High Profile Cases CBI selectively targeting some in 2G case: Shahid Balwa August 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa Monday told a Delhi court that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was selectively targeting some firms in the 2G spectrum case. He asked how could he have caused a loss to the national exchequer when the prime minister and Communications Minister Kapil Sibal have said that there was […] Read more » 2G scam 2G spectrum case CBI CBI selectively targeting some in 2G case kapil sibal Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Shahid Balwa Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa theCentral Bureau of Investigation
High Profile Cases Dinkaran resigns as Sikkim Chief Justice July 30, 2011 / July 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tainted Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran sent his resignation to President Pratibha Patil on Friday. In his resignation, Dinakaran said that he has been targeted as he belongs to the lower caste and the system does not grant him any support. “I have a sinking suspicion that my misfortune was because of my […] Read more » Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran Justice Aftab Alam land grab charges for Justice P.D.Dinakaran President Pratibha Patil Sikkim High Court
High Profile Cases If I committed crime, so did Tatas: Chandolia July 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Targeting the Tatas and lobbyist Niira Radia, former communications minister A. Raja’s ex-personal secretary R.K. Chandolia Friday said if he could be accused in the 2G spectrum scam, then so should they. Chandolia began his arguments in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court by opposing the charges against him and saying he was […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam CBI CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini counsel Vijay Aggarwal lobbyist Niira Radia R.K. Chandolia Tihar Jail
High Profile Cases Defiant Yeddyurappa told to quit; successor on Friday July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday asked its first chief minister in south India, Karnataka’s B.S. Yeddyurappa, to step down after the state’s ombudsman indicted him in a large-scale mining scam, but till late evening a defiant Yeddyurappa had not complied. The BJP leadership announced that it will Friday select a successor to Yeddyurappa.The 68-year-old […] Read more » B.S. Yeddyurappa large-scale mining scam resignation as C.M
High Profile Cases CBI raising unnecessary hue and cry over Tata: Behura July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura, in jail for his alleged connection to the 2G spectrum scam, Thursday accused the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of raising an unnecessary ‘hue and cry’ over the Tata group being refused a 2G licence initially. The CBI had alleged that Tata, which applied for the licence March 4, 2008, […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam A. Raja CBI deputy director general of telecom A.K. Srivastava Home Minister P. Chidambaram Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tata group Wireless Planning and Coordination WPC
High Profile Cases Government responsible for 2G mess, didn’t listen: Behura (Lead) July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is responsible for the 2G “mess”, jailed former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura said Wednesday, accusing the powers that be of not listening when he raised an objection. “The entire government is responsible for the mess. My client raised the objection publicly and the government didn’t listen to him. He was bound to follow […] Read more » 2G mess 2G spectrum allocation A. Raja CBI CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini Central Bureau of Investigation Government responsible for 2G mess Home Minister P. Chidambaram Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Siddhartha Behura
High Profile Cases Raja says he had no intention of framing PM July 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after he dragged in prime minister Manmohan Singh and home minister P Chidambaram into the 2G spectrum scam, former communications minister A Raja on Tuesday clarified that he did not intend to frame anyone. “Main kisi ko phasana nahi chahta tha (I had no intention of framing anyone),” Raja’s lawyer said on his […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam 2G spectrum transactions A. Raja CBI Central Bureau of Investigation framing PM judge OP Saini no intention of framing PRIME mINISTER P. Chidambaram
High Profile Cases 2G auction in continuity with NDA policy: Raja July 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Defending his role in the allocation of 2G spectrum, former communications minister A. Raja Monday said the decision to auction the scarce radio frequency was a continuity of the policy of the previous National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. “I have only implemented what I have inherited. Dayanidhi Maran (communications minister from 2004-07) resigned, so I […] Read more » 2G auction 2G spectrum A. Raja Asif Balwa CBI Cineyug's Karim Morani DB Realty DMK MP Kanimozhi Gautam Doshi Hari Nair Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar Kusegaon National Democratic Alliance NDA NDA policy R.K. Chandolia Rajeev Agarwal Reliance Group Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini Surendra Pipara Swan Telecom Swan Telecom's Shahid Usman Balwa Unitech Wireles. Unitech Wireless' Sanjay Chandra. Vinod Goenka
High Profile Cases Yeddyurappa can be questioned in corruption cases: Court July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major setback to Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka High Court Thursday allowed police to question him and his kin on corruption charges and illegal land deal cases. Justice K.N. Keshavanarayana cancelled the stay he had ordered on the trial court proceedings in the five cases filed against Yeddyurappa, his two sons, son-in-law […] Read more » B.Y. Raghavendra B.Y. Vijayendra corruption cases Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Justice K.N. Keshavanarayana Karnataka High Court Yeddyurappa
High Profile Cases Petitioner in Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple case dies July 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment T. P. Sundarrajan, whose legal battle led to the opening of the long-shut vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram where priceless treasures have been found, died in the wee hours on Sunday. A bachelor, Sundarrajan was 70. He had been suffering from fever for the last two days, relatives said. A former Indian […] Read more » Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple T. P. Sundarrajan
High Profile Cases ‘Terrorists may have used safe house near blast sites’ July 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Investigators probing the Mumbai blasts believe the terrorists who planted the bombs may have used a ‘safe house’ somewhere near the blast sites to manufacture the explosive – a deadly cocktail of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. According to sources, the investigators base their theory on the fact that the bombs were improvised explosive devices […] Read more » blast sites Dadar Indian Mujahideen Opera House safe house Terrorists Zaveri Bazaar
High Profile Cases Government wants review of apex court’s black money order July 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking review and recall of its judgment appointing a special investigating team (SIT) headed by its two former judges to monitor investigations into the stashing away of black money in tax havens abroad. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy (since retired) and Justice S.S. Nijjar […] Read more » black money judge B.P. Jeevan Reddy judge M.B. Shah Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar Supreme Court