High Profile Cases HC grants bail to ex-BSP MP July 13, 2016 / July 14, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to former BSP leader and Rajya Sabha member Narendra Kashyap who is in jail since April this year in connection with the murder of his daughter-in-law. Justice Bachchu Lal passed the order on the bail application of Kashyap whose daughter-in-law Himanshi was found dead inside a bathroom at […] Read more » Allahabad High Court bail to former BSP leader and Rajya Sabha member Court featured Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Coal scam: SC panel indicts ex-CBI chief Ranjit Sinha July 12, 2016 / July 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha has been indicted by a Supreme Court-appointed panel which has held that prima facie there was an attempt to influence investigation into the coal block allocation scam. The court also pulled up CBI for its sluggish probe in the coal scam that had taken place during the UPA government’s tenure […] Read more » coal scam Criminal news featured legalnews Ranjit Sinha Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Sabrimala matter may be referred to constitution bench: SC July 11, 2016 / July 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today indicated that it may refer to a five-judge constitution bench the issue of the centuries-old practice of barring entry of women between 10 and 50 years of age to the historic Sabarimala temple, saying it pertains to violation of fundamental rights. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra observed that […] Read more » constitution bench Court featured Law Legal News Sabrimala matter Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Maran brothers appear before special court, move bail pleas July 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and four others today appeared before a special court in pursuance of the summons issued to them in a Aircel-Maxis deal-related money laundering case and moved their bail pleas. Besides Maran brothers, Kalanithi’s wife Kavery Kalanithi and K Shanmugam, Managing Director of South Asia FM Ltd […] Read more » Aircel-Maxis deal Court Dayanidhi Maran featured Law legalnews money laundering case move bail pleas Special court
High Profile Cases Hate speech case: Court issues notice to BJP MP July 8, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A local court has issued notice to BJP MP Varun Gandhi asking him to appear in court in connection with a 2009 hate speech case. The notice was sent to Varun yesterday by District Judge Kautilya Kumar Gaur through the Lok Sabha Speaker as he did not appear in the court. The court fixed September […] Read more » BJP Court featured hate speech case issues notice to BJP MP Law Legal News Varun Gandhi
High Profile Cases Minority tag of AMU: Govt to withdraw plea against HC verdict July 7, 2016 / July 8, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Government has told the Supreme Court that it will withdraw its appeal, filed by the erstwhile UPA government, challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict holding that the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is not a minority institution. “We (government) have filed an affidavit stating that we will withdraw the appeal,” Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said, adding […] Read more » Court featured Govt to withdraw plea against Allahabad HC verdict Law Legal News Minority tag of AMU
High Profile Cases SC raps Google, Yahoo for failing to check pre-birth test ads July 5, 2016 / July 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Supreme Court today pulled up online search engines like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for failing to check advertisements pertaining to pre-natal sex determination saying they were patently violating Indian law. A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and R Banumathi asked the Centre to convene a meeting of technical experts and the search engines within 10 […] Read more » check pre-birth test ads Court featured Google Law Legal News Supreme Court Yahoo
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Hit-&-run: SC admits appeal ag’st Salman’s acquittal July 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Supreme Court today admitted for final hearing the appeal of Maharashtra government challenging the acquittal of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case, but refused to fast-track the proceedings. “Leave granted. Petition is admitted for final hearing,” a bench of Justices J S Khehar and Arun Mishra said. The apex court, however, did […] Read more » Court featured hit-&-run case Law Legal News Salman Khan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Mallya cheque bounce cases: Court adjourns order till Aug 4 July 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Hyderabad court on Tuesday adjourned till August 4 its order on quantum of punishment in the two bounced-cheque cases filed against beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. Third Special Court Magistrate M Krishna Rao had on April 20 convicted Mallya and others in connection with the bouncing of two cheques […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured hyderabad Court Law Vijay Mallya cheque bounce cases
High Profile Cases Court accepts Class 12 ‘topper’ as minor in cheating July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A district court here today accepted that the controversial Humanities ‘topper’ in the Bihar Intermediate Examination, who has been arrested in connection with an examination cheating racket, is a minor. Special Vigilance court judge Raghvendra Kumar Singh accepted that the girl is a minor on the basis of her matriculation certificate which mentioned her date […] Read more » Bihar Intermediate Examination Bihar School Examination Board BSEB Class 12 'topper' as minor in cheating Court Criminal news featured Legal News Special Investigation Team
High Profile Cases Gujarat HC stays order to give info on PM Modi’s degree to Kejriwal July 1, 2016 / July 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court today stayed the Central Information Commission’s order asking the Gujarat University to provide information on the degree earned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi accepted the varsity’s demand for stay. It also […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal featured Gujarat High Court lawcourt Legal News PM Modi's degree
High Profile Cases SC dismisses plea of Dera Sacha Sauda chief in rape case July 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court dismissed a plea of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh seeking more handwriting samples of an alleged rape victim in a 14-year-old case, asking whether a woman is available, just because she writes “Babaji, I love you”. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan said the tenor and […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law plea of Dera Sacha Sauda chief rape case Supreme Court
