Media & Entertainment News can’t be forced to give DNA test sample: N.D. Tiwari June 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari Wednesday refused to appear before the Delhi High Court and moved an application stating that he cannot be forced to give a blood sample for a DNA test in a paternity suit filed by a 31-year-old man who says Tiwari is his biological father. Tiwari, 85, moved an application before […] Read more » DNA test N.D. Tiwari
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Media & Entertainment News Headley told wife he ‘made a fool’ of Rana June 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley has admitted he told one of his wives that he “made a fool” of his childhood friend Pakistani Canadian Tahawwur Rana, his co-accused in the Mumbai terror attack trial. “I acknowledge that I made a fool of him. He should be released. Poor fellow is stuck for no reason. It […] Read more » David Coleman Headley Pakistani Canadian Pakistani-American terrorist Tahawwur Rana
Media & Entertainment News No ‘fish medicine’ for kids, says Andhra rights panel June 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on No ‘fish medicine’ for kids, says Andhra rights panel A fresh controversy hit the famous ‘fish medicine’ therapy for asthma patients as Andhra Pradesh Human Rights Commission Tuesday ordered that children below the age of 14 should not be administered it. Acting on a petition by Balula Hakkula Sangham, an NGO working for children’s rights, the commission asked the Hyderabad district administration to ensure […] Read more » 'fish medicine Andhra Pradesh Human Rights Commission
Media & Entertainment News Rs.9 lakh relief for kin of woman killed in accident May 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has awarded over Rs.9 lakh as compensation and interest to the family of a woman who was killed in a road accident in 2006. Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Judge Ashwani Sarpal awarded Rs.703,022, along with around Rs.2.5 lakh interest, to the family members of 26-year-old victim Neeru Bhatnagar. The motorcycle on which […] Read more » Judge Ashwani Sarpal
Media & Entertainment News Lokpal should not probe PM: Baba Ramdev May 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The prime minister should be excluded from the purview of the proposed Lokpal, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said on Tuesday. “It is a very complicated question whether the prime minister and the chief justice of India should be brought under Lokpal bill or not. The person who decides the fate of 121 crore people in […] Read more » Baba Ramdev Lokpal PM
Media & Entertainment News Binayak Sen slams sedition laws May 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rights and public health activist Binayak Sen Monday termed sedition laws in the country as ‘draconian’ and said these are often misused to ‘suppress the voice of the people’. ‘The UK does not have a sedition law, but we have it. It was brought to India by the British and we are still continuing it,’ […] Read more » Binayak Sen sedition laws
Media & Entertainment News Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar’s bail order reserved May 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday reserved its order on the bail plea by DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar in the 2G spectrum case. Justice Ajit Bharihoke reserved the order. Both Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar are in jail for their alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam. Read more » Justice Ajit Bharihoke Kanimozhi Sharad Kumar's bail order reserved
Media & Entertainment News Lokpal Bill panel to consult states, parties on ‘divergent views’ May 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Lokpal Bill panel to consult states, parties on ‘divergent views’ The joint Lokpal Bill drafting committee Monday decided to seek the views of states and political parties on “issues of divergence” on the proposed legislation as the government and civil society representatives had differing views on key issues, including bringing the prime minister and the higher judiciary under the ambit of the new authority. After […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal divergent views Human Resource Development kapil sibal Lokpal Bill Prashant Bhushan
Media & Entertainment News Sequence being followed on mercy pleas, says Congress May 28, 2011 / May 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Congress Friday admitted that time was being taken to decide on mercy petitions of death row prisoners, but said it was a constitutional process which cannot be “leapfrogged”. Responding to queries about the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) demand for the rejection of the mercy petition of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, Congress spokesman Abhishek […] Read more » Abhishek Manu Singhvi Afzal Guru Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar Mahendra Nath Das mercy pleas National Democratic Alliance President Pratibha Patil
Media & Entertainment News Lokpal bill will cut graft by 70 percent:Anna Hazare May 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Social activist Anna Hazare said Friday that the proposed Lokpal bill will bring down corruption by 60 to 70 percent. “When it becomes a law, it will curb graft by 60 to 70 percent and become the foundation for completely removing corruption,” Hazare told a group of farmers near Nelamangala, about 40 km from Bangalore. […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Kiran Bedi Lokpal Bill senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan Social activist Anna Hazare Swami Agnivesh
Media & Entertainment News Custody disputes: Call for India to sign Hague Convention May 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court judgement affirming the jurisdiction of Indian courts to deal with disputes of children’s custody even if they are foreign citizens has raised demands for the government to accede to the Hague Convention dealing with such disputes and thus protect the rights of non-resident Indians. In a judgement with far-reaching implications for Indians […] Read more » Custody disputes Hague Convention Justice T.S. Thakur Justice V.S. Sirpurkar
Media & Entertainment News Adarsh land belonged to state, not meant for war heroes: Minister May 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A union minister Thursday said on oath that the land in prestigious south Mumbai where the controversial Adarsh Society’s 31-storey housing block stands belonged to the state and was never reserved for defence personnel or Kargil war heroes. While Union Energy Minister and former chief minister Sushilkumar Shinde in a sworn affidavit asserted that no […] Read more » Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam. Adarsh land BEST Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport MMRDA Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Sunil Tatkare Sushilkumar Shinde war heroes