Top Law News High court does not allow minor to live with boyfriend February 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday denied permission to a Class 9 girl to live with her boyfriend, a student of Class 12 of the school she was in, and handed over her custody to her parents. The girl from a private school in Paschim Vihar had moved the court seeking approval to remain with her […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Mukta Gupta minor to live with boyfriend
Criminal Law News 2003 Mumbai twin blasts result of conspiracy: High Court February 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The 2003 Mumbai twin blasts did not result from “momentary pulse of weakness of mind” but a well thought-out conspiracy, the Bombay High Court held on Friday while confirming death sentences of the three accused. The division bench of justices AM Khanvilkar and PD Kode confirmed the death penalty awarded to Ashrat Ansari (32), Hanif […] Read more » 2003 Mumbai twin blasts Bombay High Court justice AM Khanvilkar justice PD Kode
Top Law News Objectionable matter: Yahoo plea for staying case refused February 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday refused Yahoo India’s plea for staying a trial court’s proceedings against it for allegedly hosting objectionable content on its website and adjourned the case till Mar 1. The court was hearing Yahoo’s plea against the lower court’s order to prosecute the website for allegedly hosting objectionable content. Justice Suresh Kait […] Read more » Delhi High Court Facebook and Google Justice Suresh Kait
High Profile Cases Supreme Court nixes army chief age plea February 10, 2012 / February 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major blow to Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh, the Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain his plea challenging a government order setting his birth date as May 10, 1950 and said it will be forced to dump it if he did not withdraw it. The court order has left Gen. Singh with […] Read more » Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh Indian Military Academy National Defence Academy Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Jailed Malegaon blast accused allowed AC train travel February 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Thursday allowed Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast in Maharashtra, to travel to Madhya Pradesh by a second class air-conditioned coach for a court hearing there March 13, her lawyer said. She is currently lodged in a Mumbai jail. The division bench of Justice V.M. […] Read more » 2008 Malegaon blast Bombay High Court Justice P.D. Kode Justice V.M. Kanade Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur
Criminal Law News Court reserves order on dropping charges against Salem February 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its order on a Delhi Police plea seeking withdrawal of charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against don Abu Salem in a 2002 extortion case here. Salem, extradited from Portugal in 2005, was booked under the act for allegedly making extortion calls to Delhi-based […] Read more » Delhi High Court don Abu Salem Justice V.K. Shali Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act
High Profile Cases 2G: Supreme Court to hear Essar Tech’s plea Feb 17 February 9, 2012 / February 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Essar and Loop group, charge sheeted along with its promotors, today today moved the Supreme Court challenging the criminal proceeding against it before the special CBI court in the 2G case. They submitted before a bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi that the proceedings against them should be conducted before a Magistrate as the […] Read more » 2G Justice G.S. Singhvi Prevention of Corruption Act Supreme Court
Top Law News Workers’ welfare boards’ accounts to be audited: Supreme Court February 9, 2012 / February 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that accounts of all state welfare boards set up for collecting cess and disbursal of funds under schemes meant for construction workers would be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). “All the state welfare boards shall be subjected to audit by the CAG within two months from today,” […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act 1996 Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Mumbai attack: Supreme Court debunks Kasab claim February 9, 2012 / February 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday debunked Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab’s contention that he was not a part of the overarching conspiracy of waging war against the Indian government but merely an agent in executing it. “You knew everything and (were) preparing for it” before landing at Indian shores, the court said. […] Read more » Justice Aftab Alam Justice C.K. Prasad Mumbai attack Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Gujarat High Court raps Narendra Modi government February 9, 2012 / February 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday criticised the Narendra Modi government in the state for “inaction and negligence” during the 2002 post-Godhra riots that led to large-scale destruction of religious structures. A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J.B. Pardiwala made the observation while hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by the […] Read more » Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya Gujarat High Court Justice J.B. Pardiwala Narendra Modi
Top Law News Falak case: Court wants guidelines for media February 9, 2012 / February 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the government to constitute a committee on a plea that sought guidelines to regulate media reporting and disclosure of details about children in cases like that of baby Falak. Falak, who is two years old, was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences here Jan 18 with severe […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Falak case Justice R.S. Endlaw
Top Law News Court notice to Delhi Police on cop’s front-rolls February 9, 2012 / February 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought an explanation from the Delhi Police commissioner and an officer after the latter allegedly made a constable do front-rolls within the Patiala House court complex as a punishment. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R.S. Endlaw took note of media reports and asked the […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw Patiala House court