Consumer Law News Rahat, manager fined Rs.1.5 mn each February 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and his manager Maroof Ali were Sunday fined Rs.1.5 million ($33,000) each for carrying undeclared foreign currency while trying to leave India earlier this month, sources said. The artiste and his manager, who were charged under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and Customs Act, will have to pay […] Read more » fined Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) manager manager Maroof Ali Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Rahat Rs.1.5 mn
Consumer Law News Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Raja goes to Tihar Jail, looks calm February 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former communications minister A. Raja, arrested in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam, was Thursday sent to Tihar Jail on 14 days judicial custody by a Delhi court. Wearing a dark grey safari suit, Raja looked calm and collected, his face betraying no emotion, as the order came.Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge […] Read more » A. Raja CBI Tihar Jail
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Kalmadi aide’s CBI custody extended February 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday extended the CBI custody of former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi’s aide Shekhar Deorukhkar by two more days. He was sent to five-day remand Feb 12. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge O.P. Saini allowed the CBI’s plea to quiz him for two more days. Deorukhkar was […] Read more » CBI Suresh Kalmadi
Consumer Law News Tri-Valley scam: US envoy assures fair treatment to students February 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The US Wednesday assured India of ‘fair and appropriate treatment’ of around 1,500 Indian students affected by the closure of by a sham California-based university and said that it was committed to protecting them from predatory visa fraud rings. ‘We are working closely with the Indian Government on the issue of Tri-Valley University and ensuring […] Read more » Tri-Valley scam
Consumer Law News Law giving voting rights to NRIs comes into force February 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Non-resident Indians can now get their names registered in the electoral rolls, with the amended legislation coming into force Thursday. A press release by the law and justice ministry Thursday said the government has issued the necessary notification bringing the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 2010 into force on Feb 10. ‘The amending act […] Read more » NRIs voting rights
Consumer Law News Panel on food ingredients norms not per law, says court February 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Panel on food ingredients norms not per law, says court The Supreme Court Tuesday said the experts’ panel – to frame guidelines on what ingredients could be used in food products – was set up contrary to the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act. An Supreme Court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice A.K. Ganguly said: ‘Experts’ panel is prima facie violative […] Read more » food ingredients Supreme Court
Consumer Law News Pune land scam probe may be given to CBI, says court February 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Another land scam in Pune, which could run into over Rs 3 billion, paling the Adarsh Society scam of Mumbai, may be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe, a legal official said. This was indicated Monday by a division bench of the Bombay High Court following a public interest litigation […] Read more » Pune land scam Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act
Consumer Law News Delhi government’s power on consumer panel post restricted January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has restrained the Delhi government from taking a final decision on the appointment of two members in the state consumer commission. The court was hearing a plea questioning the government’s power to reserve two posts of the three-member commission – one for woman non-judicial member and the other for member (judicial). […] Read more » consumer panel
Consumer Law News Gujarat ITI staff entitled to bonus, rules high court January 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Employees of Gujarat’s industrial training institutes (ITIs) are entitled to be treated at par with state government employees for the purpose of salary and other monetary benefits like bonus, the Gujarat High Court has ruled. The court, while dismissing the state government’s appeal, ruled that teaching and non-teaching staff working in grants-in-aid institutions were entitled […] Read more » Gujarat Gujarat High Court ITI
Consumer Law News Court stays transparency panel’s order on school data January 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has stayed a Central Information Commission (CIC) order directing the Delhi government to make public the admission criteria for poor children followed by private schools in the last three years. The court also stayed the CIC order to put on the government website details about the annual income tax returns placed […] Read more » transparency
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Government, 11 telecom firms get court notice on 2G spectrum January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the governments and 11 firms on a plea seeking cancellation of licences and award of spectrum for second generation (2G) phone services during former communications minister A. Raja’s tenure. The court also said that it will ask the government how much loss, if any, the exchequer had suffered […] Read more » 2G spectrum
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Prashan Bhushan attacks Sibal January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a blistering attack on Communications Minister Kapil Sibal for saying that the audit report on auction of second generation (2G) telecom spectrum was erroneous, senior Supreme Court counsel Prashant Bhushan Saturday said that it amounted to largely giving a clean chit to his disgraced predecessor A. Raja. DMK leader Raja had to step down […] Read more » Prashan Bhushan Supreme Court counsel