Legal News – Newsletter for February 19, 2011

Date for Tiwari’s DNA test to be decided March 8

NEW DELHI – Delhi High Court’s Joint Registrar Deepak Garg Saturday deferred to March 8 a decision on the date for the DNA test on Congress leader N.D. Tiwari in a paternity suit.

He also issued notice to the Centre for Cellular Microbiology in Hyderabad seeking an explanation for not discussing the test procedure with … Read more »»».

Kalmadi’s aide, businessman sent to judicial custody

NEW DELHI – A Delhi court Saturday sent former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi’s aide Shekhar Deorukhkar and businessman Binu Nanu to judicial custody in Tihar Jail till March 5 in connection with irregularities in contracts for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG).

Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge O.P. Saini sent Deorukhkar … Read : Kalmadi’s aide, businessman sent to judicial custody.

Qureshi questions Pak Govt’s 3-week-time plea in court to reply on Davis’ immunity

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has questioned the three-week time given by the Lahore High Court to the Foreign Ministry to file a reply on the immunity status of double-murder accused US diplomat Raymond Davis.

“As the Deputy Attorney General has requested three weeks to submit a reply on the status of …. Read the original article  : Qureshi questions Pak Govt’s 3-week-time plea in court to reply on Davis’ immunity.

Berlusconi calls for judicial reform, new immunity law

ROME – Italy’s beleaguered Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, facing trial for having sex with a teenaged prostitute, has called for an overhaul in the judicial system and said political leaders should be free from prosecution.

Arguing that he has been targeted by the “socialist judges” for political motives, the prime minister said the judiciary should …. Read the original article  : Berlusconi calls for judicial reform, new immunity law.

Court drops match-fixing charges against Delhi jeweller

NEW DELHI – Ten years after jeweller Mukesh Kumar Gupta was accused of fixing cricket matches and bribing cricketers, including then South Africa captain Hansie Cronje, the Delhi High Court Friday dropped all charges against him after investigations failed to find any evidence.

Justice Hima Kohli in her judgment relied on an order passed by [..] Read the original article: here.

Lalgarh killings: Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe

KOLKATA – The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the January 7 killings in Lalgarh’s Netai village.

The orders of the court came on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Calcutta Bar Association in January demanding a CBI probe into the incident.

“You should go to …. Original article  : Lalgarh killings: Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe.

Bhopal gas tragedy survivor, activist Irfan dies

BHOPAL – Syed M. Irfan (62), a frontline activist for justice in the case against Union Carbide and himself a survivor of the Bhopal gas disaster, died Friday afternoon at his home after long illness.

Despite being severely exposed to the toxic gas in the 1984 industrial disaster, Irfan, who was president …. Read the original article  : here.

Delhi government rapped for interfering in power tariff

NEW DELHI – The Delhi High Court Friday pulled up the Delhi government for trying to interefere with the fixing of tariff rates for 2010-11 by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC).

The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan sharply criticised the government, saying: “Delhi government cannot pass any direction, asking … Original source on Gaea Times at : Delhi government rapped for interfering in power tariff.

Former Kerala minister sent to prison (Second Lead, superseding earlier story)

KOCHI – Former Kerala power minister R. Balakrishnan Pillai surrendered before a special court and was sent to the Central Prison here Friday, a day after the Supreme Court handed him a one-year jail term in a corruption case.

Special Court Judge V. Vijayakumar directed police to take both Pillai and another accused, contractor …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

CBI moves SC against clean chit to Advani in Babri demolition case

NEW DELHI – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday moved the Supreme Court against the clean chit to senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani and other leaders in the Babri mosque demolition case.

Earlier on May 20, former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and 20 other Bharatiya Janata Party and …. Original article  : CBI moves SC against clean chit to Advani in Babri demolition case.