Media & Entertainment News Kolkata cops guilty, Rizwanur’s mother tells apex court February 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday was told that the right to love and marriage was a part of the fundamental right to live and Kolkata policemen who allegedly acted in its violation in the Rizwanur Rahman-Priyanka Todi inter-religious marriage case should be punished. Computer graphic teacher Rizwanur, who married businessman Ashok Todi’s daughter Priyanka in August […] Read more » apex court Ashok Todi CBI Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR (first information report) guilty Kishwar Jahan Kolkata cops Rizwanur's mother
Top Law News Godhra verdict travesty of justice, says lawyer Prashant Bhushan February 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prominent Supreme Court lawyer and public interest activist Prashant Bhushan Tuesday said the verdict in the Godhra train carnage case coming nine years after the incident was a “travesty of justice” and added that it reflected poorly on India’s judicial system that most of the 63 acquitted people were in jail for all these years. […] Read more »
High Profile Cases 31 convicted, 63 acquitted in Godhra train carnage case February 22, 2011 / March 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here today convicted 31 accused persons and acquitted 63 others in the case relating to the February 27, 2002 burning of a coach of the Sabarmati Express at Godhra station in Gujarat. Sessions Judge P R Patel, who delivered the judgement in the Sabarmati Central Jail, said the quantum of punishment would […] Read more » 31 convicted 63 acquitted Godhra train carnage case POTA public prosecutor J M Panchal Sabarmati Express Sessions Judge P R Patel United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
Media & Entertainment News Court bans illegal telecast of World Cup cricket matches February 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has restrained around 144 cable operators across the country from telecasting the ongoing cricket World Cup, which they did by unauthorisedly accessing signals of ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd (ESIPL).The court was hearing a suit filed by the company seeking an order to restrain cable operators from unauthorisedly broadcasting the tournament. […] Read more » bans Court cricket matches ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd (ESIPL ESPN STAR Sports ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 illegal telecast world cup
Top Law News Health of citizens is wealth of nation: Court February 21, 2011 / February 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ‘The health of the citizens is the wealth of the nation’ and it cannot be allowed to be jeopardized, the Delhi High Court said Monday while slamming an anti-quota stir at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in 2006. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘The […] Read more » AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences Anbumani Ramadoss Chief Justice Dipak Misra Citizens Court Health Justice Sanjiv Khanna nation P. Venugopal Prashant Bhushan wealth
Criminal Law News Salman gets relief in poaching case February 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Salman gets relief in poaching case Bollywood star Salman Khan Monday got a relief in the 1998 chinkara poaching case as the Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court allowed him to leave the country without informing it in advance. The court had imposed the restriction on him before granting bail in the case in 2007. Following that, the actor had […] Read more » chinkara poaching case Hastimal Saraswat advocate Relief Salman Khan
Criminal Law News Talwars move Allahabad High Court against CBI court order February 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Talwars move Allahabad High Court against CBI court order Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, parents of murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar, Monday filed an appeal in the Allahabad High Court against the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court’s order to put them on trial for their daughter’s killing, their lawyer said in Allahabad.The court will take up the appeal Wednesday, said Samit Gopal, spokesperson for […] Read more » Aarushi Talwar Allahabad High Court CBI court order Central Bureau of Investigation Rajesh and Nupur Talwar Special Judicial Magistrate Preeti Singh Talwar’s lawyer Rebecca John
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases 26/11 attacker Kasab’s death penalty upheld February 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Monday upheld the death sentence awarded to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab for his role in the 26/11 attack, closing another chapter in one of the most watched legal trials in the world and hailed as a triumph of the Indian legal system. A division bench of Justice Ranjana Desai and […] Read more » 26/11 Ajmal Amir Kasab Bombay High Court death penalty Fahim Ansari Home Minister P. Chidambaram Justice R.V. More Justice Ranjana Desai Kasab lawyer Farhana Shah Pakistani terrorist Sabahuddin Ahmed Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam upheld
Consumer Law News Rahat, manager fined Rs.1.5 mn each February 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and his manager Maroof Ali were Sunday fined Rs.1.5 million ($33,000) each for carrying undeclared foreign currency while trying to leave India earlier this month, sources said. The artiste and his manager, who were charged under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and Customs Act, will have to pay […] Read more » fined Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) manager manager Maroof Ali Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Rahat Rs.1.5 mn
Top Law News Human trafficking manual helps police in northeast February 20, 2011 / February 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment What does human trafficking mean, why is it done, what punishment can it attract and how do we rehabilitate victims? A manual on human trafficking brought out by an NGO is proving a boon for police in the northeast where trafficking is a major issue. Impulse, the NGO, has simplified the law and put it […] Read more » First Information Report (FIR) Hasina Kharbhih Human trafficking IAS (Indian Administrative Service) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act IPS (Indian Police Service) Juvenile Justice Act manual northeast police
Intellectual Property News Media & Entertainment News Awareness needed for Delhi’s women: Dikshit February 19, 2011 / February 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi’s women need to be made aware about their rights and the importance of their empowerment, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said here Saturday. “We need to make women aware about their powers, only then will they feel empowered. Awareness is more important than legal empowerment,” Dikshit said as she flagged off the ‘bell bajao’ campaign […] Read more » awareness Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi's women International Women's Day Kiran Walia needed Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act Women and Child Development Minister
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Kalmadi’s aide, businessman sent to judicial custody February 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Saturday sent former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi’s aide Shekhar Deorukhkar and businessman Binu Nanu to judicial custody in Tihar Jail till March 05 in connection with irregularities in contracts for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG). Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge OP Saini sent Deorukhkar and Nanu […] Read more » Binu Nanu judge OP Saini judicial custody Shekhar Deorukhkar Special Central Bureau of Investigation Suresh Kalmadi