Top Law News Black money: Apex court seeks details on government steps January 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After being criticized by the Supreme Court and the Opposition for its handling of black money deposited by industrialists and others in foreign bank accounts, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the government has nothing to hide, and added that India cannot violate secrecy laws to reveal names in the Swiss trail. “No information […] Read more » apex court black money Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
Top Law News CVC committee not told of pending chargesheet against Thomas January 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told Thursday that the high-powered committee for the selection of central vigilance commissioner (CVC) was not informed about a pending chargesheet against P.J. Thomas and the sanction granted by the Kerala government to prosecute him in the palm oil import case. The high-powered selection committee comprises Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home […] Read more » Central Vigilance Commissioner CVC
Top Law News Finally, Kashmir to get information commission January 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After much delay, Jammu and Kashmir is set to constitute its first state information commission . Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti are scheduled to meet Thursday afternoon to decide on the names of the chief information commissioner and two information commissioners. Officials […] Read more » information commission Kashmir
Top Law News Controversial cop named for medal, locals protest January 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Locals and activists took to the streets here to protest the award of the President’s Police Medal to the city’s former Deputy Inspector General of Police Prem Prakash, accused of shielding the rapist of an 11-year-old girl last year. ‘DIG Prem Prakash was squarely responsible for shielding the owners of Gyansthali School, where Divya was […] Read more »
Top Law News Court raps Delhi government, power regulator January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday pulled up the Delhi government and the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) over appointment of members of the power regulator, saying it is “not happy with the state of affairs”.The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan sharply criticised the government and said “we have seen files […] Read more » Delhi government power regulator
Top Law News Supreme Court declines to block Godhra carnage verdict January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to restrain a special fast track court in Gujarat from pronouncing its verdict Feb 19 in the 2002 Godhra train carnage in which 59 people were killed. The apex court bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice B.S. Chauhan said that “after asking the trial court to proceed with the […] Read more » Godhra carnage verdict
Top Law News More arbitration centres for commercial disputes planned January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on More arbitration centres for commercial disputes planned Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Monday said that the central government was looking at setting up arbitration centres for commercial disputes in every metropolitan city in the country. Speaking during a ceremony in Panaji, marked to unveil India’s first international arbitration outside the national capital, Moily also made a pitch for a paradigm shift […] Read more » arbitration centres commercial disputes
Top Law News Court asks police to maintain peace during Shia procession January 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday asked police to ensure peace in communally-sensitive Aliganj area near Qanati Masjid in south Delhi in view of Chehlum procession to be taken out Tuesday by members of the Shia community. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also allowed the mosque management to install a temporary screen at the site while hearing […] Read more » Shia procession
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