Monthly Archives: December 2011

DMK leader MK Stalin to face defamation charges

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MK StalinMK Stalin, DMK Leader and the son of former TN Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has been threatened to be slammed with defamation charges by the AIADMK government.  The DMK leader had submitted a petition accusing the Chief Minister Jayalalitha of land grabbing charges in the Kodanadu area of the Nilgiris district, to the state DGP. This came a day after the Chennai Police had registered a case against him and his son Udayanidhi  in a land grabbing case where they had allegedly forced a businessman to give away his land at a rate which was way lower that the market price of the land.

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Apple’s motion for preliminary injunction against Samsung denied by Court

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Apple Samsung caseIn April, Apple sued Samsung claiming that Samsung’s tablets and and Galaxy smartphones are nothing merely a slavish copies of Apple’s design and patents. Apple stated that Samsung has infringed Apple’s intellectual property and it requested court for a preliminary injunction so that Samsung should be barred from selling the products which are in issue in US.

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No mining license issued during my term:SM Krishna

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SM KrishnaThe External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has verified that no mining license was issued during his tenure as the Chief Minister for any illegal mining activity. This was after the Karnataka Lokayukta Court instructed the police to investigate charges of illegal mining licences issued by Mr. Krishna, for unlawful gains, while he was the Chief Minister. A private complaint had been lodged with the Lokyukta against Mr. Krishna and two other Chief Ministers, namely H.D Kumaraswamy and N. Dharam Singh, under the Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly issuing illegal mining licences for unjust personal gains.

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Australia lifts ban on uranium export to India

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india and australiaThe Labour party which is the ruling government in Australia headed by the country’s first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard, ended a ban on exporting uranium to India. The decade long ban was in existence because India has not yet signed the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty). The lifting of the ban would be of immense help to India to meet the increasing energy demand of the country. India has a civil nuclear accord with the US and now Australia by lifting the ban is in line with the US.

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Assange’s final plea to avoid extradition

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Julian AssangeThe long drawn out legal battle, WikiLeaks Chief Julian Assange will put forth his final plea to the highest court of London to reverse its decision to avoid his extradition to Sweden. Julian Assange was arrested a year back on allegations of sexual assault. A plea has been presented before the two Judges of the High Court for an appeal to the Supreme Court. For an appeal to be granted, the two judges should hold that there is a question of general public importance involved in the case.

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Mumbai Crime Branch to file charge sheet in Dey murder case

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Dey murderThe Mumbai police’s crime branch which is probing the murder of Jyotirmoy Dey, who was a senior journalist with the English daily Mid Day, is set file charge sheets against 10 of the 11 accused persons. Earlier Jigna Vora, a crime reporter was arrested by the crime branch on charges of conspiracy. She is said to have parted with vital information which directly related to the Dey murder case.

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Ocampo seeks arrest warrant for the Sudan Defence Minister

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Luis-Moreno Ocampo The ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis-Moreno Ocampo has requested the ICC for an arrest warrant against the Sudanese Defence Minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein. The charges leveled against him are the crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Darfur during August 2003 and March 2004 conflict. Luis-Moreno Ocampo has been in the news a few days back for initiating trial proceedings against the former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo.

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