Top Law News Aircel-Maxis case : Chidambaram seeks early hearing of his anticipatory bail plea February 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Union minister P Chidambaram Monday accused the CBI and the ED of “delaying” Aircel-Maxis cases in a Delhi court, which extended interim protection from arrest granted to him and his son Karti till March 8. The senior Congress leader, who was present in the courtroom, requested Special Judge O P Saini to grant an […] Read more » Aircel-Maxis case
Top Law News Supreme Court refuses reopening of Sterlite plant, grants Vedanta liberty to approach HC February 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday refused to allow reopening of Vedanta’s Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin, which was at the centre of massive protests over pollution concerns, but granted the company liberty to approach the high court. A bench headed by Justice R F Nariman allowed Tamil Nadu’s appeal against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) […] Read more » justice R F Nariman Vedanta's Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu'
Top Law News Calcutta High Court grants interim protection to MP Soumitra Khan who has joined BJP February 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court on Monday gave MP Soumitra Khan, who had recently joined the BJP after quitting Trinamool Congress, interim protection from arrest for four weeks in connection with cases of allegedly taking money on the promise of giving jobs. Hearing an application by the Bishnupur MP for anticipatory bail in connection with the […] Read more » Calcutta High Court MP Soumitra Khan
High Profile Cases Delhi court extends interim bail to Robert Vadra till March 2, ED alleges non-cooperation February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday extended the interim bail granted to Robert Vadra till March 2 in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) even as the agency claimed that he was not cooperating in the matter. Special judge Arvind Kumar granted the relief to Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress president Rahul Gandhi. The court also extended the protection from arrest granted to his close aide and a co-accused in the case, […] Read more » interim bail interim bail granted to Robert Vadra interim bail granted to Robert Vadra till March 2 Robert Vadra
Top Law News Delhi court holds man guilty of raping US citizen February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been held guilty of digital rape of a US citizen by a Delhi court, which said her testimony could not be said to be unreliable as she came all the way from her country to depose in the case. When someone rapes a person using their finger or fingers it is termed […] Read more » raping US citizen
Top Law News Life sentence to man for killing accomplice during robbery bid February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court in Maharashtra has awarded life imprisonment to a 36-year-old man for killing his accomplice during a robbery bid in year 2013. District Judge P P Jadhav, in his order issued earlier this month, also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on the accused, Sanjay Patil, a resident of Borivali in neighbouring Mumbai. […] Read more » killing accomplice killing accomplice during robbery bid robbery bid
Top Law News Court orders CBI to conduct probe against Bihar CM in shelter home case February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has directed the CBI to conduct an inquiry against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and two senior bureaucrats in connection with the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal. The special POCSO court here passed the order on Friday on an application filed by an accused, Ashwani, a self-styled medical practitioner who allegedly used […] Read more » Bihar shelter home case CBI to conduct an inquiry against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal. Nitish Kumar POSCO shelter home case
Top Law News Man and family members get life term for wife’s death over dowry demands in Odisha February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court here has sentenced a man and three members of his family to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife over dowry within five months of the wedding in 2014. Additional District Judge Prasanta Kumar Nayak awarded life sentence to Akhaya Kumar Pal, his father Laxmidhar Pal, mother Subhadra Pal and sister […] Read more » dowry death in odisha life term for wife's death over dowry
Top Law News Delhi High Court grants interim protection from arrest to activist in FIR filed in J&K February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has granted interim protection from arrest to activist-journalist Sushil Pandit, who has been booked for allegedly tweeting fake news related to the “death” of five CRPF personnel in a militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore area in May last year. The court noted that he has already approached the Jammu […] Read more » interim protection from arrest to activis
Top Law News Process to appoint CIC should be same as chief election commissioner: Supreme Court February 15, 2019 / February 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday passed a slew of directions on filling up vacancies in the Central Information Commission (CIC) and state information commissions (SICs) and said the process of appointments must start one to two months before a post falls vacant. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and S A Nazeer said the […] Read more » CIC Justice A.K. Sikri Justice S A Nazeer
High Profile Cases Contempt notice: M Nageswara Rao reaches Supreme Court February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment M Nageswara Rao reaches Supreme Court to appear in connection with the contempt notice issued against him by the court for transferring the CBI officer probing the Bihar shelter home cases. The court had issued the notice to Rao for transferring joint director A K Sharma out of CBI. Rao on Monday admitted that as […] Read more » Bihar shelter home cases Contempt notice M Nageswara Rao Nageswara Rao Supreme Court
High Profile Cases VVIP chopper case: Court orders in-camera proceedings for Rajeev Saxena February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate did not seek any further custody of Rajeev Saxena, arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case, from a Delhi court on Tuesday. Rajeev Saxena, whose ED custody ends Tuesday, sought to talk to Special Judge Arvind Kumar in private, without the presence of his lawyers, after which the court initiated […] Read more » AgustaWestland money laundering case Court Finmeccanica in-camera proceedings Rajeev Saxena Rs 3600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case VVIP chopper case
