Top Law News SC judge recuses from hearing Memon’s plea over death sentence November 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday did not take up the plea of 1993 Mumbai bomb blast accused Yakub Abdul Razak Memon seeking review of its decision upholding his death sentence as Justice Uday Umesh Lalit recused from hearing the plea. As the bench of Justice Anil R. Dave, Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice Lalit took up […] Read more »
Top Law News Ishrat Jahan case: SC reserves order on Amin’s bail plea November 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved its order on the bail plea of Gujarat cadre IPS office Narendra Kumar Amin who is in jail for his alleged involvement in Ishrat Jahan and other staged shootout cases. A bench of Justice V. Gopala Gowda and Justice C. Nagappan reserved order on plea of Amin contending that he […] Read more » Justice C Nagappan Justice V. Gopala Gowda Senior counsel Huzefa Ahmedi Senior counsel Ram Jathamalani
Top Law News Coal scam case: CBI directed to probe further November 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court on Wednesday directed the CBI to further investigate a coal blocks allocation case involving Navbharat Power Pvt Ltd (NPPL) and its officials in which the agency has filed two final reports. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar ordered further probe in the case and directed the CBI to file its progress report on […] Read more » CBI directed to probe further coal blocks allocation case coal scam Coal scam case Navbharat Power Pvt Ltd NPPL Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar
Top Law News HC questions lack of govt report on pesticides in food November 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today questioned why the Centre did not file any report regarding the extent of pesticides in fruits and vegetables if it was regularly monitoring the issue.A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also queried whether there is any law in place which mandates farmers how and […] Read more » HC questions lack of govt report on pesticides in food
Top Law News Can N Srinivasan be kept away from BCCI due to Gurunath Meiyappan ‘s role in IPL scam : SC November 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment N Srinivasan’s fate as cricket administrator continues to hang in the balance with the Supreme Court today raising a question whether he can be allowed to head BCCI if his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan is found to be involved in IPL-6 betting and spot-fixing scandal. A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur, which said that […] Read more » Can N Srinivasan be kept away from BCCI Cricket Association of Bihar Justice Mukul Mudgal Justice T.S. Thakur senior advocate Kapil Sibal
Criminal Law News Maid murder case: Court dismisses Jagriti’s bail plea November 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today dismissed the interim bail plea of former , an accused in a case relating to murder of their maid. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Lokesh Kumar Sharma dismissed the bail application which had contended that she needed to undergo surgery for her ailment and that she has only one kidney. “The bail […] Read more » 201 (destruction of evidence) 307 (attempt to murder) 344 (illegal confinement) 506 (criminal intimidation) ASJ Lokesh Kumar Sharma BSP MP Dhananjay Singh's wife Jagriti Singh Court dismisses Jagriti's bail plea Maid murder case sections 302 (murder)
Top Law News Defamation plea: Gadkari & Digvijay come face to face in court November 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Digvijay Singh on Monday traded charges in a Delhi court which was hearing a filed by the BJP leader against the veteran Congressman who stood by his statement. The proceedings began with Gadkari ruling out any possibility of reaching any compromise with Singh, saying he would not withdraw his complaint […] Read more » 500 (punishment for defamation defamation complaint section 499 (defamation) senior advocate Pinky Anand Senior advocate Ramesh Gupta
Environment Law News Raze part of Asaram ashram built on Ridge: Green court November 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin India’s environmental watchdog on Monday ordered the demolition of illegal construction by controversial self-styled godman Asaram’s ashram in the city’s Central Ridge, a year after HT first highlighted the encroachments in the reserved forest. The order, passed by the National Green Tribunal, will help restore parts of the fast-shrinking forest — key to controlling pollution, […] Read more »
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Migrants’ deportation to B’desh; SC issues notice to Centre November 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and the states on a plea seeking its direction to them not to deport back to Bangladesh the migrants who had come to India from there between 1947 and 1971. Agreeing to hear the PIL, a bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu sought responses […] Read more » Advocate Dhirendra Kumar Mishra Chief Justice H.L. Dattu Migrants' deportation to B'desh PIL filed by NGO 'Joint Action Committee for Bengali Refugee'
Bar, Bench & Firm News Delhi records 40 cases of crimes against women every day November 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Capital records 40 cases of crimes against women every day and the highest among these are of rape, molestation and sexual harassment in public, official data shows. While the figures have risen over the last year, the Delhi Police claim to have solved over 90 per cent of the cases. The compilation of the […] Read more »
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC seeks Centre’s response on plea for amending DCB poll rules November 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sought response of the Centre and Delhi Cantonment Board (DCB) on a plea seeking amendment of election rules of the body with respect to reservation of wards for women. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notice to the Ministry of Defence and DCB, […] Read more » advocate Shekhar Nanavaty Chief Justice G Rohini DCB Delhi Cantonment Board Delhi Cantonment tantamount Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw plea for amending DCB poll rules
Top Law News Coal scam: CBI now says enough evidence to take cognisance November 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an apparent U-turn, CBI, which had filed a closure report in a coal blocks case involving industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, former coal secretary PC Parakh and others, on Monday told a special court there was enough evidence against the accused to take cognisance of offences. The Supreme court appointed-special public prosecutor (SPP) R S […] Read more » allocation of Talabira II and III coal blocks CBI prosecutors A P Singh CBI prosecutors V K Sharma coal block allocation to Hindalco coal scam former coal secretary PC Parakh special public prosecutor (SPP) R S Cheema
