Top Law News Fresh chargesheet filed against Maoist Kobad Ghandy March 24, 2012 / March 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Police Friday filed fresh sets of charges in a Delhi court against top Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, allegedly involved in setting up a new network of the banned outfit Communist Party of India (Maoist) in Delhi. The Delhi police, in its fresh chargesheet filed in the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav, has placed […] Read more » " Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav Delhi court Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy Unlawful Activities Prevention (UAP) Act
High Profile Cases Kanimozhi moves high court seeking quashing of 2G charges March 24, 2012 / March 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DMK MP Kanimozhi moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of charges made against her by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. “Set aside/quash the charges and also quash the chargesheet filed by the CBI and all the proceedings emanating thereunder,” the petition said. The matter will likely come […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation scam Delhi High Court DMK MP Kanimozhi Justice M.L. Mehta
Criminal Law News Court reserves order on lodging case against Digvijay March 24, 2012 / March 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Friday reserved its orders on a plea for lodging a criminal case against senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh for allegedly beating a man, caught after purportedly trying to attack party spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi with a shoe last June. Sunil Kumar Sharma, who had allegedly tried to attack Dwivedi on June 6 […] Read more » Congress leader Digvijay Singh Delhi court Justice D.V. Sharma Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja party spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi
High Profile Cases Supreme Court recalls notice on Narendra Modi March 24, 2012 / March 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday recalled its notice to the Gujarat government and the Nanavati Commission on a plea to summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi for recording his statement on his alleged role in the 2002 post-Godhra riots in the state. A bench of Justice D.K. Jain and Justice Anil R. Dave recalled the order issuing […] Read more » Chief Minister Narendra Modi Justice Anil R. Dave Justice D.K. Jain Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Three get life term for former JNU student leader’s murder March 24, 2012 / March 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Friday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for the murder of Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) leader and former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Chandrasekhar in Bihar’s Siwan 15 years ago. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Dhirendra Kumar Pandey sentenced Dhruv Kumar Jaiswal, Sheikh Munna and Illyas Warsi, […] Read more » Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) leader former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Chandrasekhar judge Dhirendra Kumar Pandey
High Profile Cases Supreme Court notice in Ghai land allocation case March 24, 2012 / March 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Maharashtra government, Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai, PIL petitioner Rajendra Lakshman Sontakke and others on a plea by union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh challenging the “extremely grave strictures” passed against him by the Bombay High Court in a land allocation case when he was chief minister of Maharashtra. […] Read more » Filmmaker Subhash Ghai Justice Chandramauli Kumar Justice H Dattu land allocation case Supreme Court
Criminal Law News ‘Pakistani’ submits documents to prove innocence March 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man, accused of of entering India illegally as a Pakistani spy, submitted documents in a Delhi court Thursday to support his claim that he returned to India to settle. Imran submitted documents claiming that he was a native of Gujarat and returned to India for permanent settlement before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav. The […] Read more » " Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav Delhi court Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency
High Profile Cases Deposit Rs.50,000 for case against Delhi Speaker, BJP leader told March 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has asked a Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader to deposit cost of Rs.50,000 with the court to pursue his plea seeking its direction to quash Delhi Assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri’s election on the ground that he adopted corrupt practices during the 2008 state assembly polls. A bench of Justice V.K. Jain […] Read more » Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Delhi Assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri Delhi High Court Justice V.K. Jain
Top Law News Compensate woman mistreated by police, NHRC tells Delhi March 23, 2012 / March 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s apex human rights panel Thursday asked the Delhi government to pay compensation to an injured woman mistreated by Delhi Police at the Karkardooma court last year. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had taken suo moto cognizance after media reports highlighted the case of brutality March 14 last year where police dragged the injured […] Read more » India's apex human rights panel National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) woman mistreated by Delhi Police
Criminal Law News Madhur Bhandarkar to face trial in rape case March 23, 2012 / March 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Thursday rejected the application of filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar to stay the process against him in a Mumbai metropolitan court in the Preeti Jain rape case. “Justice R.C. Chavan today (Thursday) refused to stay the trial against Bhandarkar, stating that he will now have to face criminal trial,” Jain`s lawyer S. Kunjuraman […] Read more » Bombay High Court filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar Justice R.C. Chavan Preeti Jain rape case
Top Law News After vote, India says it stands by Sri Lanka March 23, 2012 / March 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After voting Thursday in favour of a US resolution in Geneva urging Colombo to probe alleged human rights abuses, India declared it will remain engaged with Sri Lanka. Within an hour after voting for a resolution that Colombo had dubbed “anti-Sri Lanka”, New Delhi sought to mollify hurt feelings in the island nation, making it […] Read more » human rights abuses Sri Lanka US resolution in Geneva
High Profile Cases Adarsh scam: Four more accused sent to CBI custody March 23, 2012 / March 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Thursday sent three accused in the Adarsh housing scam to the agency’s custody till March 31 and one accused till March 26. Special CBI judge M.V. Kulkarni sent Maj. Gen. (retd) A.R. Kumar, Maj. Gen. (retd.) T.K. Kaul and Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pradeep Vyas, presently […] Read more » Adarsh scam Special CBI judge M.V. Kulkarni special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court