Media & Entertainment News Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly May 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the decision of the West Bengal government to allot land in Kolkata’s Salt Lake area to former cricket captain Sourav Ganguly. The apex court bench of justice GS Singhvi and justice AK Ganguly directed the state government to refund the Rs 20 lakh paid by the cricketer for […] Read more » justice AK Ganguly Justice GS Singhvi land allotment Sourav Ganguly Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Order on Teesta’s plea reserved till Friday May 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday reserved its order till Friday on a petition filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad seeking to quash a criminal complaint against her. The complaint against her was made in the Panderwada case, in which bodies of victims of the 2002 communal riots were exhumed in 2006 – four years after […] Read more » .Justice G.B. Shah Gujarat High Court Teesta
Media & Entertainment News Did not attempt suicide in prison, says Punjab BJP leader May 24, 2011 / May 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With rumours afloat that he may have attempted suicide in prison where he is lodged in a Rs.1.5 crore bribery scam, former Punjab chief parliamentary secretary (CPS) Raj Khurana of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday showed media persons his wrists and said he had not cut them. Brought to the district court complex here […] Read more » attempt suicide CBI Raj Khurana
Media & Entertainment News Meetings to raise public awareness on Lokpal Bill in Delhi May 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to increase public awareness on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill, the volunteers of pressure group India Against Corruption (IAC) are holding several meetings in the national capital Sunday. These will be held in three areas: Narela, Rohini and Shahdara. “As the drafting of the Lokpal Bill, which is to be finalised by June […] Read more » Lokpal Bill meetings public awareness
Media & Entertainment News Nukkad nataks, songs to help Delhi schools tackle sniffing intoxicants May 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Street plays, songs and slogans will be some of the new methods the Delhi government will be adopting to prevent schoolgoing children of the national capital from taking to inhaling intoxicants like paint thinner and eraser fluid. Delhi government has submitted its action plan before the Delhi High Court, which is to be followed in […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi schools intoxicants Justice Sanjiv Khanna Nukkad nataks sniffing songs
Media & Entertainment News Anna Hazare is face of anti-corruption: Kiran Bedi May 18, 2011 / May 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment When the history of the anti-corruption movement is written for posterity, veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare’s face will be identified with the fight, says writer, social activist and former super cop Kiran Bedi. Bedi, who released the book “Anna Hazare: The Face of India’s Fight Against Corruption”, is part of Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement that saw […] Read more » Anna Hazare face of anti-corruption Kiran Bedi
Media & Entertainment News Kanimozhi’s bail plea verdict on May 20 May 14, 2011 / May 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In temporary relief for the politically battered first family of Tamil Nadu, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Saturday deferred till May 20 its verdict on the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar in connection with their alleged involved in the spectrum case. CBI Special Judge O.P. […] Read more » Asif Balwa CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini Kanimozhi May 20 plea Rajiv B. Agarwal Sanjay Chandra Swan Telecom verdict Vinod Goenka
Media & Entertainment News 2G case: Court allows exemption plea of Karim Morani May 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Tuesday allowed Cineyug Film’s Karim Morani, accused in the 2G spectrum case, exemption from personal appearance in court. Judge O.P. Saini said: ‘Accused Morani’s exemption plea from personal appearance is allowed. However, he will have to appear before the court on May 12.’ On May 6, Morani […] Read more » 2G case CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Court DMK MP Kanimozhi exemption plea Karim Morani Kusegaon Realty director Rajiv Aggarwal Shahid Balwa Sharad Kumar Swan Telecom promoter
Media & Entertainment News Don’t blame Pakistan for non-state actors, says Zardari May 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India should stop blaming Pakistan for the terrorist actions of non-state actors “, President Asif Ali Zardari told a delegation of Indian jurists which recently returned from a visit to Islamabad. According to Zardari, India should discriminate between the action of “non-state actors” and that of the Pakistan state, said former Supreme Court Bar Association […] Read more » Asif Ali Zardari blame Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary M.N. Krishnamani non-state actors Pakistan Pervez Musharraf Supreme Court Zardari
Media & Entertainment News Death warrant sends Koli in search of mercy May 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Surender Koli, a businessman’s domestic help sentenced to death for murdering Rimpa Haldhar from Noida’s Nithari village, has filed a mercy plea before President Pratibha Patil after he got a death warrant, a jail official said Monday. The 39-year-old Nithari serial killer has begged for mercy after a court last week sent him a death […] Read more » Death warrant Nithari village Surinder Koli
Media & Entertainment News Asaram Bapu asked to appear before panel on ashram deaths May 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An inquiry commission, probing the mysterious death in 2008 of two boys studying in Asaram Bapu’s Ahmedabad ashram, Monday set June 6 as the deadline for the spiritual leader and his son Narayan Sai to appear before it. Justice D.K. Trivedi asked the counsel for Asaram to ensure before May 23 and inform the date […] Read more » Asaram Bapu ashram deaths
Media & Entertainment News Castration as punishment for rape? May 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Castration as punishment for rape? The often emotive debate over whether rape convicts should be castrated is back in the public domain. A Delhi judge’s suggestion that castration, whether surgical or chemical, be explored as a punishment for rape has reopened the issue with some experts advising caution and others saying it could be justified. At the centre of the […] Read more » castration punishment rape