Legal News – Newsletter for February 20, 2011

Rahat, manager fined Rs.1.5 each

NEW DELHI – Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and his manager Maroof Ali were Sunday fined Rs.1.5 million ($33,000) each for carrying undeclared foreign currency while trying to leave India earlier this month, sources said.

The artiste and his manager, who were charged under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and Customs Act, will …. Read the original article  : Rahat, manager fined Rs.1.5 each.

German journalists freed by Iran arrive in Berlin

BERLIN/TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle arrived back in Germany Sunday with two journalists released by Iran after more than four months in custody, the ministry said.

A spokesman confirmed that the government plane carrying Marcus Hellwig and Jens Koch of Bild am Sonntag newspaper had landed at Berlin-Tegel airport Sunday morning.
The … Original source on Gaea Times at : German journalists freed by Iran arrive in Berlin.

Fresh attempt to stop CBI from closing Bofors case

NEW DELHI – In a bid to stop the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from closing the Bofors scam case, a Delhi court was Saturday told that the agency may have inflated the amount spent on the probe of the kickbacks in the Rs.15-billion gun deal of 1986.

During a hearing Feb 10 on the …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Bhutto murder: New arrest warrant against Musharraf

ISLAMABAD – The anti-terrorism court in Pakistan’s garrison city of Rawalpindi Saturday again issued an arrest warrant in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case against former president Pervez Musharraf, a media report said.

Judge Rana Nisar, while hearing the case in Adiyala jail, issued the warrant and ordered the authorities concerned to send it to the …. Source article  : Bhutto murder: New arrest warrant against Musharraf.

Kerala families keep anxious eye on Bahrain

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – Families and regional experts in Kerala are anxiously following the ongoing turmoil in several Middle Eastern countries, especially Bahrain which has a large Indian diaspora.

“Of the 2.3 million Keralites in the various Middle East countries, one lakh (100,000) are in Bahrain — our state having a little over 50 percent …. Original article  : Kerala families keep anxious eye on Bahrain.