Legal News – Newsletter for January 31, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Abandoned by all, Indian boy finds Italian home
NEW DELHI – He may have failed to find an Indian home, but an abandoned two-year-old boy with African features is finally set to get a loving family. A Delhi court has allowed an Italian couple to adopt him.
Little Partha, who has been living in Mamata care centre in south Delhi’s Vasant Vihar area, …. Original article : Abandoned by all, Indian boy finds Italian home.
Mirchpur violence: Apex court pulls up Haryana government
NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Monday pulled up Haryana government for failing to clear the national highway blockades by the Jat community protesting the arrests of its members allegedly involved in Mirchpur village attack on Dalits.
The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly told the Haryana government …. Read the original article : Mirchpur violence: Apex court pulls up Haryana government.
2G scam: Justice Patil probe panel submits report
NEW DELHI – The one man committee headed by retired Supreme Court Justice Shivraj Patil on Monday submitted the report on 2G spectrum allotment scam to Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal.
Patil after submitting the report to Sibal, told the reporters that the terms of the probe were to look at the procedure of issuing licences …. Original article on Gaea Times at : 2G scam: Justice Patil probe panel submits report.
Chirac’s lawyers to seek postponement of fraud trial on grounds of Alzheimer’s
PARIS – Lawyers representing former French president Jacques Chirac have claimed that may have Alzheimer’s disease, and therefore, may not be in a position to face a corruption trial next month.
The Independent quoted the Paris-based newspaper Journal du Dimanche, as saying on Sunday that defence lawyers are expected to use a procedural hearing Monday to …. Source article on Gaea Times at : Chirac’s lawyers to seek postponement of fraud trial on grounds of Alzheimer’s.
Panel on 2G spectrum submits report, names errant officials
NEW DELHI – Former Supreme Court judge Shivraj V. Patil Monday submitted his report on the procedures followed in awarding airwaves for second generation (2G) telecom services between 2001 and 2009, and identified some errant officials.
“We have identified some officials on whose part there have been some deficiencies and lapses. We have also suggested …. Original source : Panel on 2G spectrum submits report, names errant officials.
Corporate mafia fuelling corruption: Prashant Bhushan (Interview)
NEW DELHI – He is credited with convincing the apex court to monitor the CBI probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scandal. Activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan says “India is heading towards a mafia state” and corporate houses have become “a law unto themselves”.
“The corporate mafia has come to control every institution of power and …. Source article : Corporate mafia fuelling corruption: Prashant Bhushan (Interview).
Hundreds of Bihar junior doctors strike work
PATNA – Hundreds of junior doctors in Bihar went on an indefinite strike Monday, demanding action against a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator and his bodyguard who fired at three interns of a hospital in Gaya district.
Three interns of the Anugrah Narain Magadh Medical College Hospital (ANMCH) in Gaya, about 100 km from …. Original source : Hundreds of Bihar junior doctors strike work.
Actors, filmmakers protest Binayak Sen’s jail term
MUMBAI – About 150 people marked the Martyrs Day Sunday by staging a protest in Mumbai as part of a nationwide agitation against the life imprisonment awarded to rights activist Binayak Sen.
The group that included artists, activists and common people chanted slogans like “Shame on you, Chhattisgarh government” and “Free Dr. Binayak …. Source article : Actors, filmmakers protest Binayak Sen’s jail term.
Rally in Chhattisgarh supports Binayak Sen
RAIPUR – Dozens of members of the People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) and activists of Left parties marched here Sunday to support rights activist Binayak Sen, convicted on sedition charges last month by a court here.
The PUCL members and workers of the Communist Party of India, the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha, the Adivasi Mahasabha …. Source : Gaea News Network.
2G scam, Radia tapes, black money cases at apex court this week
NEW DELHI – For the central government battling legal cases on senstive issues, it is a crucial week ahead at the Supreme Court. At least four major legal tangles, riveting the nation’s attention, are slated at the apex court.
The four cases closely followed across the nation are: the 2G …. Source article on Gaea Times at : 2G scam, Radia tapes, black money cases at apex court this week.