High Profile Cases Paternity case: ND Tiwari to give blood for DNA test, rules Delhi HC April 27, 2012 / April 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback for Congress veteran N D Tiwari, the Delhi High Court ruled Friday that the leader will have to provide his blood sample for DNA test in a paternity suit. One Rohit Shekhar has taken Tiwari to court, claiming the octogenarian is his biological father. Tiwari, who has been extremely reluctant to give […] Read more » blood for DNA test Congress veteran N D Tiwari Delhi HC Delhi High Court DNA test ND Tiwari Paternity case
High Profile Cases Bangaru Laxman graft case : Court decision Today April 27, 2012 / April 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here will Friday pronounce its verdict in a 10-year-old graft case against former Bharatiya Janata Party president Bangaru Laxman for allegedly accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer. Additional Sessions Judge Kanwaljeet Arora had April 2 reserved his order in the case. The corruption charges were framed against Laxman May 2011 by […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Kanwaljeet Arora Bangaru Laxman Bangaru Laxman graft case Delhi court former Bharatiya Janata Party president Bangaru Laxman graft case
High Profile Cases Digvijay Singh : Court dismisses case April 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed a private complaint against Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh after the complainant failed to appear before the court twice. Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja dismissed the plea of Sushil Kumar Sharma seeking to register case against Digvijay Singh for assaulting him, saying he has not appeared in the court to […] Read more » Congress leader Congress spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi Delhi court Digvijay Singh Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja Sushil Kumar Sharma
High Profile Cases Court to rule on summoning of army chief May 5 April 27, 2012 / April 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday will deliver on May 5 its order on a plea by Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh seeking summoning of army chief Gen. V.K. Singh and initiation of defamation proceedings against him for allegedly accusing him of bribery. After seeking some clarification from Tejinder Singh, Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar fixed May 5 […] Read more » Army Chief Gen V K Singh army vice chief Lt. Gen. S.K. Singh Delhi court Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar
High Profile Cases Real estate case : Mistry falsely implicated April 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tata Group chairman-designate Cyrus Mistry is being falsely implicated in a case related to a real estate firm in which the Bombay High Court issued notice to his father Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry, a statement issued Wednesday said. “Cyrus Mistry is in no way concerned in the said petition… and his name has been dragged into […] Read more » Bombay High Court Cyrus Mistry estate case Real estate case Tata Group chairman-designate Cyrus Mistry
High Profile Cases 2G trial judge can’t hear cheating case: Telecom firm April 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A telecom company’s counsel told the Supreme Court Wednesday that the special Delhi court conducting the trial of 2G cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act could not take up the cases against Essar Teleholdings Ltd. and Loop Telecom Ltd, who have been booked for cheating. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and […] Read more » 2G 2G case 2G trial 2G trial cheating case Delhi court Essar Teleholdings Ltd. former communications minister A. Raja Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Loop Telecom Ltd special Judge O.P. Saini Supreme Court Telecom firm
High Profile Cases 2G case : Supreme Court reserves order on Chidambaram April 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved its order on whether to issue notice to union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on a plea of Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy seeking to make him a co-accused along with former telecom minister A. Raja in the 2G pricing case. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan […] Read more » 2G case CBI judge O.P. Saini Home Minister P. Chidambaram Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases BJP seeks answers as Singhvi resigns amid CD row April 24, 2012 / April 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said that Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi should explain in Parliament why he has quit as chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice. “It is a serious matter and the party has not given any statement on the standing committee, we hope he will make […] Read more » amid CD row Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader Arun Jaitley BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Congress media cell chief Janardhan Dwivedi Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi controversial CD allegedly Delhi Bar Association Rajiv Khosla Kerala High Court Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee cultural cell vice chief Guru S Nair Party spokesperson Rashid Alvi Singhvi resigns amid CD row
High Profile Cases CBI files second charge sheet in Jagan assets case April 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday filed the second set of formal charges in an Andhra Pradesh court in a case involving the alleged illegal assets of YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy. The 47-page supplementary charge sheet filed in the CBI special court here has named Jaganmohan Reddy, who is popularly known […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Jagan assets case Jagati Publications Private Ltd. (JPPL) Vijay Sai Reddy YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy
High Profile Cases Videograph court proceedings to ensure accurate reporting: Prashant Bhushan April 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eminent lawyer Prashant Bhushan has told the Supreme Court that to ensure fair and accurate reporting, proceedings of the Supreme Court and of the high courts should be videographed and made publicly available, as is done for parliament. “In order to avoid inaccurate or one-sided reporting” Bhushan told the apex court constitution bench to direct […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice D.K. Jain Justice J.S. Khehar Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Justice S.S.Nijjar lawyer Prashant Bhushan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Adarsh scam: Court rejects bail plea of accused April 22, 2012 / April 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Saturday rejected the bail applications of six accused in the Adarsh housing scam arrested in March and April, officials said. “Of the nine accused, two had applied for bail for the first time, while four accused applied the second time. Three accused in the case had applied […] Read more » Adarsh housing scam CBI counsel Ejaz Khan Justice J.A. Patil Maj.Gen. (retd) T. K. Kaul
High Profile Cases 2G: Arguments on charges against Essar, Loop promoters from May 3 April 22, 2012 / April 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Saturday fixed May 3 for commencement of arguments on framing of charges in the case arising out of the 2G spectrum allocation scam involving promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom. Special CBI Judge O P Saini listed the case for arguments on charges on May 3-4 and May 7-8. Besides […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation scam Delhi court Essar Group Loop Telecom Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini