Top Law News Salient features of Lokpal bill December 18, 2013 / December 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Following are the salient features of the amended Lokpal Bill passed on Tuesday by the Rajya Sabha. 1. Lokayuktas: The new bill mandates states to set up Lokayuktas within 365 days. States have the freedom to determine the nature and type of Lokayukta. The old bill said the law shall be applicable to states only […] Read more » Lokayuktas Lokpal Bill news salient features of the amended Lokpal Bill salient features of the Lokpal Bill todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News No need of government sanction to probe public servants: SC December 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the approval of the Central Government was not necessary under Section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act (which governs the Central Bureau of Information) for investigation and prosecution of senior officials where inquiry/investigation into the crime under the Prevention of Corruption Act was being monitored by […] Read more » advocate Manohar Lal Sharma CBI coal scam Coalgate justices R M Lodha Kurian Joseph Madan B Lokur news Section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News HC restrains TRAI from action against TV channels over ads December 18, 2013 / December 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday restrained the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) from taking coercive action against news broadcasters in a case related to advertising cap on TV channels. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Manmohan also directed broadcasters to submit a weekly report to the TRAI on the duration […] Read more » Chief Justice N.V. Ramana Delhi High Court Justice Manmohan NBA news News Broadcasters Association TDSAT Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal Telecom Regulatory Authority of India todays news todays top news Top news TRAI
Top Law News Hazare grateful to Rahul for Lokpal bill ‘commitment’ December 18, 2013 / December 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fasting social crusader Anna Hazare expressed his gratefulness to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for the passage of the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2013 in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday evening. He thanked Gandhi for showing “commitment” which ensured the passage of the bill, but demanded the recommendations of the select committee be included in the proposed […] Read more » Anna Hazare Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi Lokpal Bill and Lokayukta Bill news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Bring PM under Lokpal, says Ravi Shankar Prasad December 17, 2013 / December 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded the prime minister should be brought under the Lokpal bill while supporting the anti-graft legislation. “The prime minister should come under it,” BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said while speaking during a debate on the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha. “Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had […] Read more » lokpal ambit Manmohan Singh news PM under lokpal Ravi Shankar Prasad todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC restrains UP police from acting against Taslima December 17, 2013 / December 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained Uttar Pradesh Police from taking any coercive step against self-exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen following her criticism of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal meeting cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan just before Delhi assembly elections. The apex court bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice SA Bobde also issued notice to […] Read more » Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen counsel KK Venugopal Justice BS Chauhan Justice SA Bobde Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC to hear Campa Cola illegal flats case Jan 6 December 17, 2013 / December 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a huge relief to hundreds of agitating residents of the Campa Cola Compound in South Mumbai’s posh Worli area, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the demolition of illegal flats built there till May 31, 2014. Taking suo motu cognizance of the issue, the apex court directed the officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation […] Read more » BMC Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Campa Cola Compound counsel Fali Nariman demolition of illegal flats Justice GS Singhvi Member of Parliament Milind Deora news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Government sanction not needed to probe public servants: SC December 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court said on Tuesday there was no need for a prior sanction of the central government to launch an inquiry against a public servant in a court-monitored CBI investigation. Answering in negative on whether central government’s prior sanction under section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act was necessary before a public […] Read more » CBI coal scam Coalgate news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Forced to sign blank papers, suspected terrorist tells court December 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Abu Jundal Monday told a court here that he was forced to sign some documents and blank papers by National Investigation Agency (NIA) personnel and Maharashtra Police. Meanwhile, the NIA supplied a copy of the chargesheet filed against him to his counsel M.S. Khan. Jundal told District Judge I.S. Mehta that […] Read more » Abu Jundal Counsel M.S. Khan Judge I.S. Mehta Lashkar-e-Taiba LeT National Investigation Agency news NIA todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News 2G: Court notice to DoT, CBI December 17, 2013 / December 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Dec 16 (IANS) A special court hearing the 2G case Monday issued notice to the CBI and the department of telecommunications (DoT) on a plea filed by Loop Telecom Ltd seeking directions for referring the matter to the Lok Adalat. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Judge O.P. Saini issued notice to CBI and DoT […] Read more » 2G case 2G spectrum department of telecommunications DoT Essar Group Judge O.P. Saini Loop telecom limited news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court denies bail to Stock Guru scam accused December 17, 2013 / December 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court has dismissed the bail pleas of two accused in the multi-crore rupee Stock Guru scam, a lawyer said Monday. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ajay Pandey had Saturday dismissed the bail application of Ulhas Prabhakar and Raksha J. Urs observing that 14,000 complaints are filed against them, said the prosecuting lawyer. The court however expressed […] Read more » Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ajay Pandey Economic Offences Wing EOW news Raksha J. Urs Stock Guru scam todays news todays top news Top news Ulhas Prabhakar
Top Law News For sexual offences, fast-track courts are really not so fast! December 16, 2013 / December 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Trials in fast-track courts are running at a snail’s pace compared to last year. Six fast-track courts in Delhi, designated for speedy disposal of sexual offences cases, have disposed of only around 400 cases till the end of November. At least 1,090 sexual offence cases are still pending. Interestingly, regular courts last year decided over […] Read more » Delhi Bar Association fast-track courts in Delhi news Senior advocate H.S. Phoolka senior advocate Rekha Aggarwal todays news todays top news Top news
