Criminal Law News Pakistani granted bail April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday granted bail to a Pakistani man accused of entering India illegally as a spy but who claims he had come back to embrace India for good as he was born in Gujarat. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav granted bail to Imraan and his wife Soofia Kanwal and asked them to prove […] Read more » " Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav Delhi court Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency wife Soofia Kanwal
Top Law News Complaint filed against SRK for smoking in Jaipur stadium April 10, 2012 / April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A complaint was filed in a court here Monday against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan for publicly smoking at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium during an Indian Premier League – match Sunday between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders, a lawyer said. The complaint was submitted in the court of the additional chief judicial magistrate. […] Read more » Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan Kolkata Knight Riders lawyer Nem Singh Rathore Rajasthan Royals Sawai Man Singh Stadium
Criminal Law News Maid torture: Doctor couple sent to judicial custody April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday sent to 14 days judicial custody a doctor couple who had gone to Thailand for a vacation last month after allegedly locking up their 13-year-old maid in their house with very little food. Metropolitan Magistrate Sudhir Kumar Sirohi sent doctor couple, Sanjay Verma and Sumita Verma, with an alleged middleman Mahadev […] Read more » Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act Child Labour Prohibition Delhi court Juvenile Justice Act Maid torture Metropolitan Magistrate Sudhir Kumar Sirohi Regulation Act
Top Law News H.D. Kumaraswamy survives bigamy charge April 10, 2012 / April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court Monday dismissed a petition charging former Karnataka Chief Minister and now Lok Sabha member H.D. Kumaraswamy of bigamy. The petition, filed by a Bangalore advocate Sashidhar Belagumba, had sought Kumraswamy’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha on the ground that he had married a second time even though his first wife is […] Read more » Bangalore advocate Sashidhar Belagumba Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen Karnataka High Court Lok Sabha member H.D. Kumaraswamy
High Profile Cases ‘Raja was told to reconsider cut-off date for 2G licences’ April 10, 2012 / April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former telecom secretary D.S. Mathur Monday told a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court that he had asked then telecom minister A. Raja to reconsider the cut-off date for receiving applications for 2G spectrum licences. “I recorded this note after seeing the order of the then minister, dated Nov 2, 2007, as fixing the date […] Read more » 2G spectrum licences Central Bureau of Investigation Former telecom secretary D.S. Mathur Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini telecom minister A. Raja
Top Law News Blame game over delay faced by new Bengal judges April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The swearing-in ceremony of seven new judges of the Calcutta High Court had to be deferred by several hours Monday, leading to a blame game as to who was responsible. While the West Bengal law minister said the delay was caused by the governor not signing the required papers, a senior High Court official said […] Read more » Calcutta High Court chief justice J.N. Patel chief minister Mamata Banerjee Law Minister Moloy Ghatak
Criminal Law News Supreme Court breather for Madhur Bhandarkar April 10, 2012 / April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday stayed criminal proceedings against filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar in a rape charge levelled against him by actress Priti Jain. While staying the proceedings, an apex court bench of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice C. K. Prasad issued notice to the Maharashtra government and Jain on Bhandarkar’s plea seeking that the case against […] Read more » actress Preeti Jain Bombay High Court filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu Supreme Court
Criminal Law News 23 convicted, 23 acquitted for Gujarat riots massacre April 9, 2012 / April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court in Anand on Monday convicted 23 people and acquitted as many others for want of evidence in connection with the Ode village massacre in 2002 post-Godhra riots. The verdict was delivered by the district and sessions court Judge Poonam Singh. The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence later. The riot case […] Read more » advocate C K Patel Gujarat riots massacre Judge Poonam Singh Special Investigation Team Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Delhi Court Reserves Order on Poll Code Breach Case April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today reserved its order for April 19 on whether the city police’s plea for withdrawal of a poll code violation case of 2008 against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit could be heard at all. Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh reserved the order saying he was “prima facie” satisfied that the plea for withdrawal […] Read more » Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh Poll Code Breach Case Poll Code Breach Case section 321 (withdrawal from prosecution)
Criminal Law News Supreme Court grants bail to Pakistani doctor Chisty April 9, 2012 / April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court has granted interim bail to 80-year-old Pakistani microbiologist Khalil Chisti during the pendency of his appeal against Rajasthan high court order upholding his conviction in a murder case. Dr Chisti had applied for bail on the ground that he is 80 years old and has already been in prison for the last 20 […] Read more » Home Minister P. Chidambaram murder in Ajmer in 1992 Pakistani microbiologist Khalil Chisti Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Father, uncle booked for honour killing in Maharashtra April 9, 2012 / April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district Monday remanded a tribal girl’s father and uncle in police custody for murdering her because she was in love with a boy from a different caste, police said. According to police, the victim, Manisha Dhangar, in early 20s, was allegedly strangulated by her father, uncle and grandmother her in […] Read more » honour killing honour killing in Maharashtra Maharashtra's Jalgaon district Manisha Dhangar
Top Law News Court verdict delay violates constitutional mandate: Jurists April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court verdict delay violates constitutional mandate: Jurists Jurists have voiced concern on judges allegedly sitting over verdicts long after the conclusion of the arguments and said the practice violated the right to speedy justice guaranteed by the constitution. Former attorney general of India Soli Sorabjee observed: “You are creating, may be out of necessity, the mafia culture” and the former chief justice […] Read more » Article 21 Former attorney general of India Soli Sorabjee former chief justice of India J.S. Verma