High Profile Cases Muzaffarpur shelter home case : Delhi court defers verdict till Jan 14 December 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Thursday deferred by a month the judgment in the case of alleged sexual and physical assault of several girls at a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur which was run by former Bihar People’s Party (BPP) MLA Brajesh Thakur. Additional Sessions Judge Sudesh Kumar deferred the verdict till January 14 next year, […] Read more » Bihar People's Party (BPP) Bihar People's Party (BPP) MLA Brajesh Thakur criminal intimidation drugging of minors Juvenile Justice Act MLA Brajesh Thakur Muzaffarpur shelter home case offences of rape Sexual assault sexual harassment Tata Institute of Social Sciences TISS
High Profile Cases Top Law News Chopper scam: ED moves HC to cancel Ratul Puri’s bail in money laundering case December 13, 2019 / December 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court seeking cancellation of bail granted by a trial court to businessman Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, in the AgustaWestland money laundering case. The plea by the ED was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and […] Read more » 3600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case AgustaWestland money laundering case AgustaWestland VVIP Chief Justice D.N. Patel Enforcement Directorate Justice C Hari Shankar money laundering case Ratul Puri's bail Ratul Puri's bail in money laundering case
High Profile Cases Telangana encounter deaths: Supreme Court orders judicial inquiry and to be headed by its ex-judge VS Sirpurkar December 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court appointed on Thursday a three-member inquiry commission headed by former apex court judge V S Sirpurkar to inquire into the circumstances leading to the encounter killing of the four accused in the gang-rape and murder of a veterinarian in Telangana. The commission, which also included former Bombay High Court judge Rekha Sondur […] Read more » (CRPF) Bombay High Court judge Rekha Sondur Baldota Central Reserve Police Force ex-CBI director D R Karthikeyan Justice S A Nazeer Justice Sanjiv Khanna Telangana encounter deaths
High Profile Cases Anti-CAB stir: People defy curfew, police open fire as Assam turns war zone December 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thousands of people defied curfew in Guwahati on Thursday and took to the streets, prompting police to open fire, even as protests against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill intensified in Assam. Police said they had to open fire in Lalung Gaon area in Guwahati after stones were hurled by protestors. The agitators claimed that at […] Read more » Anti-CAB stir Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal citizenship (amendment) bill Prime Minister Narendra Modi
High Profile Cases Gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria approaches court, says he may be killed in ‘fake encounter’ December 12, 2019 / December 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, who is lodged in Patiala jail, on Wednesday approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court, expressing fear that he might be killed in a “fake encounter”. In a plea filed before the court, Bhagwanuria sought protection for his life and demanded that he be shifted to Amritsar jail. He also sought to […] Read more » Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia fake encounter Gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria Majithia Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act Punjab Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa Randhawa Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) vice-president Dalbir Singh Dhilwan
High Profile Cases Supreme Court to consider appointing ex-apex court judge to enquire into Hyderabad encounter. December 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it was considering to appoint a former apex court judge to enquire into the encounter killings of four accused persons in the sensational gangrape-and-murder case of a veterinarian in Telangana. “We are conscious of the fact that the Telangana High Court had taken note of it,” a bench headed […] Read more » Chief Justice of India (CJI) S A Bobde ex-apex court judge to enquire into Hyderabad encounter Hyderabad encounter S A Nazeer Sanjeev Khanna Telangana High Court
High Profile Cases 4-yr-old girl raped in a village in Hathgama UP. December 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth in a village in Hathgama area here, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on December 5 when the girl was playing near her house. Moolchand (36) allegedly lured the girl with a toffee, took her to a secluded place and raped her, they said. […] Read more » 4-yr-old girl raped
High Profile Cases Maharashtra: BJP corporator gets 5-yr RI in bribery case. December 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A BJP corporator was on Wednesday sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment by a court here in Maharashtra for taking bribe in 2014. District Judge (special Anti-Corruption Bureau cases) P P Jadhav pronounced Varsha Bhanushali, the corporator in the BJP-ruled Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) of Thane district, guilty under provisions of the Prevention of […] Read more » 5-yr RI in bribery case BJP corporator district judge District Judge (special Anti-Corruption Bureau cases) P P Jadhav P P Jadhav special Anti-Corruption Bureau cases
High Profile Cases Home Minister Amit Shah moves Citizenship Bill in RS, says Indian Muslims ‘were, are and will remain’ Indians December 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday moved the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha, saying Indian Muslims “were, are and will remain Indian citizens” Moving the bill that provides Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Shah said minorities in the three nations do not get equal rights The population […] Read more » citizenship (amendment) bill Home Minister Amit Shah Rajya Sabha TV
High Profile Cases Delhi court reserves verdict for Dec 16 in Unnao rape case against Kuldeep Sengar December 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved verdict for next week in the case of alleged kidnapping and rape of a woman by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Unnao in 2017. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma said he will pronounce his judgement in the case on December 16. CBI had concluded its arguments in the […] Read more » expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar Kuldeep Sengar Unnao rape case Unnao rape case against Kuldeep Sengar
High Profile Cases Top Law News One of 4 convicts moves SC seeking review of death penalty in Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case December 11, 2019 / December 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment One of the four convicts, Akshya Kumar Singh, moved the Supreme Court Tuesday seeking review of its 2017 judgement handing down death penalty to all of them in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The apex court, on July 9, 2018, had dismissed the review pleas filed by three other convicts in the […] Read more » 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case death penalty in rape and murder case Nirbhaya case rape and murder case review of death penalty review of death penalty in Nirbhaya review of death penalty in Nirbhaya case
High Profile Cases HC junks PIL seeking advance declaration of intention to enter post-poll alliances December 11, 2019 / December 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking directions to the Centre, AAP government and Election Commission (EC) to ensure there are no post-poll alliances by political parties to cobble a majority, as seen in Karnataka and Maharashtra, if such an intention has not been declared prior to the election. A bench of […] Read more » Chief Justice D.N. Patel declaration of intention to enter post-poll alliances Delhi High Court IL seeking advance declaration of intention to enter post-poll alliances Justice C Hari Shankar post-poll alliances post-poll alliances in Karnataka and Maharashtra
