Top Law News Currency row: Himachal to drop charges against Karmapa April 24, 2012 / April 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major relief to Tibetan religious head and the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the Himachal Pradesh government Tuesday decided to drop a criminal case connected to the seizure of large amounts of foreign currency against him. The Karmapa had been charged under penal provisions related to conspiracy. Nine others were booked under various […] Read more » 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje Code of Criminal Procedure criminal case Currency row Gyuto Tantric University Himachal Pradesh government Indian Penal Code magistrate K.R. Bharti Section 321
Top Law News Women’s empowerment key to progress: Shabana Azmi April 24, 2012 / April 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The true measure of a country’s progress is not just its gross domestic product, but its human development index in which the empowerment of women is an important constituent, actress and activist Shabana Azmi said Monday. Addressing a session at a seminar on ‘The New Indian Woman’, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), […] Read more » actress and activist Shabana Azmi actress Nandita Das Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) filmmaker Kiran Rao filmmaker Zoya Akhtar journalist Barkha Dutt journalist Nidhi Razdan
Criminal Law News Court acquits don Dawood Ibrahim’s ‘aide’ April 24, 2012 / April 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Khalil Ahmed, said to be an aide of don Dawood Ibrahim, was on Monday acquitted by the Delhi high court in a case of alleged attempt to extort money from a businessman here. He was booked under a stringent anti-organised crime law. Justice Suresh Kait dismissed the police plea and upheld the trial court’s order […] Read more » criminal cases Delhi High Court don Dawood Ibrahim Justice Suresh Kait Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) stringent anti-organised crime law
Top Law News Justice Gogoi joins Supreme Court April 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Ranjan Gogoi was Monday administered the oath of office as a judge of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia. Prior to his elevation to the apex court, Justice Gogoi was the chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He took over charge of the high court Feb 12, 2011. With […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Gauhati High Court Haryana High Court Justice Fakir Muhammad Ibrahim Kalifulla Justice Ranjan Gogoi Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court notice on Italy’s plea for custody of two marines April 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central and Kerala governments on a petition by the Italian government seeking the custody of its two marines currently in judicial custody for killing two Indian fishermen after mistaking them for pirates. A bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice S.S. Nijjar issued notices, returnable within two […] Read more » Article 14 Article 21 cargo ship MV Enrica Lexie Chief Master Sergeant Massimilano Latorre Justice Altamas Kabir Justice S.S.Nijjar Sergeant Salvatore Girone Supreme Court
High Profile Cases BJP seeks answers as Singhvi resigns amid CD row April 24, 2012 / April 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said that Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi should explain in Parliament why he has quit as chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice. “It is a serious matter and the party has not given any statement on the standing committee, we hope he will make […] Read more » amid CD row Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader Arun Jaitley BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Congress media cell chief Janardhan Dwivedi Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi controversial CD allegedly Delhi Bar Association Rajiv Khosla Kerala High Court Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee cultural cell vice chief Guru S Nair Party spokesperson Rashid Alvi Singhvi resigns amid CD row
Criminal Law News Maharashtra Police officer gets bail in rape case April 24, 2012 / April 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Anil Mahabole, a Maharashtra Police officer accused of rape, Monday secured interim bail from the Bombay High Court, which observed that prima facie, a case of rape was not made out against him, his lawyer said. The court did not believe the rape allegation against Mahabole, Justice AM Thipsay observed after examining the police report, […] Read more » Anil Mahabole Maharashtra Police officer Bombay High Court Justice AM Thipsay MMS clip
Top Law News Supreme Court notice to government on plea against Cairn-Vedanta deal April 24, 2012 / April 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought the Centre’s response to a plea challenging the validity of the $ 8.5 billion Cairn-Vedanta deal and seeking a CBI probe into the reasons for ONGC and government in “not asserting” their legal rights on the issue. A bench of justices D K Jain and Anil R Dave issued notice […] Read more » Cairn-Vedanta deal Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Justice Anil R. Dave Justice C.K. Prasad Justice D.K. Jain Justice H.L. Dattu ONGC Supreme Court
Criminal Law News 1984 riots: CBI blames Sajjan Kumar for inciting mob April 24, 2012 / April 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI on Monday blamed Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for organising the Sikh riots in 1984. The CBI said Sajjan Kumar went about inciting mobs and that the killings in the Delhi cantonment area in 1984 were not spontaneous. Sajjan Kumar allegedly told mobs: Not a single Sikh should survive, according to TV reports quoting […] Read more » Congress leader Sajjan Kumar Delhi court Sikh riots in 1984
Top Law News Supplementary charges filed in Andhra township case April 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday filed an additional set of formal charges in the Emaar-APIIC township case in a court here. Businessman Sunil Reddy, said to be an aide of YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, and Emaar MGF finance head (south) G.V. Vijaya Raghav have been named in the 90-page charge […] Read more » CBI Special court Emaar MGF finance head (south) G.V. Vijaya Raghav Emaar-APIIC township case IAS officer B.P. Acharya YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy
High Profile Cases CBI files second charge sheet in Jagan assets case April 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday filed the second set of formal charges in an Andhra Pradesh court in a case involving the alleged illegal assets of YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy. The 47-page supplementary charge sheet filed in the CBI special court here has named Jaganmohan Reddy, who is popularly known […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Jagan assets case Jagati Publications Private Ltd. (JPPL) Vijay Sai Reddy YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Top Law News Supreme Court dismisses plea against Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh April 23, 2012 / April 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition challenging the appointment of Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh as the next chief of army staff. Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh will succeed General V.K. Singh as the army chief when the latter demits office on May 31, 2012. The apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.L. […] Read more » General V.K. Singh Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh Supreme Court