High Profile Cases Bail pleas of Kanimozhi, five others to be heard on Friday November 24, 2011 / November 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi high court on Thursday allowed the early hearing of the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and five other accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Justice VK Shali said that the matter would be heard on Friday morning. Directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that is probing the case and the […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation case CBI Delhi High Court Justice VK Shali
High Profile Cases 2G trial not to be shifted to Tihar for now November 23, 2011 / November 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday stayed the notification shifting the trial of the 2G spectrum allocation case from the Patiala House complex to the Tihar Jail. A five-judge bench headed by Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri passed the order after the defence counsel for the 14 individual accused approached the court seeking a stay of […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Judge O.P. Saini Justice Rajiv Shakdher Justice S.K. Kaul
High Profile Cases Five executives get bail in 2G spectrum case November 23, 2011 / November 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Seven months after they were taken into custody as co-accused in the second generation (2G) spectrum allocation case, the Supreme Court Wednesday granted bail to five corporate executives on a surety of Rs.5 lakh each. The five are Sanjay Chandra of Unitech Wireless, Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom as well as Reliance Group’s Gautam Doshi, […] Read more » Judge O.P. Saini Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice H.L. Dattu second generation (2G) spectrum allocation case special CBI court
High Profile Cases Jayalalitha again deposes in illegal assets case November 23, 2011 / November 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Jayalalitha again deposes in illegal assets case Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha on Tuesday appeared in the special court on the city’s outskirts amid tight security and deposed for the third time in the Rs.66 crore disproportionate assets case against her. As the deposition was inconclusive, special judge BM Mallikarjunaiah directed Jayalalitha to appear in the court again on Wednesday to answer […] Read more » special judge BM Mallikarjunaiah Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha
High Profile Cases 2G trial shifted to Tihar Jail November 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on 2G trial shifted to Tihar Jail A special CBI court hearing the 2G case Tuesday shifted the trial to the Tihar Jail complex following a Delhi High Court order. The court shifted the hearing due to security reasons, a lawyer said. The 14 accused in the case include former telecom ministser A. Raja and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi of the DMK. […] Read more » 2G trial shifted to Tihar Jail CBI judge O.P. Saini Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court
High Profile Cases False kidnapping claim by cash-for-votes witness: Police November 21, 2011 / November 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here was Monday asked by Delhi Police to dismiss a complaint by Hasmat Ali, a key prosecution witness in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam case, that Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh and others had kidnapped him ahead of his deposition before a parliamentary panel. Ali had claimed that he was kidnapped Sep 25, 2008 […] Read more » cash-for-votes witness counsel L.K. Verma Delhi court Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh
High Profile Cases Five years rigorous imprisonment for Sukh Ram November 19, 2011 / November 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday sentenced former telecom minister Sukh Ram, 84, to five years rigorous imprisonment for misusing his official position when he was in the P.V. Narasimha Rao cabinet in 1996. Pronouncing the judgment, Special CBI Judge R.P. Pandey said: “The accused has been awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment.” The court has also […] Read more » Delhi court Five years rigorous imprisonment for Sukh Ram Special CBI Judge R.P. Pandey
High Profile Cases Supreme Court to hear Prashant Bhushan’s plea on contempt of court November 17, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that it would hold hearing on counsel Prashant Bhushan’s plea seeking reference to the constitution bench of the question whether bonafide expression of opinion on the extent of alleged corruption in judiciary amounted to contempt of court. The apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice Cyriac Joseph and […] Read more » Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Cyriac Joseph Justice H.L. Dattu Prashant Bhushan's plea Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Cash-for-votes: Kulkari, five others get bail November 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday granted bail to Sudheendra Kulkarni, ex-advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and five others accused in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam that had rocked parliament ahead of a trust vote. Justice M.L. Mehta said: “All the petitioners are admitted on bail on furnishing of personal and surety bond of […] Read more » cash-for-votes scam Delhi High Court Justice M.L. Mehta
High Profile Cases Yeddyurappa gets anticipatory bail November 16, 2011 / November 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a breather for former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the high court Wednesday granted him anticipatory bail in two corruption cases. Justice H. Billappa of the high court granted bail to the 68-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader on condition that he furnish a bond for Rs.200,000, two sureties for the same amount each and […] Read more » Bangalore advocates Sirajin Basha and K.N. Balaraj Justice H. Billappa Yeddyurappa gets anticipatory bail
High Profile Cases Give spectrum allocation file to Swamy by Thursday: Court November 15, 2011 / November 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Give spectrum allocation file to Swamy by Thursday: Court A special court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday to provide to Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy within two days a certified copy of a file pertaining to allocation of second generation (2G) spectrum. Swamy asked Judge O P Saini, who is presiding over the special CBI court, as to why the […] Read more » CBI counsel A K Singh Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy Judge O.P. Saini spectrum allocation
High Profile Cases Supreme Court releases jailed Kerala CPI-M leader MV Jayarajan November 15, 2011 / November 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the release of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader M.V. Jayarajan who was jailed for six months by the Kerala High Court for using derogatory language against its judges. An apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice HL Gokhale assailed the high court for not affording Jayarajan an […] Read more » Justice HL Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Kerala CPI-M leader MV Jayarajan Supreme Court