Top Law News BMW case: Anand told to provide free legal services November 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on BMW case: Anand told to provide free legal services An advocate R.K. Anand has been told by the Supreme Court to provide free legal services for a year and pay Rs.21 lakh to Bar Council of India to support law colleges attended mostly by students from poor families. Delhi High Court convicted Anand for his attempt to influence prosecution witness Sunil Kulkarni in the […] Read more » advocate R.K. Anand BMW case free legal services Justice Aftab Alam and Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi provide free legal services Sunil Kulkarni in the 1999 BMW hit
Top Law News After 18 years, six get compensated for hotel negligence November 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eighteen years after a Mumbai hotel’s faulty lift trapped a group of guests, including three foreigners, for over two hours, virtually suffocating them to death, the apex consumer court has directed the hotel to pay the six victims Rs.2 lakh each for mental agony and trauma. The Ambassador Hotel, Churchgate, has been held guilty of […] Read more » Churchgate Commission's Presiding Member R.C. Jain Mumbai hotel's faulty Narangs International Hotel Pvt Ltd National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Supreme Court The Ambassador Hotel
Top Law News 2G trial witnesses heated exchange between counsel and judge November 21, 2012 / November 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The ongoing trial of the 2G case turned ugly when a defence counsel, on being asked by the court not to pose irrelevant questions to a prosecution witness, accused the special judge of “bullying” him. The heated exchange took place between advocate Vijay Aggarwal, the counsel for former Telecom Minister A Raja’s erstwhile Private Secretary […] Read more » 2G case turned ugly 2G trial 2G trial witnesses counsel and judge
Media & Entertainment News Case against Thackeray: Court seeks the probe status November 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Delhi a court asked the Delhi police to file a status report on its probe into the case lodged against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly dubbing Bihar natives as infiltrators in Mumbai and threatening them to throw out of the state. According to the Metropolitan Magistrate Neeraj Gaur, “Notice to concerned […] Read more » 153 B (making imputations prejudicial to the national interest) 505 (making remarks conducive to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code advocate Prem Shankar Sharma Azad Maidan protest on August 11 in Mumbai Bihar Chief Secretary Navin Kumar Case against Thackeray Chief Secretary Navin Kumar District Investigation Unit (DIU) of North Delhi FIR against Thackeray Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Metropolitan Magistrate Neeraj Gaur Mumbai Police Commissioner section 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of place of birth etc)
Criminal Law News Court to decide on framing charges against Kalmadi November 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has given its order on framing of charges against former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi and 10 others in a Games-related graft case. Special CBI Judge Talwant Singh had earlier reserved his order on framing of charges for tomorrow after hearing the CBI and defence counsel arguments on it. […] Read more » charges against Kalmadi cheating (Section 420) Commonwealth Games Organising Committee criminal conspiracy under Section 120(B) Delhi court Director General (Procurement) Surjit Lal forgery (Section 468 & 471) of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act Joint Director General (Sports) A S V Prasad OC's Director General V K Verma Suresh Kalmadi Treasurer M Jayachandran
Media & Entertainment News Supreme Court pulls up Jayalalithaa for filing 4 nominations in 2001 November 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court pulls up Jayalalithaa for filing 4 nominations in 2001 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was pulled up by The Supreme Court for filing four nominations during the 2001 Assembly polls. “You had held top post in the state and held post only below to his excellency. You are a public figure in the state and you run a party. How can you do this?” […] Read more » 2001 Assembly polls AIADMK Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Election Commission filing 4 nominations in 2001 Jayalalithaa Justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad nominations in 2001 Senior advocate U U Lalit Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
Criminal Law News 4 Ponty Chadha’s guards remanded to police custody November 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Liquor baron Ponty Chadha’s four guards, who were arrested for allegedly entering a disputed farmhouse in south Delhi and thrashing some men there, were today remanded to five days of police custody by a Delhi court. The four persons identified as Bhupender, Rajpal, Uday and Anand were produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Sandeep Garg who sent […] Read more » Bhupender Chhattarpur in south Delhi Delhi court Metropolitan Magistrate Sandeep Garg Ponty Chadha Rajpal remanded to police custody Uday and Anand
Consumer Law News Godrej to pay for selling defective microwave November 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co Ltd has been directed by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 6,499 to one of its customers for selling him a defective microwave and failing to replace or repair it. The North District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum relied on the invoice endorsed by the company’s mechanic, who gave the […] Read more » Delhi resident Deep Chand Godrej Godrej Boyce FLORA microwave The North District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum Treasury Building at Tis Hazari
Top Law News Sessions court asks trial court to reconsider November 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The sessions court asked a trial court to reconsider its order for five days’ jail term to a man for drunken driving on his plea that he had pleaded guilty to the offence without consulting his advocate. In his appeal, North West Delhi resident Umeet Kumar, who had been sentenced to a fine of Rr […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Virender Kumar Goyal drunken driving Sessions court
Criminal Law News 2G case: RBI Governor D Subbarao deposes in court November 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a Delhi court RBI Governor D Subbarao deposed as a prosecution witness in the 2G case, saying he had questioned in 2007 the spectrum fee of around Rs1600 crore for pan-India licence. From April 2007 to September 2008 Subbarao was the finance secretary, is a key witness in the case in which former telecom minister A […] Read more » 2007 the spectrum fee 2G case Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal Bollywood producer Karim Morani finance secretary former Telecom Minister A. Raja Kalaignar Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd RBI Governor D Subbarao Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini telecom secretary D S Mathur
Criminal Law News Ex-Army personnel gets life term for killing son November 19, 2012 / November 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Retired armyman gets life for killing son. A Delhi court sentenced to a retired armyman for imprisonment of life for killing his son when he was asked not to fight with victim’s mother. Additional Sessions Judge Rajneesh Kumar Gupta handed down the jail term to Shish Ram (66) for killing his son, holding that the deceased was […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Rajneesh Kumar Gupta cruel and unusual manner Ex-Army life term life term for killing son Retired armyman
Top Law News Agency handling Centre’s litigation ‘callous’ November 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central agency handling government litigation at the Supreme Court came under attack from a former senior law officer who alleged it worked in a “shockingly callous” manner jeopardising Centre”s interest in sensitive cases having large revenue implications. Senior advocate Bishwajit Bhattacharyya, who demitted office as Additional Solicitor General (ASG) on November 10 after a […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General advocate Bishwajit Bhattacharyya callous Central agency