High Profile Cases Gulbarg fund case: Supreme Court stays arrest of Teesta Setalvad till February 19 February 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing on the anticipatory bail plea of social activist Teesta Setalvad till February 19, in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Gulbarg society, devastated in the 2002 riots.The court has also given protection from arrest to Setalvad and her husband till February 19. A day ago, the apex court had […] Read more » anticipatory bail plea of social activist Teesta Setalvad arrest of Teesta Setalvad Gulbarg fund case Supreme Court stays arrest of Teesta Setalvad Teesta Setalvad Teesta Setalvad in Gulbarg fund case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Orissa HC orders for panel to monitor jaundice February 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Orissa High Court has directed the state government to form a high-level committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to monitor the situation arising out of the spread of jaundice in the state. A bench of justices Indrajit Mahanti and Subash Chandra Parija, taking up a petition filed by Cuttack city civic body corporator […] Read more » Justice Indrajit Mahanti Justice Subash Chandra Parija Orissa HC panel to monitor jaundice
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Man gets 5-days jail term for drunken driving February 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court here has sent a man to five-days’ imprisonment for driving after consuming alcohol and said he was not only putting his own life in danger but that of the general public as well. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Kumar Bansal passed the order while dismissing an appeal of Delhi resident Naveen Kumar against […] Read more » 5-days jail term for drunken driving Additional Sessions Judge Virender Kumar Bansal jail term for drunken driving Motor Vehicle Act
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Man penalised for speaking on mobile inside court room February 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 32-year-old man has been penalised for talking on his mobile phone inside a court room in Kendrapara. Ranjit Pradhan, a resident of Gopalpur village under Rajnagar police jurisdiction, was found talking on his mobile phone in the chief judicial magistrate’s court room yesterday. The CJM, Rabi Narayan Panda, expressed strong displeasure as a trial […] Read more » Kendrapara Bar Association Man penalised for speaking on mobile speaking on mobile inside court room
Bar, Bench & Firm News Partner Murali Neelakantan resigns from Cipla GC February 12, 2015 / February 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Khaitan & Co partner Murali Neelakantan, has resigned from Cipla global where he was working as general counsel (GC) on 4th of Feb in order to focus on a variety of policy, education and other projects. He also want to become an independent director of a former long-standing client. He said: “This is a stage in […] Read more » Partner Murali Neelakantan resigns from Cipla GC
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC notice to centre & Delhi government on deplorable conditions of undertrial prisoners February 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on the deplorable conditions of undertrial prisoners, including women, in Tihar Jail here.A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw asked for responses by March 5. The bench took suo motu cognizance of the issue after the […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini deplorable conditions of undertrial prisoners in Tihar Jail Justice R.S. Endlaw
Consumer Law News SC to examine CCI jurisdiction on DLF flat owners’ plea February 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said it will examine whether the Competition Commission of India had the jurisdiction to entertain the plea by flat owners in three DLF residential complexes in Gurgaon who alleged that the real estate giant was exploiting its dominant position on conditions for providing services. The bench of Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya […] Read more » CCI jurisdiction on DLF flat owners' Justice N.V. Ramana Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya SC to examine CCI jurisdiction on DLF flat
Criminal Law News Three convicted in 2011 Rajib Das murder case February 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three persons were on Thursday convicted by a court in Barasat in connection with the killing of 16-year-old student Rajib Das for trying to protect his sister from getting molested by drunken goons four years ago. First Additional District judge Prabir Kumar Mishra convicted Biswanath Chatterjee, Mithun Das and Monojit Biswas under sections 302(punishment for […] Read more » First Additional District judge Prabir Kumar Mishra Rajib Das murder case
Criminal Law News Delhi court upholds jail term of two men for assaulting a bus driver February 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has upheld a three-month jail term for two men who were convicted for injuring and threatening a bus driver here in an over a decade-old-case, saying such “hooliganism” should be strongly deterred. District and Sessions Judge Ina Malhotra dismissed the appeals of Sonu and Guru Dutt against a magisterial court order that […] Read more » assaulting a bus driver Delhi court upholds jail term of two men District and Sessions Judge Ina Malhotra
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC halts final bidding for three Chhattisgarh coal blocks February 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today directed the government not to conduct final bidding till February 18 for three coal blocks in Chhattisgarh, for which Sarda Energy and Minerals Ltd has submitted its initial price offer on its plea challenging the two-phased auction process in which half of the round one bidders are to be eliminated. A […] Read more » advocate Ratan Singh Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd bidding for three Chhattisgarh coal blocks Chhattisgarh coal blocks Dalmia group's OCL Ltd Delhi High Court HC halts final bidding Hindalco Industries Ltd Jindal Power Ltd Jindal Steel and Power Ltd Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed justice Sanjeev Sachdeva Ultra Tech Cement Ltd
Bar, Bench & Firm News Can’t permit abuse of court process by delaying tactics: court February 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Dismissing an appeal of a woman who sought right to lead defence in a family dispute, a sessions court here cited her repeated non-appearance during proceedings and said no one can be permitted to abuse the process of court by delaying tactics rejected the appeal of the woman, a south-Delhi resident, against the order of […] Read more » abuse of court process Additional Sessions Judge Lokesh Kumar Sharma
Criminal Law News HC refuses to entertain PIL on Sunanda Pushkar’s death case February 11, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today rejected a PIL seeking its intervention in the ongoing probe into the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar, saying it was more of a “publicity interest litigation.””FIR has been registered and the investigation is also being carried out by the senior-most officers of the Delhi Police. We are […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Sunanda Pushkar's death case
