Top Law News Govt invites comments on GAAR June 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government on Friday issued draft guidelines on the general anti-avoidance rules (GAAR), inviting comments from different stakeholders and clarified that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will take final call on the issue after receiving feedback. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) issued the draft guidelines inviting comments and suggestions from different stakeholders. A clarificatory […] Read more » CBDT Central Board of Direct Taxes GAAR general anti-avoidance rules guidelines on the general anti-avoidance rules Manmohan Singh Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
High Profile Cases Bengal scientist gets bail April 18, 2012 / April 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Mamata Banerjee government finally bowed before the groundswell of support for the arrested scientist Partha Sarathi Ray. On Tuesday, a city court granted him bail after 10 days in jail custody. But the bail pleas of six others arrested with Ray on April 8 were denied. Ray’s arrest has been condemned by thousands of […] Read more » Mamata Banerjee government Nobel laureate Noam Chomsky Prime Minister Manmohan Singh scientist Partha Sarathi Ray
Top Law News Vodafone serves notice to government on tax proposal April 18, 2012 / April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Vodafone Group has served a ‘dispute notice’ on the Centre, the first step before it begins international arbitration proceedings under the India-Netherlands bilateral investment treaty against the government’s controversial move to tax the company’s acquisition of Hutchison Essar in 2007. This is the first formal action initiated by the world’s largest mobile operator since […] Read more » Hutchison Essar Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Vodafone Group
Top Law News Chomsky, others write to PM protesting Bengal police excesses April 17, 2012 / April 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eminent persons of international repute, including well-known US-based academician-intellectual Noam Chomsky, Monday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing concern over the use of state force in West Bengal in cracking down on human rights activists or citizens attempting to raise issues of concern. The missive, signed by academicians, social activists and writers from across […] Read more » Indian Penal Code National Advisory Council member Aruna Roy Prime Minister Manmohan Singh US-based academician-intellectual Noam Chomsky
Top Law News Who leaked Modi’s letter to PM, asks court September 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday on 7th September issued notice to its registrar general, the personal secretary to the chief justice and Lokayukta R.A. Mehta seeking answers on how the contents of a letter from Chief Minister Narendra Modi to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reached mediapersons. Modi wrote to the prime minister demanding annulment of […] Read more » Chief Minister Narendra Modi Gujarat High Court Gujrat Lokayukta appointment Lokayukta R.A. Mehta Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Top Law News Frivolous plea against PM costs lawyer Rs.1 lakh August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Frivolous plea against PM costs lawyer Rs.1 lakh A plea seeking prosecution of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the cash-for-votes A plea scam that rocked parliament during a trust vote in 2008 was Tuesday dismissed by the Delhi High Court, which also imposed a penalty of Rs.1 lakh on the petitioner lawyer. On July 22, 2008, three Bharatiya Janata Party members waved wads […] Read more » Frivolous plea against PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
High Profile Cases Raja asks if probe agency decides spectrum sale or auction August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An investigative agency is neither competent nor authorised to ascertain if airwaves should be auctioned or allotted, former telecom minister A. Raja told a special court here Thursday, amid disruptions due to a lawyers’ strike. ‘The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to my knowledge, is a brand headed by Delhi Police, which can’t exercise judicial […] Read more » auction Judge O.P. Saini Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spectrum sale
High Profile Cases Videocon got 2G licence through forgery: Balwa August 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Videocon chairman Venugopal Dhoot got the licence and start-up spectrum for second generation (2G) telecom services through forgery, Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa alleged in a special court here Tuesday. “Dhoot flashed the ID card of Rajkumar Dhoot who is his brother and member of parliament and also member of some telecom committee in […] Read more » 2G telecom services CBI court Cineyug's Karim Morani Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Department of Telecom DMK MP Kanimozhi DoT Judge O.P. Saini Kalaignar TV's chief Sharad Kumar Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Swan Telecom promoter hahid Usman Balwa Unitech Wireless's Sanjay Chandra Videocon chairman Venugopal Dhoot
High Profile Cases CBI selectively targeting some in 2G case: Shahid Balwa August 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa Monday told a Delhi court that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was selectively targeting some firms in the 2G spectrum case. He asked how could he have caused a loss to the national exchequer when the prime minister and Communications Minister Kapil Sibal have said that there was […] Read more » 2G scam 2G spectrum case CBI CBI selectively targeting some in 2G case kapil sibal Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Shahid Balwa Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa theCentral Bureau of Investigation
High Profile Cases CBI raising unnecessary hue and cry over Tata: Behura July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura, in jail for his alleged connection to the 2G spectrum scam, Thursday accused the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of raising an unnecessary ‘hue and cry’ over the Tata group being refused a 2G licence initially. The CBI had alleged that Tata, which applied for the licence March 4, 2008, […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam A. Raja CBI deputy director general of telecom A.K. Srivastava Home Minister P. Chidambaram Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tata group Wireless Planning and Coordination WPC
High Profile Cases Government responsible for 2G mess, didn’t listen: Behura (Lead) July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is responsible for the 2G “mess”, jailed former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura said Wednesday, accusing the powers that be of not listening when he raised an objection. “The entire government is responsible for the mess. My client raised the objection publicly and the government didn’t listen to him. He was bound to follow […] Read more » 2G mess 2G spectrum allocation A. Raja CBI CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini Central Bureau of Investigation Government responsible for 2G mess Home Minister P. Chidambaram Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Siddhartha Behura
Top Law News Don’t neglect people with HIV, PM tells ministries July 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said ministries should make various schemes more accessible to people with HIV/AIDS, from employment under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme to more access to women and children to Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). Addressing the national convention of zila parishad chairpersons and mayors on HIV and AIDS, the […] Read more » HIV ICDS Integrated Child Development Services neglect PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh