High Profile Cases CJI first among equals with power to allocate cases: Supreme Court April 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the “first among equals” and occupies a unique position having the “exclusive prerogative” to allocate cases and set up benches to hear cases, the Supreme Court ruled today. The verdict assumed significance as it came in the backdrop of the January 12 unprecedented press conference of senior-most judges […] Read more » allocation of cases CJI featured Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi NGO Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms
Top Law News Delhi High Court asks Delhi government and others to inspect shoe factory premises. April 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked the Delhi government, police and municipal corporation to inspect the premises of an illegal shoe factory, located in a residential area in Sultanpuri, where a fire left four people, including two minors, dead. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar, which initiated the […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal Delhi High Court featured Justice C Hari Shankar premises of an illegal shoe factory
Top Law News Bombay High Court gives relief to builder Niranjan Hiranandani in non-depositing of provident fund case April 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today quashed a CBI charge-sheet against prominent city-based builder Niranjan Hiranandani in a case related to alleged non-depositing of provident fund (PF) dues of his employees. Hiranandani, 61, approached the HC earlier this year and sought quashing of the charge-sheet filed in September 2010 by the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice V K Tahilramani builder Niranjan Hiranandani in a case related to alleged non-depositing of provident fund builder Niranjan Hiranandani in PF case featured Hiranandani Hiranandani with criminal conspiracy and cheating
Top Law News 3-month jail to KLF chief Harminder Singh Mintoo who escaped Nabha Jail. April 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Khalistani Liberation Force (KLF) chief Harminder Singh Mintoo, who escaped the Nabha jail in Punjab in 2016, has been awarded three-month imprisonment by a Delhi court for assaulting public servants and attempting to fire at police officials to prevent his re-arrest. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma sent him to jail for three months, a term […] Read more » featured Harminder Singh Mintoo Harminder Singh Mintoo escaped Nabha jail Khalistani Liberation Force KLF KLF chief Nabha jail
High Profile Cases Supreme Court seeks details from real estate major Amrapali Group on money collected and invested. April 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to ascertain whether there was any “siphoning” of funds, the Supreme Court today asked real estate major Amrapali Group to provide details of the money it had collected from the homebuyers and how much it had invested in its housing projects. The Supreme Court also asked the group to apprise it on […] Read more » Amrapali Amrapali Eden Park project Amrapali Group on money collected and invested Amrapali Sapphire project Amrapali Zodiac project featured Justice Arun Mishra Justice U U Lalit real estate major Amrapali Group
Top Law News Supreme Court rejects PIL to frame rules to regulate composition of benches April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a PIL seeking the framing of rules to regulate the composition of benches, including constitution benches, and the allocation of work. Junking the PIL by advocate Asok Pande, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said that the CJI was the head […] Read more » advocate Asok Pande Chief Justice Dipak Misra CJI featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice Chandrachud Justice D.Y. Chandrachud PIL Supreme Court
Top Law News High Court asks Air India to release salary of grounded pilot April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed national carrier Air India to release the salary of a pilot, who was grounded in 2016 after being allegedly tested positive for alcohol consumption before and after flights on two occasions. Justice Rajiv Shakdher asked the airline why it had withdrawn the full salary of the pilot and how […] Read more » Air India Delhi High Court DGCA Director General Civil Aviation featured High Court Justice Rajiv Shakdher
High Profile Cases Top Law News CBI to High Court: Maulana Azad-Najma Heptulla photo was morphed April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI has told the Delhi High Court that a controversial photograph of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Najma Heptulla, published in a book on the country’s first education minister, has been morphed, but the identity of the person responsible for it is yet to be ascertained. The submission of the central probe agency is […] Read more » CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Shakdher Maulana Azad-Najma Najma Heptulla
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court directs CBI to file 2nd charge sheet by May 14: Pradyuman murder case April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court today directed the CBI to file its second charge sheet in the murder case of a seven-year-old boy at a private school in Haryana by May 14, after the probe agency sought more time. Additional Sessions Judge Jasbir Singh Kundu granted time to the CBI after taking note of a fresh plea […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Jasbir Singh Kundu Advocate Sushil Tekriwal CBI featured Francis Thomas Gurgaon Police Jayesh Thomas Juvenile Justice Board Pradyuman murder case Ryan International School
Top Law News Man sentenced to death for killing 6-yr-old boy April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today sentenced a 35-year-old man to be hanged to death for killing a six-year-old boy in Amariya township last year. Additional Sessions/Special Sessions judge Sanjiv Kumar Shukla awarded the death sentence to Nazim Mian for brutally killing Mohd Musahib on February 21, 2017, government counsel Qazi Rifakat Hussain Farhan said. The convict […] Read more » Amariya featured judge Sanjiv Kumar Shukla Mohd Musahib Nazim Mian POCSO
Top Law News HC to Delhi govt: Ensure proper street-lighting in city April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the civic bodies to ensure proper street-lighting in the national capital on a plea alleging that the LED lights on public roads and streets of south Delhi were not functioning. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party Chief Justice Gita Mittal Delhi High Cour EESL Energy Efficiency Services Limited featured Justice C Hari Shankar LED lights SDMC South Delhi Municipal Corporation
High Profile Cases Top Law News HC notice to Karti Chidambaram’s CA on ED plea April 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Chartered Accountant of Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram on an Enforcement Directorate plea seeking cancellation of his bail in the INX media money laundering case. The court has listed the matter for hearing on August 16. The Enforcement Directorate has challenged the trial […] Read more » chartered accountant Congress leader P. Chidambaram Delhi High Court Enforcement Directorate plea featured FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion Board INX S. Bhaskaraman
