Pillai,
top cop get Supreme Court notice on Ramdev
Monday June 06, 2011 01:56:36 PM,
IANS
|
Related Articles |

Petition
in Supreme Court on Ramdev's eviction
A petition has been filed in the Apex Court Sunday seeking
direction to the central government to reveal details of the
police action involving the detention of yoga guru Baba Ramdev and
the eviction of his supporters from the Ramlila
» |
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court Monday issued notices to union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai
and Delhi Police chief B.K. Gupta asking them what were the
circumstances under which yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters
were forcibly evicted.
A notice has also been issued to Delhi Chief Secretary P.K.
Tripathi which has to be answered in two weeks.
An apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatantar
Kumar took suo motu cognizance of the police action against yoga
guru Baba Ramdev, referring to media reports.
Ramdev and thousands of his supporters who were at Delhi's Ramlila
ground were forcibly removed by police after Saturday midnight.
Ramdev was airlifted to Dehradun from where he was taken to his
ashram in Hardwar Sunday morning.
The court said the matter will be listed in the second week of
July for hearing.
|
Home |
Top of the Page |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top
Stories |

Ramdev
crackdown gives government nightmares
The Congress-led government battled a major opposition onslaught
Sunday after ordering a midnight police crackdown on Baba Ramdev
and an
»
Police
break up Ramdev's anti-corruption fast, protest venue cleared
Civil
society members condemn police action against Ramdev
Ramdev
aide calls crackdown 'state terrorism' |
|
Most
Read |

Ramdev a
'face of RSS', says government justifying crackdown
Accusing
him of being a front for the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS),
the government Sunday said the action against Ramdev and his
supporters was justified. "Today it
»
|
Aligarh-Millia-Hamdard: Grooming leaders or Producing followers?
Often I wonder why those
Universities which are on the top are the ones which do not have
Qur’an in the Right Hand and those which (are supposed to) hold
the Book in the Right Hand aren’t anywhere near the top. This is a
question which we need to ask ourselves till we reach to a clear
»
|
|
News Pick |

Dawoodi Bohra community leader suffers stroke,
shifted to London
Syedna
Mohammed Burhanuddin, 100, the spiritual head of the Dawoodi Bohra
community, has suffered a stroke and has been admitted to a
»
|
Anti-English protestors threaten Goa shut down Monday
Agitators have
vowed to shut down Goa Monday in protest against the government's
decision to provide grants to schools where education is imparted
in English.
Bharatiya Bhasha Shiksha Mandal (BBSM), a grouping of
»
|
Mamata
orders judicial probe into Bengal legislator's death
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday ordered a
judicial inquiry into the alleged suicide of Communist Party of
India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator
»
CPI-M legislator jumps to death in Bengal
|
Madhya Pradesh poll officials target youths
After head counting the 72.5 million
residents of Madhya Pradesh for Census 2011, election officials in
the state are once again knocking at every door -- this time to
collect e-mail IDs and phone numbers to keep the voters updated
»
|
Legendary
Lata not ready to call it quits
She is 81 and
scoffs at any talk of retirement. After working for seven decades,
recording songs for over 1,000 movies and singing in more than 36
regional Indian languages, Lata Mangeshkar, known as the
Nightingale of
»
|
|
Picture of the Day |
 |
Fes
Festival of World Sacred Music brings top multi-faith
musicians and global audiences to the ancient Moroccan city
of Fez.
(Photo:
IANS) |
|
|
|