High Profile Cases Chopper scam: Delhi court allows ED to interrogate Ratul Puri in Tihar October 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has allowed the Enforcement Directorate to interrogate Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s nephew Ratul Puri in Tihar jail where he is lodged in connection with the VVIP chopper scam case. Special judge Arvind Kumar allowed the agency to visit Tihar jail on October 22 and 23 to interrogate Puri and confront […] Read more » ratul puri Ratul Puri in chopper scam
High Profile Cases Tejpal rape case: Victim cross-examined by defence for 2nd day October 23, 2019 / October 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The woman who lodged a sexual assault case against Tehelka magazine founder Tarun Tejpal was cross-examined by the defence counsel for the second consecutive day in a Goa court on Tuesday. She appeared before the court for the first time on Monday for the trial, which was being held in-camera. District Judge Shama Joshi in […] Read more » District Judge Shama Joshi Tejpal rape case
High Profile Cases Court dismisses Chinmayanand’s plea to book student under Gangster Act October 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court on Tuesday dismissed a petition from BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, who is accused of rape by a law student, demanding that the Gangster Act should be slapped on the woman and three others for trying to blackmail him. Chief Judicial Magistrate Omveer Singh dismissed the petition saying it was not in his […] Read more » Chinmayananfd Gangster act
High Profile Cases Madras High Court censures TN govt for terming water project ‘technically infeasible’ October 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has censured the Tamil Nadu government for terming a proposal for uninterrupted supply of water to a group of villages “technically not feasible”, while drawing a contrast with India’s space missions to the Moon and a planned programme to study the Sun. Allowing a petition of a farmers’ association, Justice K […] Read more » Madras High Court Parambikulam Azhiyar Project
Corporate Law News PIL in Delhi HC seeks direction to authorities to convene SRB meeting every 3 months October 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to the Delhi government and the Director General of Prisons to convene the meeting of Sentence Review Board (SRB) every three months in compliance with the rules. The plea said as per the SRB order of July 16, 2004 and Delhi Prison Rules, […] Read more » Chief Justice D.N. Patel convene SRB meeting Delhi Prison Rules 2018 Justice C Hari Shankar Sentence Review Board
High Profile Cases Arrested Cong leader Sanmoy Bandopadhyay granted bail October 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment West Bengal Congress leader Sanmoy Bandopadhyay, who was arrested by Purulia district police for alleged violation of Cyber Crime Act, was granted bail by a court on Sunday. A Purulia court granted bail to Bandopadhyay on condition that he will appear before the investigating officer at Purulia police station once a week. Bandopadhyay, who was […] Read more » Sanmoy Bandopadhyay granted bail
High Profile Cases Court sentences 3 to 5 years in jail for cheating investors in 20-year-old case October 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thousands of investors see a ray of hope in a 20-year fight for justice after a Delhi court sentenced the three directors of two companies, who had induced the public to invest in the firms promising handsome returns, to five years in jail for cheating. Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman, his wife Shaista Nusrat and Habib-Ur-Rehman were sentenced under […] Read more » jail for cheating investors
Top Law News Supreme Court asks J-K administration to place before it orders imposing restrictions October 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to place before it the administrative orders imposing communication and other restrictions in the state following the abrogation of provisions of Article 370. A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana questioned Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the administration, as to why the […] Read more » Justice N.V. Ramana Solicitor General Tushar Mehta
Corporate Law News DSLSA and DCW set up legal clinic at commission office October 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) office now has a legal clinic for providing free legal aid to women who approach the women’s panel. The DCW and Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) inaugurated a DSLSA clinic at the panel’s office in ITO on Wednesday. The panel said it receives several complaints on a daily […] Read more » DCW DSLSA
High Profile Cases Kerala court extends police custody of Jolly Joseph and two others till Oct 18 October 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Kerala court on Wednesday extended till Friday the police custody of Jolly Joseph and two others in connection with the suspicious deaths of six members of a family here over 14 years from 2002, allegedly after consuming cyanide-laced food. Jolly, M S Mathew and Prajikumar were produced before the Thamarassery court here this evening […] Read more » Kerala court police custody of Jolly Joseph
High Profile Cases Mahua Moitra’s Defamation Case – Delhi HC Quashes Sessions Court’s Stay Of Proceedings Against Sudhir Chaudhary October 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday challenged in the Delhi High Court a sessions court order staying proceedings in a defamation complaint filed by her against Zee News and its editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary, PTI reported. Moitra had filed the defamation case after Chaudhary accused her of plagiarism in her June 25 speech in Parliament. Moitra, in […] Read more » Mahua Moitra's Defamation Case
Corporate Law News Banks Cannot Recover From Customers The Amount Lost By Them Through Online Fraud : Kerala HC October 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Exercising their authority as per SARFAESI Act, banks cannot recover amount lost due to online fraud from customers. Instead they would need to take the matter to the civil court to get their dues back from the persons responsible, the court said. In accordance with SARFAESI Act, a bank does not need to approach a […] Read more » Online Fraud
