High Profile Cases 1984 anti-Sikh riots: Centre seeks SC permission to disband SIT December 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre on Friday sought the Supreme Court’s permission to disband a special investigation team (SIT), headed by former Delhi High Court judge Justice S N Dhingra, saying it has completed its probe into 186 cases of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The SIT, also comprising retired IPS officer Rajdeep Singh and serving 2006 batch IPS […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots
Corporate Law News Bank fraud: Ratul Puri moves bail plea December 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Friday sought response from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a bail application filed by businessman Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, in a money laundering case related to a bank loan fraud. Special judge Arvind Kumar issued notice to the ED and directed it to file a […] Read more » Deepak Puri Delhi High Court MBIL Moser Baer India Limited mother Nita PMLA Prevention of Money Laundering Act Puri's anticipatory bail plea ratul puri Ratul Puri is facing criminal investigation Special Judge Arvind Kumar
Top Law News The Supreme Court agrees to hear PIL seeking consecutive jail terms in cases of corruption and terrorism November 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear after four weeks the PIL seeking various jail terms awarded to a convict under special laws on corruption and terrorism to run consecutively, as in countries like the US, and not concurrently. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde considered the submissions by lawyer and […] Read more » Chief Justice S A Bobde Code of Criminal Procedure FCRA Fugitive Economic Offenders Act PMLA the Black Money and Imposition of Tax Act the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act the Prevention of Corruption Act PCA the Prevention of Money Laundering Act the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act The Supreme Court Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)
High Profile Cases Article 370: Supreme Court reserves verdict on pleas challenging curbs in J-K November 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court reserved on Wednesday its verdict on a batch of pleas including that of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad challenging the restriction imposed in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir following abrogation of provisions of Article 370. A bench of Justice N V Ramana, Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice B R […] Read more » abrogation of provisions of Article 370 Article 370 former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Justice B R Gavai Justice N.V. Ramana Justice R Subhash Reddy Supreme Court verdict on pleas challenging curbs in J-K
High Profile Cases Ludhiana court discharges Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and all other accused in City Centre case November 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here on Wednesday discharged Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and all other accused in the alleged Rs 1,140 crore Ludhiana City Centre scam. Sessions judge Gurbir Singh accepted the closure report presented by the state vigilance bureau and discharged all the 31 accused. The charges against us have been rejected, Amarinder Singh told […] Read more » 140 crore Ludhiana City Centre scam City Centre case Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Rs 1 Sessions judge Gurbir Singh
High Profile Cases Kanakamala IS terror module: Accused gets 14-yr rigorous imprisonment November 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special NIA court here on Wednesday awarded 14 year rigorous imprisonment to a man arrested in connection with a conspiracy to carry out terror strikes across Kerala and neighbouring states in 2016. The Court had on Monday found guilty six people including prime accused Manseed Mehmood, arrested by the National Invesitgation Agency in the […] Read more » conspiracy to carry out terror strikes across Kerala and neighbouring states in 2016 Kanakamala IS terror module
High Profile Cases The Bombay High Court raises security concern over Uddhav’s oath at Shivaji Park November 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Wednesday raised security concerns over the swearing-in ceremony of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray as chief minister at Shivaji Park here, and said holding such functions at a public ground should not become a regular feature. Henceforth, everyone will want to use the ground for such ceremonies, a division bench […] Read more » Justice R I Chagla Justice S C Dharmadhikari Shiv Sena president Shivaji Park the Bombay High Court Uddhav Thackeray as chief minister Uddhav's oath at Shivaji Park
High Profile Cases Direct police to produce tweets of Sunanda Pushkar, Shashi Tharoor urges court November 27, 2019 / November 27, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Tuesday urged a special court here to direct Delhi Police to bring on record various tweets made by his wife Sunanda Pushkar, who was found dead in mysterious circumstances in January 2014. Tharoor told the court that the Twitter account of the deceased was important to check the state of mind […] Read more » Congress MP Shashi Tharoor death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar Sunanda Pushkar Sunanda Pushkar death
High Profile Cases Teacher sentenced to life for setting ablaze woman colleague November 27, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court on Tuesday convicted a 30-year-old teacher of a private school here for killing a woman colleague by setting her ablaze in March 2015 and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The city Court found Challa Shiva Prasad guilty under IPC Section 302 (murder)and sentenced him to life imprisonment. It also slapped a fine […] Read more » IPC Section 302 (murder) Rachakonda Police Commissionerate sentenced to life for setting ablaze woman
High Profile Cases 52 teams formed for sealing illegal bore wells in Delhi: DPCC to NGT November 27, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has told the National Green Tribunal that 52 teams have been formed for sealing illegal bore wells in the national capital. DPCC told a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel that action plans have been prepared by divisional commissioners at district level. “As per action plan […] Read more » Delhi Pollution Control Committee DPCC) National Green Tribunal NGT sealing illegal bore wells
High Profile Cases Murder case: Court acquits 3 and asks investigating officer to pay Re 1 from his salary as compensation November 27, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here in Maharashtra has acquitted three persons in a 2007 case of killing a person and asked the investigating officer to pay Re 1 from his salary as compensation to each of those set free. District Judge S B Bahalkar, in his order issued earlier this month, held the investigating officer (IO), R […] Read more » Court acquits 3 in murder case investigating officer to pay Re 1 from his salary as compensation murder case
High Profile Cases Maharashtra crisis: Supreme Court refers to previous judgements on floor test November 27, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment While ordering floor test for Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, the Supreme Court Tuesday referred to its past decisions on Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand where it had ordered similar exercise in times of political crisis. The first decision it mentioned was upholding the disqualification of 17 Congress-JD(S) MLAs in Karnataka by the then Assembly […] Read more » Justice Ashok Bhushan Justice K M Joseph Justice N.V. Ramana Justice Sanjiv Khanna Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Maharashtra crisis political cricis Supreme Court Union of India vs Harish Chandra Singh Rawat
