Top Law News Court reserves order on A. Raja’s bail plea May 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court on Friday reserved for May 15 its order on former telecom minister A Raja’s bail application. Special CBI judge OP Saini said: “Arguments heard, keep the order for May 15.” The CBI opposed the bail application of Raja, saying that he is facing charges of accepting bribe […] Read more » A. Raja's bail plea Court reserves order on A. Raja's bail plea Special CBI Judge OP Saini
Top Law News CBI issued notice on Bangaru Laxman’s appeal May 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday issued a notice to the CBI on former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bangaru Laxman’s plea challenging the trial court’s award of jail sentence to him, saying that he was suffering from old age related illnesses. Justice Mukta Gupta refusing immediate suspension of the sentence for 72-year-old Laxman sought the […] Read more » Bangaru Laxman's appeal Delhi High Court Justice Mukta Gupta
Top Law News Rajya Sabha passes bill on sexual offences against kids May 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ignoring concerns expressed by child rights activists on the age of consent being increased from 16 to 18 years, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Bill. The bill provides for special courts and stringent punishment including life imprisonment for sexual assault against a minor but it also seeks […] Read more » bill on sexual offences against kids sexual offences against kids
Top Law News People’s respect for police declining: NHRC May 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on People’s respect for police declining: NHRC The people’s respect for the police is declining and so is the morale of the police, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Secretary General Rajiv Sharma said here Thursday. “Respect for police forces is eroding in the public. Morale of the police is also declining. This can be set right only by restoring poeple’s confidence in […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission People's respect for police declining
Top Law News Working on cash-for-votes money trail, cops tell court May 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Police Thursday told a special court here that efforts are being made to unearth the money trail in the 2008 cash-for-votes case and they are following the Supreme Court guidelines in the probe. “The investigation was taken up in accordance with the guidelines and directions of the Supreme Court to probe all the […] Read more » BJP MP Faggan Singh Kulaste Delhi Police Working on cash-for-votes money trail
Top Law News Air India moves Supreme Court as pilots strike rocks parliament May 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It seems like another harrowing day for those travelling by Air India. At least four flights have been cancelled with passengers saying once again they have no information about the cancellations. Air India says it’s leasing planes to compensate, and entitling affected passengers to hotel accommodation. Civil Aviation minister Ajit Singh is slated to meet […] Read more » Air India moves Supreme Court Air India pilot strike pilots strike rocks parliament
Top Law News 2G: Apex court allows review plea withdrawal May 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday allowed the government to withdraw its petition seeking a review of the Supreme Court verdict cancelling 122 licences that were allocated on and after Jan 10, 2008 by the then telecom minister A. Raja. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan granted withdrawal of the review […] Read more » 122 spectrum licences ASG Indira Jaising cancellation of 122 spectrum licences by Supreme Court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan
Top Law News Derogatory content to be removed against Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Google told May 11, 2012 / May 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed Google to remove, within 36 hours, derogatory content posted by a blogger against Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Justice Manmohan Singh, hearing a defamation case filed by followers of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, also issued notice to Google and Jitender Bagga who allegedly posted derogatory contents […] Read more » Delhi High Court Jitender Bagga Justice Manmohan Singh removal of derogatory content Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Top Law News CBI backs magistrate’s stand against Talwars May 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI Thursday told the Supreme Court that discrepancies in the charge sheet could not be a ground for the recall of a magistrate’s decision to take cognizance against the dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the 2008 Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj double murder. The probe agency said the magistrate’s decision to reject its closure […] Read more » case against Talwars CBI
Top Law News Krishna Tirath discusses issues of community-based organisations May 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Minister for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath Monday met the representatives of community-based organisations working for transgenders, sex workers and urban poor from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Maharashtra. She discussed with them the issues faced by such organisations, and explained the benefits of various ministry-run schemes. The representatives pointed […] Read more » community-based organisations Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath
Top Law News Suit against army chief shifted to another judge May 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday transferred the defamation case filed by Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh against Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh to another judge for hearing. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Amit Bansal transferred the case to Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Jay Thareja from MM Sudesh Kumar. The case file was sent to Bansal by Sudesh […] Read more » Additional Director General of Public Information Major Gen. S.L. Narsimhan Army Chief Gen V K Singh army vice chief Lt. Gen. S.K. Singh Director General Directorate General of Public Information staff officer Lt. Col. Hitten Sawhney Lt. Gen. B.S. Thakur Lt. Gen. Tejinder Singh MM Jay Thareja
Top Law News Blacklisted Israel Military Industries moves Delhi High Court May 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the defence ministry and the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) on a plea by the Israel Military Industries (IMI), Israel’s state-run defence equipment supplier, seeking to set aside OFB’s decision cancelling its contract to set up a plant to manufacture an advanced propellent for artillery ammunition at Nalanda […] Read more »