Indira Jaising

Arvind Kejriwal Government To Move Supreme Court Against High Court Order Next Week

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday August 5, 2016

The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government will move the Supreme Court in a week's time to challenge the Delhi High Court verdict holding that Delhi was a Union Territory and the Lt Governor had the last word in its administration.

Indira Jaising Targeted For Taking People's Cause: Digvijaya Singh

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday June 2, 2016

Punitive action against lawyer Indira Jaising's NGO Lawyers Collective shows the "intolerant" attitude of the government towards those championing people's causes, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said on Thursday.

'Attempt To Intimidate': Lawyer Indira Jaising After NGO Licence Is Suspended

India News | Edited by Surabhi Malik | Thursday June 2, 2016

Noted lawyer Indira Jaising's NGO 'Lawyers' Collective' has been barred from receiving foreign funds after its licence was suspended for six months by the Home Ministry for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act or the FCRA.

Malegaon Blasts Case: Supreme Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Plea

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 4, 2015

A Supreme Court judge has recused from hearing a plea against removal of Special Public Prosecutor by NIA in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, saying that he had represented certain accused in the matter.

Explain Greenpeace Activist's Off-Loading from Flight, Government Told

India News | Agencies | Wednesday January 28, 2015

The government has been asked by the Delhi High Court to explain why it had barred a Greenpeace staff member who held a valid visa from flying out of the capital.

Surinder Koli, Self-Confessed Cannibal of Nithari Killings, Won't be Hanged for Now

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan (With inputs from Agencies) | Monday September 8, 2014

Just after midnight, a Supreme Court judge said in a special order from his home that Surinder Koli, found guilty of killing several children and young women at a house near Delhi, will not be executed for at least a week.

Another lawyer alleges sexual harassment by former Supreme Court judge

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Mala Das | Saturday January 11, 2014

In a case similar to the one involving Justice Ganguly, a young woman lawyer has accused a former Supreme Court judge of sexually harassing her while she was interning with him in 2011.

Never harassed any female intern: AK Ganguly to Chief Justice of India

India News | Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday December 24, 2013

Retired Justice AK Ganguly has finally spoken out. In an eight-page letter to the Chief Justice of India, with a copy to the President, Justice Ganguly questions the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court panel and says he feels he may be the target of a concerted move to tarnish his image because he had given judgments against powerful interests.

AK Ganguly case: Somnath Chatterjee takes on Indira Jaising for making law intern's affidavit public

India News | Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Thursday December 19, 2013

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has slammed Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising for releasing an affidavit, filed by a young woman where she has accused former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly of sexual harassment.

Blog: Why media scrutiny is necessary in sexual harassment cases

Blog | Mihira Sood | Tuesday December 17, 2013

When I read the details, I felt sickened, I did not need to know where he touched her in order to understand how a person can abuse their power. I did not need to know how she responded in order to understand that sexual advances towards a junior must be presumed to be an abuse of power.

Should Justice Ganguly be sacked? President seeks home ministry's advice

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday December 17, 2013

Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, accused of sexually harassing a law intern, is in deeper trouble with President Pranab Mukherjee referring a complaint against him by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to the Centre for advice.

Justice Ganguly questions how law intern's affidavit can be released

India News | Edited by Abhinav Bhatt (with inputs from PTI) | Monday December 16, 2013

Former judge AK Ganguly, accused of sexually harassing a law intern, has questioned how a confidential statement made by the young woman before a Supreme Court committee has been made public.

Tehelka sex assault case spotlights powerful predators

India News | Reuters | Friday November 29, 2013

The man at the centre of a sexual assault scandal that has whipped media into a frenzy is no average Joe.

FIR charges Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal with rape

Cheat Sheet | Edited by Mala Das | Friday November 22, 2013

Tarun Tejpal, the founder of Tehelka news-magazine, has been charged with rape in an FIR filed by the Goa Police today. A young journalist at Tehelka has said that Mr Tejpal sexually assaulted her twice at an event in Goa earlier this month.