Top Law News Exercise caution in reopening cases: Supreme Court April 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that a frivolous application for reopening a case and recalling witnesses for adducing evidence should be rejected with exemplary costs on the petitioner. ‘If the application is found to be mischievous, or frivolous, or to cover up negligence or lacunae, it should be rejected with heavy costs,’ said an apex […] Read more » cases caution Exercise Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran K.K. Velusamy reopening Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Raja, 11 others formally charged in 2G spectrum case April 2, 2011 / April 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday filed its first chargesheet of 127 pages with 80,000-page annexure against nine people and three firms in the case involving the allocation of second generation (2G) telecom spectrum. The chargesheet, brought in seven steel boxes, was filed in the special court of CBI Judge O.P. Saini. Among those […] Read more » 2G spectrum case Asif Balwa CBI judge O.P. Saini Gautam Doshi Hari Nair Indian Penal Code (IPC) Kaliagnar TV R.K. Chandolia Raja Rajiv Aggarwal Sadiq Batcha Sanjay Chandra Shahid Balwa Siddhartha Behura Surendra Pipara Swan Telecom Unitech Wireless director Vinod Goenka
High Profile Cases CBI files chargesheet in 2G spectrum case April 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday filed its first chargesheet in the 2G spectrum scam . The chargesheet was filed in the special court of CBI judge O.P. Saini. Former Telecom minister A Raja has been charged with criminal conspiracy, forgery, cheating and corruption. Raja’s private secretary R K Chandolia, former telecom secretary […] Read more » 2G spectrum case CBI CBI judge O.P. Saini chargesheet files R.K. Chandolia Shahid Balwa Siddharth Behura Swan Telecom Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Criminal Law News Jailed as juvenile, man awarded Rs.5 lakh compensation April 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday directed the Delhi government to pay a compensation of Rs.5 lakh to a man who was jailed for eight years despite being a juvenile when he committed a murder. According to law, juveniles cannot be punished for more than three years. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice G.P Mittal said: […] Read more » awarded Compensation Delhi High Court jailed Justice G.P. Mittal Justice S. Ravindra Bhat juvenile man Rs.5 lakh
Top Law News Over a lakh children in Delhi still out of school April 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than one lakh children in the national capital are still out of school, a report by the human resource development ministry said as the Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act completed a year Friday since its implementation. The RTE report card which analysed the primary education scenario in the country was released […] Read more » children Delhi Human Resource Development Minister kapil sibal lakh out of school RTE
Top Law News High court stays proceedings against Yeddyurappa April 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major relief to Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the state high court Friday stayed further proceedings in a lower court on corruption and illegal land deals cases against him. The high court has already stayed a police probe, ordered by the lower court, into one complaint of illegal land deal against Yeddyurappa. Additional […] Read more » Additional Civil and Sessions Judge C.B. Hipparagi High Court Justice K.N. Keshavanarayana Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa proceedings stays Yeddyurappa
High Profile Cases Media & Entertainment News CBI to probe Raja associate’s death April 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will investigate the alleged suicide of Sadiq Batcha, a close associate of former telecom minister Andimuthu Raja now in jail in the 2G spectrum scam. A Supreme Court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly was told by CBI senior counsel K.K. Venugopal that a request for […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaisingh Andimuthu Raja associate's death CBI CBI senior counsel K.K. Venugopal Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Raja Sadiq Batcha Supreme Court
Top Law News PETA’s ‘open offer’ to model who wants to bare all April 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Friday made an ‘open offer’ to model Poonam Pandey – who has expressed her intention to bare all if India wins the cricket World Cup – to use her skin show for the benefit of animals. In an open letter, PETA India’s chief Poorva Joshipura has said […] Read more » bare Board of Control for Cricket in India Central Pollution Control Board model model Poonam Pandey offer open PETA's
Top Law News Wealthy wife ordered to pay maintenance to husband March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Wealthy wife ordered to pay maintenance to husband Invoking the principle of gender equality, the Delhi High Court Thursday upheld a lower court order asking a woman, who runs a business with an annual turnover of about Rs.1 crore, to pay monthly maintenance of Rs.20,000 to her estranged, unemployed husband. Justice G.S. Sistani upheld the trial court order of 2009 that awarded maintenance […] Read more » husband Justice G.S. Sistani maintenance' ordered pay Wealthy wife
Top Law News Why no FIR against Mumbai Congress chief, asks high court March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Thursday wanted to know why a first information report was not lodged against Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh, who is accused of amassing huge wealth through illegal means. The judges’ query came after the submissions made by the Income Tax Department, Enforcement Directorate and the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau on the investigations […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Darius Khambatta Asif Balwa Central Bureau of Investigation Chief Justice Mohit Shah FIR High Court Justice D.G. Karnik Kripashankar Singh Mumbai Congress chief Shahid Balwa
Intellectual Property News ‘Lack of political will hampering implementation of RTE Act’ March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A year after the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the dream of universal education still remains a distant reality for many children due to the lack of political will in the states, experts said Thursday. According to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the chief monitoring body of the […] Read more » 'Lack of political hampering implementation National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR chairperson Shantha Sinha Right of children to Free and Compulsory Education Act RTE Act
Top Law News In national interest, official can be sacked without probe: Court March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that the government need not communicate the charges against an official sacked for delinquency or hold an enquiry if doing so would jeopardise the interests and the security of the country. “In terms of the mandate of the constitution, the communication of the charge and holding of an enquiry could […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Justice A.R. Dave Justice Mukundakam Sharma national interest Official sacked Supreme Court without probe