Corporate Law News The Delhi High Court upholds life term of two for murdering man October 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has upheld the life imprisonment of two persons for killing a man and throwing his body in a jungle, while setting aside the trial court’s verdict convicting and sentencing the victim’s wife. The court said each chain of the circumstances points towards the involvement of convicts Sachin and Sunil but no […] Read more » Justice I.S. Mehta Justice Siddharth Mridul The Delhi High Court
High Profile Cases INX Media money-laundering case : P. Chidambaram moves HC seeking interim bail October 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Union minister P Chidambaram moved the Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking interim bail in the INX Media money-laundering case on health grounds. The application was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who sought urgent listing of the matter. The […] Read more » Chief Justice D.N. Patel former Union minister P Chidambaram INX Media INX Media money laundering case Justice C Hari Shankar money laundering case
High Profile Cases Man sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for killing wife October 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 10-year rigorous imprisonment by a court in Odisha’s Balasore district for killing his wife. District and Session Judge of Balasore, Ram Shankar Hota, also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on Sudhir Dehuri on Tuesday. In the event of non-payment of the penalty amount, the convict will have to […] Read more » 10-year imprisonment for killing wife District and Session Judge of Balasore Ram Shankar Hota
Corporate Law News The Delhi High Court seeks Centre and AAP government stand on plea to declare poker as gambling. October 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought Centre and AAP government’s response on a petition seeking that poker and similar card games, played online or offline, be declared gambling and, therefore, illegal. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued a notice to the Finance Ministry and the Delhi […] Read more » poker as gambling The Delhi High Court
High Profile Cases The Allahabad High Court to hear Swami Chinmayanand’s bail plea on Nov 8 October 31, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday fixed November 8 to hear the bail plea of former Union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, arrested in a case of sexual exploitation of a law student from Saharanpur. A bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi slated November 8 for hearing Chinmayanand bail plea after it came up for […] Read more » Justice Rahul Chaturvedi Swami Chinmayanand The Allahabad High Court
High Profile Cases Civil supplies scam: SC restrains Chandigarh govt from tapping phone of its IPS officer October 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday restrained the Chhattisgarh government from interception of telephones of its top police officer Mukesh Gupta and his family and granted him protection from arrest in the cases lodged against him. The top court told the state government that its earlier interim orders of stay on further investigation in two FIRs lodged […] Read more » tapping phone of its IPS officer
Corporate Law News Plea for entry of women into mosques: SC asks Centre to reply by Nov 5 October 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre’s response by November 5 on a plea seeking entry of Muslim women in mosques across the country and claiming that such restriction was “unconstitutional” and violative of fundamental rights to life, equality and gender justice. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took note of the […] Read more » Plea for entry of women into mosques
High Profile Cases Delhi court acquits man accused of passing obscene remarks at woman AAP member October 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has acquitted a man, accused of passing obscene remarks at a woman AAP member and intimidating her in 2015, saying her testimony was not trustworthy as she had made material improvements in her statement. Metropolitan Magistrate Sonam Gupta acquitted Sarvjeet Singh of the all charges made out against him by the woman.”Accused […] Read more » passing obscene remarks
High Profile Cases SC notice to Centre and others on plea for ban on dumping of fly ash in water bodies of MP’s Singrauli October 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday sought response from the Centre and others on a plea seeking directions to restrain thermal power plants in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, and Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh, from disposing fly ash, toxic residue and industrial waste in the Rihand reservoir and other water bodies. A bench comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant […] Read more » ban on dumping of fly ash in water bodies
High Profile Cases ED challenges in SC bail granted by HC to Shivakumar in money laundering case October 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate moved the Supreme Court Friday challenging the Delhi High Court decision granting bail to Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar in a money laundering case. A lawyer associated with the case said that Special Leave Petition against the October 23 verdict giving relief to Shivakumar has been filed. He was arrested by […] Read more » money laundering case Shivakumar Shivakumar in money laundering case
High Profile Cases Telephone tapping allowed only in case of public emergency: HC October 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Telephone tapping is permissible only in situations of public emergency or in the interest of public safety, the Bombay High Court held on Tuesday and quashed orders passed by the Union Home Ministry allowing agencies to intercept phone calls of a businessman booked by the CBI in a bribery case. A division bench of Justices […] Read more » Justice N J Jamadar Justices R V More Telephone tapping
High Profile Cases Ayodhya: SC allows ‘Nirvani Akahara’ to file written note on moulding of relief October 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday allowed ‘Nirvani Akahara’, one of the Hindu parties in the decades-old case of Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya, to file a written note seeking the “right to manage worship of the deity” as ‘shebait’ (devotee) at the site. A counsel for ‘Nirvani Akahara’ mentioned the matter before a bench […] Read more » Nirvani Akahara
