Criminal Law News CBI may seek arrest warrant against Rajasthan lawmaker December 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI is likely to move a court here Monday for an arrest warrant against Rajasthan Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi for not appearing for questioning in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, sources said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been quizzing three sons of the legislator for the past two days […] Read more » arrest warrant CBI missing nurse Bhanwari Devi Rajasthan lawmaker
High Profile Cases Missing nurse case: CBI mulls legal action against lawmaker December 18, 2011 / December 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI is likely to take legal action against Rajasthan Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi for ignoring its four summons and not appearing for questioning in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, sources said Saturday. 0You recommend thisYou don’t recommend thisShare The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday once again searched some of Bishnoi’s […] Read more » CBI mulls legal action against lawmaker Missing nurse case Rajasthan Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi
Criminal Law News Six convicted for terror attack on Indian Institute of Science December 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Six people, suspected to be members of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), were Saturday held guilty of the attack at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here in 2005 that killed a retired professor. The quantum of punishment will be announced Dec 19 by Judge V. R. Revankar of the fast track court here. The convicted […] Read more » Indian Institute of Science Judge V. R. Revankar Lashkar-e-Taiba
High Profile Cases 2G case: Swamy deposes against Chidambaram December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Appearing before a special CBI court here Saturday, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy deposed against Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to prove his alleged complicity in the 2G spectrum scam. Swamy told Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special Judge O.P. Saini: “The prime minister’s speech delivered on the floor of parliament in February clearly proves […] Read more » 2G case special Judge O.P. Saini Swamy deposes against Chidambaram
Top Law News Court rejects petition challenging minister’s election December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh High Court Friday dismissed a petition challenging School Education Minister Archana Chitnis’s election from Burhanpur constituency in the 2008 assembly polls. Justice R.C. Mishra also slapped a fine of Rs.10,000 on the petitioner saying that it was a frivolous plea with no substantial evidence to prove the allegations, the minister’s advocate, Mrigendra […] Read more » Justice R.C. Mishra Madhya Pradesh High Court School Education Minister Archana Chitnis's
Top Law News Supeme court declines order on national medical entrance test December 17, 2011 / December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined to pass an order on the central government’s plea seeking amendment of the Medical Council of India’s December 2010 notification to hold a National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate medical courses from academic year 2013-14 instead of 2012-13. Apparently not pleased with the latest position of the central government, a […] Read more » Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu national medical entrance test Supreme Court
High Profile Cases ‘Police crackdown on Ramdev was decided in advance’ December 17, 2011 / December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told Friday that the Delhi Police operation for evicting yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters from Ramlila ground on the night of June 4/5 was taken in advance at the instance of Home Minister P. Chidambram. ‘They did to Baba Ramdev exactly what they did to Anna Hazare two months […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court yoga guru Baba Ramdev
Top Law News Supreme court judge recuses himself from hearing PIL on army chief’s age December 17, 2011 / December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court judge Justice T.S. Thakur Friday recused himself from hearing a petition seeking the quashing of the defence ministry’s July 21, 2011 order fixing Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh’s date of birth as May 10, 1950. As a consequence of this order, the army chief will retire a year earlier than he would have […] Read more » judge Justice T.S. Thakur Justice B.S. Chauhan Supreme Court
Top Law News Arrest warrant issued against Mukesh Ambani December 17, 2011 / December 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A bailable arrest warrant has been issued against Reliance Group of Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani by a Kerala consumer forum for his failure to pay a Rs.24,000 fine to a person who had purchased a mobile from a Reliance outlet in 2003. The case before the Thirissur Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum dates back to 2003 […] Read more » advocate Seby J. Pulley Kerala consumer forum Reliance Group of Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani
High Profile Cases Andhra ex-official’s bail stayed in mining case December 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court Friday suspended the grant of bail to former bureaucrat V.D. Rajagopal in the illegal mining case that involves former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and his Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC). The special court dealing with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases Thursday granted bail to Rajagopal but within three […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court former bureaucrat V.D. Rajagopal illegal mining case
High Profile Cases Sidharth Behura’s bail plea dismissed by Delhi High Court December 16, 2011 / December 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi high court on Friday dismissed the bail plea of former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Justice V K Shali had reserved the order on the bail plea of Behura on December 1. Only Behura and former telecom minister A Raja, who were arrested on February 2, are left […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice V.K. Shali Sidharth Behura
High Profile Cases Illegal mining: Court gives bail to ex-official, stays order December 15, 2011 / December 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court in Andhra Pradesh Thursday granted bail to former bureaucrat V.D. Rajagopal in the illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy but later stayed its own order till Dec 19. A few hours after granting conditional bail to Rajagopal, former vice chairman and managing director […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh special court former bureaucrat V.D. Rajagopal illegal mining case