High Profile Cases Palmolein Scam : Supreme Court rejects plea against Oommen Chandy January 4, 2012 / January 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition praying for summoning of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy as an accused in the palmolein scam case. A bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam dismissed the petition when it was mentioned for urgent hearing. Former Kerala chief minister K Karunakaran and former Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) […] Read more » Justice Aftab Alam Oommen Chandy Palmolein Scam Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Court dismisses DLF plea January 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea of DLF Ltd. challenging an order of market regulator SEBI to probe accusations by a Delhi-based businessman that he was duped of Rs.34 crore by the realty major and its alleged associate firm Sudipti Estates. A Rs.2 lakh cost was also imposed on DLF. DLF had sought […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Vipin Sanghi plea of DLF Ltd. plea of DLF Ltd. Senior advocate Soli Sorabji Senior advocate Soli Sorabji
High Profile Cases Supreme court puts sealing in Delhi on hold, to examine law January 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme court puts sealing in Delhi on hold, to examine law The Supreme Court Tuesday ordered no further sealing of unauthorised structures or their regularization or change in land use in Delhi till it examined the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Bill, 2011 and the challenge to Master Plan 2021. A special bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Swatanter Kumar further said […] Read more » Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Bill 2011 Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court the challenge to Master Plan 2021
High Profile Cases Jagan’s aide Vijay Sai Reddy to be produced in court Tuesday January 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Vijay Sai Reddy, who has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in an illegal assets case against YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, will be produced before court Tuesday. The vice-president of Jagati Publications Private Limited (JPPL), owned by the Kadapa MP, spent the night at government-run Dilkusha guest house, which […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court CBI Joint Director V.V. Lakshminarayana illegal assets case Vijay Sai Reddy
High Profile Cases Mining case: Andhra High Court cancels IAS officer’s bail January 2, 2012 / January 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday cancelled the bail of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Y Srilakshmi in an illegal mining case. By January 6, Ms Srilakshmi has to go back to jail. She was arrested in December and got bail within 48 hours from the CBI court in the Obulapuram Mining Case. Ms […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court IAS officer Y Srilakshmi illegal mining case
High Profile Cases 2G: Supreme court notice to CBI on Behura’s bail January 2, 2012 / January 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a bail plea by former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, accused in the multi-crore 2G spectrum scam. An apex court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi issued notice on Behura’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court order by which his petition for […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
High Profile Cases ‘Ban Gita’ plea dismissed in Russia December 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a hard-fought court case that sought to ban the Bhagavad Gita and brand it “extremist” literature, Hindus in Russia Wednesday scored a major win when a Siberian court threw out the state prosecutors’ plea to ban the sacred text. During the final hearing in the Leninsky district court of Tomsk city, Federal Judge G.E. […] Read more » 'Ban Gita' plea dismissed in Russia External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Judge G.E. Butenko
High Profile Cases Over one lakh netizens pledge to court arrest to back Anna Hazare December 27, 2011 / December 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The online campaign of Anna Hazare’s ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’ has received over a lakh registrations within three days of the launch, an India Against Corruption (IAC) volunteer said Monday. The IAC, an umbrella organisation, launched the online campaign jailchalo.com Friday which allowed people to register themselves for courting arrest and supporting Hazare in his protest […] Read more » Anna Hazare Jail Bharo Andolan MMRDA ground in Mumbai
High Profile Cases Raja’s counsel terms Achary untruthful December 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former communications minister A. Raja’s counsel Friday termed his ex-aide Aseevatham Achary untruthful, saying he was trying to influence the course of the trial in the 2G case. Achary, a key witness in the case, had Thursday said in the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court that there was a threat to his life. […] Read more » 2G case Raja's ex-private secretary R.K. Chandolia Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini
High Profile Cases Residents drag wakf board to court over prayers December 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Residents of south Delhi’s Jangpura area Thursday told the Delhi High Court that the Delhi Wakf Board and a charitable society failed to comply with the court’s earlier order which allowed only 10 devotees to offer prayer at the site of a mosque razed by the Delhi Development Authority in January. The board and Noor […] Read more » advocate R.K. Saini Delhi High Court Jungpura Residents Welfare Association Justice Vipin Sanghi
High Profile Cases Maharashtra to evict encroachers from mill December 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Facing the ire of the Bombay High Court, the Maharashtra government Thursday assured that it would attempt to amicably remove Dalit activists who have encroached a National Textiles Corporation mill premises here since the past nearly three weeks. Indu Mills’ 12.5 acres premises in central Mumbai is located adjacent to Chaityabhoomi where Dalit icon B.R. […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice A.V. Mohta Justice D.K. Deshmukh Maharashtra to evict encroachers from mill
High Profile Cases Court adjourns plea of Reliance executives December 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three officials of the Reliance Group — Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair — Thursday urged the Delhi High Court to quash charges against them in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Justice V.K. Shali adjourned the plea till Jan 16, 2012. The court also asked the petitioner to file a short synopsis of the […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation case Counsel Rajiv Nayyar Justice V.K. Shali Reliance executives