High Profile Cases 2G scam: Five corporate honchos’ bail verdict Monday May 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court will, on Monday, pronounce its verdict on the bail plea of five senior corporate executives accused in the second generation (2G) spectrum case. The five accused are Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom, Sanjay Chandra of Unitech and three officials of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group — Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and […] Read more » 2G scam Asif Balwa bail verdict CBI Central Bureau of Investigation corporate honchos' Gautam Doshi Hari Nair Justice Ajit Bharihoke Kanimozhi Karim Morani Mukul Rohtagi R.K. Chandolia Rajiv B. Aggarwal Shahid Usman Balwa Sharad Kumar Siddharth Behura Surendra Pipara
Media & Entertainment News Meetings to raise public awareness on Lokpal Bill in Delhi May 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to increase public awareness on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill, the volunteers of pressure group India Against Corruption (IAC) are holding several meetings in the national capital Sunday. These will be held in three areas: Narela, Rohini and Shahdara. “As the drafting of the Lokpal Bill, which is to be finalised by June […] Read more » Lokpal Bill meetings public awareness
Top Law News NCW says women molested in Bhatta-Parsaul, seeks CBI probe May 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Backing Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s claim that women were molested in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhatta-Parsaul village, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Saturday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the matter. “Our team recently went to Bhatta-Parsaul village where they claimed to have seen the bones of human beings. We have prepared […] Read more » Bhatta-Parsaul CBI probe NCW Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Rahul Gandhi Yasmin Abrar
High Profile Cases Night in 10×15 ft cell, simple breakfast for Kanimozhi in Tihar May 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Night in a 10 ft by 15 ft cell with a rolled up blanket as a pillow, chatting with other Tamil inmates, a spartan breakfast of bread and tea and some Tamil newspapers – DMK MP Kanimozhi’s first day behind bars at the Tihar jail here was a far cry from the luxuries she is […] Read more » 10x15 ft cell 2G spectrum scam A. Raja Central Bureau of Investigation Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar Kanimozhi Tihar
Top Law News Supreme Court pulls up Maharashtra’s training institutions May 20, 2011 / May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has rejected the plea by a number of teachers training institutions in Maharashtra to recognise the admissions given to their students, saying that the institutes misrepresented facts about their recognition by the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE). The court directed these institutions to pay Rs.1 lakh each to their students as […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S. Panickar Radhakrishnan Maharashtra's training institutions National Council of Teacher Education NCTE Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Kanimozhi joins celebrity line-up in Tihar jail May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Kanimozhi, DMK MP and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi’s daughter, is the latest high-profile entrant to Tihar Central Jail — following in the steps of over a dozen VIPs who are already lodged in India’s largest prison. “Kanimozhi is already in Tihar. She is in jail number 6, which is women’s cell, and […] Read more » celebrity Kanimozhi Tihar Jail
Top Law News No bail for Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar May 20, 2011 / May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV Managing Director Sharad Kumar were Friday headed to jail after a special Central Bureau of Investigation court rejected their bail pleas. The two were named co-conspirators in the 2G spectrum scam Read more » bail plea dismissed DMK leader T.R. Baalu DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi G. Aravindan Kanimozhi Rajathi Ammal Sharad Kumar
Top Law News Selling your vehicle? Get transfer documents right or face trouble May 20, 2011 / May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Selling your secondhand two-wheeler or car, but not fulfilling the legal norms of transfer to the new owner could make you liable to pay for any accidents caused by the vehicle, the Delhi High Court has ruled. In its judgment early this week, the court made the original owner of the vehicle Mukesh Kumar equally […] Read more » Delhi High Court documents Justice Khetrapal MACT Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal selling transfer vehicle
Environment Law News Constructions in Delhi Ridge: court notice to ministries May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the ministry of defence (MoD) on a petition seeking a stay on the construction of staff quarters by cutting trees in Delhi’s green Ridge area. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna Wednesday issued […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Constructions Delhi High Court Delhi Ridge Justice Sanjiv Khanna ministry of defence ministry of environment and forests MoD MoEF
Top Law News Jamia to continue with its minority status: High Court May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Students wishing to take admission in Jamia Millia Islamia for this academic session face an uncertain future with the Delhi High Court Wednesday refusing to grant a stay on an amendment conferring it minority status. The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) headed by Justice M.S.A. Siddiqui had recently granted ‘minority’ status to […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra High Court Jamia Millia Islamia Justice M.S.A. Siddiqui Justice Sanjiv Khanna minority status PIL public interest litigation
Top Law News Charges against Dinakaran modified, apex court told May 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday was told that the Judges Inquiry Committee (JIC) probing charges of corruption, land grabbing and misconduct against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran has modified the charges in the notice of the motion moved in the Rajya Sabha seeking his impeachment and removal. Senior counsel U.U. Lalit, appearing for […] Read more »
Top Law News Jharkhand top cop sentenced for assault on judge May 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A tribunal here Thursday sentenced Jharkhand’s Inspector General of Police Nirmala Chaudhary to 15 days of rigorous imprisonment for ordering her bodyguards to beat up a judge in 2008. The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) also slapped a fine of Rs.2,000 each on the eight policemen involved in the case. Chaudhary had allegedly misbehaved with CAT […] Read more » assault Central Administrative Tribunal Indian Police Service Jharkhand judge Nirmala Chaudhary sentenced Supreme Court