High Profile Cases Court notice to government over Assamese film April 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the government and chairperson of the 59th National Film Awards on a plea seeking quashing the decision of the jury for not accepting the nomination of an Assamese film for the awards. The court issued notice to the information and broadcasting ministry and Rohini Hattangadi, chairperson and […] Read more » Assamese film for the awards Central Board of Film Certification Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
High Profile Cases Issue summons to Facebook through e-mail: Court April 19, 2012 / April 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court hearing a civil case against various social networking sites for allegedly displaying objectionable content Wednesday ordered that summons be served to US-based social networking site, Facebook through e-mail. Meanwhile petitioner’s counsel Santosh Pandey moved an application seeking the government should be brought as a plaintiff for proper adjudication of the case as […] Read more » Civil Judge Parveen Singh Delhi court facebook social networking sites
High Profile Cases 2G: Lawyers warned about irrelevant questions April 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Wednesday warned defence counsel to not waste court time by asking irrelevant questions to witnesses during the trial of the 2G spectrum case. “If such questions are persisted any further and are ruled to be irrelevant, they shall be subject to heavy cost as this is […] Read more » 2G spectrum case former telecom secretary Sidharath Behura Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini
High Profile Cases CBI court allows Kalmadi to go to Kazakhstan April 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sacked CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, facing trial in a games-related graft case, has been allowed by a Delhi court to visit Kazakhstan to attend a meeting of 73rd Asian Athletics Association Council. Besides Kalmadi, former OC Secretary General Lalit Bhanot, co-accused in the case of illegally awarding contract for installing a Timing-Scoring-Result (TSR) […] Read more » 73rd Asian Athletics Association Council CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi Delhi court graft case Kazakhstan special CBI judge Talwant Singh
High Profile Cases Bengal scientist gets bail April 18, 2012 / April 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Mamata Banerjee government finally bowed before the groundswell of support for the arrested scientist Partha Sarathi Ray. On Tuesday, a city court granted him bail after 10 days in jail custody. But the bail pleas of six others arrested with Ray on April 8 were denied. Ray’s arrest has been condemned by thousands of […] Read more » Mamata Banerjee government Nobel laureate Noam Chomsky Prime Minister Manmohan Singh scientist Partha Sarathi Ray
High Profile Cases Did not depose falsely against Raja: Ex-telecom secretary April 18, 2012 / April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former telecom secretary DS Mathur Tuesday told a special Delhi court hearing the 2G case that he did not depose falsely against former telecom minister A Raja. “It is wrong to suggest that I have deposed falsely against accused A Raja,” said Mathur before Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge OP Saini. He added […] Read more » 2G case Delhi court former Telecom Minister A. Raja Former Telecom Secretary DS Mathur Special Judge OP Saini
High Profile Cases Adarsh scam: Two sent to CBI custody till April 30 April 18, 2012 / April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Tuesday remanded two former Maharashtra bureaucrats to CBI custody till April 30 in the Adarsh housing scam, an official said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) April 3 arrested former municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak and retired information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari in connection with the scam. “Both, Phatak and Tiwari, have been […] Read more » Adarsh housing scam CBI Central Bureau of Investigation former municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak
High Profile Cases Abhishek Manu Singhvi’s Sex Scandal CD : Court Restrains Media April 17, 2012 / April 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 5 Comments on Abhishek Manu Singhvi’s Sex Scandal CD : Court Restrains Media Congress Leader & Spokesperson, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi is in the middle of a Sex Scandal. This controversy has stormed the Indian media and political world and both Advocate Singhvi as well as the Congress party is running for cover. His driver for several years Mukesh Kumar Lal has been accused of filming a Sex CD involving Abhishek Manu Singhvi with another leading advocate and […] Read more » Abhisekh Manu Singhvi CD Abhisekh Manu Singhvi Scandal Abhisekh Manu Singhvi Sex CD Abhishek Manu Singhvi Abhishek Manu Singhvi sex scandal cd Advocate Singhvi Sex CD Advocate Singhvi Sex Scandal Congress sex scandal Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi in sex scandal Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi sex scandal cd Congress spokesperson sex scandal cd Delhi High Court Justice Reva Khetrapal Sex scandal sex scandal of Abhishek Manu Singhvi
High Profile Cases Geelani aide moves high court for dropping of charges April 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, suspected aide of Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Monday moved Delhi High Court against the trial court order of framing charges against him for his alleged involvement in money laundering to fund terror. Bhat in his petition challenged the trial court order dated March 3 when National Investigation Agency (NIA) […] Read more » Delhi High Court Ghulam Mohammad Bhat Justice S. Ravindra Bhat Justice S.P. Garg Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani
High Profile Cases Tata Teleservices applications received late: Mathur April 17, 2012 / April 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Telecom Secretary DS Mathur on Monday told a Delhi court that Tatas had applied for GSM technology after the cut-off date for receipt of applications for the 2G licenses, while he favoured examining all applications chronologically. Testifying as a prosecution witness, Mathur said he had ‘desired’ that all the applications received by the Department […] Read more » 2G licenses Delhi court Former Telecom Secretary DS Mathur Special CBI Judge OP Saini
High Profile Cases Supreme Court wants VIP quota for Haj to go April 16, 2012 / April 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday said that the VIP quota in Haj pilgrimage should not go on perpetually. An apex court bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam said that the government has proposed a Haj quota of one plus nine for VIPs, but it should come down to one plus three and eventually should be […] Read more » Haj quota Justice Aftab Alam Supreme Court VIP quota
High Profile Cases High Court CJ rejects CBI’s plea for House Motion on Reddy’s bail April 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court today rejected the request of the CBI for filing a House Motion petition opposing the bail granted by the CBI Court at Nampally on April 13 to Jagathi Publications Vice-Chairman Vijay Sai Reddy in the alleged disproportionate assets case of YSR Congress Party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. Chief […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Madan Bhim Rao Lokur disproportionate assets case Vice-Chairman Vijay Sai Reddy Vice-Chairman Vijay Sai Reddy