Criminal Law News Hasan Ali challenges custody in Supreme Court March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hasan Ali, the country’s top-most tax evader under investigation for stashing away huge amounts of money abroad, Thursday challenged in the Supreme Court his “illegal” custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). An apex court bench of Justice B Sudarshan Reddy and Justice SS Nijjar, however, declined to entertain Ali’s plea on the grounds that there […] Read more » challenges custody Enforcement Directorate Hasan Ali Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice SS Nijjar Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Shiney Ahuja jailed for 7 years for raping maid March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Shiney Ahuja jailed for 7 years for raping maid A court here Wednesday sentenced actor Shiney Ahuja to seven years in jail after he was found guilty of raping his maid in 2009. As Judge P.M. Chauhan of the Sewri fast track sessions court delivered the judgement, Ahuja broke down in the court. The verdict came despite the maid turning hostile during the trial. […] Read more » 7 years jailed Judge P.M. Chauhan maid raping Shiney Ahuja
Criminal Law News Court upholds life term for teacher who hijacked plane March 30, 2011 / March 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday upheld the order of a trial court awarding a life sentence to a teacher who posed as a human bomb and hijacked a Chennai-bound Indian Airlines flight in 1993 to highlight corruption. Hari Singh hijacked the plane, which took off from Delhi, March 27, 1993. He was convicted by the […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court hijacked plane Justice G.P. Mittal Justice S. Ravindra Bhat lawyer Sandeep Sethi life term teacher upholds
Criminal Law News Salwa Judum has gone out of control: Agnivesh March 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Salwa Judum – a civil militia movement Chhattisgarh launched in 2005 to counter leftist insurgency – has gone out of control, social activist Swami Agnivesh said Sunday, a day after being attacked by Salwa Judum cadres and special police officers (SPOs) in Dantewada district. ‘Salwa Judum leadership is in the wrong hands. It has gone […] Read more » Agnivesh out of control Salwa Judum
Criminal Law News Agnivesh attacked by protesters, two officials transferred March 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Social activist Swami Agnivesh and media persons accompanying him were Saturday assaulted by some people, suspected to be special police officers (SPOs), in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district while they were on way to a forested area where policemen had allegedly burnt down over 200 huts of tribals. Top district officials were transferred after the incident. Dozens […] Read more »
Criminal Law News Two DDA employees, aide sent to jail in corruption case March 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday awarded varying jail terms, with a maximum of three years, to two Delhi Development Authority (DDA) employees and their accomplice in a corruption case. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Pradeep Chaddah said: ‘The menace of corruption has entered into each and every segment of the society. Because lenient views […] Read more » 'DDA Assistant Director Pradeep Kumar Sharma aide Central Bureau of Investigation clerk Ved Prakash corruption case DDA Delhi Development Authority employees jail sent two
Criminal Law News Hemraj’s wife moves court saying Talwars killed him March 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The wife of domestic help Hemraj, who was murdered along with Noida teenager Aarushi Talwar in 2008, Saturday filed an application before a court here alleging that her husband was killed by his employers and the girl’s parents. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court will record the statement of Khukla Banjade, wife of Hemraj […] Read more » Aarushi Talwar Central Bureau of Investigation Court Hemraj killed moves Talwars wife
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Congress seeks time in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case March 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Congress Party has sought time till June 24 from a US court to respond to charges of “conspiring, aiding, abetting” the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 in a case filed by a community group. Adam Finkel, from New York-based law firm Sabharwal Nordin & Finkel which is also a counsel for Union Minister Kamal Nath […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots case Congress
Criminal Law News Bill introduced to tackle bribery by foreigners March 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Friday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to seek extradition of and punish foreign officials involved in bribery in India – a provision not covered by domestic anti-corruption laws. According to the proposed law, any person ‘holding a legislative, executive, administrative or judicial office of a foreign country’ found accepting or giving […] Read more » bill bribery domestic anti-corruption laws foreigners tackle V. Narayanasamy
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Niira Radia seeks stay on release of film based on her life March 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Corporate lobbyist Niira Radia Thursday approached the Delhi High Court which issued a notice to the producer of the film “Monica-the Politics of Murder” on her plea against the release of the movie on the ground that it depicts her private life in a “scandalous” manner. Kush Bhargava, a Lucknow-based Congress leader, is the producer […] Read more » Censor Board Justice V.K. Jain Niira Radia release stay Vaishnavi Corporate Communications Private Ltd
Criminal Law News Yeddyurappa faces police probe over land deal March 24, 2011 / March 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bangalore court Thursday ordered a police probe into a private complaint against Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa over a land deal. The investigation is to be completed by May 4. The probe will be conducted by the police attached to the state Lokayukta (ombudsman), Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge C.B. Hipparagi ordered. He is […] Read more » Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa faces Governor H.R. Bhardwaj land deal police probe Sessions Judge C.B. Hipparagi Yeddyurappa
Criminal Law News Hasan Ali associate arrested March 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Thursday arrested Kolkata-based businessman Kashinath Tapuriah here for his alleged association with Hasan Ali Khan, said to the India’s biggest tax evader, sources in the probe agency said. To be presented at a Mumbai court later in the day, Tapuriah (74) is alleged to have played a major role in the […] Read more » arrested associate Enforcement Directorate Hasan Ali Kashinath Tapuriah Kolkata-based businessman