Criminal Law News Arrest warrant against Nupur Talwar extended April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The special CBI court on Wednesday extended the non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued by it against dentist Nupur Talwar in connection with the Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj double murder case of 2008. The court extended the warrant after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sought extension of the same as the hearing resumed today. The CBI pleaded that […] Read more » Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj double murder case of 2008 dentist Nupur Talwar non-bailable warrant (NBW) special CBI court
Criminal Law News Court sets aside contempt order against IFCI CEO April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday set aside the order of a single judge holding the CEO of Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd (IFCI) guilty of contempt of court and slapping a Rs.3.5 lakh fine on him. Holding that no contempt of court is made out against IFCI CEO-cum-MD Atul Kumar Rai, a division bench […] Read more » CEO of Industrial Finance Corporation Delhi High Court Justice P.K. Bhasin Justice Rajiv Shakdher Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Criminal Law News Trial of Geelani’s aide begins April 18, 2012 / April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Tuesday began the trial of a close aide of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and three others for allegedly running a hawala racket to fund terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen in Jammu and Kashmir. District Judge (DJ) HS Sharma commenced the trial with recording of the statement of a formal […] Read more » Delhi court Delhi Police Inspector Kailash Singh Bisht District Judge (DJ) HS Sharma Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani
High Profile Cases Bengal scientist gets bail April 18, 2012 / April 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Mamata Banerjee government finally bowed before the groundswell of support for the arrested scientist Partha Sarathi Ray. On Tuesday, a city court granted him bail after 10 days in jail custody. But the bail pleas of six others arrested with Ray on April 8 were denied. Ray’s arrest has been condemned by thousands of […] Read more » Mamata Banerjee government Nobel laureate Noam Chomsky Prime Minister Manmohan Singh scientist Partha Sarathi Ray
High Profile Cases Did not depose falsely against Raja: Ex-telecom secretary April 18, 2012 / April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former telecom secretary DS Mathur Tuesday told a special Delhi court hearing the 2G case that he did not depose falsely against former telecom minister A Raja. “It is wrong to suggest that I have deposed falsely against accused A Raja,” said Mathur before Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge OP Saini. He added […] Read more » 2G case Delhi court former Telecom Minister A. Raja Former Telecom Secretary DS Mathur Special Judge OP Saini
Top Law News Right to fair trial can’t overshadow freedom of speech April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A person’s right to free and fair trial enjoys no primacy over the right to freedom of speech and expression of the media, senior counsel Ram Jethmalani told the Supreme Court Tuesday. Fundamental rights could only be restricted by a legislation passed by parliament and no guidelines by the apex court could shrink them, Jethmalani […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice D.K. Jain Justice J.S. Khehar Justice R.P. Desai Justice S.S.Nijjar right to freedom of speech and expression senior counsel Ram Jethmalani Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Adarsh scam: Two sent to CBI custody till April 30 April 18, 2012 / April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Tuesday remanded two former Maharashtra bureaucrats to CBI custody till April 30 in the Adarsh housing scam, an official said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) April 3 arrested former municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak and retired information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari in connection with the scam. “Both, Phatak and Tiwari, have been […] Read more » Adarsh housing scam CBI Central Bureau of Investigation former municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak
Criminal Law News Protests in Bihar against acquittal of massacre accused April 18, 2012 / April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hundreds of people in Bihar took to the streets Tuesday against a Patna High Court verdict acquitting 23 men convicted for the 1996 massacre of 21 people, mostly women and children, by the upper-caste Ranvir Sena in Bhojpur district. The Patna High Court had Monday acquitted the three sentenced to death and 20 given life […] Read more » 1996 massacre Bhojpur district Patna High Court
Top Law News Vodafone serves notice to government on tax proposal April 18, 2012 / April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Vodafone Group has served a ‘dispute notice’ on the Centre, the first step before it begins international arbitration proceedings under the India-Netherlands bilateral investment treaty against the government’s controversial move to tax the company’s acquisition of Hutchison Essar in 2007. This is the first formal action initiated by the world’s largest mobile operator since […] Read more » Hutchison Essar Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Vodafone Group
Top Law News RBI cuts key rates by 50 basis points April 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today cut key rates by 50 basis points but left the Cash Reserve Ratio untouched at 4.75 per cent in its Mid Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2012-13. Announcing the Monetary Policy, RBI Governor D Subbarao said the Repo rate was being cut by 50 basis points with immediate […] Read more » Mid Quarter Review Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Top Law News Chomsky, others write to PM protesting Bengal police excesses April 17, 2012 / April 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eminent persons of international repute, including well-known US-based academician-intellectual Noam Chomsky, Monday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing concern over the use of state force in West Bengal in cracking down on human rights activists or citizens attempting to raise issues of concern. The missive, signed by academicians, social activists and writers from across […] Read more » Indian Penal Code National Advisory Council member Aruna Roy Prime Minister Manmohan Singh US-based academician-intellectual Noam Chomsky
Top Law News Jaya Jaitley refused visiting rights to meet George Fernandes April 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi high court has refused to grant visiting rights to Jaya Jaitley, close friend and political colleague of former defence minister George Fernandes, to meet the ailing minister in his house. Justice Manmohan Singh, in his order passed on April 13, said: “She is neither a proper nor a necessary party to the present […] Read more » Delhi High Court George Fernandes Jaya Jaitley Justice Manmohan Singh