The Legal Blog.in : Poll of the Week

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The Legal Blog.in introduces "Poll of the Week" as a new feature. Every week we would be posting a Poll and you, the reader, has the option of voting.

You can vote only once on a particular Poll and the results of the votes shall be declared at the end of the week.

We start off this feature with a Poll : Who, amongst the following Sr. Advocates, is the Best lawyer practicing in the Delhi High Court. You can see the poll below and vote. Voting Closes at 11 p.m. on 11th November, 2010

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Who, amongst the following Sr. Advocates, is the best Lawyer practicing in the Delhi High Court?
	Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv.
	Sandeep Sethi, Sr. Adv.
	Rajiv Nayar, Sr. Adv.
	Amarjit Singh Chandiok, Sr. Adv.
	Chetan Sharma, Sr. Adv.
	Amit S. Chadha, Sr. Adv.
	Arvind K. Nigam, Sr. Adv.
	Rajive Mehra, Sr. Adv.
	Sudhir Chandra, Sr. Adv.
	Others (Please leave a comment)
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Law Ministry gives Show Cause Notice to ASG A.S. Chandiok

Article Source : Hindustan TImes.com

The law ministry has pulled up its senior-most law officer in the Delhi High Court for having represented a private party last week. In a letter to additional solicitor general Amarjit Singh Chandiok, law secretary DR Meena has asked him to explain his appearance for a private power company, New Delhi Power Limited (NDPL).

Hindustan Times had first reported about Chandiok's appearance in the case on October 27, which even surprised the bench headed by chief justice Dipak Misra.

The bench headed by justice Misra had heard Chandiok for some time under the presumption that he was appearing for the government till he told them that he represented the NDPL. A shocked bench had later remarked: "All this while we were hearing you under the impression that you represented the government".

Chandiok, who also heads the high court bar association, said, “I have not received any letter from the ministry so far and I appeared only to assist the court. There is no wrongdoing."

This is for the second time in less than three months that the ministry has rebuked its law officers for acting independently without seeking permission.

In a letter to all the law officers on August 18, the ministry had reminded them that they were bound by the government rules of 1987 and they had no powers to take any decision without its nod.

Chandiok has come under criticism in the past also for accepting private briefs without the ministry's permission.

There have also been reports of law officers providing legal opinions to other government departments and public sector units without informing the law ministry.

The ministry is also understood to be upset with the law officers for freely airing their views to the media on sensitive legal matters being handled by them.

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Supreme Court takes Serious view of Huge Wastage of Food Grains

Article Source : SC Judgments.com

Describing the distribution of food grains to the poor as a matter of ‘grave importance’, the Supreme Court asked the Centre if godowns of Food Corporation of India or the government cannot preserve them, why should these not be allocated in BPL categories, particularly in 154 poorest districts of the country. 

A bench comprising Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma adjourning the hearing of People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL)’s petition till November 11, asked the government to inform the court about the mechanism through which over seven crores BPL families can also be covered under the Public Distribution System to ensure food security for all the BPL families. 

The apex court also asked why the BPL families are being identified on the basis of 1991 census, while the population has gone up to over 117.61 crore.

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Gujarat Government moves Supreme Court against the Gujarat HC order in the Ishrat Jahan Encounter Case

Article Courtesy : Indlaw.com

Gujarat government has moved the Supreme Court against the Gujarat High Court order to get the Ishrat Jahan encounter case probed by a new special investigation team. 

The petitioner has contended that High Court has no power to handover the probe of the case to a non-statutory investigating agency. 

The state government has also urged the apex court to set aside the High Court order setting up a new SIT. 

In a special leave petition filed in the apex court, the state government has sought stay of the High Court till the disposal of its SLP.

The SLP will be heard on November 12. 

The Supreme Court had earlier refused to hand over the investigation of the case to the SIT, headed by former CBI Director R K Raghavan. This SIT is already probing ten major riots cases in Gujarat in 2002, including the Gulbarg Society massacre in which Congress former MP Mohammad Ehsan Jafri was among 69 people killed. 

Ishrat Jahan and her three accomplices were killed on June 15, 2004 allegedly by Gujarat police who had claimed they were terrorists of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit and had planned to murder state Chief Minister Narendra Modi. UNI Ishrat Jahan encounter case

The Original Article can be found at http://www.indlawnews.com/NewsDisplay.aspx?7083f6a0-7e1b-4f6d-a38a-d009bd388c42