Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Hasan Ali Khan granted bail; court slams Enforcement Directorate March 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai sessions court Friday granted conditional bail to stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan, accused of stashing nearly $8 billion abroad, saying the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had failed to establish any case against him and criticised the agency for lack of preparedness. Justice M.L. Tahilyani, rejecting the ED’s plea for Khan’s custodial interrogation, observed […] Read more » bail Court Enforcement Directorate granted Hasan Ali Khan slams ustice M.L. Tahilyani
Criminal Law News Binayak Sen case: Apex Court issues notice to Chhattisgarh March 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An apex court bench of Justice H.S. Bedi and Justice C.K. Prasad issued notice after counsel appearing for Sen mentioned the matter in the court. The notice is returnable in four weeks. Sen was convicted for the offences involving sedition, waging war against the state and hatching a criminal conspiracy. He was convicted and awarded […] Read more » apex court Binayak Sen case Chhattisgarh Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.S. Bedi notice
High Profile Cases Gulberg society killing: Accused face additional charges March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court has appointed additional sessions judge B. J. Dhandha as judge of the special court for the trial of the Gulberg Society massacre case of 2002. He replaces B. U. Joshi, who has been transferred to the sessions court in Himmatnagar. Mr. Joshi, along with about a dozen judicial officers, was shifted […] Read more » accused Additional charges face Gulberg society killing
Top Law News Court questions police on ‘wrongdoing’ in orphanage March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday asked Delhi Police whether they would investigate alleged trafficking of minor children from an orphanage here. Justice Ajit Bharihoke said: ‘Delhi Police are directed to clarify their stand whether or not they are inclined to investigate into the functioning of Bal Vihar Orphanage Centre from the angle of the trafficking […] Read more » Bal Vihar Orphanage Centre Court Delhi High Court orphanage police questions wrongdoing
Top Law News Transparency law to free India from poverty, graft: Aruna Roy March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Social activist Aruna Roy Thursday said India’s second war of independence has to be fought with the right to information (RTI) law, to free the nation from poverty and corruption. ‘The next battle is ready with information and understanding of issues through the RTI and it is the ideal tool to help eradicate poverty and […] Read more » Aruna Roy free graft India poverty transparency law
Intellectual Property News Don’t impose service tax on healthcare: Rights panel March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Thursday joined the healthcare industry in strongly opposing the proposed service tax hike in the budget, saying that it will adversely affect the common man. ‘It has come to the notice of the commission through media reports that the centre proposes to introduce a five percent service tax on […] Read more » healthcare impose National Human Rights Commission Rights panel service tax
Criminal Law News Hasan Ali Khan’s custody extended by a day March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hasan Ali Khan, accused of stashing away nearly $8 billion abroad, was on Thursday remanded to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody for another day and claimed that the agency was trying to ‘fix’ him. This is the third time in a row that Principal Sessions Judge M.L. Tahaliyani has given ED the custody of Khan […] Read more » custody extended Hasan Ali Khan lawyer Ishwar Prasad Bagaria
Top Law News Vedanta: Apex court moved against denial of forest clearance March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC), a joint venture with Vedanta’s sister concern Sterlite Industries, has moved the Supreme Court against a decision of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to deny forest clearance for the proposed bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri hills. The OMC is a joint venture partner in this mining project […] Read more » apex court denial forest clearance Vedanta
Top Law News Merit seat reserved for women can be given to men: Court March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment If requisite merit is not available for the seats reserved for women, the seat can be given to male candidates, the Gujarat High Court has ruled. Justice Jayant Patel and Justice J.C. Upadhayaya has ruled that reservation for women is horizontal and not vertical. ‘In respect of seats for women, the merit will be at […] Read more » Court Gujarat High Court Justice J.C. Upadhayaya Justice Jayant Patel men Merit reserved seat women
Top Law News MPs, MLAs salaries should be cancelled for misconduct: Court petitioned March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 69-year-old man knocked the doors of the Gujarat High Court seeking cancellation of salary and other perks given to MPs and MLAs on grounds of their ‘misconduct and behaviour with selfish motives’. The petitioner, Prabhudas Patel, who appeared in person before the court, annexed various newspaper reports with his petition to prove his point. […] Read more » cancelled Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Court Gujarat High Court Justice J.B. Pardiwala misconduct MLAs MPs petitioned Prabhudas Patel salaries
Top Law News Give permanent shelter to homeless near Jama Masjid: Court March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to provide a permanent alternative shelter to the homeless who were using a facility near Jama Masjid before it was demolished in 2003. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘Till the shelter home is constructed, the […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court Delhi High Court homeless Jama Masjid Justice Sanjiv Khanna Municipal Corporation of Delhi permanent shelter Urban Shelter Improvement Board USIB
High Profile Cases Supreme Court voices concern over security in 2G licencing March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said if security concerns were not taken care of in the allocation of telecom licences then it could have serious consequences for the country. ‘We are not experts, but if these things are not taken care then the sensitive information even about army operations could fall in wrong hands,’ Justice G.S. […] Read more » 2G licencing concern Janata Party president Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi security Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court voices