High Profile Cases Kalmadi may threaten witnesses, CBI tells court January 10, 2012 / January 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi may intimidate prosecution witnesses if granted bail in a corruption case linked to the 2010 sporting event, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the Delhi High Court Monday. The probe agency also opposed the bail plea of V.K. Verma, an aide of jailed MP Kalmadi, before […] Read more » Delhi High Court Former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi Justice Mukta Gupta Prevention of Corruption Act
High Profile Cases Supreme Court grants bail to Sukh Ram, two others January 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday granted interim bail till Jan 16 to former telecom minister Sukh Ram, 84, who was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in a 1993 telecom scam case. Besides Sukh Ram, the apex court bench headed by Justice P. Sathasivam granted interim bail to Runu Ghosh, former director in the department of telecom, […] Read more » 1993 telecom scam case former telecom minister Sukh Ram Justice P. Sathasivam Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Delhi High Court notice to CBI on Chandra’s plea January 9, 2012 / January 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a plea of Unitech managing director Sanjay Chandra for quashing charges framed against him by the federal investigative agency in the 2G spectrum case. Justice M.L. Mehta asked the CBI to file its response by March 13. Chandra approached […] Read more » 2G spectrum case Delhi High Court Justice M.L. Mehta Unitech managing director Sanjay Chandra
High Profile Cases Sukh Ram surrenders, sent to Tihar January 8, 2012 / January 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ailing former telecom minister Sukh Ram Saturday surrendered in a court here in a graft case and was sent to Tihar Jail. The 84-year-old appeared in the court premises in an ambulance. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Sanjeev Jain sent Sukh Ram to jail to serve a three-year term in a 1993 telecom […] Read more » Ailing former telecom minister Sukh Ram CBI Special Judge Sanjeev Jain Prevention of Corruption Act Tihar Jail
High Profile Cases Trial judge free to examine Virbhadra in graft case: Court January 8, 2012 / January 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union minister and former chief minister Virbhadra Singh Saturday again failed to get any reprieve from the Himachal Pradesh High Court in a corruption case registered against him and his wife by the state’s vigilance and anti-corruption bureau in 2009. The trial court was free to examine the accused, said the high court. The division […] Read more » Chief Justice Kurian Joseph Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice V K Ahuja Virbhadra in graft case
High Profile Cases 2G: Swamy submits documents against Chidambaram January 8, 2012 / January 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy will present his case for making home minister P Chidambaram an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam in a special court on January 21. Swamy told the CBI special court on Saturday that the evidence submitted revealed “connivance, collusion and consent” of Chidambaram with former telecoms minister A Raja […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation scam CBI Special court Home Minister P. Chidambaram Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy Special CBI Judge OP Saini
High Profile Cases Sukh Ram in coma, says counsel January 6, 2012 / January 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Sukh Ram in coma, says counsel Former telecom minister Sukh Ram, who was to surrender in a graft case, had gone into a coma, his counsel told a Delhi court Friday. The 84-year-old ex-minister has been undergoing treatment at a hospital here. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Ramesh Sharma listed the matter for Saturday as the concerned judge is […] Read more » CBI judge Ramesh Sharma Delhi court former telecom minister Sukh Ram graft case
High Profile Cases 2G: Cross examination of Raja’s ex-aide concludes January 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Aseervartham Achary, ex-aide of jailed former communications minister A. Raja, has denied that he was tutored by the CBI before appearing as a witness in a special court here. His cross-examination by the defence concluded Thursday. He said that it was wrong to suggest that he remembered only those facts fed to him by the […] Read more » 2G scam former communications minister A. Raja special Judge O.P. Saini
High Profile Cases Virbhadra graft case: Court reserves order January 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday reserved its orders on the petition of Union minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife seeking quashing of a corruption case filed against them. The two also petitioned for a stay on the trial court proceedings in the case or to transfer the investigation into the case to the […] Read more » Chief Justice Kurian Joseph Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice V K Ahuja Virbhadra graft case
High Profile Cases 2G scam: Loop Telecom, Essar move high court January 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Loop Telecom and Essar Group, accused in the 2G spectrum scam, Thursday moved the Delhi High Court pleading that their case should not be heard by a special CBI court as they have not been charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Justices B.D. Ahmed and V.K. Jain will hear their plea Jan 10. The […] Read more » 2G scam Delhi High Court Justice B.D. Ahmed Justice V.K. Jain
High Profile Cases CWG graft case: Court denies relief to Swiss firm January 5, 2012 / January 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on CWG graft case: Court denies relief to Swiss firm The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to hear a plea filed by Swiss Timing, an accused in a corruption case linked to the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to stay possible action against it by the trial judge for not appearing in court. Justice Mukta Gupta refused to give any relief to the Switzerland-based firm and said: […] Read more » Advocate Amit Desai CWG graft case Delhi High Court Justice Mukta Gupta
High Profile Cases CWG scam: Bail denied to Bhanot, four others January 4, 2012 / January 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court here Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) secretary general Lalit Bhanot and four others accused in a corruption case related to the sporting event held in 2010. The accused were arrested for alleged irregularities in awarding a contract for timing, scoring and result (TSR) equipment […] Read more » CBI special judge Talwant Singh CWG scam secretary general Lalit Bhanot