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 »
Top Law News Man gets life for killing woman lawyer April 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Orissa court on Thursday awarded life term to a man for raping and murdering a woman advocate last year in Bhadrak district, a lawyer for the prosecution said. Fast track court judge Pradumna Kumar Nayak, based in Bhadrak town, 142 km from here, declared Chitta Ranajn Sahu, 36, guilty after examining 22 witnesses, lawyer […] Read more »
Top Law News MCD, DDA pulled up over illegal encroachments April 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on MCD, DDA pulled up over illegal encroachments Two civic agencies were Wednesday pulled up by the Delhi High Court for not removing illegal encroachments in a locality in northwest Delhi and their chiefs were summoned May 12 for explanation. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta directed Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) commissioner K.S. Mehra […] Read more »
Top Law News Court directs refund of Rs.80 lakh to Gayatri Devi’s kin April 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the government to refund Rs.80 lakh fine to the heirs of Maharani Gayatri Devi of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family, which was penalised 35 years ago for possessing undeclared gold. The income tax department had seized 800 kg of undeclared gold which was listed as the private property of […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex court laments lawyers’ spat April 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday lamented an unsavoury spat between two veteran lawyers, and said that if the apex court could witness such acrimony, imagine the plight of the lower judiciary. “If two senior advocates fight like this in the Supreme Court, I wonder what would be the plight in the lower courts,” remarked a three-judge […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex court censures two Gujarat public prosecutors April 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday censured two special public prosecutors of Gujarat for going public with their allegations that the two special judges trying Gujarat riots cases in Ahmedabad were biased against the victims. ‘We disapprove this. They are degrading the judicial system,’ said a three-judge bench headed by Justice D.K. Jain, reprimanding the two public […] Read more »
Top Law News Apex court dismisses 22 cases against actress Khushboo April 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed nearly two dozen criminal cases against Tamil actress Khushboo for making a controversial statement endorsing pre-marital sex and live-in relationships. A bench comprising Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice B.S. Chauhan quashed 22 criminal cases against her saying that her statement on the issue of pre-marital sex and live-in relationships […] Read more »
Top Law News Now, khap panchayat menace surfaces in Rajasthan April 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The khap panchayat menace has surfaced in Rajasthan, with many people alleging victimisation at the hands of the caste councils. The victims of khap panchayats from Rajasthan gathered here Tuesday to share their experiences. Sanjoy Sachdeva, president of the National Journalists Front (India), described the khap panchayat as a “panchayat which has no legal sanctity […] Read more »
Top Law News Terminally ill rapist granted bail in Delhi April 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted bail to a rape convict who has been suffering from an ‘incurable’ liver disease since last May. Justice Siddharth Mridul ordered the Tihar jail authorities to release convict Satyam Singh on bail. He was sentenced to seven-year imprisonment by a lower court for raping a minor girl. The court […] Read more »
Top Law News Advocate questions plea for contempt action against him April 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An advocate Tuesday questioned a plea filed in the Supreme Court seeking contempt action against him for accusing a senior apex court judge of indulging in judicial impropriety. Advocate Prashant Bhushan challenged the maintainability of the plea by senior counsel Harish Salve to launch contempt to court proceeding against him for accusing Justice S.H. Kapadia […] Read more »