Top Law News Technician of ship grounded during cyclone gets bail December 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Over a month after six crew members of a large oil tanker beached off the Chennai coast when Cyclone Nilam slammed into the east coast, the Bombay High Court has granted interim bail to a technician of the tanker against whom a case of negligence was registered. A case of negligence was registered by the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chennai coast Cyclone Nilam Elliott's Beach in South Chennai Justice A.M. Thipsay large oil tanker large oil tanker beached MT Pratibha Cauvery. Senior counsel Shirish Gupte Shastri Nagar police station technician of the tanker Ved Prakash Sharma
Top Law News River water use: Notice to Centre, Odisha & Essar December 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought replies of the Union and the Odishagovernments and Essar Steel BSE 0.41 % to a plea accusing the firm of drawing water from Baitarani river without forest clearance to facilitate iron ore transport. An NGT bench of its acting Chairman Justice A S Naidu and expert member P […] Read more » Baitarani river Chairman Justice A S Naidu Essar Steel Essar Steel BSE Essar Steel Orissa forest clearance memorandum of understanding NGT bench Odisha Government Odishagovernments P C Mishra questionable illegal action The National Green Tribunal UK-based Stemcor Group Union
Human Rights AAP seeks enactment of Sexual Assault Bill December 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Delhi Expressing solidarity with the protest against the gangrape of a girl, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to sought immediate enactment of the Sexual Assault Bill either by bringing an ordinance or by convening a special session of Parliament. According to the AAP, “The Parliament must immediately enact the Sexual Assault Bill (currently […] Read more » aam aadmi in this protest Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal historic" and "democratic upsurge peaceful and democratic characte Sexual assault Sexual Assault Bill solidarity Supreme Court wider definition
Criminal Law News Accused refuse TIP, lawyers join protests December 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi gangrape case, three of the six accused again refused to undergo test identification parade, with two of them telling a court here that they committed a heinous crime and deserved to be hanged even as they were remanded in 14 days’ judicial custody. Amid a wave of protests against the incident, the lawyers’ body at […] Read more » 14 days judicial custody 300 protesters 376 (2)(g) (gang rape) 377 (unnatural offences) 394 (hurting in committing robbery) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC Accused Pawan Gupta and Vinay Akshay Thakur Aurangabad district in Bihar custodial interrogation Delhi gangrape case gang-rape victim inhuman and barbaric Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan Kumar sections 365 (kidnapping or abducting) six accused south Delhi test identification parade Tihar Jail
Top Law News Govt agrees to fast-track probe, increase policing December 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Government agreed to fast track investigations into sexual offences like rape and increase policing that includes deployment of the force in plain clothes to instil sense of security in the capital for heeding to suggestions from public. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Union Minister of State for Home R P N Singh in a meeting with, […] Read more » 911 in the US Acid attacks CCTVs Congress chief Sonia Gandhi day-to-day trial Government GPS plain clothes protesters rape sexual offences Sonia Gandhi Union Minister Union Minister of State for Home R P N Singh
Top Law News Chargesheet filed in spectrum case in NDA regime December 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A charge sheet has been filled by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in spectrum allocation during the NDA regime involving three telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India, while pegging the loss at Rs 846 crore. The CBI in its charge sheet filed before Special CBI Judge O P Saini named as accused […] Read more » CBI Director of BSNL former Deputy Director General (VAS) IAS including Bharti Airtel JR Gupta NDA regime ormer Telecom Secretary Shyamal Ghosh section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini telecom companies Vodafone India
Top Law News Businessman gets bail in CWG Queen’s Baton scam December 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A businessman Ashish Patel who is based in UK, is an accused in a case of alleged financial bungling during the 2009 Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) in London, ahead of the games here, today appeared in a Delhi court which granted him bail. Special CBI Judge Talwant Singh granted bail to Patel, whose two firms, A […] Read more » Ashish Patel CWG Organising Committee CWG Queen's Baton scam Darbari Delhi court Jaychandran Mahendroo Queen Baton scam Queen’s Baton Relay special CBI judge Talwant Singh UK
Top Law News Digvijay Singh gets bail in defamation case filed by Gadkari December 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Delhi, a court granted bail to Congress leader Digvijay Singh bail by a Delhi court in connection with a criminal defamation case filed against him by BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Singh appeared before Metropolitian Magistrate Sudesh Kumar in pursuance to the summons issued against him by the court on November 17 and the judge granted bail to […] Read more » advocate Ajay Digpaul Ajay Digpau bail BJP President Nitin Gadkari criminal defamation case Delhi court Digvijay Singh Metropolitian Magistrate Sudesh Kumar MP Ajay Sancheti sections 499 and 500 of the IPC. Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh summons
Criminal Law News Another accused detained in Delhi gang-rape case December 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As the outrage across the country grew over torture and rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapist, the Delhi police detained the fifth accused in the heinous incident in a late night raid on Thursday. Yesterday the police detained the fifth accused, named Raju, in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh. Five days ago the girl was tortured and raped here […] Read more » a gang of six men Ballia in Uttar Pradesh crime in delhi Delhi police detained the fifth accused fifth accused heinous incident in Badaun intensive care unit (ICU) protest march protest on india gate Raju rape case rape case in delhi rape in bus Safdarjung Hospital torture and rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapist Uttar Pradesh ventilator
Top Law News High Court sets January 15 deadline for meters recalibration December 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court set a deadline till January 15 for the Maharashtra government to complete the process of recalibration of meters in autos and taxis across the city pursuant to the fare hike in October. The state government faced flak from the High Court for poor implementation of calibrating meters, and basing its decision […] Read more » autos and taxis Bandra Bombay High Court Byculla Justices D Y Chandrachud and Amjad Sayed Kandivli Maharashtra government NGO public interest litigation recalibrate meters
Corporate Law News 3G roaming services: HC asks Centre to form panel December 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has been asked by the Delhi High Court to set up a committee to examine and decide the row between the Department of Telecommunications and the telecom operators over providing 3G roaming services to their customers outside their licensed areas. The direction of the court came on telecom major Reliance Communication’s appeal against a […] Read more » 3G roaming services Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Rajeeve Mehra Anil Ambani Bharti Airtel Delhi High Court department of telecommunications Department of Telecommunications and the telecom operators DoT justice D Murugesan and justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Reliance Communication telecom operators
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Court not to hear Zee editor’s plea to monitor probe December 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Delhi, court will hear Zee news editor Sudhir Chaudhary’s plea for monitoring the investigation into the case of alleged extortion bid lodged against the news channel by Congress MP Naveen Jindal’s firm. In this Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Mukesh Kumar told that he will hear the matter on Thursday as there was shortage of time for hearing it […] Read more » Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Mukesh Kumar Congress MP Naveen Jindal Congress MP Naveen Jindal's firm Delhi Police Naveen Jindal Prithvi Jindal Sitaram Jindal Zee Business Editor Samir Ahluwalia Zee News Editor Sudhir Chaudhary