Criminal Law News Nitish Katara murder: Vishal to pay Rs.16 lakh for security March 17, 2012 / March 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Vishal Yadav, jailed in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder, was Friday told by the Delhi High Court to pay nearly Rs.16 lakh spent by the government on his security during his visits to hospitals outside prison. A division bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice V.K. Shali: “It was all taxpayers money that the government […] Read more » 2002 Nitish Katara murder Delhi High Court Justice Gita Mittal Justice V.K. Shali
Top Law News Subhash Ghai gets relief in Haryana land case March 17, 2012 / March 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Filmmaker Subhash Ghai has got a breather in the Haryana land case after a court dismissed a public suit filed by people of Badhsa village against his acquiring 20 acres of land for setting up a film institute. Dismissing the plea, the court vacated the stay on the land purchased from the panchayat in Badhsa […] Read more » Additional Civil Judge (Senior) Rajesh Sharma Filmmaker Subhash Ghai Haryana land case
High Profile Cases Bail to IAS officer in Emaar case March 17, 2012 / March 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After remaining behind the bars for one-and-half months, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer B.P. Acharya came out of jail Friday following the grant of bail by a special court here hearing the Emaar-APIIC township corruption case. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge B. Naga Murthy Sarma rejected the probe agency’s plea for putting off […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Emaar-APIIC township corruption case Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer B.P. Acharya Special Judge B. Naga Murthy Sarma
Criminal Law News Azad was killed in genuine shootout, CBI tells Supreme Court March 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI Friday told the Supreme Court that the 2010 gun battle in which Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and freelance journalist H.C. Pandey were killed was genuine. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said this in its final report submitted to the court on its investigation into the killing of Azad and Pandey. […] Read more » Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court to examine validity of nuclear damages act March 16, 2012 / March 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said it would examine the constitutional validity of the civil liability for nuclear damages act 2010 wherein the maximum liability on the supplier and the operator of a nuclear power plant is pegged at Rs.15,000 crore ($2.9 billion). The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia issued notice to […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia nuclear damages act 2010 Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court to hear Nupur, Rajesh Tawlar’s review petition March 16, 2012 / March 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear in an open court a review plea by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar challenging its decision to allow their prosecution in the 2008 double murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. Usually review applications are disposed of without oral arguments but the court has made exception in this case. […] Read more » 2008 double murder of Aarushi and Hemraj Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Suspected terrorist allowed to contest Delhi civic polls March 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday allowed a suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist, who is accused in the 2008 Delhi serial blasts, to contest the upcoming civic body polls in the national capital. Judge Narinder Kumar allowed application of Zia-ur-Rehman to file his nomination for the April 15 elections to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The court […] Read more » Delhi civic polls Delhi court Judge Narinder Kumar suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist
Top Law News Supreme Court urges self-caution on exercising its powers March 16, 2012 / March 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has urged self-caution in exercising its inherent powers under Article 142 of the constitution and should take recourse to these only sparingly. “In other words, not that there is any restriction on the power or authority vested in the Supreme Court in exercising powers under Article 142 of the constitution, but that […] Read more » Article 142 of the constitution Justice Altamas Kabir Justice J. Chelameswar Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Settle defamation case amicably: Court urges Dikshit, BJP leader March 16, 2012 / March 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday asked Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijendra Gupta to settle their dispute related to a defamation case out of court in an amicable and responsible manner. Asking counsel of both the parties to sit together and solve the issue out of court, Justice Kailash Gambhir […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijendra Gupta Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit defamation case Delhi High Court Justice Kailash Gambhir
Top Law News Don’t link critics to LTTE, Sri Lanka told March 15, 2012 / March 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday that it was wrong on the part of the Sri Lankan government to link those questioning the country’s human rights record with the Tamil Tigers. “The (Mahindra) Rajapaksa government’s strident opposition to this is hard to understand,” a Human Rights Watch spokeswoman said, ahead of the voting in Geneva […] Read more » Human Rights Watch LTTE Sri Lankan government
Criminal Law News Warrant issued against three in Israeli car blast case March 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court issued warrant against three Iranians Wednesday in the Israeli diplomat car blast case, said a senior police official. Chief of Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Vinod Yadav of Delhi’s Tis Hazari court issued vulnerable warrant against three Iranians namely — Hooshang Asfshar Irani, Syed Ali Meheid Sadra, and Mohammed Reza Abol Ehasemi. On March […] Read more » Chief of Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Vinod Yadav Israeli car blast case Sayed Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi
Top Law News Court allows probe against children’s homes March 15, 2012 / March 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to quash the Delhi government’s decision to set up a panel to probe allegations of sexual abuse in three children’s homes in central Delhi. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Pratibha Rani dismissed a plea against a government notification ordering the probe and allowed the inquiry […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Pradeep Nandrajog Justice Pratibha Rani sexual abuse in three children's homes