High Profile Cases Trial judge free to examine Virbhadra in graft case: Court January 8, 2012 / January 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union minister and former chief minister Virbhadra Singh Saturday again failed to get any reprieve from the Himachal Pradesh High Court in a corruption case registered against him and his wife by the state’s vigilance and anti-corruption bureau in 2009. The trial court was free to examine the accused, said the high court. The division […] Read more » Chief Justice Kurian Joseph Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice V K Ahuja Virbhadra in graft case
Top Law News Court relief for man who tape recorded proceedings January 8, 2012 / January 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has set aside its earlier order of sending a businessman for mental check-up for recording court proceedings on his mini-tape recorder. The division bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice R.V. Easwar Friday said that till Jan 23, the next date of hearing, the order for mental check-up of Deepak Khosla […] Read more » Delhi High Court Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences Justice R.V. Easwar Justice Sanjiv Khanna
High Profile Cases 2G: Swamy submits documents against Chidambaram January 8, 2012 / January 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy will present his case for making home minister P Chidambaram an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam in a special court on January 21. Swamy told the CBI special court on Saturday that the evidence submitted revealed “connivance, collusion and consent” of Chidambaram with former telecoms minister A Raja […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation scam CBI Special court Home Minister P. Chidambaram Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy Special CBI Judge OP Saini
Criminal Law News Aarushi murder: Supreme Court orders trial of slain teenager’s parents January 6, 2012 / January 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major setback to dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar, the Supreme Court today cleared the decks for their trial in their daughter Aarushi’s murder case. A bench of justices A K Ganguly and J S Khehar dismissed the couple’s plea to quash criminal proceedings against them in the sensational 2008 case involving the […] Read more » Aarushi murder Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice J.S. Khehar Supreme Court
Top Law News Agra lawyers to step up stir for high court bench January 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers in the five districts of Agra division have decided to intensify their agitation for an Allahabad High Court bench in this city. And this will include a siege to the Taj Mahal. Agra shutdown will be observed Jan 16, followed by a ‘gherao’ of the Taj Jan 21. Lawyers in Mathura, Firozabad, Aligarh, Hathras, […] Read more » advocate Rajvir Singh Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court bench high court bench in Agra
Top Law News Lawyers’ protest stays new petition format in Jharkhand January 6, 2012 / January 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jharkhand High Court Friday kept in abeyance a new format for petitions after lawyers protested. The format issued by the court Thursday sought petitioners’ caste, religion, sex, telephone number, e-mail id and other details. The lawyers had lodged their protest terming it impractical. “The notice issued Jan 4 in relation to computerised presentation form […] Read more » Jharkhand High Court Subodh Dubey
High Profile Cases Sukh Ram in coma, says counsel January 6, 2012 / January 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Sukh Ram in coma, says counsel Former telecom minister Sukh Ram, who was to surrender in a graft case, had gone into a coma, his counsel told a Delhi court Friday. The 84-year-old ex-minister has been undergoing treatment at a hospital here. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Ramesh Sharma listed the matter for Saturday as the concerned judge is […] Read more » CBI judge Ramesh Sharma Delhi court former telecom minister Sukh Ram graft case
Criminal Law News Jama Masjid blast: Judicial custody of six accused extended January 6, 2012 / January 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court on Thursday extended till Jan 19 the judicial custody of six accused in the 2010 Jama Masjid firing and blast in which two foreigners were injured. Police told the court that they were awaiting the forensic report of bullet shells found at the site of September 2010 incident. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav […] Read more » " Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav Jama Masjid blast Judicial custody of six accused extended
High Profile Cases 2G: Cross examination of Raja’s ex-aide concludes January 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Aseervartham Achary, ex-aide of jailed former communications minister A. Raja, has denied that he was tutored by the CBI before appearing as a witness in a special court here. His cross-examination by the defence concluded Thursday. He said that it was wrong to suggest that he remembered only those facts fed to him by the […] Read more » 2G scam former communications minister A. Raja special Judge O.P. Saini
High Profile Cases Virbhadra graft case: Court reserves order January 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday reserved its orders on the petition of Union minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife seeking quashing of a corruption case filed against them. The two also petitioned for a stay on the trial court proceedings in the case or to transfer the investigation into the case to the […] Read more » Chief Justice Kurian Joseph Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice V K Ahuja Virbhadra graft case
Top Law News Sukh Ram’s surrender put off by court till Friday January 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday put off by a day former telecom minister Sukh Ram’s surrender in the 1996 equipment purchase scam. The 84-year-old ex-minister could not appear in court as he is undergoing treatment at a hospital here. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Dharmesh Sharma ordered two other convicts, former deputy director-general of […] Read more » CBI Special Judge Sanjiv Jain Delhi court former telecom minister Sukh Ram Special Judge Dharmesh Sharma
High Profile Cases 2G scam: Loop Telecom, Essar move high court January 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Loop Telecom and Essar Group, accused in the 2G spectrum scam, Thursday moved the Delhi High Court pleading that their case should not be heard by a special CBI court as they have not been charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Justices B.D. Ahmed and V.K. Jain will hear their plea Jan 10. The […] Read more » 2G scam Delhi High Court Justice B.D. Ahmed Justice V.K. Jain