Legal India Supreme Court panel vetoes mining by Reddy brothers January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) Friday recommended the cancellation of the mining leases of Reddy brothers in the Bellary reserved forest area, saying they were engaged in illegal mining. The CEC recommended to the forest bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice Aftab Alam and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan to cancel their mining […] Read more » Bellary reserved forest area Reddy brothers Supreme Court
Legal India Security forces cannot solve every problem in Chhattisgarh: Court January 8, 2011 / January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex court Friday observed that sending security forces to Maoist-affected Chhattisgarh for dealing with every problem would not lead to a solution. The court also wondered if there was no solution to the problem by which tribals displaced due to the Salwa Judum civil milita movement in the state could return to their villages […] Read more » Gopal Subramanium Security forces Solicitor General (SG)
Legal India Re-investigate Madhavpura Cooperative Bank scam: Prosecutor January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The special public prosecutor in the over Rs.2,000 crore Madhavpura Mercantile Cooperative Bank Scam Friday demanded reinvestigation of the case and enquiry against the police official who probed it. Chetan Shah said Friday that he had made a written submission for this before the Ahmedabad special metropolitan magistrate as the charge-sheet lacked evidentiary value. ‘The […] Read more » Madhavpura Cooperative Bank scam
Legal India High Court seeks records in Binayak Sen conviction January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The division bench of Chhattisgarh high court in Bilaspur on Friday sought case records of the trial court that awarded life imprisonment to rights activist Binayak Sen on December 24. The court had posted January 24 as the next date for hearing Sen’s bail application. The division bench has sought the record from the trial […] Read more » Binayak Sen conviction
Legal India Audit ‘erroneous’ in fixing spectrum loss at $40 bn: Sibal January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Short of rejecting the official auditor’s report, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Friday said the methodology it used was “utterly erroneous” in pegging Rs.1.76 lakh crore ($40 billion) as the notional loss while awarding airwaves for second generation (2G) phone services in 2008.Sibal also slammed the opposition for disrupting the entire winter session of parliament and […] Read more » 3G spectrum Communications Minister kapil sibal
Legal India Court upholds Swamy’s plea against Raja January 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Court upholds Swamy’s plea against Raja A Delhi court today held as ”maintainable” Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy’s private complaint to prosecute former Telecom Minister A Raja in the 2G scam and began the process of recording depositions and examining evidence for summoning the accused. “I am of the opinion that complaint as such is maintainable,” Special CBI Judge Pradeep Chaddah […] Read more » A. Raja former Telecom Minister Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy
Legal India CPI-M flays apex court on ban on roadside meetings January 7, 2011 / January 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday described as “highly unfortunate” the Supreme Court decision to uphold a ban on public meetings and rallies on roadsides in Kerala. “It is highly unfortunate the Supreme Court had upheld the judgement of the Kerala High Court,” the CPI-M said in a statement here, a day after the […] Read more » CPI-M
Legal India CBI to court: Rajesh Talwar has no locus standi to argue January 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court here adjourned hearing in the Aarushi murder case till Jan 21 and asked the probe agency to provide all documents, including its closure report, to the victim’s parents even as the CBI said her father Rajesh Talwar had no ”locus standi” to argue. “On the basis of the findings of the […] Read more » CBI Court Rajesh Talwar
Legal India CBI files fourth FIR, no mention of Kalmadi January 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI Thursday filed a fourth police complaint over corruption related to the Commonwealth Games (CWG) and raided at least 10 premises of four companies in the national capital region. Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi does not figure in the probe agency’s fresh complaint. ‘The CBI has registered a case against director general and […] Read more » CBI Commonwealth Games First Information Report Kalmadi
Legal India Citi banker accused of Rs.300 crore fraud gets six-day police remand January 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Citibank manager Shivraj Puri, accused of masterminding a Rs.300 crore fraud, was handed a six-day police remand Thursday. ‘Puri was produced in court and he has been remanded to six-day police custody,’ Puri’s lawyer Sartaj Baswana said. An official said police took Puri’s custody to trace an iPad that contains important information. Also, experts with […] Read more » Citibank manager Shivraj Puri