Top Law News Rajat Gupta gets two years in jail October 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Rajat Gupta gets two years in jail Past “good deeds” helped Rajat Gupta, the one time poster boy of Indian business in America, get away with a two year prison sentence for leaking corporate secrets to former hedge fund tycoon Raj Rajaratnam. Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Federal District Court in Manhattan Wednesday handed down India born Gupta, 63, a former […] Read more » $5 million fine charitable institutions defence plans devotion District Court in Manhattan Goldman Sachs Group good deeds Indian business in America Indian-American US attorney Judge Jed S. Rakoff lenient prison Rajat Gupta tycoon Raj Rajaratnam
Top Law News Police sub-inspector shot dead in Allahabad October 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Allahabad a shocking incident happened, a sub inspector of police and two others were murdered late Tuesday owing to a land dispute in Allahabad. While two of the men were shot dead, one was beaten to death. The incident occurred at Dubawal village in Sarai Inayat area, Allahabad, about 230 km from the state […] Read more » Dubawal village hiv Babu and Ram Babu Kapil Muni Mohit Agarwal Sarai Inayat Senior Superintendent of Police shot dead state capital. sub-inspector
Top Law News Shillong prisoners pen grievances on brochures October 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Shillong, With writing paper denied to them, prisoners are using religious brochures distributed by clergymen to write their grievances. A Prisoner said, “The matter came to light after several complaints addressed to jail authorities were found written on the back of brochures.” “The prisoners are doing this as they are not being provided paper by the jail staff” […] Read more » 150 inmates British-era jail pen grievances Shillong prisoners
Top Law News UP industries to protest power hike October 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Irked at the steep hike in power tariff for the industrial sector in Uttar Pradesh, industrialists Wednesday announced a statewide protest beginning Oct 26 and demanded a roll-back. Contending that only industrial houses and small businessmen were targeted in the revised power tariff, trading community leader Ashok Motiyani said they are demanding a roll back […] Read more » Ashok Motiyani industrial houses protest power hike tariff plan Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission
Top Law News Rajat Gupta gets two years in jail October 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Rajat Gupta gets two years in jail Fallen Wall Street tycoon Rajat Gupta has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay a $5-million fine by a US judge who termed Indian-American’s insider trading crimes as “disgusting” and a “terrible breach of trust’’. Gupta, 63 was also ordered by US District Judge Jed Rakoff to serve a year of […] Read more » boardroom secrets former Goldman Sachs director hegde fund founder Raj Rajratnam Insider trading case insider trading charges Jed Rakoff leaking Warren Buffett's investment in Goldman Sachs to Rajat Gupta Manhattan court Preet Bharara Rajat Gupta sentenced to 2 years jail term securities and conspirancy fraud Warren Buffett's investment in Goldman Sachs
Top Law News UAE emirate pardons 47 prisoners October 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fujairah (UAE): The UAE emirate of Fujairah has ordered the release of 47 prisoners as a goodwill gesture on the occasion of Eid-al-Adha. On Wednesday Fujairah ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi issued an ordered that all had earlier proven their eligibility for the amnesty. Eid-al-Adha is an important religious holiday, beginning. Read more » Eid-al-Adha prisoners Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi UAE emirate
Top Law News HCL asked to replace defective computer or refund cost October 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment HCL Infosystems Ltd has been asked by a consumer forum here to either refund Rs 27,890 as cost of a faulty notebook computer to a buyer or replace the defective machine with a new one. The New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum also awarded the customer Rs 3,000 as compensation saying he was “mentally […] Read more »
Top Law News Not scared of legal notice, says Kejriwal October 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Monday India Against Corruption (IAC) leader Arvind Kejriwal was defiant after Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit sent him a legal notice for allegedly “defaming” her. Staging a protest outside a BSES office here, he said: “You can send me as many notices as possible. We are not scared.” Kejriwal added that it was not he […] Read more » BSES India Against Corruption Kejriwal legal notice Shiela Dikshit
Top Law News 33 more illegal Bangladeshi immigrants arrested in Meghalaya October 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On October 20th in Shilong, Border Security Force (BSF) troopers have arrested 33 more illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, who were working as coal miners in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district. The Bangladeshi nationals were arrested on late Friday night from Kuliang and Umkiang village near the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya while they were attempting to cross […] Read more » Bangladeshi immigrants BSF Kanaighat Kuliang and Umkiang mining activities Sylhet district Zainal
Top Law News Arrangements made for Durga idol immersion in Yamuna October 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In New Delhi the city government has assured the Delhi High Court that it has made arrangements for idol immersion in the Yamuna at the end of Durga Puja Oct 24. The government said this in an affidavit after it was alleged by petitioner NGO Tapas that civic agencies had failed to comply with a […] Read more » Arrangements made for Durga Durga Puja immersion in Yamuna Justice Rajiv Shakdher Mahadashami. NGO Tapas
Top Law News Jundal sent to judicial custody till Nov 3 October 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Investigation Agency (NIA) told to Court in Delhi, the custodial interrogation of Abu Jundal, a 26/11 key handler and LeT terrorist, has been completed. The National Investigation Agency stated this before special CBI judge Talwant Singh when Jundal was produced before the court after expiry of NIA’s remand which was granted on October […] Read more » 26/11 Abu Jundal CBI judge Talwant Singh Indian Mujahideen judicial custody till Nov 3 Lashkar-e-Taiba Mumbai ATS Nasik Academy attack. National Investigation Agency terrorist tortured
Top Law News Corruption is human rights violation: SC October 20, 2012 / October 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Corruption is human rights violation: SC Holding that corruption is a violation of human rights, the Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside an order of the Bombay high court that suspended a two-year jail term imposed on the superintendent of Central Excise department for corruption. Bench of judges said, “Corruption is not only a punishable offence but also undermines human rights, […] Read more » Central Excise department corruption Human Rights