Top Law News ABVP protests against Jethmalani, EU observers January 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An eight-member team of European Union, which arrived here on Sunday night to witness Human rights activist Binayak Sen’s bail hearing tomorrow, faced protests from lawyers and ABVP workers who showed EU representatives black flags and shouted slogans against them. The team that arrived at the airport with eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani, a BJP MP, […] Read more » Binayak Sen Jethmalani
Top Law News Problems in NRI voting rights being worked out: Vayalar Ravi January 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Practical problems are being worked out to enroll non-residents Indians (NRIs), specially in the Middle East, on the electoral rolls, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said here on Sunday. “Look, there are practical problems in enrolling them because close to 90 percent of NRIs are in the Middle East and it is not […] Read more » NRI Vayalar Ravi
Top Law News PM’s silence on Balakrishnan issue baffling: Krishna Iyer January 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Retired justice V.R. Krishna Iyer has now turned his guns on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his silence on the allegations linked to former supreme court chief justice K.G. Balakrishnan. Speaking to reporters at his residence here Sunday, Iyer said that he is baffled by the prime minister’s stoic silence on the issue. ‘Do you […] Read more » K.G. Balakrishnan Krishna Iyer
Top Law News Proposed Goa police law has many defects, says Church January 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Roman Catholic Church in Goa Saturday said the draft state police bill had “several defects” and criticised the select committee of the legislature for not holding public consultations on the proposed legislation. The Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP), a social organisation of the church, in an official communique issued here expressed “serious […] Read more » Goa police
Top Law News Home ministry officer charge sheeted for leaks January 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Police filed a charge sheet against suspended union home ministry officer Ravi Inder Singh, accused of allegedly leaking sensitive information to unauthorised people, in a court here Saturday. The 2,343-page charge sheet was filed before Special Judge Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal. The next hearing is slated for Jan 29. Police have sought prosecution of Singh […] Read more » Delhi Police
Top Law News Lawyers to file prosecution case against Yeddyurappa Monday January 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj late on Friday permitting prosecution of beleaguered Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on land scam and corruption charges, city lawyers Sirajin Basha and K N Balaraj have decided to file a criminal case in a special court here on Monday. ‘We are grateful to the Governor for granting us permission […] Read more » B.S. Yeddyurappa prosecution
Top Law News Gujarat acts to curb illegal mining after court’s intervention January 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Upbraided by the Gujarat High Court for its inaction in curbing illegal mining, the state government Friday told the court of the series of measures it has initiated to curb the malaise. Mines and Minerals Secretary M. Sahu appeared in person before the bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi as per […] Read more » illegal mining
Top Law News Trade union trouble: Kerala manufacturer moves court January 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Trade union trouble: Kerala manufacturer moves court Militant trade unionism seems to be raising its head in Kerala once again, with a manufacturer Friday approaching the state high court and also threatening to move out of the state after persisting problems with unloading goods. “We have approached the high court seeking its intervention in the matter,” said Sheila Kochuouseph, who runs the […] Read more » Trade union trouble
Top Law News Supreme Court slams Kapil Sibal on telecom audit remark January 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court slams Kapil Sibal on telecom audit remark The Supreme Court Friday slammed Communications Minister Kapil Sibal for his remark that the official auditor’s report was “utterly erroneous” in assessing the loss on award of telecom spectrum at Rs.1.76 lakh crore ($40 billion).”It is unfortunate,” said the apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly. The court said the minister […] Read more » kapil sibal Supreme Court
Top Law News Court stops work on Tata housing project in Punjab January 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab and Haryana High Court here Thursday stopped the construction of a controversial multi-storey housing project being executed by Tata Housing Development Company (THDC) in an ecologically fragile zone in Punjab, north of Chandigarh. The court ruling is likely to come as a blow to THDC and a number of politicians and other influential […] Read more » Tata housing project
Top Law News Supreme Court pulls up Teesta Setalvad January 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday pulled up convenor of NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace, Teesta Setalvad, for sending communications addressed to the special investigating team (SIT) probing the 2002 Gujarat riots to the UN Human Rights Commission. The SIT, headed by former CBI director R.K. Raghavan, is investigating the 2002 Godhra and post-Godhra riots. The […] Read more » Supreme Court Teesta Setalvad
Top Law News Former RAW official tries to undress in court January 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) official, to be frustrated at the frequent adjournments in a human trafficking case against her in the Delhi High Court, tried to undress before a judge Thursday but was stopped by police officials. Nisha Bhatia, in her late thirties, started to undress in a courtroom before Justice Ajit […] Read more » (RAW) Research and Analysis Wing