Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Prashan Bhushan attacks Sibal January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a blistering attack on Communications Minister Kapil Sibal for saying that the audit report on auction of second generation (2G) telecom spectrum was erroneous, senior Supreme Court counsel Prashant Bhushan Saturday said that it amounted to largely giving a clean chit to his disgraced predecessor A. Raja. DMK leader Raja had to step down […] Read more » Prashan Bhushan Supreme Court counsel
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Citibank fraud: Hero official’s police custody extended January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sanjay Gupta, a top official of the Hero Group arrested in the Rs.300 crore Citibank fraud case, was Saturday sent to seven days’ police custody by a local court. Police, while seeking an extension in his remand, told the court that they wanted to question him to recover Rs.4 crore. They said they also wanted […] Read more » Citibank fraud
High Profile Cases Arushi murder case closure ‘setback’ for CBI: Former chief January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) decision to close the probe in the Arushi Talwar murder case is both a ‘failure’ and ‘big setback’ for the country’s premier probe agency and may damage its image, says its former chief. ‘The murder has been committed. Two bodies are found. You can’t identify and execute the culprit? […] Read more » Arushi murder case CBI closure
Top Law News Supreme Court panel vetoes mining by Reddy brothers January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) Friday recommended the cancellation of the mining leases of Reddy brothers in the Bellary reserved forest area, saying they were engaged in illegal mining. The CEC recommended to the forest bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice Aftab Alam and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan to cancel their mining […] Read more » Bellary reserved forest area Reddy brothers Supreme Court
Banking & Finance Law News Security forces cannot solve every problem in Chhattisgarh: Court January 8, 2011 / January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex court Friday observed that sending security forces to Maoist-affected Chhattisgarh for dealing with every problem would not lead to a solution. The court also wondered if there was no solution to the problem by which tribals displaced due to the Salwa Judum civil milita movement in the state could return to their villages […] Read more » Gopal Subramanium Security forces Solicitor General (SG)
Criminal Law News Re-investigate Madhavpura Cooperative Bank scam: Prosecutor January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The special public prosecutor in the over Rs.2,000 crore Madhavpura Mercantile Cooperative Bank Scam Friday demanded reinvestigation of the case and enquiry against the police official who probed it. Chetan Shah said Friday that he had made a written submission for this before the Ahmedabad special metropolitan magistrate as the charge-sheet lacked evidentiary value. ‘The […] Read more » Madhavpura Cooperative Bank scam
Criminal Law News High Court seeks records in Binayak Sen conviction January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The division bench of Chhattisgarh high court in Bilaspur on Friday sought case records of the trial court that awarded life imprisonment to rights activist Binayak Sen on December 24. The court had posted January 24 as the next date for hearing Sen’s bail application. The division bench has sought the record from the trial […] Read more » Binayak Sen conviction
High Profile Cases Audit ‘erroneous’ in fixing spectrum loss at $40 bn: Sibal January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Short of rejecting the official auditor’s report, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Friday said the methodology it used was “utterly erroneous” in pegging Rs.1.76 lakh crore ($40 billion) as the notional loss while awarding airwaves for second generation (2G) phone services in 2008.Sibal also slammed the opposition for disrupting the entire winter session of parliament and […] Read more » 3G spectrum Communications Minister kapil sibal
High Profile Cases Court upholds Swamy’s plea against Raja January 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Court upholds Swamy’s plea against Raja A Delhi court today held as ”maintainable” Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy’s private complaint to prosecute former Telecom Minister A Raja in the 2G scam and began the process of recording depositions and examining evidence for summoning the accused. “I am of the opinion that complaint as such is maintainable,” Special CBI Judge Pradeep Chaddah […] Read more » A. Raja former Telecom Minister Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy
Media & Entertainment News CPI-M flays apex court on ban on roadside meetings January 7, 2011 / January 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday described as “highly unfortunate” the Supreme Court decision to uphold a ban on public meetings and rallies on roadsides in Kerala. “It is highly unfortunate the Supreme Court had upheld the judgement of the Kerala High Court,” the CPI-M said in a statement here, a day after the […] Read more » CPI-M
Top Law News Bhagat Singh’s niece fights 21-year legal battle January 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s kin have been fighting a 21-year legal battle to get justice for one of their relatives, who is believed to have been killed by the Punjab Police when terrorism in the state was at its peak. He has been missing since 1989. The family of Surjit Kaur, Bhagat Singh’s niece, is […] Read more » Bhagat Singh
Media & Entertainment News CBI to court: Rajesh Talwar has no locus standi to argue January 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court here adjourned hearing in the Aarushi murder case till Jan 21 and asked the probe agency to provide all documents, including its closure report, to the victim’s parents even as the CBI said her father Rajesh Talwar had no ”locus standi” to argue. “On the basis of the findings of the […] Read more » CBI Court Rajesh Talwar