Media & Entertainment News Mamata welcomes apex court order on Singur land June 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Welcoming the Supreme Court’s interim order on the Singur land case, the West Bengal Chief Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, today said the apex court did not stop land survey and the “process of distribution of land.” “We welcome the Supreme court order. It will go in favour of the farmers and in favour of the […] Read more » 'Mamata apex court Singur land
Media & Entertainment News Mumbai woman issued warrant on chat partner’s plea June 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi high court on Monday issued a bailable warrant against a Mumbai-based woman who allegedly emotionally blackmailed her on-line chat partner, employed in an MNC in Gurgaon, after he refused to marry her. When the proceedings on the MNC employees’ petition started, Justice Suresh Kait asked why the woman did not appear in court […] Read more » chat Justice Suresh Kait Mumbai woman partner's plea Warrant
Media & Entertainment News If I’ve black money, make it national property: Ramdev June 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on If I’ve black money, make it national property: Ramdev Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who fasted earlier this month against mounting corruption in the country, said here Sunday that if any black money was found with him, it could be declared national property. “If the government finds any black money with me, they can declare it national property,” Ramdev said while addressing a press conference […] Read more » black money national property Ramdev
Media & Entertainment News President should make public her assets: RTI activist June 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Pratibha Patil should release the details of her and her family members’ assets in the public domain as it would set a precedent for the parliamentarians, a Right to Information (RTI) activist said Friday. “As a head of state and parliament, the president of India should take the initiative of putting her property details […] Read more » assets President President Pratibha Patil public RTI activist
Media & Entertainment News Change in government should not hit students: Apex court June 15, 2011 / June 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said that in the event of a change in government, the interest of students must be kept in mind by the new dispensation while reversing any earlier decision on an academic issue. The apex court vacation bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar said a “decision taken administratively and […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Delhi rapist jailed for six years June 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has sentenced a man to six years in jail and fined him Rs.15,000 for raping a minor girl. “Considering the age of the convict at the time of offence, which was only 20-22 years, and the fact that he has no previous history of involvement in any other case, I am inclined […] Read more » Delhi jailed rapist
Media & Entertainment News Baba Ramdev ends fast June 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Yoga guru Baba Ramdev ended his fast-unto-death on the ninth day of the agitation against black money on Sunday at the request of spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. “Baba has broken his fast taking a glass of juice from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,” announced Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy, who also took the opportunity […] Read more » Baba Ramdev ends fast
Media & Entertainment News Infosys’ Murthy favours PM, judiciary under Lokpal’s ambit June 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Infosys’ outgoing chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy late Saturday favoured bringing the prime minister and the top judiciary under the purview of the proposed Lokpal (ombudsman) institution. ‘Knowing that the kind of extraordinary individual (prime minister) Manmohan Singh is, I have no doubt that he would be the first one to ask to include him under […] Read more » chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy Lokpal's ambit
Media & Entertainment News Delhi to host disabled peoples’ international meet June 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi is all set to host the Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI) meet in August this year, a leading disabled rights activist said here Saturday. “The meet will see over 150 differently challenged people from 30 countries. We are also getting requests from people from Europe and Africa who want to attend the meet,” said Javed […] Read more » convenor ( disabled rights group. Delhi disabled peoples' international meet Javed Abidi UNESCAP
Media & Entertainment News Court slams 2G co-accused for not producing legal documents June 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday slammed a private firm allegedly involved in the 2G scam for not having complete legal documents related to the dubious transaction of Rs.200 crore as a loan amount to Kalaignar TV which the prosecution has said was a bribe. Justice Ajit Bharihoke pulled up the defence counsel directors of Kusegaon […] Read more » 2G co-accused Asif Balwa Justice Bharihoke Kalaignar TV legal documents MP Kanimozhi Shahid Usman Balwa
Media & Entertainment News Will train nationalists, not Maoists: Ramdev June 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Defending his statement of building an army to tackle any future police crackdown, yoga guru Baba Ramdev Thursday said that his statement was taken in the wrong context and that he was not training Maoists, but nationalists. “I am not training naxals or Maoists but people who will fight for this country,” Ramdev told reporters […] Read more » not Maoists Ramdev train nationalists
Media & Entertainment News ABVP slams Chidambaram for defending Ramdev crackdown June 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on ABVP slams Chidambaram for defending Ramdev crackdown The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Thursday slammed Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s defence of the police crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and said the action was “undemocratic and dictatorial”. Sunil Ambekar, national organising secretary of the RSS-affiliated student body, said Chidambaram was “helplessly” trying to defend his undemocratic and dictatorial misdeeds at Ramlila ground. […] Read more » ABVP Chidambaram Ramdev crackdown