High Profile Cases CBI to give Radia tapes to 2G accused July 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will by July 12 provide taped coversations of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia to all those accused in the 2G spectrum scam case, the probe agency said in court Thursday. The investigation agency, while responding to the plea by the accused, said before special CBI judge O.P Saini: “The accused […] Read more » 2G accused CBI CBI judge O.P. Saini Gautam Doshi Hari Nair R.K. Chandolia Radia tapes Raja's aide Sanjay Chandra Shahid Balwa Siddharth Behura Surendra Pipara Swan Telecom's Unitech Wireless Vinod Goenka
High Profile Cases Black money: Justice MB Shah to be SIT vice-chairman July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A retired judge of the Supreme Court and former chief justice of Bombay high court, Justice MB Shah, will be the vice-chairman of the Special Investigations Team (SIT) constituted to monitor the probe into black money stashed abroad. The SIT will be chaired by former Supreme Court judge, Justice BP Jeevan Reddy. A direction to […] Read more » black money Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice MB Shah Justice SS Nijjar SIT SIT vice-chairman
High Profile Cases Impeachment proceedings against Dinakaran to continue: Supreme Court July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major setback for Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the impeachment proceedings against him would continue. However, the court asked the chairman of the Judges Inquiry Committee (JIC) to replace senior counsel P.P. Rao after Dinakaran alleged that Rao was biased against him.An apex court bench […] Read more » C.K. Prasad Dinakaran Impeachment proceedings JIC judges inquiry committee Justices G.S Singhvi P.D. Dinakaran senior counsel P.P. Rao Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court appoints probe team on money laundering July 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce Monday its verdict on a plea that a special investigation team (SIT) probe the alleged money laundering by suspected tax evader Hasan Ali Khan and Kolkata based-businessman Kashinath Tapuria, among others. The plea by jurist Ram Jethmalani also sought a direction to the central government to disclose names, […] Read more » businessman Kashinath Tapuria CBDT CBI Central Board of Direct Taxes jurist Ram Jethmalani Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Altamas Kabir Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice Cyriac Joseph Justice R.V. Raveendran Justice S.S.Nijjar Justice T.S. Thakur Justice V.S. Sirpurkar money laundering probe Supreme Court tax evader Hasan Ali Khan team
High Profile Cases Supreme Court ruling on money laundering probe Monday July 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce Monday its verdict on a plea that a special investigation team (SIT) probe the alleged money laundering by suspected tax evader Hasan Ali Khan and Kolkata based-businessman Kashinath Tapuria, among others. The plea by jurist Ram Jethmalani also sought a direction to the central government to disclose names, […] Read more » CBDT CBI Central Board of Direct Taxes Central Bureau of Investigation Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice R.V. Raveendran Justice S.S.Nijjar money laundering probe Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Court rejects Tata’s plea on Singur land June 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tata Motors has received a fresh setback in its efforts to restrain the West Bengal government from undertaking the process of returning land to the farmers at Singur. On Monday, the Calcutta High Court rejected the company’s plea for a stay on the process of giving land back to the Singur farmers as envisaged by […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Court rejects Singur land Tata's plea
High Profile Cases MCD deflects blame on ghost employees fiasco June 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government and the media were responsible for the controversy over the issue of salaries being paid to non-existent employees of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the civic agency told the Delhi High Court Thursday. The MCD’s affidavit was filed after the court took note of a public suit filed by the Jagrook […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court ghost employees MCD MCD Commissioner K.S. Mehra
High Profile Cases Court rejects pleas to make Anil Ambani, Ratan Tata 2G co-accused June 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special trial court Thursday rejected a petition to include industrialists Anil Ambani and Ratan Tata as co-accused in the second generation (2G) spectrum case and also imposed a fine of Rs.10,000 each on the petitioners. Similarly, the special court of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), presided over by Judge O.P. Saini, also rejected pleas […] Read more » 2G co-accused Anil Ambani Court Ratan Tata
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Media & Entertainment News Headley told wife he ‘made a fool’ of Rana June 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley has admitted he told one of his wives that he “made a fool” of his childhood friend Pakistani Canadian Tahawwur Rana, his co-accused in the Mumbai terror attack trial. “I acknowledge that I made a fool of him. He should be released. Poor fellow is stuck for no reason. It […] Read more » David Coleman Headley Pakistani Canadian Pakistani-American terrorist Tahawwur Rana
High Profile Cases 2G case: No bail for Balwas, Rajiv Aggarwal May 24, 2011 / May 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court Tuesday turned down the bail pleas of Shahid Balwa, Asif Balwa and Rajiv B. Aggarwal in the 2G spectrum scam case. While Shahid Balwa is the promoter of Swan Telecom, the other two are from Kusegaon Realty. CBI special judge O.P. Saini rejected the bail applications of all three, named as […] Read more » 2G case Asif Balwa bail Balwas CBI court Gautam Doshi Hari Nair R.K. Chandolia Rajiv Aggarwal Shahid Balwa Surendra Pipara Swan Telecom's Vinod Goenka Unitech's Sanjay Chandra
High Profile Cases Headley reveals rare details of Mumbai terror plot planning May 24, 2011 / May 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment From how to pray without leaving the forehead indurated to the language of the train announcements at the Victoria Terminus station, the Pakistani planners of the Mumbai terror attacks paid meticulous attention to every detail, key plotter David Coleman Headley testified here. The 50-year-old Pakistani American, who has pleaded guilty to all 12 charges of […] Read more » Headley Mumbai terror plot planning Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI reveals Victoria Terminus station
High Profile Cases Karunanidhi reaches Tihar Jail to meet Kanimozhi May 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DMK chief M. Karunanidhi reached Tihar Jail Monday evening to meet his daughter and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi, who is lodged there in connection with the 2G spectrum case. The DMK chief, who is in the national capital on a ‘personal visit’, reached the jail premises at around 5.40 pm. He was escorted by DMK […] Read more » DMK chief M. Karunanidhi G. Aravinthan Kanimozhi T.R. Baalu Tihar Jail