Top Law News Justice Kapadia urges legal professionals to hone skills May 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India-designate Justice S.H. Kapadia Sunday said that it was incumbent upon judges and lawyers to learn commercial laws to survive and compete in the existing global environment. Delivering the valedictory address on the conclusion of a two-day national consultation for second generation reforms in legal education here, Justice Kapadia said: ‘I am […] Read more »
Top Law News Judgement Day for 26/11 terrorist (Lead) May 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Judgement Day for 26/11 terrorist (Lead) Almost one-and-a-half years after 10 Pakistani terrorists struck in the heart of India’s financial and entertainment capital, the country is waiting anxiously for the verdict Monday on Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured alive in the bloody 60-hour siege whose live TV coverage had much of the world in thrall. Mumbai Special Judge […] Read more »
Top Law News 92-year-old widow fights son’s killer May 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment When a teary-eyed 92-year-old widow in a wheelchair deposed in a city court, she took a small but crucial step forward in her 16-year-long battle against a senior Punjab cop who allegedly killed her financier son and a relative in 1994. Amar Kaur, dressed in a peach coloured suit, appeared before Additional Sessions Judge Poonam […] Read more »
Top Law News Court jails former Punjab official for graft May 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here Saturday sentenced former Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Bikramjit Singh to rigorous imprisonment of two-and-a-half years for possessing assets in excess of his known sources of income. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge Darshan Singh also slapped a fine of Rs.30,000 on Bikramjit Singh. However, he was immediately granted bail after […] Read more »
Top Law News Aspire for world class legal education system: PM (Second Lead) May 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India must aspire to provide world class legal education through a “dramatic reform” of the present system to improve the economic environment and ensure citizens get speedy and affordable access to justice, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday. “We must dream if we want to make progress of having a world class educational system. Law […] Read more »
Top Law News Madhuri Gupta says she is being framed May 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Madhuri Gupta, a junior Indian diplomat arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), told a court here Saturday that she was being framed, police sources said. Gupta was sent to 14 days judicial custody by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja. The police were told to present Gupta before the court on […] Read more »
Top Law News India gets new chief justice, Supreme Court a woman judge May 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia was Friday named the next chief justice of India, while Chief Justice Gayan Sudha Mishra of the Jharkhand High Court was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge, ending a four year wait for a woman in the apex court. Kapadia, who will assume charge May 12, will take over from […] Read more »
Top Law News Teacher gets 30 years jail for sexually abusing girls May 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has sentenced a 39-year-old government primary teacher to imprisonment for 30 years for sexually abusing girl students at a school in Pulliavu. Despite being sentenced to a total of 30 years in jail under various cases, A.K. Haridasan, now under suspension, will spend 16 years behind bars as the punishment for his […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex court to have a woman judge after four years April 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice, Gyan Sudha Mishra, will take oath as a Supreme Court Justice on FridayShe will be the fourth woman judge in the apex court. Mishra (61) was initially appointed as judge of the Patna High Court in March 1994, but was transferred to the Rajasthan High Court. After 14 years […] Read more »
Top Law News Former IAS officer convicted for graft April 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court Thursday convicted a former Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Bikramjit Singh for possessing assets disproportionate to his income. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Darshan Singh held Singh, who served as principal secretary to Parkash Singh Badal when he was chief minister in 1997, guilty under various sections of Prevention of […] Read more »
Top Law News Chudasama prime conspirator in Sohrabuddin killing: CBI April 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a court Thursday that Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhay Chudasama, arrested by the agency for the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake shootout, knew Sheikh since 2001 and was using him to run an extortion racket. Chudasama, who was arrested Wednesday, was remanded in seven days’ […] Read more »
Top Law News Nine convicted in Kandhamal riot case April 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fast track court in Orissa on Thursday sentenced nine people to three years in jail for rioting in Kandhamal district in 2008. The nine were convicted for setting on fire the house of Subramanyam Naik August 25, 2008. ‘Nine people were convicted and four others were acquitted. They have been given three years’ jail […] Read more »