High Profile Cases Cash-for-votes: Court issues notice to Delhi Police October 31, 2011 / October 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to Delhi Police on the bail pleas of Sudheendra Kulkarni, advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahabir Singh Bhagora who are accused in the cash-for-votes scam during the 2008 trust vote. Justice M.L. Mehta sought […] Read more » advocate Anil Soni cash-for-votes scam Delhi High Court Justice M.L. Mehta
High Profile Cases Court notice to CBI on charges against Reliance Telecom October 31, 2011 / October 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday asking it to respond to a plea by Reliance Telecom, seeking the quashing of charges against the firm in the second generation (2G) spectrum case. Justice Mukta Gupta, however, declined to issue immediate notices to other respondents named by Reliance […] Read more » CBI Delhi High Court Justice Mukta Gupta Reliance Telecom
High Profile Cases Tata may challenge Singur land law verdict Tuesday October 31, 2011 / October 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Monday permitted Tata Motors to appeal against its verdict validating the Singur land law but the petition could not be filed as advocates suspended work to condole a colleague’s death. The petition is likely to be filed Tuesday. The division bench of Justice K.J. Sengupta and Justice Joymalya Bagchi permitted company’s […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Justice Joymalya Bagchi Justice K.J. Sengupta Singur land law Tata Motors
High Profile Cases High Court asks Centre for details of Koodankulam Nuke Plant October 30, 2011 / October 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on High Court asks Centre for details of Koodankulam Nuke Plant The Madras High Court today directed the Centre to furnish details of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project, which has now run into rough weather following a prolonged stir by the locals who feared that their safety and livelihood would be at stake, if it becomes operational. When a petition demanding scrapping of the project came […] Read more » Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal Justice T S Sivagnanam Koodankulam Nuke Plant Madras High Court
High Profile Cases BJP Karnataka lawmaker jailed, trial court cancels bail October 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Karnataka’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Y.Sampangi was Friday jailed after a trial court cancelled his bail plea in a corruption case. Rejecting Sampangi’s bail application, special Lokayukta (ombudsman) Court Judge N.K. Sudhindra Rao directed the police to take the BJP legislator into judicial custody and lodge him in the Parpanna Agrahara Central Jail in […] Read more » BJP Karnataka lawmaker jailed Judge N K Sudhindra Rao trial court cancels bail Y. Sampangi
High Profile Cases Sushma meets arrested BJP colleagues in Tihar October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Tuesday met two BJP colleagues who are lodged in Tihar jail in connection with the cash-for-vote scandal. Swaraj, who is Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, along with party general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad met two former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste, Mahavir Bhagora as well […] Read more » cash-for-vote scandal Ravi Shankar Prasad Sushma meets arrested BJP colleagues in Tihar
High Profile Cases Bhopal gas victims slam Dow sponsoring London Olympics October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The victims of the 1984 Bhopal tragedy have joined British MPs and rights groups in opposing the 2012 London Olympics being sponsored by Dow Chemical Company, which owns the now-abandoned unit here whose gas leak killed thousands, an activist said Tuesday. The survivors of world’s worst industrial disaster fighting for justice for nearly 27 years […] Read more » Bhopal gas victims London Olympics methyl isocyanate gas Union Carbide factory
High Profile Cases Amar Singh granted bail in cash-for-vote scam October 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today granted bail to Rajya Sabha member and expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh in the cash-for-vote scam on the surety and the personal bonds of Rs 50 lakh each. Justice Suresh Kait granted bail after going though the All India Institute of Medical sciences (AIIMS) medical report on his critical […] Read more » Amar Singh granted bail Bharatiya Janata Party Cash-for-vote scam Justice Suresh Kait
High Profile Cases Bail orders reserved, dark Diwali for Kanimozhi, six others October 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It would be Diwali behind bars for DMK MP Kanimozhi and six others accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case with a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Monday reserving the order on their bail pleas till Nov 3. The CBI told Special Court Judge O.P. Saini that it had no objection to bail […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation case Judge O.P. Saini Senior advocate Altaf Ahmed
High Profile Cases Diwali in jail for Yeddyurappa October 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, arrested for alleged corruption cases, will spend Diwali behind bars as the High Court Monday put off to Oct 28 the hearing on his bail plea. Justice B.V. Pinto of the Karnataka High Court adjourned the hearing as arguments against bail were inconclusive. The high court has holidays for […] Read more » Diwali in jail for Yeddyurappa Judge N K Sudhindra Rao Justice B.V. Pinto Karnataka High Court
High Profile Cases CBI witnesses’ statements made court frame 2G charges October 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here considered the statements of witnesses presented by the CBI while framing charges against former communications minister A. Raja and 16 others for criminal breach of trust, bribery, forgery and cheating in the 2G spectrum case. The witnesses would be examined during the trial that begins Nov 11. Trusting the statements of […] Read more » CBI witnesses' statements made court frame 2G charges Judge O.P. Saini Siddharth Behura
High Profile Cases 2G case: Loss no prerequisite for prosecution, says court October 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on 2G case: Loss no prerequisite for prosecution, says court Framing charges against former communications minister A. Raja and 13 arrested accused in the 2G case, a special court here Saturday made it clear that loss to the exchequer is not a necessary condition for prosecution of the accused. “…you all committed an offence punishable under Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) read with 409 (criminal breach […] Read more » 2G case Judge O.P. Saini Loss no prerequisite for prosecution Telecom Regulatory Authority of India