Criminal Law News SPF personnel Constable attempts suicide in Secretariat premises April 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Special Protection Force (SPF) Constable Rajesh attempted suicide by his service revolver at the Secretariat premises in the early hours today. Police here said Rajesh, who was on duty, had tried to shoot himself near the Nalla Pochamma Temple located in the Secretariat. He was admitted in the Apollo Hospital immediately and his condition […] Read more » Secretariat premises Special Protection Force (SPF) Constable Rajesh SPF personnel Constable
Criminal Law News Supreme Court decries abuse of court process by criminals April 2, 2012 / April 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Haryana-based black-marketeer sentenced to a one-year jail term kept filing petitions in various courts for over 12 years to delay his surrender. The Supreme Court, while dismissing the man’s petition, voiced anguish at criminals repeatedly approaching courts by moving “misconceived and untenable” petitions to frustrate the course of justice, and even succeeding on some […] Read more » criminals Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice J.S. Khehar Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi cops pulled up for dacoity case flip-flop April 2, 2012 / April 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has acquited five men accused of dacoity and pulled up the Delhi Police for making contradictory statements in the case. Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Tewari, while acquitting five accused being tried for committing a dacoity, observed Saturday that they were arrested by six police officers who were only armed with batons. “It […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Tewari dacoity case flip-flop Delhi Police
Top Law News Worthless ex-teachers have no right to re-employment: Court April 2, 2012 / April 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “Worthless” school teachers cannot claim a right to re-employment after retirement, the Delhi High Court has said. The court’s observation came while rejecting petitions of two retired Delhi Public School teachers who alleged they were not considered for re-employment despite a 2007 notification of the directorate of education on the issue. “The notification is not […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw Worthless ex-teachers
Criminal Law News Police kept eyes closed during 1984 riots, CBI tells court April 1, 2012 / April 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI on Saturday told a Delhi court hearing a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar that police kept their eyes closed during the carnage. While advancing the final arguments, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) counsel RS Cheema said: “This was a case where the police acted in a […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots Additional Sessions Judge JR Aryan CBI Congress leader Sajjan Kumar
Criminal Law News Terror charge plea against Ghandy to come up April 9 April 1, 2012 / April 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A chief metropolitan magistrate here Saturday took a police plea for considering the second set of formal charges filed against Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy over terror charges. The case would now come up April 9. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav said that a sessions court had found prima facie evidence against him for terror charges […] Read more » " Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav Additional Sessions Judge Pawan Kumar Jain Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
Criminal Law News Israeli car blast: Kazmi seeks to know name of interrogators April 1, 2012 / April 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, arrested for alleged involvement in the Israeli embassy car blast case, Saturday moved an application in court, seeking the names of the interrogators who quizzed him during his custody. Kazmi’s counsel Gajinder Kumar moved the application asking details of the interrogators. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Vinod Yadav asked police to […] Read more » Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Vinod Yadav Israeli car blast Journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi public prosecutor Rajiv Mohan
High Profile Cases CBI charge sheets Jagan, 12 others April 1, 2012 / April 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday filed a charge sheet against YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy and 12 others in an illegal assets case. In its charge sheet in a special CBI court, the investigating agency has charged Jaganmohan Reddy of conspiring with his father and then Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. […] Read more » CBI charge sheets illegal assets case Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official B.P. Acharya YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy
High Profile Cases Pranab defends amending IT Act to deal with Vodafone-type deals April 1, 2012 / April 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Pranab defends amending IT Act to deal with Vodafone-type deals Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said there is “no other way” but to amend the Income Tax Act with retrospective effect to bring into the net Vodfone-type cross-border deals. “I am posing a very few straight questions to you. We shall have to decide whether you want India to be a no-tax country or […] Read more » Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Income Tax Act Vodfone-type cross-border deals
Top Law News High court permits usage of water cess levied on NHPC April 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jammu and Kashmir High Court, in an ‘important order’ Saturday, permitted the state government to utilise for welfare schemes the money collected from National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) as water usage charges. The operative part of the High Court order reads: ‘Permission is accordingly granted with the condition that in case the petitioner succeeds, […] Read more » Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Jammu and Kashmir High Court National Hydro-electric Power Corporation
Top Law News Court quashes Karnataka police chief’s appointment April 1, 2012 / April 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court has quashed the appointment of Shankar Bidari as state police chief in view of alleged atrocities on women and tribals by police teams headed by him during the hunt for forest brigand Veerappan. The court said if the allegations against him were true then Bidari is “worse than Saddam Hussain or […] Read more » Justice H.S. Kempanna Justice N. Kumar Karnataka High Court Karnataka police
High Profile Cases Loop, Essar promoters move bail pleas in 2G case April 1, 2012 / April 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Some top corporate honchos from Loop Telecom and Essar Group appeared before the special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the 2G spectrum allocation case here Saturday and moved their respective bail pleas. Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini put up the arguments on bail for April 21 after the counsel for the […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation case Essar Group Loop Telecom Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini