High Profile Cases 2G court decision on Chidambaram flawed: Swamy February 6, 2012 / February 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on 2G court decision on Chidambaram flawed: Swamy Terming a Delhi court’s dismissal of his petition against Home Minister P. Chidambaram in the 2G case as “wrong”, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy Sunday said he would soon prove the decision wrong in the Supreme Court. He also claimed Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had dossiers on black money stashed away by Indian ministers in […] Read more » 2G case Home Minister P. Chidambaram Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Swamy’s plea dismissed, relief for Chidambaram February 4, 2012 / February 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A trial court here Saturday dismissed Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy’s plea to make Home Minister P. Chidambaram a co-accused in the 2G case, saving the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government further embarrassment in the spectrum saga. There is “no material on record” to suggest that Chidambaram was acting with corrupt motives, Special CBI Judge […] Read more » 2G case Home Minister P. Chidambaram Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini
High Profile Cases Supreme’s court’s final hearing on Gujarat Lokayukta March 20 February 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said it would hold final hearing March 20 on the Gujarat government’s plea challenging the state high court judgment that upheld the appointment of Justice (retd) R.A. Mehta as Lokayukta by the governor. While admitting the petition, an apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Jagdish Singh Kheher observed: […] Read more » Gujarat High Court Gujarat Lokayukta Act 1986 Justice (retd) R.A. Mehta Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court questions process on army chief’s age row February 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback for the government, the Supreme Court Friday questioned the way it had rejected army chief Gen V.K. Singh’s plea that his year of birth be restored to 1951 from 1950 and said the entire process “appears to be vitiated”. The court will now hear the case Feb 10 and asked the government […] Read more » Army chief's age row Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Fodder Scam: CBI court sentences 26 to 1-5 years of imprisonment February 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court today sentenced 26 accused of the multi-crore rupee fodder scam to jail terms varying from one to five years. Along with imprisonment, the court had also slapped fine ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 1 lakh on the convicted. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge G K Singh held 26 […] Read more » fodder scam special CBI court Special Judge G K Singh
High Profile Cases CBI to submit 2G probe reports to CVC: Supreme Court February 2, 2012 / February 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday directed the CBI and other agencies probing the various facets of the 2G scam to make available their reports to the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) who would examine and send them to court with observations. “In future, copies of the report(s) of the investigation conducted by the CBI (Central Bureau of […] Read more » 2G scam Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court to decide three 2G matters Thursday February 2, 2012 / February 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three issues related to the 2G case, including Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s alleged role in the scam, are expected to be decided by the Supreme Court Thursday – the last day in office of Justice A.K. Ganguly who, along with Justice G.S. Singhvi, has been hearing the cases for over one year. The court will […] Read more » 2G case Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Petition seeking Narendra Modi’s deposition before Nanavati panel rejected February 1, 2012 / February 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a reprieve for Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Gujarat High Court Wednesday rejected a petition seeking his deposition before the Nanavati-Mehta commission probing the 2002 communal riots in the state. “The court has dismissed the appeal filed by NGO Jan Sangharsh Manch challenging the order of the commission on the ground that the commission […] Read more » Chief Minister Narendra Modi Gujarat High Court judge K.G. Shah Supreme Court judge G.T. Nanavati
High Profile Cases Supreme Court suggests changes in corruption law February 1, 2012 / February 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday urged the government to make changes in the Prevention of Corruption Act to fix a time frame of three months for deciding on representations seeking sanction for prosecution of public servants. The observation came in the separate judgment of Justice A.K. Ganguly, who said: “In my view, the parliament should consider […] Read more » Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 Supreme Court
High Profile Cases AIIMS paper leak accused sent to jail till Feb 14 February 1, 2012 / February 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Tuesday extended till Feb 14 the judicial custody of seven people allegedly involved in a bid to leak the post-graduate entrance exam paper of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences earlier this month. The seven accused were presented before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Bansal. Of the seven accused booked for […] Read more » AIIMS chief metropolitan magistrate Amit Bansal Delhi court
High Profile Cases Fodder scam: 64 convicts get jail terms in one case February 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sixty-four convicts were Tuesday given two to five years’ jail terms by a CBI special court here in a case related to the multi-crore rupee fodder scam in which funds of the animal husbandry wing meant for buying cattle feed were embezzled in undivided Bihar whose ex-chief minister Lalu Prasad was also named as an […] Read more » CBI Special court ex-chief minister Lalu Prasad fodder scam Special Court Judge N.N. Singh
High Profile Cases Court rejects Yeddyurappa plea to quash corruption cases February 1, 2012 / February 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka high court Tuesday rejected former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s plea to quash two corruption and illegal land deals cases against him for which he was sent to jail last year. Justice Anand Byrareddy dismissed Yeddyurappa’s petitions against the two cases filed in the Lokayukta (ombudsman) court by Bangalore advocate Sirajin Basha. Justice Byrareddy […] Read more » Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa Judge N K Sudhindra Rao Justice Anand Byrareddy Karnataka High Court