Top Law News Jantar Mantar bungalow never alloted to Agnivesh, NGO: Centre November 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that its records show a bungalow on Jantar Mantar Road in the heart of the national capital was allotted to the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Smarak Trust and was not allocated to either activist Swami Agnivesh or his NGO. The response of the Ministry of Urban Development to […] Read more » Centre government Court Delhi High Court featured Jantar Mantar Law Legal News Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Smarak Trust Swami Agnivesh
Media & Entertainment News Lokpal bill will cut graft by 70 percent:Anna Hazare May 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Social activist Anna Hazare said Friday that the proposed Lokpal bill will bring down corruption by 60 to 70 percent. “When it becomes a law, it will curb graft by 60 to 70 percent and become the foundation for completely removing corruption,” Hazare told a group of farmers near Nelamangala, about 40 km from Bangalore. […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Kiran Bedi Lokpal Bill senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan Social activist Anna Hazare Swami Agnivesh
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
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
High Profile Cases Thousands join anti-graft crusade as Hazare begins fast April 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Veteran social activist Anna Hazare Tuesday began his “fast unto death” in New Delhi for a stronger Lokpal Bill that provides for stringent punishment for corruption, and thousands of people in many cities lent support by launching hunger strikes and taking out rallies. “This is the second ‘satyagraha’,” said Hazare, who started his fast at […] Read more » anti-graft begins crusade fast Hazare Jantar Mantar Arind Kejriwal join Kiran Bedi Lokpal Bill Magsaysay Award winners Rajghat Sandeep Pandey Swami Agnivesh Thousands
Top Law News NHRC notice to Chhattisgarh over attack on Swami Agnivesh March 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to Chhattisgarh’s chief secretary and police chief over the alleged attack last week on social activist Swami Agnivesh by members of the Salwa Judum civil militia. “The commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging that a large group comprising special police officers […] Read more » attack Chhattisgarh NHRC notice Swami Agnivesh
