High Profile Cases Objectionable content case: Hearing put off till May 23 March 14, 2012 / March 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Tuesday put off till May 23 the hearing on a complaint against social networking sites, including Facebook India, for allegedly hosting objectionable content. Metropolitan Magistrate Surabhi Sharma Vats deferred the hearing after complainant Vinay Rai’s counsel S.P.M. Tripathi said that summons were not served on the accused foreign-based companies. The court allowed […] Read more » Delhi court Metropolitan Magistrate Surabhi Sharma Vats Objectionable content case social networking sites
High Profile Cases 2G case: Notice to CBI on Reliance officials’ plea March 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the pleas of three officials of the Reliance Group for quashing charges framed against them in the 2G case. Justice M.L. Mehta sought the response of investigative agency by March 22. Reliance Group managing director Gautam Doshi, group president Surendra […] Read more » 2G case Delhi High Court Justice M.L. Mehta Reliance officials' plea
High Profile Cases NRHM scam: Kushwaha sent to judicial custody March 14, 2012 / March 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ghaziabad on Tuesday remanded former Uttar Pradesh Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and former BSP MLA Ram Prakash Jaiswal in judicial custody for 14 days in the multi-crore rupee NRHM scam in the state. The two politicians, arrested on March 3, were produced in the court after […] Read more » Dasna district jail Superintendent Viresh Raj Sharma former BSP MLA Ram Prakash Jaiswal NRHM scam Uttar Pradesh Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha
High Profile Cases Breather for Kripashankar: Supreme Court stays attachment order March 14, 2012 / March 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a breather for Maharashtra Congress leader Kripashankar Singh, the Supreme Court Tuesday stayed a Bombay High Court order attaching movable and immovable properties belonging to him and his family members in an illegal assets case. An apex court bench of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice Anil R. Dave directed Kripashankar Singh and his family […] Read more » Bombay High Court Breather for Kripashankar Justice Anil R. Dave Justice H.L. Dattu Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Excess spectrum allocation: Supreme Court notice on plea for recovering charges March 13, 2012 / March 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking the transfer of a petition from the Delhi High Court to the apex court for making service providers pay for the excess spectrum allocated to them. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya issued the notice – also […] Read more » Excess spectrum allocation Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI
High Profile Cases Court allows Kanimozhi to attend budget session March 13, 2012 / March 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court allows Kanimozhi to attend budget session A CBI special court here Monday allowed Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, to attend the budget session of parliament which began earlier in the day. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge O.P. Saini allowed Kanimozhi’s application for exemption from personal appearance in court but told her lawyer […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation scam CBI Special court Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi special Judge O.P. Saini
High Profile Cases Why no action against officials in Adarsh scam: Court March 13, 2012 / March 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Why no action against officials in Adarsh scam: Court The Bombay High Court Monday rapped the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for not initiating action against government officials involved in the Adarsh housing society scam. “When there is preliminary evidence against certain government officers, why haven’t you written to the concerned departments seeking their removal,” asked the division bench of Justice P.B. Majmudar and […] Read more » Adarsh housing society scam Bombay High Court former chief minister Ashok Chavan Justice D.R. Dhanuka Justice P.B. Majmudar
High Profile Cases CWG street-lighting scam: Charges framed against seven March 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday framed charges against four Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials, two others and a private company in the Commonwealth Games street-lighting scam. Special CBI judge Pradeep Chaddha said: “The court framed charges against the accused for the offence of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and other sections of Prevention of Corruption Act […] Read more » CWG street-lighting scam Delhi court Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials Special CBI judge Pradeep Chaddha
High Profile Cases Supreme Court notice on favours to Jaganmohan’s firms March 12, 2012 / March 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on 26 government orders issued during the tenure of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajashekara Reddy to allegedly favour the business interests of his son, YS Jaganmohan Reddy, due to which he and others had amassed disproportionate assets. The notice was issued to the Central Bureau of […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajashekara Reddy Justice Dalveer Bhandari Supreme Court YS Jaganmohan Reddy
High Profile Cases Shiv Sena MLA arrested in housing scam March 11, 2012 / March 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Shiv Sena MLA arrested in housing scam Local MLA and former minister Suresh Jain has been arrested in connection with the 2006 Gharkul Housing scheme scam, police said. Jain, Shiv Sena MLA from Jalgaon, was arrested at Dharangaon late last night and would be produced in the court in the afternoon, they said. Incidentally, Jain, who was a Minister for Housing in […] Read more » 2006 Gharkul Housing scheme scam Local MLA and former minister Suresh Jain Shiv Sena-BJP government Social activist Anna Hazare
High Profile Cases High Court slams Delhi government for land acquisition March 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has slammed the Delhi government for failing to respond to a plea by 172 farmers over takeover of their land using the urgency clause of the Land Acquisition Act. A division bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Rajiv Shakedhar also fined the government Rs.5,000. In a hearing March 6, […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Shakedhar Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Land Acquisition Act.
High Profile Cases Chouhan orders judicial probe into murder of IPS officer March 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday ordered a judicial probe into the murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh, who was crushed to death allegedly by a member of the mining mafia in Morena district. “We salute the young IPS officer for his daredevilry in checking illegal mining. We have ordered a judicial […] Read more » illegal mining IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Morena district