Legal News – Newsletter for December 13, 2010

Centre didn’t prevent NREGA fund diversion: Apex court

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Monday pulled up the central government for doing nothing to prevent the diversion by the states of funds allocated under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).

“This is a very serious issue,” said an apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia while hearing a public suit by …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Centre didn’t prevent NREGA fund diversion: Apex court.

Now, Wikileaks suffering its own ‘financial’ leaks

LONDON – Whistle blowing web site Wikileaks is now facing questions over its finances, as lawyers for its alleged main source, Private Bradley Manning, said they had not seen a penny of tens of thousands of dollars raised by the site to help pay for his defence and promised to them three months ago.

According to …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Now, Wikileaks suffering its own ‘financial’ leaks.

Supreme Court clears MCI’s common medical entrance test

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Monday permitted the Medical Council of India (MCI) to conduct a common test for undergraduate medical courses even as it decides on pending cases against the council.

An apex court bench headed by Justice R.V. Ravindran said the central government did not need the court’s approval for framing … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Supreme Court clears MCI’s common medical entrance test.

Mayawati flays ‘anti-Dalit’ temple ritual in Karnataka

LUCKNOW – Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has slammed an age-old temple ritual in Karnataka where people, the majority of them Dalits, roll over plantain leaves with leftovers of meals eaten by Brahmins, believing this will cure them of skin ailments.

Called the ‘urulu seve’ (roll over ritual), the … Read more : Mayawati flays ‘anti-Dalit’ temple ritual in Karnataka.