High Profile Cases Indian-origin British lawyer fights for Kargil martyr December 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Twelve years after the Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan, a new ‘battle’ is on – to get justice for an Indian Army officer who was tortured by Pakistani troops for days before his mutilated body was handed back. British lawyer of Indian origin Jas Uppal has launched an international campaign to highlight the plight […] Read more » Indian-origin British lawyer fights for Kargil martyr Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan
Top Law News Lokpal: Anna Hazare to start day-long fast December 11, 2011 / December 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare will today start his day-long fast at Jantar Mantar against the Parliamentary Standing Committee report on Lokpal Bill. Hazare has reached at the Rajghat, memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, to pay tributes to the Father of the Nation. The 74-year-old social activist will go to Jantar Mantar where he will sit on […] Read more » Anna Hazare to start day-long fast Lokpal Bill Social activist Anna Hazare
Criminal Law News Missing nurse case: Legislator skips CBI questioning December 11, 2011 / December 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajasthan Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi Saturday did not turn up for CBI interrogation in the case of missing nurse Bhawnari Devi, sources said. His relatives told probe agency officials that he was away in Delhi. He was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) a day earlier, they said. “Malkhan Singh had been […] Read more » Legislator skips CBI questioning Missing nurse case Rajasthan Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi
Criminal Law News Hospital fire: Seven directors sent to police custody December 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Seven directors of city-based AMRI Hospital – where a fire killed 90 people the day before – were Saturday sent to 10 days’ police custody by a court here while hundreds of protestors outside the court premises demanded death penalty for them and lawyers vowed not to defend them. The Advanced Medicare and Research Institute […] Read more » AMRI Hospital fire Chief Judicial Magistrate S.M. Shahnawaz Khan Seven directors sent to police custody
Criminal Law News Dead Man Alive: Supreme Court Asks Jhansi Court to Probe December 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two step brothers had similar names and one of them was allegedly murdered 11 years ago. The three men convicted for the crime have told the supreme court they were falsely implicated and given life imprisonment in the murder that never was as the brother is actually alive. The apex court Friday directed a Jhansi court […] Read more » Jhansi Court Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
Top Law News Look into nurses’ grievance, supreme court tells government December 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government to look into the nurses’ grievance that private hospitals were retaining their original professional certificates, thereby thwarting their chances of exploring better employment opportunities. A bench of Chief Justice S.H.Kapadia, Justice A.K.Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar asked Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerji to look into the matter […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court
Top Law News Court stays information panel’s order to RBI on RTI plea December 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday stayed an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing the Reserve Bank of India to provide information regarding credit provided to industrialists by nationalized banks to a Right to Information (RTI) applicant. Justice Vipin Sanghi also issued notice to the RTI applicant, P.P. Kapoor, seeking his reply before the […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Vipin Sanghi RBI is exempted under section 8 (1) (a) Reserve Bank of India
High Profile Cases Krishna moves high court to quash illegal mining case December 10, 2011 / December 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Friday petitioned the Karnataka High Court to quash the illegal mining case against him, a day after police launched a probe into his alleged role in illegal mining when he was chief minister 1999-2004. The high court is likely to hear the petition Monday. Krishna has contended in the petition […] Read more » External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Judge N K Sudhindra Rao Karnataka High Court social activist T.J. Abraham
Criminal Law News Dey murder: Vora remanded to judicial custody till December 20 December 9, 2011 / December 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Friday remanded journalist Jigna Vora, the 11th accused arrested in the J. Dey murder case, to judicial custody till Dec 20. Special judge S.M. Modak of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court remanded her to judicial custody as the police did not seek her further custody. A team of […] Read more » Dey murder Special judge S.M. Modak Vora remanded to judicial custody till December 20
Top Law News Why security for those who don’t deserve: Supreme Court December 9, 2011 / December 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Why security for those who don’t deserve: Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over the taxpayers’ money spent on providing security to people who don’t deserve it. An apex court bench headed by Justice GS Singhvi observed: “How much we are spending on the security of the people who don’t deserve it?” The court made the observation while hearing a petition […] Read more » Justice GS Singhvi Supreme Court Why security for those who don't deserve
Top Law News Court stays republishing of article against NDTV December 9, 2011 / December 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday restricted ‘The Sunday Guardian’, a weekly newspaper, from republishing or recirculating the allegedly ‘defamatory’ article against NDTV television channel published Dec 5, 2010. A bench of Justice Manmohan Singh directed M.J. Akbar, editor of ‘The Sunday Guardian’ and others against republishing or recirculating the article which was alleged to have […] Read more » 'The Sunday Guardian' Delhi High Court Justice Manmohan Singh NDTV television channel
Top Law News Gujarat officer facing land scam probe may get bail December 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday indicated that it may grant bail to Gujarat cadre Indian Administrative Service officer Pradip Sharma, currently in Bhuj jail for his alleged involvement in a land scam. The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.P. Desai asked Sharma to give an undertaking that he would appear before the […] Read more » Gujarat officer facing land scam Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai Supreme Court