Top Law News Civil society group welcomes Lokpal bill December 20, 2013 / December 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Civil society group NCPRI Thursday welcomed the Lokpal bill passed by parliament, calling it a big step forward but lamenting that it still had some shortcomings. “We welcome the bill, we believe it is a huge step forward,” said Nikhil Dey, a memeber of the National Commission for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI), a civil […] Read more » formation of Lokayuktas Lokpal Bill National Commission for People's Right to Information NCPRI news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Salient features of Lokpal bill December 18, 2013 / December 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Following are the salient features of the amended Lokpal Bill passed on Tuesday by the Rajya Sabha. 1. Lokayuktas: The new bill mandates states to set up Lokayuktas within 365 days. States have the freedom to determine the nature and type of Lokayukta. The old bill said the law shall be applicable to states only […] Read more » Lokayuktas Lokpal Bill news salient features of the amended Lokpal Bill salient features of the Lokpal Bill todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Pass Lokpal bill in din if needed: Anna Hazare December 16, 2013 / December 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activist Anna Hazare today said the government should pass the Lokpal Bill in din if needed. He also said the session should be extended if needed to pass the proposed legislation. “I would say if some parties are creating ruckus, pass the bill in din… so many bills are passed in din,” he said. “If […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party Activist Anna Hazare Anna Hazare Lokpal Bill news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Government’s Lokpal bill not strong: AAP December 16, 2013 / December 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sunday rejected the Lokpal bill under consideration in parliament, saying it was weak and would not prevent corruption, but work instead to “protect the corrupt”. “This Lokpal bill does not provide for formation of Lokayuktas, there is no provision for whistle blower protection, and it is not free of the […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party AAP Arvind Kejriwal Government's Lokpal bill Lokpal Bill news Prashant Bhushan todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Congress has always misused CBI: Hazare March 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “It was wrong to presume that the CBI acts of its own volition and alleged that Congress had always “misused” the central investigating agency,” Anna Hazare said. Asked about the CBI raid on DMK leader M K Stalin’s residence immediately after the party withdrew its support to the UPA government, Hazare told reporters, “Everybody knows that […] Read more » Anna Hazare CBI acts Congress rule former Army Chief V K Singh Janatantra Morcha Lokpal Bill misused of central investigating agency Ramlila Maidan under Citizens' Charter UPA
Top Law News Opposition of extension of police powers in Lokpal Bill August 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Extension of police powers to persons who are not members of police force under the Lokpal Bill was vehemently opposed by CBI on the ground of established principles of jurisprudence. Section 20 (7) of the Lokpal Bill which provides for extension of police powers of taking final decision after investigation and filing police report in […] Read more » amendment in clause 20 (6) of Lokpal Bill Lokpal Bill police powers in Lokpal Bill principles of jurisprudence Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha Committee Rajya Sabha Select Committee Section 173 of CrPC Section 173 of the CrPC Section 20 (7) of the Lokpal Bill Section 8 of the CVC Act Section 8B of CVC act
Top Law News Government trying for consensus on Lokpal bill May 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Monday said it was committed to the controversial Lokpal bill but would bring the legislation in the Rajya Sabha this session only if a consensus is reached on it. Sources said four cabinet ministers – Law Minister Salman Khurshid, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Minister of State […] Read more » consensus on Lokpal bill Law Minister Salman Khurshid Lokpal Bill Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal
Top Law News Lokpal: Anna Hazare to start day-long fast December 11, 2011 / December 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare will today start his day-long fast at Jantar Mantar against the Parliamentary Standing Committee report on Lokpal Bill. Hazare has reached at the Rajghat, memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, to pay tributes to the Father of the Nation. The 74-year-old social activist will go to Jantar Mantar where he will sit on […] Read more » Anna Hazare to start day-long fast Lokpal Bill Social activist Anna Hazare
Media & Entertainment News States act on graft, governance – prodded by people’s power September 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fixed timeframes for the completion of public works, penalty for officials who fail to deliver, wide-ranging powers to anti-graft bodies. Prodded into action by Anna Hazare’s movement, states across India are taking steps to empower the people and nail corruption. The bills and laws are of different names, but largely work on the same premise […] Read more » Anna Hazare Lokpal Bill
Top Law News Dalit groups submit their version of Lokpal bill September 2, 2011 / September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Sep 2, Representatives of Dalit, tribal and minority groups Friday submitted a draft of what they called the Bahujan Lokpal bill to Parliamentary standing committee chairman Abhishek Manu Singhvi. They have been protesting their lack of representation in both the government and civil society versions of the Lokpal bill. ?There are differences on […] Read more » Bahujan Lokpal bill Dalit version of Lokpal bill Lokpal Bill lokpal of Dalit groups
Media & Entertainment News Shiv Sena leader calls Hazare ‘Taliban Gandhi’ August 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Shiv Sena leader calls Hazare ‘Taliban Gandhi’ Shiv Sena leader and former Maharashtra minister Sureshdada Jain on Saturday called anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare a ‘Taliban Gandhi’. Jain, who has filed a defamation case against Hazare, said in Jalgaon that “nobody can misuse the name of Mahatma Gandhi” in the manner the crusader is doing in his agitation on the anti-graft Lokpal bill. […] Read more » Anna Hazare Lokpal Bill Shiv Sena Sureshdada Jain Taliban Gandhi
Top Law News Plea in Supreme Court to restrain Hazare from fasting August 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was moved Monday by an activist from Maharashtra seeking direction to anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare not to launch an indefinite fast from Aug 16 to press his demands on the Lokpal bill. Hazare’s demands were unconstitutional and amounted to intrusion in the legislative domain of parliament, said petitioner Hemant Patil, a businessman-cum-social […] Read more » Anna Hazare anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare bringing the prime minister under the purview of the lokpal. Lokpal Bill Supreme Court
