Consumer Law News Private hospitals asked for free treatment policy July 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed private hospitals to submit to the Delhi government proposals for formulating a common policy for providing free treatment to poor patients. An apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik told the private hospitals to submit their proposals within 10 days and thereafter hold discussions for framing […] Read more » free treatment policy Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran poor patients Private hospitals Supreme Court
Consumer Law News Muslim man told to pay maintenance to ex-wife June 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Muslim man told to pay maintenance to ex-wife The Delhi High Court has rejected a Muslim man’s plea that he could not be forced to pay maintenance to his former wife under the domestic violence law as it did not apply to Muslims. The court disagreed with Syed Mohammed Nadeem’s plea that the domestic violence law did not apply to Muslims as they […] Read more »
Consumer Law News Bihar’s food security situation alarming, says expert June 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than half of Bihar’s 10.5 crore population is malnourished, while 70 percent of women and children below the poverty line (BPL) are anaemic, a Supreme Court-appointed official said in a report Thursday. “About 55 percent of the population is malnourished and 70 percent women and children below the poverty line are anaemic,” said a […] Read more »
Consumer Law News Telecast Lokpal Bill panel proceedings: Agnivesh May 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Telecast Lokpal Bill panel proceedings: Agnivesh The proceedings of the Lokpal Bill draft committee should be telecast so that people could see the body language of union ministers Kapil Sibal and P. Chidambaram who are on the committee, social activist Swami Agnivesh said Friday. Speaking during the launch of the nationwide Jan Lokpal bill campaign here, Agnivesh, one of the convenors […] Read more » Agnivesh Home Minister P. Chidambaram kapil sibal Lokpal Bill panel proceedings telecast
Consumer Law News High court relief for auto drivers May 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed the Delhi government’s notification demanding Rs.15,000 from auto drivers plying in the national capital for installing GPS systems. Justice Indermeet Kaur in an interim order stayed till May 27 the government’s decision to charge the money from each auto driver at the time of installing the system. Justice Kaur […] Read more » auto drivers High Court Relief
Consumer Law News Citibank scam: Puri’s father sent to police custody April 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Citibank scam: Puri’s father sent to police custody Raghuraj Puri, the father of Shivraj Puri who is the prime accused in the Rs.400-crore Citibank scam, was Tuesday sent to two days’ police custody by a local court, police said. He was arrested a day earlier. “He was absconding since the scam came to light. About a month back when his anticipatory bail got […] Read more » Citibank scam Norman Martin police custody Raghuraj Puri Shivraj Puri
Consumer Law News Government quizzed on starting telecom sector probe from 1999 March 30, 2011 / March 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government to file its reply on a plea seeking the court’s direction to the CBI to investigate irregularities in the telecom sector since 1999, when the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was in power. The application, filed by Citizens Grievances Redressal Foundation (CGRF), sought a ‘thorough […] Read more » CGRF Citizens Grievances Redressal Foundation National Democratic Alliance telecom sector
Consumer Law News NGO seeks ban on tobacco ads during World Cup March 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An NGO Monday sought a ban on tobacco advertisements during the cricket World Cup, saying these will have an adverse effect on the minds of the people. New Delhi-based HRIDAY (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth) Monday wrote to International Cricket Council (ICC) President Sharad Pawar on the issue, the group’s communications officer Nikunj Sharma […] Read more » ads ban International Cricket Council NGO President Sharad Pawar tobacco world cup
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Apex court reserves verdict on plea to cancel 2G licences March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition for cancellation of 2G licences illegally granted in 2008 after it was told considerations of ‘chaos’ and ‘loss’ of foreign investments if the licences were quashed could not outweigh the concerns over national security. The posituion was made clear to the apex court bench of […] Read more » 2G licences apex court Attorney General G. Vahanvati Janata Party president Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi reserves Senior counsel Prashant Bhushan Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI verdict
Consumer Law News No wrongdoing in 2G case, government to court March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There has been no wrongdoing in the allocation of second generation (2G) spectrum, the government told the Supreme Court Thursday. Attorney General G. Vahanvati told judges G. S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly that everything in the allocation of 2G licences was in conformity with the then national telecom policy. Vahanvati said that in the […] Read more » 2G case Court Government Janata Party president No second generation (2G) spectrum Subramanian Swamy wrongdoing
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Apex court questions government on telecom firm’s licence March 2, 2011 / March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the government to reveal what happened between March 5, 2010, when telecom company S Tel’s second generation (2G) licences were cancelled, and April 15, 2010, when they were restored. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly sought the details after studying the documents that were […] Read more » apex court Government Janata Party president Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi questions Subramainian Swamy telecom firm's licence
Consumer Law News Bail plea of 2G accused rejected February 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Friday rejected the bail plea of R.K. Chandolia and Shahid Usman Balwa, arrested in the spectrum allocation scam along with former communications minister A. Raja, saying they could tamper with evidence or influence witnesses. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special Judge O.P. Saini said: “Accordingly, I find a merit in the submission […] Read more » 2G accused A. Raja bail plea Central Bureau of Investigation R.K. Chandolia rejected Shahid Usman Balwa special Judge O.P. Saini