High Profile Cases Court dismisses Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s plea March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench Tuesday dismissed Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s petition, seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the arson attack at her house during the Mayawati regime. The order was passed by a division bench of Justice S.N. Shukla and Justice R.V.S. Rathore who disposed the petition […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Justice R.V.S. Rathore Justice S.N. Shukla Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi
Top Law News Court takes up threat to Ayodhya verdict judges, lawyers March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a significant development, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to give it details of the steps it had taken to provide security cover to the judges who had delivered the verdict in Ayodhya shrine title suits and also to the lawyers who represented Hindu parties. Hearing […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Ayodhya verdict Justice D P Singh Justice D.K. Upadhyay Justice D.V. Sharma Justice D.V. Sharma Justice S U Khan Justice Sudhir Agarwal
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks attorney general’s assistance in gay law case March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Attorney General G. Vahanvati to assist the court in the hearing of the plea challenging the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalising the consensual sex between two consenting adults of the same sex. A bench of Justice G.S.Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya asked Vahanvati to assist the court in the […] Read more » gay law case Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Section 377 IPC Supreme Court
Top Law News Fine on IFCI, jail for executives for contempt of court March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sentenced Atul Kumar Rai, the chief executive officer and managing director of IFCI (formerly Industrial Finance Corporation of India), for a month in jail . The court awarded the sentence after it held Rai guilty for contempt of court and defiance of its orders. The court has also imposed a […] Read more » Atul Kumar Rai chief executive officer and managing director of IFCI Delhi High Court IFCI (formerly Industrial Finance Corporation of India) Justice Bhasin
High Profile Cases Four get bail in Adarsh housing scam March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four men accused in the Mumbai Adrash housing scam were given bail Tuesday by a special court after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) made fresh arrests in the multi-crore-rupee scandal. Those released on bail are former Congress lawmaker Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, his son Kailash, tax consultant J.K. Jagiasi and former CBI counsel Mandar Goswami. They […] Read more » 1999 Kargil conflict Adarsh housing scam Bombay High Court former CBI counsel Mandar Goswami tax consultant J.K. Jagiasi
High Profile Cases 2G scam: Balwa objects to judge’s intervention March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Swan telecom promoter and 2G scam accused Shahid Usman Balwa and his lawyer Tuesday objected to the special CBI court judge’s interventions during cross examination of witnesses in the case. Balwa and his lawyer R.N. Mittal said Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge O.P. Saini is humiliating them by giving more importance to the […] Read more » 2G scam Balwa lawyer R.N. Mittal special Judge O.P. Saini
Criminal Law News IPS officer’s killing: CBI gets driver’s custody March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district today sent the tractor driver, who had crushed to death Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Narendra Kumar on Holi day, to three days’ custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Sub-divisional police officer Narendra Kumar was killed when he was trying to stop the tractor loaded with […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation IPS officer's killing Sub-divisional police officer Narendra Kumar
High Profile Cases Government plea on Vodafone tax verdict dismissed March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Tuesday suffered a setback as the Supreme Court dismissed its plea for a review in the Rs.11,218 crore ($2.2 billion) tax dispute case against telecom giant Vodafone. The rejection of the review petition meant that the government will have to return the Rs.2,500 crore Vodafone had deposited. “We look forward to the return […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court telecom giant Vodafone
Criminal Law News Shehla murder: CBI gets remand of another accused March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The special CBI court has sent an alleged shooter in connection with the Shehla murder case, Tabish Khan, in CBI custody till March 26. He is the fifth person to be held in the high-profile murder case that shocked the state capital in August last year. Tabish was presented before the judicial magistrate Shubra Singh […] Read more » judicial magistrate Shubra Singh Shehla murder case special CBI court
Criminal Law News Prohibitory order in Bengal court premises March 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An order banning the assembly of five or more people has been imposed in a court premises in West Bengal where former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Lok Sabha member Laxman Seth and two of his associates – arrested in connection with the violent incidents in Nandigram in East Midnapore district in 2007 – are […] Read more » Bengal court clashes in Nandigram former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Lok Sabha member Laxman Seth Prohibitory order
Criminal Law News Soldiers killed five in cold blood, CBI tells Supreme Court March 20, 2012 / March 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday accused, in the Supreme Court, army personnel of killing five “innocent” people in cold blood in the wake of the 2000 killing of 36 Sikhs in Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Appearing for the CBI, counsel Ashok Bhan made the charge before a bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice […] Read more » 2000 killing of 36 Sikhs in Kashmir's Anantnag district Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases CWG village flats: Pay dues to DDA, court tells Emaar MGF March 20, 2012 / March 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday directed Emaar MGF, which has built the flats in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Village, to pay over Rs.16 crore dues to Delhi Development Authority (DDA) so that the land owning agency would issue completion certificates for the flats. Justice Hima Kohli also asked the agency to issue power of attorney […] Read more » CWG village flats Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Delhi High Court Justice Hima Kohli