High Profile Cases Hardik’s actions no war against govt : Gujarat HC December 1, 2015 / December 2, 2015 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Hardik’s actions no war against govt : Gujarat HC In a partial relief to Patel quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel, the Gujarat High Court today dropped the charge of ‘waging war against government’ against him and his five aides but upheld the stringent sedition clause against them. Justice J B Pardiwala, after hearing the arguments, ordered the removal of three IPC sections in the […] Read more » featured Gujarat High Court Hardik patel Hardik's actions no war against govt : Gujarat HC Law Legal News
High Profile Cases SC dismisses PIL on Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship row November 30, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the citizenship row of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. The PIL had demanded that CBI register a case against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly declaring himself as a British national before company law authorities there. A bench comprising chief justice H L Dattu […] Read more » CBI Court featured Law Legal News Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi's citizenship row SC dismisses PIL on Rahul Gandhi's citizenship row Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Sheena Bora murder case: Peter Mukerjea undergoes polygraph test November 29, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI on Saturday conducted polygraph test on media tycoon Peter Mukerjea in connection with Sheena Bora murder case. The test was performed in New Delhi. A special court on Friday gave its nod to the investigating agency to conduct the test on Mukerjea. Peter, 59, was arrested on November 19 from his home in […] Read more » featured media tycoon Peter Mukerjea Peter Mukerjea undergoes polygraph test Sheena Bora murder case
High Profile Cases Court Accepts CBI’s Closure Report in Graft Case November 29, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court has accepted CBI’s closure report filed in a case lodged last year against 10 advertising agencies and unknown officials of Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) for allegedly causing loss to the state exchequer. CBI had registered the case on the allegations that during November 2011, the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) […] Read more » CBI's Closure Report CBI's Closure Report in Graft Case DAVP Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity featured graft case
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases DA case: 88-yr-old ex-joint secretary jailed for a year November 29, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An 88-year-old former joint secretary in the Ministry of Commerce has been sentenced to one year in jail by a Delhi court in an over 30-year-old case for amassing disproportionate assets of over Rs 23 lakh. The court awarded the jail term to Krishan Bahadur, resident of East of Kailash here, saying that if people […] Read more » DA case ex-joint secretary jailed for a year featured Krishan Bahadur
High Profile Cases Telephone exchange case: SC asks Maran to appear before CBI November 27, 2015 / November 28, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked former Telecom MinisterDayanidhi Maran to appear before CBI for six days, starting November 30, for questioning in the telephone exchange case. A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur, while extending the interim relief of protection against arrest to Maran, asked him to cooperate and answer the questions posed by […] Read more » CBI Dayanidhi Maran featured Law Legal News telephone exchange case Telephone exchange case: SC asks Maran to appear before CBI
High Profile Cases Coalscam: JIPL Dir seeks summoning ex-PM as defence witness November 26, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd (JIPL) Director R S Rungta, an accused in a coal block allocation scam case, today moved an application before a special court seeking to summon former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a witness in his defence in the case. Besides Singh, who was also the then Minister of Coal, Rungta also […] Read more » coal scam Coalscam: JIPL Dir seeks summoning ex-PM as defence witness Criminal news featured JIPL Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Sedition case filed against Aamir in Bihar court November 25, 2015 / November 26, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A complaint was filed in a court here today against film star Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao under various sections including sedition over his remarks on intolerance. The complaint was filed by advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Sushma Trivedi. The court fixed December one for hearing into […] Read more » Amir Khan BIHAR Bihar court Court featured Sedition case Sedition case filed against Aamir in Bihar court
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Bombay HC lets Shorabuddin’s brother to withdraw petition November 23, 2015 / November 24, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today permitted Rubabuddin Shaikh, brother of Sohrabuddin who was killed in an alleged fake encounter, to withdraw his petition challenging the discharge of BJP President Amit Shah from the case. Rubabuddin had sought withdrawal of the petition on grounds of ill health. Last month, the high court had given him time […] Read more » Bombay HC lets Shorabuddin's brother to withdraw petition Bombay High Court featured Law Legal News Shorabuddin's brother
High Profile Cases Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence November 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court today concluded recording of prosecution evidence in a coal block allocation scam case in which accused firm Rathi Steel and Power Limited (RSPL) and its three officials are facing trial. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar has now fixed the matter for recording of statements of accused on December 15. The court had […] Read more » coal scam Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence Court Criminal news featured Law
High Profile Cases CWG street lighting scam: Delhi HC grants bail to three convicts November 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A bench of Justice Indermeet Kaur enlarged MCD Executive Engineer O P Mahla, the civic body’s tender clerk Gurcharan Singh and private firm Sweka Powertech Engineering Pvt Ltd’s Director J P Singh on bail asking them to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 each to the satisfaction of the trial court. Besides these three, […] Read more » CWG street lighting scam: Delhi HC grants bail to three convicts CWG street-lighting scam Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Terrorism No Peripheral Problem For Southeast Asia: PM Modi at ASEAN November 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the shadow of the recent attacks in Paris, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underscored the importance of countering terrorism in southeast Asia at the ASEAN summit today. Terrorism is no longer a peripheral problem for the region, he said his address at the 10th East Asia Summit that’s being held in Malaysia. “The barbaric terrorist […] Read more » featured Terrorism No Peripheral Problem