High Profile Cases Adarsh scam: Four more accused sent to CBI custody March 23, 2012 / March 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Thursday sent three accused in the Adarsh housing scam to the agency’s custody till March 31 and one accused till March 26. Special CBI judge M.V. Kulkarni sent Maj. Gen. (retd) A.R. Kumar, Maj. Gen. (retd.) T.K. Kaul and Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pradeep Vyas, presently […] Read more » Adarsh scam Special CBI judge M.V. Kulkarni special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court
High Profile Cases TRAI had no information about spectrum : Court March 23, 2012 / March 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former chief of India’s telecom regulator on Thursday told the court hearing the 2G scam case that the panel had no authentic information about the spectrum’s availability in 2007. Testifying as a prosecution witness in the 2G spectrum allocation case, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) ex-chairman Nripendra Mishra told the Central Bureau of […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation case special Judge O.P. Saini Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI
High Profile Cases Supreme Court moved challenging quashing of FIR against Yeddyurappa March 22, 2012 / March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Advocate Srijin Basha moved the Supreme Court Wednesday challenging the Karnataka High Court order quashing the FIR against former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa in an illegal mining case. Basha is the original complainant in the case. The high court had quashed the FIR and sanction for prosecution on the grounds that Yeddyurappa was not […] Read more » Advocate Srijin Basha illegal mining case Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Ask government to conduct 2G auction by June: Uninor to Supreme Court March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Telecom service provider Uninor Wednesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court asking it to direct the government to conclude the 2G auction by June 2. “We have filed a review petition in the Supreme Court this afternoon,” said Sigve Brekke, managing director of Uninor. The Supreme Court last month ordered cancellation of 122 licences, […] Read more » 2G auction by June 2 Sigve Brekke managing director of Uninor Supreme Court Telecom service provider Uninor
High Profile Cases Russian court dismisses plea to ban Gita March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Russian court dismisses plea to ban Gita Hindus in Russia Wednesday won a major legal battle when a court in Siberia dismissed a state prosecutors’ case seeking a ban a Russian translation of Bhagavad Gita. The higher court in Tomsk, where the state prosecutors had filed an appeal, upheld a lower court verdict delivered in December dismissing the case. “We have won […] Read more » dismisses plea to ban Gita higher court in Tomsk ISKCON Russian translation of Bhagavad Gita
High Profile Cases Court dismisses Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s plea March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench Tuesday dismissed Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s petition, seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the arson attack at her house during the Mayawati regime. The order was passed by a division bench of Justice S.N. Shukla and Justice R.V.S. Rathore who disposed the petition […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Justice R.V.S. Rathore Justice S.N. Shukla Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi
High Profile Cases Four get bail in Adarsh housing scam March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four men accused in the Mumbai Adrash housing scam were given bail Tuesday by a special court after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) made fresh arrests in the multi-crore-rupee scandal. Those released on bail are former Congress lawmaker Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, his son Kailash, tax consultant J.K. Jagiasi and former CBI counsel Mandar Goswami. They […] Read more » 1999 Kargil conflict Adarsh housing scam Bombay High Court former CBI counsel Mandar Goswami tax consultant J.K. Jagiasi
High Profile Cases 2G scam: Balwa objects to judge’s intervention March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Swan telecom promoter and 2G scam accused Shahid Usman Balwa and his lawyer Tuesday objected to the special CBI court judge’s interventions during cross examination of witnesses in the case. Balwa and his lawyer R.N. Mittal said Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge O.P. Saini is humiliating them by giving more importance to the […] Read more » 2G scam Balwa lawyer R.N. Mittal special Judge O.P. Saini
High Profile Cases Government plea on Vodafone tax verdict dismissed March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Tuesday suffered a setback as the Supreme Court dismissed its plea for a review in the Rs.11,218 crore ($2.2 billion) tax dispute case against telecom giant Vodafone. The rejection of the review petition meant that the government will have to return the Rs.2,500 crore Vodafone had deposited. “We look forward to the return […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court telecom giant Vodafone
High Profile Cases CWG village flats: Pay dues to DDA, court tells Emaar MGF March 20, 2012 / March 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday directed Emaar MGF, which has built the flats in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Village, to pay over Rs.16 crore dues to Delhi Development Authority (DDA) so that the land owning agency would issue completion certificates for the flats. Justice Hima Kohli also asked the agency to issue power of attorney […] Read more » CWG village flats Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Delhi High Court Justice Hima Kohli
High Profile Cases Rajasthan High Court dismisses case against Narendra Modi March 19, 2012 / March 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Rajasthan High Court today rejected a petition against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the latter’s reportedly remarks against the first Prime Minister Pundit Jawahar Lal Nehru. The High Court Single Bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma rejected the appeal filed in this connection by one Charmesh of Bundi district challenging the […] Read more » Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma Narendra Modi Rajasthan High Court
High Profile Cases Tamil Nadu okays Kudankulam n-plant March 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tamil Nadu Monday gave the green signal for the Kudankulam nuclear plant, with an activist saying that 10 people opposing the project have been arrested. The state cabinet met Monday under Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and decided in favour of the Kudankulam plant. “The government studied the reports of various expert panels and has come […] Read more » Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Kudankulam nuclear plant Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL)