Media & Entertainment News Anna Hazare is face of anti-corruption: Kiran Bedi May 18, 2011 / May 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment When the history of the anti-corruption movement is written for posterity, veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare’s face will be identified with the fight, says writer, social activist and former super cop Kiran Bedi. Bedi, who released the book “Anna Hazare: The Face of India’s Fight Against Corruption”, is part of Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement that saw […] Read more » Anna Hazare face of anti-corruption Kiran Bedi
Top Law News Activists demand strong Lokpal Bill April 30, 2011 / April 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Raising a voice against corruption, activists including lawyers, social reformers and journalists Friday demanded a strong Lokpal (ombudsman) Bill. Addressing a convention organised by the Coalition of Democratic Movements, Aruna Roy, member National Advisory Council, said: ‘A strong Lokpal Bill is necessary and a reasoned debate in all dimensions should be welcomed with an open […] Read more » Activists Anna Hazare Arundhati Roy demand Prashant Bhushan Shanti Bhushan strong Lokpal Bill
Media & Entertainment News Indians continue to support Hazare through SMSes April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Despite the recent controversies surrounding civil society members of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee, support for Anna Hazare’s anti-graft campaign continues unabated, as evident from the thousands of SMSes pouring in from across the country, the organisers said Tuesday. An SMS that read – ‘Do you want to volunteer for Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption […] Read more » Anna Hazare Arvind Kejriwal continue IAC India Against Corruption Indians Jantar Mantar Kiran Bedi SMSes support Swami Agnivesh
Media & Entertainment News Lokpal Bill: Civil society members to declare assets Friday April 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two days before deliberations on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill are set to begin, NGO India Against Corruption (IAC) Thursday said the civil society members in the joint drafting committee will declare their assets and liabilities Friday. The NGO also released revised details of donations and expenditure during activist Anna Hazare’s anti-graft campaign that culminated in […] Read more » Anna Hazare assets Civil society declare Friday Lokpal Bill members
Top Law News Will lose deposit if I contest an election: Anna Hazare April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment His five-day fast for a strong anti-graft law drew groundswell support across the country, but social reformer Anna Hazare feels that if he contested an election, he will lose his security deposit. “If I stand for election, I will lose my security deposit,” Anna Hazare said jest-fully answering a question at a press conference on […] Read more » Anna Hazare contest election lose deposit
Top Law News Electoral reforms may be Hazare’s next plank April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After leading a triumphant crusade on the anti-graft bill, social reformer Anna Hazare is likely to launch a movement against the dominance of money power in elections and criminalisation of politics, sources in his movement said. “Money power, muscle power and mafia influence in elections are of concern among the general public. I believe Anna […] Read more » activist Arvind Kejriwal advocates Shanti Anna Hazare Electoral reforms former Supreme Court judge Hazare Kiran Bedi N. Santosh Hegde next plank Prashant Bhushan
Media & Entertainment News Anna Hazare has become symbol for a better India April 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Anna Hazare has become symbol for a better India It needed a 72-year-old man with no pretensions, a school dropout at that, to wake up India. And in just five days, Anna Hazare proved that it wasn’t enough to have an honest prime minister if the country really needed to battle and overcome the cancer of corruption. That he managed to unite a people […] Read more » Anna Hazare better India symbol
Top Law News Anna Hazare calls off fast April 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday broke his fast after over 90 hours of spearheading the campaign against corruption after government issued a gazette notification constituting a 10-member joint committee of ministers and civil society activists, including him, to draft an effective Lokpal Bill. After a last-minute twist almost derailed a peace deal between […] Read more » Anna Hazare calls off fast former law minister Shanti Bhushan (co-Ccairperson) former Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde HRD minister Kapil Sibal law minister Veerappa Moily lawyer Prashant Bhushan minority affairs minister Salman Khursheed RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal Swami Agnivesh
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 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 Anna Hazare plans fast unto death for strong Lokpal bil April 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Anna Hazare plans fast unto death for strong Lokpal bil Veteran social activist Anna Hazare Monday said he is starting a “fast unto death” to press for the demand to involve civil society in formulation of the anti-graft Lokpal (ombudsman) Bill. “I will fast unto death, as announced earlier, as the prime minister has refused to form a joint committee with civil society members in […] Read more » activist Arvind Kejriwal Anna Hazare death fast kapil sibal Lokpal bil National Advisory Council plans Prashant Bhushan