Top Law News Prashant Bhushan beaten up inside Supreme Court October 12, 2011 / October 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: Senior Supreme Court advocate and Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan was beaten in his chamber opposite to the Supreme Court by Shri Ram Sena Activist for his alleged comments on Kashmir. According to Times Now, Prashant Bhushan has said that his attackers were provoked by his comments on Kashmir. Prashant Bhushan has already […] Read more » Prashant Bhushan Prashant Bhushan attacked Prashant Bhushan Beaten Shri Ram Sena
Media & Entertainment News Hazare wants three key issues resolved to end fast: Patkar August 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Anna Hazare will not break his fast unless the parliament moves a resolution on the three key issues, activist Medha Patkar said late Friday night after she and other civil society members met Law Minister Salman Khurshid here. ‘Anna Hazare is insistent he will not break the fast without the three key issues being resolved,’ […] Read more » activist Medha Patkar Anna Hazare Bhaiyyu Maharaj Law Minister Salman Khurshid Lokpal bills Prashant Bhushan
Top Law News Contempt of court: Bhushan told to work out solution July 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Contempt of court: Bhushan told to work out solution The Supreme Court Wednesday asked senior counsel Prashant Bhushan, who is facing contempt of court proceedings, to sit with court-appointed lawyer Harish Salve to work out a solution in the best interest of the apex court. Bhushan is facing contempt proceedings for alleging that Justice S.H. Kapadia, before heading the apex court, indulged in misconduct […] Read more » Contempt of court Niyamgiri Mining Prashant Bhushan Sterlite Industries
Media & Entertainment News Lokpal Bill panel to consult states, parties on ‘divergent views’ May 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Lokpal Bill panel to consult states, parties on ‘divergent views’ The joint Lokpal Bill drafting committee Monday decided to seek the views of states and political parties on “issues of divergence” on the proposed legislation as the government and civil society representatives had differing views on key issues, including bringing the prime minister and the higher judiciary under the ambit of the new authority. After […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal divergent views Human Resource Development kapil sibal Lokpal Bill Prashant Bhushan
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
Top Law News Amar Singh denies doctoring CD April 18, 2011 / April 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Amar Singh denies doctoring CD Noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Monday filed a contempt petition in the Supreme court against former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh over the CD controversy. The CD allegedly showed him (Bhushan) talking to to Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh about fixing a judge for Rs 4 crore.In his petition Bhushan said that the […] Read more » Amar Singh denies doctoring CD Mulayam Singh Yadav Prashant Bhushan Shanti Bhushan
Top Law News Digvijay Singh got figures wrong: Kejriwal April 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh targeted civil rights activists saying they spent Rs. 50 lakh on their campaign for a tough anti-graft law, activist Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said Singh had got the figures wrong. ‘He (Singh) is wrong to say that Rs.50 lakh were spent on four day agitation. I think he […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Digvijay Singh figures wrong Prashant Bhushan
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
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
Top Law News Health of citizens is wealth of nation: Court February 21, 2011 / February 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ‘The health of the citizens is the wealth of the nation’ and it cannot be allowed to be jeopardized, the Delhi High Court said Monday while slamming an anti-quota stir at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in 2006. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘The […] Read more » AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences Anbumani Ramadoss Chief Justice Dipak Misra Citizens Court Health Justice Sanjiv Khanna nation P. Venugopal Prashant Bhushan wealth