Top Law News Delhi government gets notice on high security registeration plates April 11, 2012 / April 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to the Delhi government on the plea of a company challenging its decision to disqualify it from the bidding process for implementing a scheme to fix high security registration plates on all vehicles in the city, a lawyer said. The division bench of Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice […] Read more » Delhi High Court high security registeration plates Justice Rajiv Shakdher Justice S.K. Kaul
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks details of mercy pleas decided in 2011 April 11, 2012 / April 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government for details of mercy petitions decided by the president in 2011 and other similar pleas awaiting a decision. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya issued the order after perusing files relating to mercy petitions of several death row convicts. The court direction […] Read more » Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya mercy pleas Supreme Court
Top Law News BSES Rajdhani directed to compensate girl April 11, 2012 / April 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed BSES Rajdhani, a power distribution firm, to give a compensation of Rs.7.5 lakh to a minor girl who lost her hand due to the company’s negligence. The direction came on a plea by the father of Anjum seeking compensation after his daughter lost her hand when she came into […] Read more » BSES Rajdhani a power distribution firm Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endalw
Top Law News Why Pakistanis still in jail if sentence over: Supreme Court April 11, 2012 / April 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Why Pakistanis still in jail if sentence over: Supreme Court The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed its anguish at mentally challenged and deaf-mute foreign nationals, mostly Pakistanis, continuing to languish in Indian jails long after completing their sentences, and asked why the issue could “not be taken up at the highest level”. An apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.L. Gokhale said that […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Malhotra Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Officials told Raja to auction 2G airwaves, court told April 11, 2012 / April 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former telecom secretary D.S. Mathur Tuesday told a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court here that telecom commission members had suggested auctioning the 2G mobile airwaves and operating licences in 2007. “The alternatives suggested included…auctioning the spectrum or bidding for the new licences,” Mathur deposed. Testifying as a CBI witness, Mathur told Special Judge […] Read more » 2G mobile airwaves communications minister A. Raja Former telecom secretary D.S. Mathur special Judge O.P. Saini
Criminal Law News It’s official: Modi gets clean chit in Gulberg massacre April 11, 2012 / April 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special panel probing the 2002 Gujarat riots has given a clean to Chief Minister Narendra Modi, absolving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader of the accusation that he had a role in a case related to the communal carnage. Metropolitan magistrate M.S. Bhatt, who received the closure report of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) […] Read more » 2002 Gujarat riots 2002 Gulberg Society massacre Chief Minister Narendra Modi Metropolitan magistrate M.S. Bhatt
Criminal Law News Rs.20 lakh relief for terror suspect’s custody death April 11, 2012 / April 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an unprecedented ruling, the Bombay High Court Tuesday awarded Rs.20 lakh compensation to the mother of Khwaja Yunus, an accused in a bomb blast in 2002 in Maharashtra who died in police custody, a lawyer said. On Jan 3, 2003, Yunus, an engineer working in Dubai, had been picked up in connection with the […] Read more » bomb blast in 2002 in Maharashtra Bombay High Court Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice P.D. Kode
Criminal Law News Supreme Court notice to Kerala Police on Italian ship April 11, 2012 / April 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to authorities in Kerala on a petition filed by MT Enrica Lexie — the Italian ship anchored in the high seas off the Indian coast for about two months since its involvement in the killing of two Kerala fishermen — challenging a Kerala High Court order refusing to […] Read more » advocate K K Venugopal Italian ship Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
Top Law News UP govt responsible for Rinku’s security: High Court April 10, 2012 / April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today directed the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure security to Social Welfare department employee Rinku Singh, who had exposed embezzlement in the department in Muzaffarnagar district. A bench comprising Justices Umanath Singh and V K Dixit passed this order on the petition filed by Rinku Singh Rahi. […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Justice Umanath Singh Justice V.K. Dixit Social Welfare department employee Rinku Singh
Top Law News Sesa Goa issued notices for violating norms April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court Monday issued notice to top officials of Vedanta Resources-owned Sesa Goa, Goa’s biggest mining company, for alleged violation of ore transportation norms. The notice was issued by Justice F.M. Reis in response to a petition filed by green activist Ramesh Gauns, who claimed that Sesa Goa had […] Read more » alleged violation of ore transportation norms Bombay High Court chief operating office P.K. Mukherjee Justice F.M. Reis
Top Law News Hearing on Raghava’s petition adjourned April 10, 2012 / April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court Monday adjourned the hearing on the petition of Emaar MGF finance head (south) G. Vijaya Raghava, challenging further investigations against him in Emaar township case. Justice Subhash Reddy adjourned to April 16 the hearing on the petition. Raghava’s counsel raised objection to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not serving […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Emaar MGF finance head (south) G. Vijaya Raghava Emaar township case Justice Subhash Reddy
Criminal Law News Complaint against Gehlot for ‘inaction’ in Bhanwari case April 10, 2012 / April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A complaint was filed in a court here Monday against Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for not taking timely action against some legislators who were allegedly involved in the murder of nurse Bhanwari Devi, a lawyer said. The complaint was filed in the court of special chief judicial magistrate (CBI cases) by social activist Krishna […] Read more » Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi lawyer A.K. Jain murder of nurse Bhanwari Devi Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna