High Profile Cases CBI won’t file any coal scam chargesheet: SC September 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday restrained the CBI from filing any chargesheet or closure report in coal scam cases till it decides whether the investigating agency deputed director Ranjit Sinha to deal with the probe and prosecution for coal block allocation scam. The apex court bench of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Madan B. Lokur and […] Read more » Chief Justice R M Lodha Coal block allocation scam coal scam chargesheet Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur
Consumer Law News Spell out gas pricing policy : SC tells government September 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday asked the government to spell out its policy on the pricing of gas as it was told that a committee on gas pricing policy has been set up and will take a call by Sep 30. A bench of Justice T.S.Thakur, Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice Kurian Joseph sought the government’s […] Read more » Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph Justice T.S. Thakur Spell out gas pricing policy
Consumer Law News DDA to pay Rs 50K for wrongly cancelling flat allotment September 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Development Authority has been asked to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to a woman and a flat, whose allotment was cancelled, while noting that she was not informed in a proper manner. New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, presided by C K Chaturvedi, asked DDA to pay the money to one Rekha Raghav, […] Read more » DDA guilty Indian Overseas Bank New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum wrongly cancelling flat allotment
Court, Judiciary & Legal System No sanction needed to prosecute traffic cops for beating a person: Court September 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Beating up and causing hurt to a person does not fall within the ambit of discharge of official duty of traffic police personnel, a Delhi court has said while directing two cops to face trial in a case against them. It also said that no prior sanction for the alleged act was required for their […] Read more » Delhi Police Traffic personell Rajesh Kumar Delhi Police traffic personnel Ghuman Singh Special CBI Judge Alok Agarwal
Criminal Law News Youth gets life term for murder in New Delhi September 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 26-year-old youth has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder by a Delhi court, which said the incident was “indicative of a pre-meditated plan” to kill the victim. Additional Sessions Judge Savita Rao handed down the jail term to one Karan, a west Delhi resident, for the offences under sections 302 read with 149 […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Savita Rao life term for murder
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Madras High Court seeks details of cyber crime complaints September 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the cyber crime cell of Tamil Nadu Police to submit to it by September 22 details of complaints received in the past one decade of offences like sharing objectionable photographs of women on the Internet. The details, including status of the complaints, should be submitted by September 22, […] Read more » cyber crime details of cyber crime complaints Justice N. Kirubakaran
Court, Judiciary & Legal System PIL filed in SC on controversy created on Sai Baba September 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Saidham Charitable Trust, which manages various temples in Maharashtra including that of Sai Baba, on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court seeking its direction to the Centre to restrain people from making derogatory statements against the saint. The petitioner submitted that the government be ordered to restrain Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati and his followers not to […] Read more » controversy created on Sai Baba Justice UU Lalit justices AR Dave Saidham Charitable Trust
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Delhi high court rejects PIL opposing post-poll alliances September 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL opposing the practice of forging post-poll alliances by political parties to gain power on the ground that electors were being kept in the dark about it at the time of casting their votes. “The petition is dismissed,” a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice […] Read more » advocate Mithilesh Kumar Pandey ASG Sanjay Jain Chief Justice G Rohini Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw PIL opposing post-poll alliances
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Profile Cases Delhi HC rejects PIL for CBI probe into alleged land deals of Vadra September 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today dismissed a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into various land deals allegedly entered into by Robert Vadra’s firms. “The petition is dismissed,” a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw said. Earlier, the bench had reserved its order on the PIL filed by advocate M […] Read more » advocate M L Sharma Chief Justice G Rohini Justice R.S. Endlaw land deals of Vadra
Consumer Law News HDFC to pay Rs 15,000 compensation for ‘harassing’ consumer September 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment HDFC Bank has been asked by a consumer forum to pay Rs 15,000 compensation to a man for “harassing” him by charging him for an air ticket, which he had not purchased, through his credit card. West Delhi District Consumer, presided by Bimla Makin, asked the bank to pay the compensation amount to Rajesh Kukreja […] Read more » compensation for harassing consumer HDFC Bank HDFC Bank to pay compensation
Bar, Bench & Firm News Sumes Dewan started a new law firm Lex Favios September 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Sumes Dewan started a new law firm Lex Favios Sumes Dewan (Desai & Diwanji (D&D) Delhi head and corporate partner) started up a new law firm last week after leaving D&D two months ago. With a team of 15 lawyers including himself Lex Favios has offices in Bombay and Delhi. Some prominent lawyers who are a part of this new law firm are Yeshika […] Read more » Sumes Dewan started a new law firm Lex Favios
Consumer Law News Criminal Law News Satyam Case: All Accused Asked to Appear in Court on October 27 September 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court trying the case of multi-crore accounting fraud in erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Limited (SCSL) today ordered all the accused to appear before it on October 27. The court has not given any date for judgement, CBI special public prosecutor K Surender said. The ten accused in the case include prime accused Satyam […] Read more » former chairman B Ramalinga Raju Satyam case Satyam Computers founder B Ramalinga Raju
