Top Law News Apex court seeks Gujarat stand on 64 terror cases transfer February 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday sought the Gujarat government’s stand on a joint plea by 64 suspected terrorists, allegedly involved in the 2008 serial bombings in five Indian cities, for shifting their trial outside the state. A bench of Justice Altmas Kabir and Justice T.S. Thakur sought the state’s stand on the plea by the suspects […] Read more »
Top Law News Chhattisgarh produces six of 12 missing tribals before apex court February 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed a Delhi district judge to record the statements of the six Chhattisgarh tribals presented by the state government in accordance with the order last week to locate 12 missing persons. A bench of Justices B. Sudershan Reddy and S.S. Nijjar had last Monday directed the Chhattisgarh government to produce before […] Read more »
Top Law News Cash-for-judge scam: bar association not allowed to argue February 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Amid opposition from the counsel of the accused in the cash-for-judge scam, the Punjab and Haryana High Court bar association was Monday not allowed to argue a protest plea filed by it against the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI’s) closure report in the matter. The CBI special court judge, Darshan Singh, did not allow the […] Read more »
Top Law News CBI opposes Sajjan Kumar’s bail plea in 1984 riot cases February 15, 2010 / March 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday opposed the anticipatory bail plea of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, accused in two anti-Sikh riot cases, and said he may influence witnesses if granted bail. Arguing on behalf of Sajjan Kumar, senior advocate I.U. Khan said the case had been dragging on for years but the petitioner […] Read more »
Top Law News Rathore’s bail plea hearing adjourned to April 5 February 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday adjourned till April 5 the hearing in the anticipatory bail plea of former Haryana police chief SPS Rathore in fresh cases filed against him by the CBI. He has been convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra. The interim bail extended to Rathore by the high court in the […] Read more »
Top Law News Sukna land scam: Court dismisses petition of officer facing court martial February 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday dismissed the petition of Lt. Gen. P.K. Rath who is to face court martial along with former military secretary Lt. Gen. Avadesh Prakash in the Sukna land scam, in Darjeeling district of West Bengal. A division bench of Justices Geeta Mittal and Vipin Sanghi dismissed Rath’s petition saying that the […] Read more »
Top Law News Locals reject rehabilitation package of South Korean steel major February 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In another setback to the beleaguered Posco project, the people who will be displaced when the South Korean steel major sets up a $12 billion steel plant have rejected the rehabilitation and compensation package offered to them. Read more »
Top Law News Vegetable vendor’s plea moves apex court February 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has sought the Maharashtra government’s response to a lawsuit filed by a vegetable vendor accusing a Pune-based private trust of selling her two granddaughters to a Spanish couple under the garb of adoption. Read more »
Top Law News Habibullah not to take up Kashmir RTI post February 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, who resigned from his post last year to join the newly set up Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission (JKSIC), has reportedly told state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that he will not be able to take the post. Read more »
Top Law News Terror alert in Delhi, Indore, Kanpur after Pune blast February 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A general alert was sounded across the country and the cities of New Delhi, Indore and Kanpur put on high alert on Sunday, a day after a bomb blast ripped through a popular eatery in Pune killing nine people. Read more »
Top Law News Two foreigners among nine dead; punish bombers quickly, says PM (Roundup February 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said the terrorists who killed seven Indians and two foreigners here in India's worst attack since the Mumbai massacre must be quickly brought to justice as the opposition sought the axing of upcoming talks with Pakistan. Read more »
Top Law News Britain partially lifts visa restrictions on north Indians February 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Britain Saturday partially lifted visa restrictions on north Indian students, nearly two weeks after they were imposed on suspicion of large-scale irregularities. Read more »