Criminal Law News Governments get notice on Afzal Guru’s transfer plea February 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on a petition by Afzal Guru, on death row for his role in the 2001 parliament attack, seeking his transfer from Tihar Jail to a prison in Srinagar. The Supreme Court bench of Justices Aftab Alam and R.M. Lodha issued notice after the […] Read more » Afzal Guru Supreme Court
Consumer Law News Law giving voting rights to NRIs comes into force February 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Non-resident Indians can now get their names registered in the electoral rolls, with the amended legislation coming into force Thursday. A press release by the law and justice ministry Thursday said the government has issued the necessary notification bringing the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 2010 into force on Feb 10. ‘The amending act […] Read more » NRIs voting rights
Criminal Law News Aarushi murder: CBI slammed for closure when evidence points to parents February 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI special magistrate was very critical of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for filing a closure report in the Aarushi Talwar murder case when ‘the available evidences on record’ pointed towards her parents, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, to make them ‘culprits prima facie’. In her 21-page order, magistrate Preeti Singh said: ‘On the […] Read more » Aarushi murder CBI
High Profile Cases Black money: Names will made public after cases filed February 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday was told that the government will reveal the names of all the people who have stashed away their black money in foreign banks abroad after it registers cases against them. The government’s assurance to the apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar came on petition by […] Read more » black money Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Binayak Sen’s bail plea rejected February 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Chattisgarh has rejected the bail application of Dr Binayak Sen. He was sentenced to life in prison in December after he was convicted of sedition on the basis of his alleged links to Naxals in the area. Binayak Sen’s wife, Ilena expressed her disappointment at today’s court order. She told NDTV, “We […] Read more » bail plea Binayak Sen
Environment Law News Black money: Where is Hasan Ali, asks Supreme court February 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central Government to tell it where was the country’s top tax evader Hasan Ali, who has stashed away a huge amount of money in banks in Switzerland and other countries. The apex court bench of Justice B Sudershan Reddy and Justice SS Nijjar told Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium […] Read more » black money Supreme Court
Top Law News Doctrine of separation of power must be respected: Congress February 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Congress on Wednesday expressed reservations over a Supreme Court judge’s remarks about continuance of Vilasrao Deshmukh in the Union cabinet and said every institution must respect the doctrine of separation of power enshrined in the Constitution. ‘Within the constitutional scheme, there is a very time tested and enduring concept called the doctrine of separation […] Read more » Congress Doctrine of separation Vilasrao Deshmukh
Criminal Law News High court reserves order on Binayak Sen’s bail plea February 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chhattisgarh High Court Wednesday reserved its order on the bail plea of rights activist Binayak Sen even as the state government opposed it on the grounds of his links with the Maoists.Sen is at present lodged in a jail in Raipur capital city following his sentencing to life term by a trial court Dec […] Read more » bail plea Binayak Sen
Criminal Law News Talwar couple to be tried for daughter’s murder February 9, 2011 / February 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were today made an accused in the murder of their teenage daughter Aarushi by a special CBI court which rejected the agency’s closure report in the over two-year old double-murder case. Judge Preeti Singh took cognisance of CBI’s closure report and issued summons to the parents to appear before her on […] Read more » Aarushi murdercase Dr Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar
Top Law News Supreme court slams Amar Singh for wasting time in wiretap case February 9, 2011 / February 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday slammed Rajya Sabha member and estranged Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh for wasting its time by going back on the allegation that the Congress party was instrumental in getting his telephone tapped in 2005. ‘Is it appropriate for this court to spend time on a petition based on fabricated documents?’ the […] Read more » Amar Singh Supreme Court wiretap case
Criminal Law News Nithari case: Supreme Court pulls up CBI February 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for making excuses to get an adjournment on a petition by Surendra Koli, sentenced to death in the Nithari serial killing case of 2006. An apex court bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra chided the investigating agency when it […] Read more » CBI Nithari case Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Fraud case: Subrata Roy gets relief in high court (Lead) February 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed the proceedings against Sahara India group chairman Subrata Roy and four others in a court here on a complaint that they had duped investors in a proposed housing project.Justice Ajit Bharihoke said: “The proceedings and the execution of the warrants against Roy and four other company officials would remain […] Read more » Fraud case Subrata Roy