Top Law News Moily criticises Congress MP for graft claim against judge February 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Tuesday said he disapproved of passing remarks that damage the judiciary’s image and reputation. ‘Whoever it is, be it a minister, MP or anybody, one has to be careful,’ he told reporters here on queries about Congress MP K.Sudhakaran’s claim to have witnessed an apex court judge take a Rs.2.1 […] Read more » Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily
Criminal Law News CBI asked to file fresh report in Aseemanand case February 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) failed to file a detailed report on how a confessional statement of Swami Assemanand – who is allegedly involved in the 2008 Ajmer blast – was made public, a Delhi court Tuesday asked the CBI director to file a fresh report in the case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate […] Read more » Aseemanand case CBI
Criminal Law News Supreme Court upholds Nithari serial killer Surendra Koli’s death sentence February 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court upholds Nithari serial killer Surendra Koli’s death sentence The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence to Nithari serial killer Surinder Koli for murdering 14-year-old Rimpa Haldar, one of his first victims in the serial rape-cum-killing episode six years back, saying the case was “horrifying” and “barbaric”. A bench of justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra confirmed the death sentence to […] Read more » death sentence Nithari serial killer Surendra Koli
Top Law News Thousands of Bihar lawyers strike against evening courts February 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Thousands of Bihar lawyers strike against evening courts Thousands of lawyers in Bihar Tuesday began a weeklong strike to protest against evening courts that were introduced in the state in December last year. Bihar State Bar Council chairman Baleshwar Prasad Sharma said nearly 80,000 lawyers have joined the strike. The lawyers, including those from the Patna High Court, district courts and subdivisional courts, […] Read more » Bihar lawyers evening courts Patna High Court
Top Law News Deaf can be given driving licences, rules court February 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Deaf can be given driving licences, rules court The Delhi High Court Monday asked the government to grant driving licences to deaf people, so far prohibited from driving under the Motor Vehicles Act, if they satisfy other necessary criteria. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: “We are obliged to certify that if an applicant is totally […] Read more » Delhi High Court driving licences
Media & Entertainment News Supreme court asks government why it wants to remove Lalli February 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the central government to file a statement of facts on why it wants to remove public broadcaster Prasar Bharati’s CEO B.S. Lalli, who is currently under suspension.The court’s directions came in the wake of the central government’s reference seeking Lalli’s removal. The Supreme court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, […] Read more » B.S. Lalli Prasar Bharati’s CEO Supreme Court
Top Law News Poverty, not pleasure, forces women into prostitution: Court February 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said it was because of ‘abject poverty’ and not for ‘pleasure’ that a woman is compelled to indulge in prostitution. It also ordered formulation of rehabilitation schemes for sex workers. ‘If such a woman is granted opportunity to avail some technical and vocational training, she would be able to earn her […] Read more » Supreme Court
Criminal Law News ‘Cultural protest’ against Binayak Sen’s jail Tuesday February 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on ‘Cultural protest’ against Binayak Sen’s jail Tuesday Director Aparna Sen, musician Rabbi Shergill and writer Ashok Vajpeyi will be among those who will gather Tuesday for a “cultural protest” against the life term of human rights activist Binayak Sen.Sen, whose bail plea was rejected by the Chhattisgarh High Court Feb 10, is at present held in a jail in Raipur. He was […] Read more » Binayak Sen
Corporate Law News Amar Singh’s phone tapped on official directions: Reliance Infocomm February 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Reliance Infocomm on Monday told the Supreme Court that whatever wiretap it had carried out on Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh’s telephone, was done strictly on the directions of the Delhi Police. The 21 page affidavit of Col (retd) A K Sachdeva, a nodal officer with related stories Reliance Communication, […] Read more » Amar Singh Reliance Infocomm
High Profile Cases Raja, Balwa’s CBI custody extended February 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Telecom Minister A. Raja was on Monday sent to Central Bureau of Investigation custody for three more days by a Delhi court which also extended the custody of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa for four more days in the 2G spectrum case after the investigation agency said it wanted to confront them on […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam A. Raja CBI probe Shahid Balwa
Top Law News Navy war room case: Supreme Court issues notice to CBI February 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a petition by Commander (retd) Jarnail Singh Kalra seeking access to the confidential documents being relied upon by the prosecution against him and others in Navy war room leak case. An Supreme Court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan […] Read more » CBI Navy war room case Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Ayodhya case: Hashim Ansari to file appeal February 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hashim Ansari, the oldest litigant in the Ayodhya title suit, today said he has decidedto file an appeal in the Supreme Court tomorrow against the high court”s verdict as all efforts by him to find anout-of-the-court settlement have failed. “As all the attempts have failed, I have no optionsleft but to file the special leave […] Read more » Ayodhya case Hashim Ansari