High Profile Cases Top Law News I am being projected as dracula, Asaram tells SC November 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Spiritual guru Asaram told the Supreme Court he was being projected as a dracula who drank children’s blood, but the apex court Friday declined to restrain media – both print and visual – from carrying news reports about his conduct. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said that it cannot ask […] Read more » Asaram projected as dracula projected as dracula Asaram
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court summons BJP leaders on Jethmalani’s suit October 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday issued summons to the BJP and its parliamentary board members on a civil defamation case filed by veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani over his expulsion from the party May 28. Jethmalani demanded Rs.50 lakh in damages jointly from the board members, barring BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and the ailing […] Read more » Court summons BJP leaders on Jethmalani's suit
High Profile Cases Top Law News Remove restrictions on Irom Sharmila: NHRC October 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended that the Manipur government immediately remove the “arbitrary restrictions” on Irom Sharmila, who has been fast since November 2000 seeking repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from the state, an official statement said Wednesday. The commission, in a communication to the state chief secretary, said […] Read more » Remove restrictions on Irom Sharmila
High Profile Cases Top Law News Delhi Police file report on complaint against Geelani October 30, 2013 / October 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Police Tuesday filed an action taken report (ATR) in a court here on a complaint seeking an FIR against separatist Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani and three others for allegedly instilling hatred among people of the state and other parts of India. The ATR was submitted in a sealed cover before Metropolitan Magistrate Prashant […] Read more » complaint against Geelani Delhi Police file report Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani report on complaint against Geelani
High Profile Cases Top Law News Aarushi case: Talwars question weapons theory October 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case, the lawyers defending dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar Tuesday raised serious questions about the murder weapons shown by the prosecution. In their plea, defence lawyer Satyaketu Singh submitted that five weapons – hammer, knife, khukri, golf stick and surgical scalpel – had surfaced during investigation by the […] Read more » Aarushi case Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case Talwars question weapons theory
High Profile Cases Top Law News Every document filed in court not in public domain says Tata October 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Industrialist Ratan Tata Friday contended in the Supreme Court that every document filed in the court could not be carried by media by deeming it being in public domain. “First of all this public domain theory is wrong. Simply that something is filed in the court is assumed to be in public domain,” senior counsel […] Read more » document filed in court not in public domain Industrialist Ratan Tata Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice Gopala Gowda
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Top Law News Aarushi case: Talwars rubbish CBI sudden provocation theory October 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case, the defence trashed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) theory that dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar killed their daughter and their servant following a sudden provocation after catching them in a compromising position. Defence lawyer Satyketu Singh submitted that chappals were found on Hemraj’s feet. “Can a man […] Read more » Aarushi case
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court not to stay proceedings against Jwala October 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday refused to stay the inquiry proceedings by a committee set up by the Badminton Association of India (BAI) against India’s top doubles player Jwala Gutta for her alleged indiscipline. Justice V.K. Jain, who had Oct 10 asked BAI to allow Jwala to take part in national and international tournaments, said […] Read more » Justice V.K. Jain proceedings against Jwala top doubles player Jwala Gutta
High Profile Cases Top Law News Jethmalani sues BJP October 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani on Friday filed a civil defamation case against the BJP parliamentary board in the Delhi high court over his expulsion from the party on May 28. Jethmalani demanded Rs 50 lakh in damages jointly from the board members, barring Narendra Modi and the ailing Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He asked the […] Read more » civil defamation case against the BJP parliamentary board Jethmalani expulsion from the BJP party Jethmalani seeks Rs 50 lakh in damages for expulsion seeks Rs 50 lakh in damages for expulsion
Family Law News High Profile Cases Top Law News You cannot create separate island for bureaucrats’ kids: HC October 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the city’s Sanskriti School, run by spouses of top bureaucrats, the reason for a separate school for their children and expressed its displeasure over it receiving government funds. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Manmohan, expressing unhappiness over the separate school and funding received by […] Read more » Chief Justice N.V. Ramana create separate island for bureaucrats' kids island for bureaucrats' kids Justice Manmohan
High Profile Cases Top Law News CBI files status report on coal block allocations October 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday filed a status report with the Supreme Court on the progress of its investigation into the irregularities in allocation of coal blocks. The agency filed the status reports in a sealed cover with the apex court registry. The court is monitoring the investigation. The status report gives the […] Read more » CBI files status report on coal block coal block allocations
High Profile Cases Top Law News SC declines to pass order on Asaram’s plea October 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to pass any order on spiritual guru Asaram Bapu’s plea seeking to restrain media from carrying on speculative reporting in the allegation of rape against him but reiterated its 2012 guidelines on media reporting of sub-judice cases. Declining to pass any order on Asaram’s plea, the apex court bench of […] Read more » Chief Justice P Sathasivam Justice Ranjan Gogoi order on Asaram's plea SC declines to pass order on Asaram's plea
