Top Law News Government’s nod to joint panel not end of struggle: Kejriwal April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government’s acceptance of a joint committee to frame a strong anti-graft legislation is not the end of the struggle as the bill has to be passed by parliament where many “corrupt leaders” are present, social activist Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday. Addressing the gathering at Jantar Mantar where social reformer Anna Hazare has […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Government Jantar Mantar joint panel Kejriwal nod struggle
Top Law News It’s the victory of democracy: Sibal April 8, 2011 / April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “It is a victory of the democracy,” Human resources development minister Kapil Sibal said on Friday night of the accord that had been reached on forming a joint committee of ministers and civil society leaders to draft an anti-graft legislation that had prompted social reformer Anna Hazare to announce that he would end Saturday morning […] Read more » democracy Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sibal victory
Top Law News Don’t politicise black money case: Apex court April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday asked all the contending parties in the black money case to refrain from politicizing the issue which was of larger national interest. An apex court bench of Justice B Sudarshan Reddy and Justice SS Nijjar said this after senior counsel Ram Jethmalani told the court that the conversation between Maharashtra […] Read more » apex court black money Hasan Ali Khan Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice SS Nijjar politicise Ram Jethmalani
Top Law News Don’t vote for material benefits: Anna Hazare April 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Veteran social reformer Anna Hazare Friday urged India’s voters not to cast their ballots for material benefits. “Don’t vote in exchange for bottle of wine, or any other material thing. Votes are priceless,” Anna Hazare said in reply to a question at a press conference at Jantar Mantar where he is on a fast-unto-death since […] Read more » Anna Hazare don't for material benefits vote
Top Law News Himachal makes law tougher on drunken driving April 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The deadly cocktail of drinking and driving may soon invite a more stringent punishment even for private vehicle owners in Himachal Pradesh. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Thursday tabled a bill – the Criminal Law (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2011 – in the state assembly that now makes drunken driving of all vehicles a criminal […] Read more » driving drunken Himachal Law National Crime Records Bureau NCRB tougher
Top Law News Citing Japan, Indian villagers oppose nuclear plant April 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fear has gripped people in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh where the authorities plan to set up a 1,400-MW atomic power station. Residents say the nuclear crisis in Japan, triggered by a tsunami, is one more reason why the plant should not come up in their area. Mandla, which is tribal-dominated and is over 400 […] Read more »
Top Law News Youth, office-goers converge on Hazare’s fast venue April 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Some bunked colleges and others took leave from work as people from across the country came in droves to central Delhi’s Jantar Mantar Wednesday to support Anna Hazare’s fast-unto-death for a more stringent anti-corruption law. Jitender Jain, 40, who has a transport business in Uttar Pradesh, has been in Delhi since Tuesday to support Hazare […] Read more » converge Hazare's fast venue office-goers youth
Top Law News I-cards, welfare fund proposed for lawyers’ clerks April 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers’ clerks in all district courts in the city may soon get identity cards and access to a welfare fund as the Delhi High Court Wednesday asked its registrar general to meet the district and sessions judge and chalk out a scheme for the purpose. Disposing of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a […] Read more » chief A.S. Chandhiok Chief Justice Dipak Misra clerks High Court I-cards Justice Reva Khetrapal lawyers proposed Supreme Court welfare fund
Top Law News PM initiated mechanism for talks on Lokpal bill: Soni April 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had initiated a mechanism to consider suggestions from civil society activists on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said Wednesday. Replying to queries about social activist Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast for a stronger and more comprehensive Lokpal Bill to tackle corruption, Soni said the prime minister had […] Read more » Ambika Soni initiated Lokpal Bill mechanism PM
Top Law News Fighting corruption: Anna’s fast-unto-death enters day two April 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Veteran activist Anna Hazare’s fast-unto-death here gathered steam on its second day Wednesday as he pressed for a stronger anti-graft Lok Pal Bill through greater involvement of civil society – a protest he has dubbed as the second Satyagraha. “This is democracy and we want people’s participation in drafting the Lok Pal bill,” Hazare told […] Read more » Anna Hazare Anna's Arvind Kejriwal corruption day two enters fast-unto-death Fighting former Supreme Court judge lawyer Prashant Bhushan Santosh Hegde Supreme Court Veteran activist
Top Law News Bill against honour killing likely in monsoon session: Girija Vyas April 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The bill against honour killing is likely to be introduced in the monsoon session of parliament in July, outgoing chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) Girija Vyas said Wednesday. ‘I believe the bill will be introduced in the monsoon session. With the GoM (group of ministers) approving it, there is no hitch now,’ […] Read more » bill Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Girija Vyas Home Minister P. Chidambaram honour killing Human Resource Development Minister kapil sibal Krishna Tirath Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily monsoon session NCW Women and Child Development Minister
Top Law News Supreme Court lifts ban on Karnataka iron ore exports April 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said that the ban on the export and transportation of iron ore in Karnataka will be revoked from April 20. The apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik passed the interim order after it was told that the Karnataka Prevention of illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage of […] Read more » ban iron ore exports Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran Karnataka lifts senior counsel K.V. Vishwanathan Supreme Court