High Profile Cases Supreme Court notice on favours to Jaganmohan’s firms March 12, 2012 / March 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on 26 government orders issued during the tenure of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajashekara Reddy to allegedly favour the business interests of his son, YS Jaganmohan Reddy, due to which he and others had amassed disproportionate assets. The notice was issued to the Central Bureau of […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajashekara Reddy Justice Dalveer Bhandari Supreme Court YS Jaganmohan Reddy
Top Law News Centre submits report on former chief justice Balakrishnan March 12, 2012 / March 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The centre on Monday submitted to the Supreme Court the status report of the probe into allegations that close relatives of former chief justice KG Balakrishnan had amassed huge wealth during his tenure. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia was given the report in a sealed cover by Attorney General G […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia former chief justice KG Balakrishnan National Human Rights Commission Supreme Court
Criminal Law News CBI raid to arrest Indian Railways website hackers March 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Central Bureau of Investigation team has unearthed a syndicate, allegedly involved in making fake reservations on reserved and tatkal quotas by hacking Indian Railways website, and launched a search for its members. According to official sources, the CBI team has intensified the search for an absconding member of the gang. The CBI last evening sealed […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation Indian Railways website Indian Railways website hackers
Criminal Law News Slain Congress leader’s wife wants trial in Mumbai March 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Alleging that witnesses were turning hostile in the 2006 murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar, the victim’s wife has moved the Bombay High Court seeking transfer of the trial from Maharashtra’s Raigad district to Mumbai, a lawyer said here Sunday. Nimbalkar’s family members alleged that suspended Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Padmasinha Bajirao Patil, an […] Read more » 2006 murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar Bombay High Court Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Padmasinha Bajirao Patil Vipin Kasle Nimbalkar's lawyer
High Profile Cases Shiv Sena MLA arrested in housing scam March 11, 2012 / March 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Shiv Sena MLA arrested in housing scam Local MLA and former minister Suresh Jain has been arrested in connection with the 2006 Gharkul Housing scheme scam, police said. Jain, Shiv Sena MLA from Jalgaon, was arrested at Dharangaon late last night and would be produced in the court in the afternoon, they said. Incidentally, Jain, who was a Minister for Housing in […] Read more » 2006 Gharkul Housing scheme scam Local MLA and former minister Suresh Jain Shiv Sena-BJP government Social activist Anna Hazare
Criminal Law News MP: Sand mafia fire at police, one held March 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A person was arrested on Sunday in connection with a case of firing on a police team, which had gone to Ajaygarh to probe illegal mining in the area, by the sand mafia, the police said. “Kubar Singh has been taken into custody from the area where illegal sand mining was going on,” Panna SP […] Read more » illegal mining IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh magistrate Nathuram Goud Panna SP Anil Maheshwari sub divisional police officer Jagannath Singh Markam
Criminal Law News Israeli car blast: Journalists, social activists demand Kazmi’s release March 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A group of senior journalists and social activists today demanded immediate and unconditional release of a scribe arrested in connection with the bombing of an Israeli diplomat’s vehicle here and said no Indian should be allowed to be questioned by Israeli agencies. Condemning the arrest of 50-year-old Syed Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi, they said it is […] Read more » Israeli car blast senior journalist Seema Mustafa social activists Syed Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi
Criminal Law News Nine illegal Bangladeshi migrants held in Assam March 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nine illegal Bangladeshi migrants, including a woman and two children, were held here Saturday, police said. The nine Bangladeshis were detained by the Government Railway Police (GRP) in Guwahati as they did not have any valid document to enter India. GRP official N.C. Das told that the nine admitted to having entered Indian territory illegally […] Read more » Government Railway Police (GRP) GRP official N.C. Das Kanchanjungha Express to Guwahati Nine illegal Bangladeshi migrants
Top Law News Government’s view sought on poor students’ admission to KVs March 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sought the view of the central government on a plea challenging the legality of the admission guidelines of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) for economically weaker students (EWS). The court noted that the Kendriya Vidyalayas since 1972 have been giving reservations in admission to the extent of 22.5 percent for […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)
Top Law News Tibetans demand ‘free Tibet’ March 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tibetans in India’s northeast gathered here Saturday to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan uprising which forced the Dalai Lama to flee to India. On the occasion, the exiles urged the international community to help resolve the Tibetan issue. Over 500 Tibetan refugees from Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Meghalaya held prayers for a free […] Read more » 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan uprising Dalai Lama Tibetan Welfare Officer Lhakpa Tsering Tibetans demand 'free Tibet'
High Profile Cases High Court slams Delhi government for land acquisition March 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has slammed the Delhi government for failing to respond to a plea by 172 farmers over takeover of their land using the urgency clause of the Land Acquisition Act. A division bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Rajiv Shakedhar also fined the government Rs.5,000. In a hearing March 6, […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Shakedhar Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Land Acquisition Act.
Top Law News Karnataka policemen protest assault by lawyers March 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a rare instance, a large number of policemen in Karnataka Friday reported to duty wearing black arm bands to protest the assault by lawyers on their colleagues in Bangalore last Friday. They, however, removed the black bands after a directive from their chief, Director General of Police Shankar Bidari and disapproval of their action […] Read more » criminal investigation department (CID) Roopak Kumar Dutta illegal mining case Karnataka High Court judge R.G. Vaidyanathan