High Profile Cases Amar Singh’s bail plea rejected, to remain in AIIMS September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh’s bail plea was rejected by a Delhi court Wednesday in the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal. He will, however, continue to stay in hospital where he is being treated for a kidney-related ailment. Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal rejected both his pleas for regular and interim […] Read more » 2008 cash-for-votes scandal AIIMS Amar Singh bail plea rejected Cash-for-votes scandal Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal
Top Law News Court notice to government on Delhi security September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court notice to government on Delhi security The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments after taking note of a petition seeking adequate security arrangements against terror attacks in the national capital Read more » Delhi High Court Delhi security
Top Law News Probe against Maran over, CBI tells Supreme court September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned till tomorrow hearing on a petition by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy seeking a probe against Home Minister P Chidambaram for his role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The apex court asked for all documents pertaining to the then finance secretary Subba Rao to be submitted before […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation scam A. Raja CBI CBI Special Judge OP Saini Dayanidhi Maran justice AK Ganguly Justice GS Singhvi P. Chidambaram Senior counsel KK Venugopal Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court
Top Law News No political influence in commutation of death: Apex Court September 28, 2011 / September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said it will decide on pleas for commuting death sentences to life imprisonment on the grounds of delay purely on the basis of law without being influenced by politics. “If there are 20 people sentenced to death, then … some must have the support of some group or other… some […] Read more » commutation of death Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya No political influence Supreme Court
Top Law News Court upholds Mamata Banerjee government’s Singur Act as valid September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a victory for Mamata Banerjee, Calcutta high court on Wednesday said that the Singur Land Rehabilitation Act is constitutional and valid. The act was introduced in June by her shortly after she became West Bengal chief minister. It allowed her government to cancel a 99-year-lease signed with Ratan Tata for nearly 1000 acres for […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Mamata Banerjee Singur Act valid Singur Land Rehabilitation Act
Top Law News Gujarat minister headed ‘crime syndicate’, Supreme Court told September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday told the Supreme Court that former Gujarat minister Amit Shah was the ‘commander of crime syndicate with some officials of state police as its foot soldiers’ who would eliminate crucial witnesses in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout. The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Vivek Tankha CBI crime syndicate Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai minister Amit Shah senior counsel Ram Jethmalani Supreme Court
Top Law News Lawyer complains of political, media reactions September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Lawyer complains of political, media reactions Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) senior counsel in Supreme Court K.K. Venugopal Tuesday termed as “affront” the remarks of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha that his arguments on behalf of the probe agency, which included the defence of Home Minister P. Chidambaram, were “laughable”. Venugopal told the apex court bench of Justice G.S. […] Read more » Home Minister P. Chidambaram Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi K.K. Venugopal P.J. Thomas
Top Law News N.D. Tiwari gets contempt of court notice September 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued a contempt notice to Congress leader N.D. Tiwari for defying its order asking him to give his blood sample in a paternity suit filed by a 32-year-old claiming to be his son. Justice Gita Mittal, referring to her Sep 23 judgment in which she had termed Tiwari’s refusal […] Read more » Justice Gita Mittal N.D. Tiwari The Delhi High Court Ujjwala Sharma
Top Law News 2G case: CBI opposes government stand on Swamy’s plea September 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI on Tuesday objected to the central government telling the Supreme Court that it will examine documents given by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy indicating that Home Minister P. Chidambaram, as the then finance minister, was also involved in fixing the 2G spectrum price. Subramanian Swamy is seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) […] Read more » 2G case CBI P. Chidambaram Subramanian Swamy
Criminal Law News Sex scandal: Achuthanandan’s plea for CBI probe dismissed September 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala high court Tuesday dismissed leader of opposition VS Achuthanandan’s plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Kozhikode ice cream parlour sex case, allegedly involving state minister PK Kunhalikutty. The court had earlier this month asked Kerala police to submit their case diary and investigation report in the sex scandal […] Read more » Chief Justice J Chelameswar Kerala High Court PK Kunhalikutty Sex scandal VS Achuthanandan
Top Law News Supreme court sets terms for bar election September 27, 2011 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said that members of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) whose names do not figure in the final list of regular practitioners would not be entitled to either vote or contest the election for the office bearers of the apex body of lawyers. ‘The members of the SCBA, whose names […] Read more » Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice J.M. Panchal SCBA Supreme Court Bar Association
Top Law News Amar Singh seeks court’s nod for treatment abroad September 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, arrested in the cash-for-votes scam, Monday filed an application before a Delhi court seeking permission to go out of India for medical treatment. Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal accepted the application and posted it for hearing today. The court had extended Singh’s interim bail till Sep 27 on medical […] Read more » AIIMS Amar Singh treatment abroad