Top Law News 2G case: Bail plea hearing of five accused deferred October 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Monday deferred the hearing on the bail pleas of five accused in the 2G spectrum scam. The hearing on the bail pleas of Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal, both directors of Kusegaon Fruits & Vegetables Pvt Ltd, and Cineyug Films director Karim Morani was deferred till October 17. The hearing on […] Read more » 2G case Asif Balwa bail plea DMK MP Kanimozhi Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar Karim Morani Rajiv Agarwal RK Chandolia Shahid Balwa
Media & Entertainment News Montek, Ramesh consensus on poverty line definition October 3, 2011 / October 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Montek, Ramesh consensus on poverty line definition Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Monday said the panel and the government had come to a consensus on the issue of defining people below the poverty line, which had triggered strong opposition from activists. “We have reached a consensus over the issue. He (Ramesh) would be joining me to address a press […] Read more » consensus on poverty line definition Jairam Ramesh Montek SAingh Ahluwalia
Criminal Law News ‘High court judge can’t probe Kashmir custodial death’ October 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has turned down the state government’s request that a sitting judge of the court probe the custodial death of National Conference (NC) worker Sayeed Muhammad Yousuf, official sources said on Monday. According to sources, chief justice KM Kalifullah has told the state government that it is not within his […] Read more » chief justice KM Kalifullah high court judge Jammu and Kashmir High Court Kashmir custodial death NC) worker Sayeed Muhammad Yousuf Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Ex-CJI concerned over delay in Gujarat riots cases October 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former chief justice of India J.S. Verma Saturday expressed concern that the perpetrators of human rights violations in the 2002 Gujarat riots are still unpunished. ‘That’s something that disturbs me as it would disturb every reasonable person in our country,’ Justice Verma told NDTV 24X7 news channel in an interview. Responding to the recent Supreme […] Read more » chief justice of India J.S. Verma Ex-CJI Gujarat riots cases NHRC
Media & Entertainment News Kashmir villager sends Rs.26 to Manmohan, Montek October 2, 2011 / October 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Kashmir villager sends Rs.26 to Manmohan, Montek A villager from Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir Saturday said he has sent demand drafts of Rs.26 — the Planning Commission’s poverty line cut-off for rural areas — to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and the commission’s Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahulwalia and asked them to show how to spend […] Read more » Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Kashmir villager Manmohan Singh Montek Singh Ahulwalia Planning Commission Rs.26 to Manmohan Rs.26 to Montek Supreme Court
Top Law News Probe if MCOCA can be slapped on Hasan Ali: Court October 2, 2011 / October 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Saturday directed Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik to appoint an officer to investigate if the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) can be slapped on alleged money launderer and tax evader Hasan Ali Khan. The order was given after the court heard a petition of Mumbai-based social activist I.G. […] Read more » Bombay High Court ED Enforcement Directorate Hasan Ali Hasan Ali Khan MCOCA
High Profile Cases Make me cash-for-vote scam witness, not accused: Kulkarni October 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Make me cash-for-vote scam witness, not accused: Kulkarni Sudheendra Kulkarni, a former aide of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani and arrested in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, Saturday told a Delhi court that he should be made a witness in the case instead of an accused. “The court should make me a witness in the case, not accused. My only motive was […] Read more » cash-for-vote scam witness Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal Sudheendra Kulkarni
High Profile Cases Criminal breach of trust, conspiracy charge not valid: Kanimozhi October 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jailed DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar Saturday argued in the special court that they cannot be said to have committed a criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy in the 2G scam as they were not related in any way to the alleged dishonest disposal of the spectrum. Responding to […] Read more » A. Raja CBI conspiracy charge criminal Breach of trust DMK MP Kanimozhi Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar Kanimozhi special Judge O.P. Saini
Top Law News Voter card no proof of tenancy, rules apex court October 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Voter card no proof of tenancy, rules apex court The presence of a person’s name on the electoral roll would only prove that he/she was residing at the premises at a certain point of time but in no way would indicate his/her status as a tenant or a licensee, the Supreme Court has said. “The electoral roll will not show whether a person is […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran no proof of tenancy Supreme Court Voter card
Top Law News Court rejects plea against tax on marriage marquees October 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed a petition seeking direction to the city government that no service tax be levied on marquees put up for Hindu marriages as setting up such pandals amounted to providing service for a religious function. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: “We do […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Hindu marriages Justice Sanjiv Khanna marriage marquees plea against tax on marriage marquees
Criminal Law News Give Raj Bala’s autopsy report to her family: Supreme court October 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday directed Delhi Police to give the post-mortem examination report of Raj Bala to her family. The Haryana resident was injured in the police crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s gathering at Ramlila ground in Delhi in June and died earlier this week after being hospitalised for 114 days. Raj Bala […] Read more » Baba Ramdev Delhi Police Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Raj Bala's autopsy report senior counsel Ram Jethmalani Supreme Court
Intellectual Property News Review law on property rights: Supreme Court October 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said that parliament may consider abolishing or amending a law that enables a trespasser take the title of a building or land from the true owner in certain conditions. An apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma noted that people were often astonished to learn that […] Read more » Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma law on property rights Supreme Court