Criminal Law News Court gives bail to nine in 2006 Malegaon blasts case November 5, 2011 / November 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act special court here Saturday granted bail to all nine accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts that killed 37 people, as the National Investigation Agency decided not to oppose their pleas, a lawyer said. “MCOCA Special Judge Y.D. Shinde granted bail to all nine accused after the NIA formally […] Read more » 2006 Malegaon blasts case Judge Y.D. Shinde Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act special court
High Profile Cases 2G scam: Kanimozhi, three others move high court for bail November 5, 2011 / November 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on 2G scam: Kanimozhi, three others move high court for bail DMK MP Kanimozhi and three others accused in the 2G case Saturday moved Delhi High Court seeking bail, two days after a CBI special court turned down their plea. Kanimozhi, who is in jail since May, along with Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar, directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd Asif Balwa and Rajiv […] Read more » 2G scam Bollywood producer Karim Morani Delhi High Court Kanimozhi
Criminal Law News Mumbai molesters sent to judicial custody November 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai court on Friday remanded four youths, charged with the killing of two young men who protested their attempts to harass their women friends, in judicial custody till Nov 18, police said. The four accused – Deepak Thival, 18, Sunil Bodhe, 20, Jitendra Rane, 25, and Satish Dulhaj, 35, were arrested for assaulting Keenan […] Read more » D.N. Nagar police station judicial custody Mumbai court Mumbai molesters
Criminal Law News ‘Killers’ of man, who turns out to be alive, set free November 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday released, on bail, four members of a family who were sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a person who later surfaced to tell the court that he was alive. But the release came only after they had spent a decade in jail. Granting the bail, a bench of Justice RM […] Read more » Justice HL Gokhale Justice RM Lodha Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Delhi student’s murder case transferred to Crime Branch November 4, 2011 / November 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High court Friday dismissed a plea seeking a CBI probe into the killing of 20-year-old engineering student Shobit Modi in May and transferred the case to the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police “The investigation to be carried out by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police under the direct supervision of the concerned […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Mukta Gupta student Shobit Modi murder case
Top Law News Madras High Court stays decision to shift Anna Library November 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court Friday stayed the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to convert the newly-built Anna Centenary Library (ACL) here into a super specialty paediatric hospital while shifting the library to a different location. Hearing two public suits filed by advoctes R Prabhakaran and P Pugazhendhi, the high court issued notice to the government and […] Read more » advocte P Pugazhendhi advocte R Prabhakaran Madras High Court shift Anna Library
High Profile Cases Satyam’s Ramalinga Raju, two others get bail November 4, 2011 / November 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jailed erstwhile Satyam Computers Services Ltd founder chairman B. Ramalinga Raju, his brother B. Rama Raju and former chief financial officer V. Srinivas were Friday granted bail by the Supreme Court. An supreme court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Dipak Misra said from the facts of the case and considering the totality of the […] Read more » Hyderabad's Chanchalguda central jail Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Dipak Misra Satyam's Ramalinga Raju
Top Law News Supreme Court dismisses plea by retired judge November 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a petition by Justice Dharamveer Sharma (retired) seeking to be appointed to the National Green Tribunal. Justice Sharma, a retired judge of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, is well known for his dissenting Ayodhya judgment wherein he ruled that the disputed site was the birthplace of Lord […] Read more » Ayodhya judgment Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Dharamveer Sharma Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court
Top Law News Notice to centre on MPs facing criminal charges November 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government on a petition seeking fast tracking of cases against 162 MPs facing serious criminal charges. The supreme court bench headed by Justice P. Sathasivam issued notice on a petition by former chief election commissioner (CEC) J.M. Lyngdoh who sought the transfer of all the cases to […] Read more » criminal charges Justice P. Sathasivam Notice to centre on MPs
Intellectual Property News De-seal flats in Games Village, court tells DDA November 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday pulled up the Delhi Development Authority for sealing 65 flats in the Commonwealth Games Village near the Yamuna river. The housing agency was told to de-seal within two days the houses belonging to a group of petitioners. Criticising and rejecting the DDA contention that the flats had been built in […] Read more » DDA De-seal flats in Games Village Delhi High Court Justice Hima Kohli
High Profile Cases supreme court judge withdraws from Jayalalithaa case November 4, 2011 / November 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on supreme court judge withdraws from Jayalalithaa case The Supreme Court Thursday put off for a day the hearing on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s petition, challenging a Bangalore court’s order that directed her to appear before it again Nov 8 in disproportionate assets case, after a judge withdrew from the bench. The supreme court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Justice T.S. Thakur […] Read more » Jayalalithaa case Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Dipak Misra Justice T.S. Thakur Supreme Court judge
Top Law News Newborn’s death: Rights panel seeks report in 15 days November 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after a newborn died in a sub-divisional hospital in this West Bengal district after the mother was allegedly swabbed with an acidic solution instead of a disinfectant, India’s apex child rights panel Thursday demanded an investigation into the incident and an action taken report (ATR) within 15 days. ‘In the wake of an […] Read more » National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Newborn’s death