Top Law News Income-Tax officials quiz Raja in court custody July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Income-Tax (I-T) department Wednesday interrogated former communications minister Andimuthu Raja, who is currently in judicial custody for alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum allocation case, an official said. The I-T team reached the Patiala House Court premises here around 2 p.m. and questioned the DMK leader. “We are quizzing him regarding his family income,” […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation case court custody Income-Tax (I-T) department Income-Tax officials quiz Raja Shahid Usman Balwa Vinod Goenka
Top Law News Derogatory word to be removed from caste certificates July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it will withdraw the word “chura” from certificates issued to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) stating that the revenue department of the Delhi government used the […] Read more » caste certificates Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Derogatory word Derogatory word to be removed Justice Sanjiv Khanna PIL public interest litigation Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes
Top Law News Supreme court bench recuses itself from plea against OBC quota July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik, constituting a Supreme Court bench, Wednesday recused themselves from hearing a petition challenging clause procedures being followed by Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University for admitting students against the quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The bench recused itself from hearing the matter after senior counsel […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Delhi University Jawaharlal Nehru University Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice R.V. Raveendran OBC quota OBCs. Other Backward Classes Supreme Court
Top Law News Canal water allocation not in judicial domain: Supreme Court July 26, 2011 / July 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said the decision on releasing water from rivers’ canals is in the domain of the government and the judiciary has no role to play in it. The court have the ruling while dismissing an application filed by an organisation from Gujarat’s Kutch region, which sought more water for canals in the […] Read more » Canal water allocation Gujarat High Court judicial domain Justice C.K. Prasad Justice Markandey Katju Kachchh Jal Sankat Nivaran Samiti Narmada canal to Kutch SupremeCourt
Top Law News Deemed universities: Supreme court denies government more time July 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined the central government’s plea for more time to complete the scrutiny of responses from 44 deemed universities threatened with the prospect of de-recognition. However, the court allowed the plea by the human resource development ministry to continue with the services of the Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor (since superannuated) S.K. […] Read more » Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor (since superannuated) S.K. Ray deemed universities deemed universities threatened of de-recognition. Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma
Top Law News Can Rs.10 or Rs.20 buy enough food, asks Supreme court July 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the Planning Commission if Rs.10 in rural areas and Rs.20 in urban areas was enough to buy eatables to get 2,400 calories per head per day. The poser came from judges Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma when it was told that the Planning Commission considered that people getting Rs.10 […] Read more » Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma Justice Wadhwa committee on revamping the PDS Planning Commission Rs.10 or Rs.20 is enough to buy food Supreme Court
Top Law News Apex court rejects Jagan’s petition against CBI inquiry July 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex court rejects Jagan’s petition against CBI inquiry The Supreme Court Friday rejected a petition by YSR Congress Chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy seeking a stay on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into alleged amassing of huge wealth by him. An apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma said that it will not interfere with the Andhra Pradesh […] Read more » apex court CBI CBI inquiry Central Bureau of Investigation Jagan's petition Jagan's petition against CBI inquiry Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma Senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi Supreme Court Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Top Law News Congress not involved in cash-for-votes: Police July 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Giving a clean chit to the Congress and the Samajwadi Party in the 2008 cash-for-votes controversy in parliament, the Delhi Police Thursday told a court here that arrested middleman Sohail Hindustani, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, was the “mastermind” of the scandal. “During investigation it has come on record that neither any leader […] Read more » Aman Arora Arvinder Singh cash-for-votes cash-for-votes controversy Congress Congress in cash-for-votes scam Delhi Police India latest news Legal News Lovely Singh news Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh S.P. Gupta Samajwadi Party Sanjeev Saxena Sohail Hindustani Special Judge Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal trust vote
Top Law News Campaign on anti-graft bill in Sibal’s constituency July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Campaign on anti-graft bill in Sibal’s constituency A voluntary group Thursday started a campaign to popularise the anti-corruption Jan Lokpal bill in central Delhi’s Chandini Chowk, the parliamentary constituency of union minister Kapil Sibal who was part of a team that drafted a separate official Lokpal bill along with civil society members. In order to take Jan Lokpal bill, drafted by members […] Read more » anti-graft bill India Against Corruption (IAC) kapil sibal Sibal's constituency
Top Law News Only bureaucrats, politicians gain from quotas: Apex court July 21, 2011 / July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said that the benefits of quotas are being grabbed by bureaucrats and politicians and don’t reach the people they are intended for. An apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik said that people who should get the benefits of quotas were not even aware of them.”It is […] Read more » Delhi University Jawaharlal Nehru University other backward classes (OBC)
Top Law News ‘Food security bill before cabinet soon’ July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The food security bill will go to the cabinet very soon for approval, the food ministry said Wednesday, calling upon the states to prepare for its implementation. Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister K.V. Thomas Wednesday chaired a meeting with state ministers to discuss preparedness for enactment of the bill, which is a flagship […] Read more » above poverty line (APL) below poverty line (BPL) Food and Public Distribution Minister K.V. Thomas Food Corporation of India (FCI). PDS (public distribution system) Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee Scheme (PEG) Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
Top Law News Charity can’t fund education-for-all: Apex court July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Charity can’t fund education-for-all: Apex court The Supreme Court Wednesday said that public-private partnership for achieving the goal of universalisation of education up to Class 8 has to be based on a viable formula and can not be accomplished on the basis of charity. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Panikar Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia public-private partnership Right to Education law universalisation of education