High Profile Cases Bail petition of Rupam Pathak rejected in BJP MLA murder case September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Patna, Sep 2 (UNI) The Patna High Court today rejected the regular bail petition of Rupam Pathak, prime accused in BJP MLA Rajkishore Kesri murder case, and directed the CBI court to complete the trial of the case within six months. Justice Hemant Kumar Srivastav rejected the regular bail petition of Pathak after hearing arguments […] Read more » Bail petition Bail petition of Rupam Pathak BJP MLA murder case Rupam Pathak
High Profile Cases CBI registers DA case against Meira Kumar’s secretary September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar’s secretary A.P. Pathak was on Friday removed and repatriated after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided various premises he owns in a disproportionate assets case. One day before, the Central Bureau of Investigation registered a disproportionate assets case against Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar’s secretary A P Pathak. Pathak […] Read more » A P Pathak CBI Central Bureau of Investigation disproportionate assets case Meira Kumar's secretary
Top Law News Public Service Guarantee Bill September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Raipur, Sep 1, The Chhattisgarh Government is all set to introduce comprehensive legislation to deal with public grievances more effectively, official sources said today. The drafting of the Public Service Guarantee Bill is in the final stage and most likely to be introduced during the Assembly’s ongoing Monsoon Session scheduled to conclude on September 10. […] Read more » Public Service Guarantee Bill
High Profile Cases Black money: SC reserves its order on Centre’s review petition September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Sep 1, The Supreme Court today reserved its judgement on the review petition filed by the Centre against its earlier order constituting an SIT headed by a retired apex court judge in the black money case. A bench comprising Justices Altamas Kabir and S S Nijjar fixed September 20 for delivery of the […] Read more » black money Supreme Court Supreme Court on Black Money
Top Law News SC ire at private hospitals denying free treatment to poor September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on SC ire at private hospitals denying free treatment to poor New Delhi, Sep 1, The Supreme Court has taken serious note of the attitude of private hospitals in denying free medical treatment to the poor after getting land at highly concessional rates. The Court’s stricture came while dismissing a batch of petitions filed by private hospitals expressing their inability to provide free medical treatment to […] Read more » free treatment to poor Private hospitals private hospitals denying free treatment to poor SC ire at private hospitals
Top Law News Baba Ramdev anti-corruption crusade tour in 3 states September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Yoga guru Baba Ramdev is planning to tour Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in the next three months as part of his anti-corruption crusade. Ramdev is at present in New Delhi in respect with a meeting of Bharat Swabhiman Trust. Baba Ramdev s close aide Acharya Balkrishna has got a reprieve with High Court, Nainital, […] Read more » anti-corruption Baba Ramdev
Top Law News Justice Soumitra Sen resigns September 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Justice Soumitra Sen resigns Kolkata high court Judge, Justice Soumitra Sen has sent in his resignation letter to the President and the speaker of the Lok Sabha. His resignation comes days before the Lok Sabha was due to take up the impeachment motion that was passed by a large majority in the Rajya Sabha. Justice Soumitra Sen of Calcutta […] Read more » impeachment motion in the Lok Sabha impeachment motion in the Rajya Sabha Justice Soumitra Sen Kolkata high court Judge Soumitra Sen
High Profile Cases Santiago Martin”s bail plea adjourned to September 5 August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Salem (TN), Aug 31, The bail plea of lottery king Santiago Martin, who controls a vast lottery empire across the country, has been adjourned to September 5 by a local court here. His bail plea, which came up before the Chief Judicial Magistrate”s court here yesterday, was adjourned to that date after the government […] Read more »
Top Law News Non-advocates can appear before consumer forums : Apex court August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Non-advocates can appear before consumer forums : Apex court The Supreme Court has held that a non-advocate could appear before the consumer disputes redressal forum if he/she is appearing on an individual case basis without charging a fee and also without any pre-existing relationship with the complainant. A bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Justice Dr. Mukundakam Sharma and Justice Anil R. Dave in […] Read more » Non-advocates can appear
High Profile Cases No comment on stay of Rajiv killers’ hanging: Congress August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Aug 31 The Congress Wednesday refused to comment on the staying of the execution of three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and said such issues involve constitutional, legal and administrative processes. ‘We have clarified a number of times that the cases of death penalty involve a constitutional process, a legal […] Read more »
High Profile Cases Ex-DMK Minister held for land grabbing August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Tamil Nadu Minister and DMK leader N.K.K.P. Raja and four others were arrested in Erode on Thursday in connection with a land grabbing case. Raja becomes the second minister of the previous DMK regime to be taken into custody in the continuing crackdown by the AIADMK government on land grabbing, the first being […] Read more » DMK leader land grabbing case N.K.K.P. Raja Tamil Nadu Minister
Top Law News HC to hear petition challenging Lokpal Bill tomorrow August 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi, Aug 31 A petition challenging the government’s action to present Gandhian Anna Hazare’s as well as its own Lokpal Bill in Parliament has been filed in the Delhi High Court and is slated to come up for hearing tomorrow. The petition filed by Delhi-based lawyer Manohar Lal Sharma has alleged that the […] Read more » Anna Hazare Delhi High Court Lokpal Bill in Parliament Petition challenging the government's action