High Profile Cases Pakistanis urge India to free aged prisoner Chishti April 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani officials Sunday urged India to set free an 80-year-old virologist, Khalil Chishty, who is serving life imprisonment in an Ajmer jail with his appeal pending in the Supreme Court. Sources said the issue of the ailing Pakistani prisoner figured at the luncheon meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Asif Ali Zardari. The […] Read more » Ajmer jail Indian counterpart P. Chidambaram Supreme Court virologist Khalil Chishty
High Profile Cases Judicial custody of Janardhana Reddy extended April 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judicial custody of Mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and his personal assistant Mehfuz Ali Khan, arrested on charges of indulging in illegal mining in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, has been extended till April 17 by the CBI Special Court here today. Additional Civil and Sessions Court and CBI Special Court Judge B M Angadi passed […] Read more » CBI Special court CBI Special Court Judge B M Angadi illegal mining in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka Judicial custody of Mining baron G Janardhana Reddy
High Profile Cases Economist Vijay Kelkar visits crisis-ridden Vidarbha April 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Well-known economist Dr. Vijay Kelkar Friday visited Yavatmal in the crisis-ridden Vidarbha region of Maharashtra to review the imbalance of progress in the region, an activist said. “Vidarbha has seen a long list of complex issues including agrarian crisis, tribal malnutrition, poor infrastructure, lack of employment-generating industries and cotton processing textile hub,” Kishor Tiwari, president […] Read more » economist Dr. Vijay Kelkar Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS)
High Profile Cases Ghai land allotment row: BJP says Deshmukh must quit April 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thursday sought union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s resignation following the Supreme Court’s observation that land allotment to filmmaker Subhash Ghai in Maharashtra for his film academy during Deshmukh’s term as chief minister was not transparent. “The way in which he had allotted land for a media baron, which was stuck down by the high court and […] Read more » Bombay High Court Comptroller and Auditor General Filmmaker Subhash Ghai Ghai land allotment row Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Supreme Court to hear government’s plea April 13 April 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear on April 13 the government’s plea seeking a review of its February 2 verdict cancelling 123 2G licences granted in 2008, holding that the first come, first served policy was flawed and that natural resources should only be auctioned. While directing the listing of the government’s plea seeking review of […] Read more » 2G Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Chidambaram overruled officials on 2G : Supreme Court April 5, 2012 / April 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told Wednesday that Home Minister P. Chidambaram, in his earlier capacity of finance minister, overruled officials who favoured an upward revision of the 2G telecom licence fee in 2008. The officials maintained that either 2G licences should be auctioned or there should be an upward revision in their prices and they […] Read more » 2G licences Home Minister P. Chidambaram Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Setback for Ghai in land allocation row April 5, 2012 / April 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback to filmmaker Subhash Ghai, the Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed an appeal by his Mukta Arts Ltd challenging a Bombay High Court verdict cancelling the allotment of 20 acres of land in Goregaon for his film academy. An apex court bench headed by H.L. Dattu, while dismissing the petition, said the application on […] Read more » Bombay High Court Filmmaker Subhash Ghai land allocation row Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Adarsh scam: Two bureaucrats remanded to CBI custody April 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court Wednesday remanded two Maharashtra bureaucrats to CBI custody till April 12 in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, an official said. Former municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak and retired information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday. The scam involves a prime plot in south Mumbai’s Colaba on […] Read more » Adarsh scam CBI custody Justice P.B. Majmudar Justice R.D. Dhanuka
High Profile Cases 2G: Apex court examines review petitions April 4, 2012 / April 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday examined the petitions of the central government, former communications minister A. Raja and seven telecom companies seeking a review of its verdict quashing 122 licences for 2G mobile phone services issued in 2008. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan examined the review petitions in the […] Read more » 2G former communications minister A. Raja Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice K.S.P. Radhakrishnan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Adarsh scam: Two more arrested, judicial custody for seven accused April 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday arrested two senior Maharashtra bureaucrats for their alleged involvement in the Adarsh housing scam, while a special court sent seven bureaucrats and army officers, arrested last month, to judicial custody till April 17. “(Former municipal commissioner) Jairaj Phatak and (retired information commissioner) Ramanand Tiwari were arrested here after […] Read more » Adarsh scam Justice P.B. Majmudar Justice R.D. Dhanuka
High Profile Cases Court seeks proof on plea against Digvijay Singh April 4, 2012 / April 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man, who allegedly hurled a shoe at a Congress leader at a press conference here last year, was Tuesday told by a Delhi court to prove his allegation that he was beaten up by party leader Digvijay Singh after the incident. Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja listed the matter for April 21 and asked Sushil […] Read more » Delhi court Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja Mukul Wasnik union minister party leader Digvijay Singh
High Profile Cases Approach trial court for bail: Supreme Court to Andhra official April 3, 2012 / April 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to grant bail to Andhra Pradesh IAS officer Y. Srilakshmi, allegedly involved in the Obulapuram mining scam, saying she should approach the trial court for this. The apex court said she should approach the trial court as a supplementary chargesheet against her has already been filed. “When the chargesheet is […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh IAS officer Y. Srilakshmi Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu Obulapuram mining scam Supreme Court