Criminal Law News Death term sought for Katara murder convict January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment State prosecutors have sought death penalty to Sukhdev Pehalwan, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Nitish Katara murder case. On the prosecution plea, the Delhi High Court has sent Pehalwan a notice. Pehalwan was given life term by the trial court July 12, 2011, for abducting and killing business executive Nitish Katara in […] Read more » Delhi High Court Nitish Katara murder case Vikas Yadav
Top Law News Illegal mining: Court allows probe of Krishna, Kumaraswamy’s role January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a jolt to External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and a major embarrassment to the Congress, the Karnataka High Court Friday allowed probe into charges that he had illegally de-reserved large forest areas for mining when he was chief minister during 1999-2004. Also facing embarrassment is former prime minister and Janata Dal-Secular president H.D. Deve […] Read more » External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna illegal mining Judge N K Sudhindra Rao Justice N. Ananda Karnataka High Court
Top Law News Delhi lawyers strike work against bills January 21, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi lawyers Friday observed a day-long strike as part of the Bar Council of India’s nationwide protest against two bills, including one which they claim will take away the powers of the council to hear complaints against lawyers, said the Delhi Bar Association. The strike paralysed legal proceedings at all six district court complexes. Around […] Read more » Delhi Bar Association Delhi lawyers Higher Education and Research Bill 2011 Legal Practitioners Bill 2010
High Profile Cases Vodafone needn’t pay tax for Hutch acquisition: Supreme Court January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday set aside the Bombay High Court order directing Vodafone to pay a tax of Rs.11,218 crore ($2.5 billion) for acquiring the operations of Hutch Essar in 2007. Delivering a majority judgment, Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said Indian tax authorities have no jurisdiction over the transactions carried out abroad. He said for […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court Vodafone
High Profile Cases Supreme Court rejects plea on army chief’s age January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Supreme court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar said: “In our view, the writ petition of the Grenadiers Association (Rohtak Chapter) is not maintainable”, as the date of birth of an individual could not be decided by an association taking recourse to the PIL route. The court […] Read more » army chief's age Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Law panel study on backlog of cases sought January 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Law panel study on backlog of cases sought The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will ask the Law Commission to undertake a study on the additional courts and judges needed in lower judiciary to tackle piled up cases. The government assured the court that it will “request the Law Commission to consider and convey to the government … its recommendations […] Read more » Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice T.S. Thakur Law panel study on backlog of cases Supreme Court
Top Law News Expel three Christian priests: Kashmir Sharia court January 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Sharia court Thursday issued a decree seeking expulsion of three Christian priests from Jammu and Kashmir and monitoring of the activities of Christian missionary schools in the Valley. Maintaining that the decree of the Sharia (Muslim Personal Law) court was not against the Christians in any manner, Kashmir’s grand mufti Bashir-ud-Din told a media […] Read more » Christian missionary schools Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir Sharia court three Christian priests
Top Law News Court puts off hearing on Google, Facebook pleas January 20, 2012 / January 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday adjourned the hearing on petitions of Google India and Facebook India challenging a trial court’s order to prosecute them for allegedly hosting objectionable content. “The matter is likely to be taken up Feb 2 or Feb 3,” said Justice Suresh Kait. Google India and Facebook India earlier told the high […] Read more » Delhi High Court facebook Google Justice Suresh Kait Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar
High Profile Cases Gujarat Govt moves Supreme Court on Lokayukta issue January 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat Government on Thursday approached the Supreme Court challenging the state High Court order upholding the appointment of Justice R.A. Mehta as the Lokayukta by the governor. The Gujarat High Court had on Wednesday upheld the appointment of Justice (Retd) Mehta as the Lokayukta while sharply criticising Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his “pranks” […] Read more » Gujarat High Court Justice J.R. Vora Justice R.A. Mehta Justice V.M. Sahai Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court stays bar association resolution on membership January 19, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday stayed a resolution of its bar association that sought to overcome an apex court verdict restricting its membership to control bogus voting in its election. An apex court bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir stayed the resolution till Friday when it will take up the matter for hearing. The resolution, passed […] Read more » bar association resolution on membership Justice Altamas Kabir Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Kalmadi gets bail after nine months in jail January 19, 2012 / January 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday granted bail to Suresh Kalmadi, MP and former chief of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, accused in a corruption case related to the 2010 sporting event. His aide V.K. Verma was also given bail. The court allowed bail to Kalmadi on a personal bond of Rs.5 lakh and surety of […] Read more » Delhi High Court Prevention of Corruption Act Suresh Kalmadi
Top Law News Delhi’s lower court lawyers to strike work Jan 20 January 19, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers in all districts courts have decided to abstain from work on January 20 to enforce a nationwide protest against the Centre’s proposal to establish an ombudsman consisting of judges to hear complaints against lawyers. The Co-Ordination Committee of all bar associations of Delhi district courts said in a statement that the Bar Council of […] Read more » Bar Council of India Co-Ordination Committee Delhi district courts