High Profile Cases High court quashes proceedings against Microsoft India March 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday quashed charges of hosting objectionable content against Microsoft India and set aside a trial court order for initiating criminal proceedings against the company. Justice Suresh Kait accepted the company’s plea that Microsoft was not providing a platform to people to interact with each other and post or publish their views, […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Suresh Kait Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar Microsoft India
High Profile Cases DMK calls meeting on Sri Lanka resolution March 18, 2012 / March 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the Centre under pressure from Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu to support a US-sponsored resolution in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) against Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes, UPA’s key constituent DMK has convened a meeting of its high-level committee on March 20 to discuss the issue. Party chief M Karunanidhi will […] Read more » DMK general secretary K Anbazhagan Party chief M Karunanidhi Sri Lanka resolution United Nations Human Rights Council
High Profile Cases Has anti-graft campaign learnt lessons, asks Khurshid March 18, 2012 / March 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said the government had learnt its lessons after Anna Hazare’s protest last year but wondered if the anti-corruption movement too had done the same. “We have learnt and learnt a lot of lessons… (but) has the anti-corruption movement,” asked Khurshid at the India Today conclave here on […] Read more » Anna Hazare's protest anti-graft campaign India-Marxist politburo member Brinda Karat law and justice minister Salman Khurshid
High Profile Cases 2G: Court defers hearing on Swamy’s plea March 18, 2012 / March 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday deferred till May 26 the hearing on a private complaint in the 2G case filed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge O.P. Saini listed the matter for May 26 after Swamy’s counsel Tarun Goomber said that the plea for making Home Minister P. Chidambaram […] Read more » 2G case Delhi court Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy special Judge O.P. Saini
High Profile Cases 2G: Ravi Ruia, three others skip court again March 17, 2012 / March 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Saturday exempted from personal appearance corporate honcho Ravi Ruia of the Essar group and three others from hearing of the 2G case. The matter has been listed for March 31. The defence counsel of Ravi Ruia, Anshuman Ruia, Loop Telecom promoters I.P. Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan, […] Read more » 2G case Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Supreme Court
High Profile Cases New Supreme Court bench to hear 2G case March 17, 2012 / March 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A new special Supreme Court bench comprising Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Patnaik would hear all matters relating to the 2G case. “There is a direction that all 2G matters be taken up by by a special bench comprising me and Justice A.K. Patnaik,” Justice Singhvi told Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy when his […] Read more » 2G case Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Bail to IAS officer in Emaar case March 17, 2012 / March 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After remaining behind the bars for one-and-half months, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer B.P. Acharya came out of jail Friday following the grant of bail by a special court here hearing the Emaar-APIIC township corruption case. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge B. Naga Murthy Sarma rejected the probe agency’s plea for putting off […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Emaar-APIIC township corruption case Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer B.P. Acharya Special Judge B. Naga Murthy Sarma
High Profile Cases Supreme Court to examine validity of nuclear damages act March 16, 2012 / March 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said it would examine the constitutional validity of the civil liability for nuclear damages act 2010 wherein the maximum liability on the supplier and the operator of a nuclear power plant is pegged at Rs.15,000 crore ($2.9 billion). The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia issued notice to […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia nuclear damages act 2010 Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Settle defamation case amicably: Court urges Dikshit, BJP leader March 16, 2012 / March 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday asked Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijendra Gupta to settle their dispute related to a defamation case out of court in an amicable and responsible manner. Asking counsel of both the parties to sit together and solve the issue out of court, Justice Kailash Gambhir […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijendra Gupta Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit defamation case Delhi High Court Justice Kailash Gambhir
High Profile Cases Court seeks report on Islamic scholar’s Mumbai visit March 15, 2012 / March 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay high court on Wednesday asked the Mumbai police if the latter is equipped to deal with a potential law-and-order situation when Pakistan-born Canadian Tahirul Qadri, part of Pakistan based organisation Minhaj-ul-Quran, delivers his speeches in the city. A socio-religious forum, Raza Academy, has moved the court seeking to restrain Qadri from delivering his […] Read more » Bombay High Court Islamic scholar's Mumbai visit Pakistan based organisation Minhaj-ul-Quran Senior counsel V Tulpule
High Profile Cases 2G: Raja examines ex-telecom regulator March 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jailed former communications minister A. Raja, an accused in the 2G case, Wednesday cross-examined prosecution witness and former Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman Nripendra Mishra in a special court here. Mishra told Central Bureau of Investigation Special Judge O.P. Saini that there were differences of understanding between the regulator and the Department of […] Read more » 2G scam former Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman Nripendra Mishra Raja's counsel Sushil Kumar special Judge O.P. Saini
High Profile Cases UP foodgrain scam: Supreme Court seeks CBI’s response March 15, 2012 / March 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to respond to a plea seeking lifting of curbs on a corruption case related to alleged diversion of foodgrain. The petition sought a vacation of partial stay imposed by the court in 2011 on an order by the Allahabad […] Read more » Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court UP foodgrain scam