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Supreme Court to hear Ayodhya land dispute, Rafale case after re-opening on 1 July
• 6 years agoUpon re-opening on 1 July after a six-week summer vacation, the Supreme Court will deal with sensitive cases including the Ayodhya land dispute, review pleas in the Rafale case and the contempt case against Rahul Gandhi.
CBI books Indira Jaising's NGO Lawyers Collective, founder Anand Grover for foreign funds irregularities
• 6 years agoThe CBI has booked noted lawyer Anand Grover and his Mumbai-based voluntary organisation, Lawyers Collective, for alleged violation of rules in receiving foreign aid, officials said on Tuesday. The agency has filed an FIR on the basis of a complaint from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which has alleged several discrepancies in the utilisation of foreign aid received by the NGO.
Justice J Chelameswar says he stood up for 'certain issues and values'; asserts he had nothing personal against anyone
Ians • 7 years agoSupreme Court judge Justice Jasti Chelameswar, who retired on Friday, has said that he stood up for certain "issues and values".
Justice J Chelameswar retires: 'Younger generation stood by me while established lawyers attacked me', he says
Fp Staff • 7 years agoJustice J Chelameswar, who had his last working day on Friday, shared the dais with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.
Centre must outlaw female genital mutilation, take proactive steps to end 'cruel' practice in India
Dagarwal • 8 years agoThe Indian government must pay heed to the petition on Supreme Court and take steps to ban female genital mutilation (female khatna) as it is unconstitutional and an egregious violation of human rights
Bombay HC reprieve for Indira Jaising's NGO; orders defreezing of accounts
• 8 years agoThe Bombay High Court has ordered defreezing of the domestic and non-FCRA bank accounts of 'Lawyers Collective', an NGO run by former Additional Solicitor General of India Indira Jaising, observing that FCRA "does not provide for a government to stifle the very functioning of individuals or associations".
Indira Jaising's NGO responds to cancellation of its FCRA license by MHA
Fp Staff • 8 years agoThe Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has cancelled Indira Jaising's NGO's FCRA registration permanently, thereby barring the organisation from receiving foreign funds.
How home ministry got the law wrong by calling Indira Jaising a ‘government servant’
Alok Prasanna Kumar • 9 years agoThe home ministry has got the law completely wrong. Lawyers’ Collective's response that an ASG is not a government servant, even though Indira Jaising may be a “public servant” is entirely justified in law.
Jaising's NGO loses licence: Time media takes blinkers off and asks some tough questions
Sreemoy Talukdar • 9 years agoJaising claims that the government order is an act of "vindictiveness" and "nothing but an attempt to intimidate".
Indira Jaising calls #NGOClampdown 'intimidating tactic' by govt
Fp Staff • 9 years agoSenior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Indira Jaising’s NGO, Lawyers Collective (LC) was served a notice suspending its FCRA registration for six months on Monday by the Home Minstry. It has barred the association from receiving any foreign funds.