Top Law News Fair price shop can’t be allotted to BPL card holder HC March 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Wondering how a Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holder was given a fair price shop licence, the Delhi High Court ordered a departmental inquiry against the officers who issued him the BPL card. The court also cancelled the allotment of the shop. Justice Manmohan, in the 7 March order, said the essential eligibility criteria stipulated […] Read more » Fair price shop can't be allotted to BPL card holder Justice Manmohan news Public Distribution System todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC issues notice on diesel adulteration in western UP August 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government on a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the marketing of diesel adulterated with kerosene by black-marketers in western Uttar Pradesh causing damage to atmosphere by pollution and also to the vehicles. A bench of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Vikramajit Sen, while issuing notice, […] Read more » Justice T.S. Thakur Justice Vikramajit Sen national news news PDS Public Distribution System Samajwadi Party legislator Devendra Aggarwal Seema Upadhyay todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Plea in SC seeks quashing of food security ordinance July 8, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after President Pranab Mukherjee promulgated the national food security ordinance, a petitioner claimed it was “unconstitutional” and urged the Supreme Court to quash it for allegedly being inspired by the UPA’s pre-poll propaganda. Petitioner advocate Manohar Lal Sharma said that the constitutional provisions on powers of the president to promulgate ordinances during recess […] Read more » National Food Security Ordinance national news news PDS Plea in SC seeks quashing of food security ordinance President Pranab Mukherjee Public Distribution System todays news todays top news Top news
High Profile Cases CBI conducts searches in UP foodgrain scam April 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today conducted searches at several places in Lucknow in connection with alleged irregularities in Public Distribution System (PDS) in the state. Searches were conducted at 12 locations in Lucknow at the premises of some state food corporation employees and alleged middlemen, the CBI sources said. The CBI has been investigating […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation Public Distribution System UP foodgrain scam
High Profile Cases FIR against 2,000 accused in Uttar Pradesh foodgrain scam: CBI to Supreme Court March 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Central Bureau of Investigation has informed the Supreme Court that it has registered so far FIRs against 2,000 accused in the Uttar Pradesh foodgrain scam. This is the highest number of accused registered in a single case. The CBI has been handed over the investigation of about Rs 2 lakh crore scam under which the […] Read more » Public Distribution System Supreme Court Uttar Pradesh foodgrain scam
Top Law News No regard for kids in draft food security bill: Activists August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The draft National Food Security Bill, which has been approved by the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), has scant regard for children and does not assure their right to food security, activists of the Right to Food campaign said Monday. “It appears that the government does not consider the specific issues related to the food […] Read more » draft food security bill EGoM NAC National Advisory Committee National Food Security Bill No regard for kids PDS Public Distribution System the Empowered Group of Ministers