High Profile Cases Swamy’s plea on voting machines disposed of January 17, 2012 / January 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday disposed of a plea of Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were not tamper-free and needed rectification to ensure fair elections. A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri, however, appreciated the suggestion made. The court said it cannot give any direction to the Election […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice R.S. Endlaw
High Profile Cases Chidambaram had no role in eviction of Ramdev, Centre tells Supreme Court January 17, 2012 / January 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre on Monday denied in the Supreme Court that Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram gave instructions to the Delhi Police for evicting yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers from the Ramlila grounds on June 4, 2011. Solicitor-General Rohinton Nariman made this submission before a Bench of Justices B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar, hearing […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
High Profile Cases Ayodhya case: Advani, others oppose CBI plea January 17, 2012 / January 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and his colleagues accused in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case have told the Supreme Court that a CBI plea that challenged the quashing of conspiracy charges against them amounted to abuse of process of law. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has challenged an Allahabad High Court […] Read more » Ayodhya case Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Government to act against sites with objectionable content January 14, 2012 / January 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Friday gave the green signal to proceed against all the accused persons heading 21 social networking sites, including Facebook and Google, that were allegedly hosting objectionable content. “Government is satisfied that there is sufficient material to proceed against the accused persons under section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of […] Read more » Advocate Shashi Tripathi Delhi High Court facebook Google Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar
High Profile Cases High Court dismisses Amar Singh’s plea January 14, 2012 / January 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed a plea of Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh seeking modification in the bail amount in the cash-for-vote case. Amar Singh approached the court saying that the high court’s order asking him to furnish a personal bond and two sureties of Rs.50 lakh each […] Read more » cash-for-vote case Delhi High Court Justice Suresh Kait Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh
High Profile Cases Objectionable content on websites: Delhi court adjourns case January 13, 2012 / January 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The case of 21 social networking sites allegedly hosting objectionable content was Friday adjourned in a Delhi court till March 13. The court has directed the external affairs ministry to serve the summons issued to foreign-based social networking sites. The petition moved by Vinod Rai has requested the court to remove objectionable content from 21 […] Read more » facebook Google Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar
High Profile Cases CBI oppose bail plea of excise commissioner January 13, 2012 / January 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday opposed the anticipatory bail application of Central Excise Commissioner A.K. Srivastava for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs.60 lakh from mobile phone importers. Srivastava along with co-accused central excise superintendent Lallan Ojha and alleged middleman Hemant Gandhi was involved in the offence, the probe agency said. The CBI […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation Central Excise Commissioner A.K. Srivastava special CBI judge Talwant Singh special CBI judge Talwant Singh
High Profile Cases CWG scam: Argument on charge from Feb 1 January 13, 2012 / January 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day before starting daily hearing, a special CBI court here Thursday said the argument on charge in a corruption case related to purchase of time-scoring-result (TSR) system for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) will start Feb 1. “The argument on charge on the CWG TSR scam will be held from Feb 1,” said Central […] Read more » CWG Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi CWG scam Special Judge Talwant Singh
High Profile Cases Order reserved on Swamy’s plea on voting machines January 11, 2012 / January 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on a plea filed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) were not tamper-free and needed rectification to ensure free and fair elections. In his petition, Swamy said that the EVMs should be of international standard and needed rectification. Swamy submitted that […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Justice R.S. Endlaw
High Profile Cases Supreme court notice on plea on Rajya Sabha polls in Delhi January 11, 2012 / January 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the central government and the Election Commission on a plea seeking direction that the biennial election for the three Rajya Sabha seats from Delhi should be held in one go and not in three separate stages Jan 19. The apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice […] Read more » Justice Altamas Kabir Justice J. Chelameswar Rajya Sabha polls in Delhi Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Spying case: Ex-diplomat Madhuri Gupta granted bail January 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Madhuri Gupta, a former Indian diplomat and alleged agent of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), was granted bail by a Delhi court Tuesday in a conspiracy and spying case. Gupta, 53, a second secretary at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, was arrested April 27, 2010, on charges of passing on information to the Pakistani […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Pawan Kumar Jain Delhi court Indian Penal Code for criminal conspiracy Spying case
High Profile Cases CWG graft: Order reserved on Kalmadi’s bail plea January 10, 2012 / January 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on the bail pleas of Suresh Kalmadi, jailed MP and former chief of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, and his aide V.K. Verma accused in a corruption case related to the 2010 sporting event. Kalmadi was arrested April 26 last year for his alleged role in awarding […] Read more » CWG graft Delhi High Court Order reserved on Kalmadi's bail plea