank document,” police told Chief […] Read more » Delhi court Israeli embassy car blast Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi
High Profile Cases Adarsh scam: Court rejects bail plea of accused April 22, 2012 / April 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Saturday rejected the bail applications of six accused in the Adarsh housing scam arrested in March and April, officials said. “Of the nine accused, two had applied for bail for the first time, while four accused applied the second time. Three accused in the case had applied […] Read more » Adarsh housing scam CBI counsel Ejaz Khan Justice J.A. Patil Maj.Gen. (retd) T. K. Kaul
Top Law News Court order on plea against army chief April 26 April 22, 2012 / April 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday reserved for April 26 its order on a defamation case filed by Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh against army chief Gen VK Singh, who has accused him of bribery. Metropolitan Magistrate Jasjeet Kaur listed the matter for order on the summoning of Army Chief and others after Tejinder Singh’s counsel said […] Read more » chief Gen VK Singh defamation case Delhi court Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh Metropolitan Magistrate Jasjeet Kaur Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar
High Profile Cases 2G: Arguments on charges against Essar, Loop promoters from May 3 April 22, 2012 / April 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Saturday fixed May 3 for commencement of arguments on framing of charges in the case arising out of the 2G spectrum allocation scam involving promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom. Special CBI Judge O P Saini listed the case for arguments on charges on May 3-4 and May 7-8. Besides […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation scam Delhi court Essar Group Loop Telecom Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini
High Profile Cases CBI conducts searches in UP foodgrain scam April 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today conducted searches at several places in Lucknow in connection with alleged irregularities in Public Distribution System (PDS) in the state. Searches were conducted at 12 locations in Lucknow at the premises of some state food corporation employees and alleged middlemen, the CBI sources said. The CBI has been investigating […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation Public Distribution System UP foodgrain scam
Top Law News Punjab bans use of cancer causing pesticides in Malwa April 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Punjab has banned the manufacture, import and use of pesticides causing cancer in Malwa region of the state, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said Friday. The decision was taken based on directions by NHRC, which took suo motu cognizance of a media report, alleging that the disease of cancer among farmers in the Malwa region […] Read more » Department of Health and Family Welfare Department of Health and Family Welfare Malwa region National Human Rights Commission suo motu cognizance suo motu cognizance
Top Law News Court bans devotees’ entry to Kalighat ‘garbha griha’ April 21, 2012 / April 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court on Friday banned the entry of devotees to the ‘Garbha Griha’ (sanctum sanctorum) of Kalighat’s Kali Temple, saying the large number of visits was defacing the shrine. A division bench of Chief Justice J.N. Patel and Justice Sambuddha Chakrabarti, however, allowed any two priests on a day to enter the ‘Garbha […] Read more » Calcutta High Court chief justice J.N. Patel Justice Sambuddha Chakrabarti Kalighat's Kali Temple
High Profile Cases Order on CEC plea for CBI probe against Yeddyurappa withheld April 21, 2012 / April 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday withheld its order on the recommendation of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the graft charges against former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa in the multi-crore-rupee mining scam in the state. “The special three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia did not […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Karnataka High Court Supreme Court