High Profile Cases Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar move high court for bail May 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar, currently in Tihar jail in connection with the 2G spectrum scam, Monday moved the Delhi High Court for bail. Kumar and Kanimozhi’s lawyer Aristotle said: ‘I have just filed the bail application for Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar before the Delhi High Court.’ The two were taken […] Read more » bail Central Bureau of Investigation Delhi High Court High Court Kanimozhi Sharad Kumar
High Profile Cases 2G scam: Morani’s bail plea dismissed May 23, 2011 / May 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Cineyug Films’ founder Karim Morani, named as co-conspirator of 2G spectrum allocation scam, saying his health report was normal. “In view of the medical condition of the accused being normal and stable, I am satisfied that no case for […] Read more » 2G scam bail plea CBI CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini Central Bureau of Investigation dismissed Gautam Doshi Hari Nair Karim Morani R.K. Chandolia Sanjay Chandra Shahid Balwa Siddharth Behura Surendra Pipara Vinod Goenka
High Profile Cases 2G scam: Five corporate honchos’ bail verdict Monday May 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court will, on Monday, pronounce its verdict on the bail plea of five senior corporate executives accused in the second generation (2G) spectrum case. The five accused are Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom, Sanjay Chandra of Unitech and three officials of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group — Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and […] Read more » 2G scam Asif Balwa bail verdict CBI Central Bureau of Investigation corporate honchos' Gautam Doshi Hari Nair Justice Ajit Bharihoke Kanimozhi Karim Morani Mukul Rohtagi R.K. Chandolia Rajiv B. Aggarwal Shahid Usman Balwa Sharad Kumar Siddharth Behura Surendra Pipara
High Profile Cases Night in 10×15 ft cell, simple breakfast for Kanimozhi in Tihar May 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Night in a 10 ft by 15 ft cell with a rolled up blanket as a pillow, chatting with other Tamil inmates, a spartan breakfast of bread and tea and some Tamil newspapers – DMK MP Kanimozhi’s first day behind bars at the Tihar jail here was a far cry from the luxuries she is […] Read more » 10x15 ft cell 2G spectrum scam A. Raja Central Bureau of Investigation Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar Kanimozhi Tihar
High Profile Cases Kanimozhi joins celebrity line-up in Tihar jail May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Kanimozhi, DMK MP and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi’s daughter, is the latest high-profile entrant to Tihar Central Jail — following in the steps of over a dozen VIPs who are already lodged in India’s largest prison. “Kanimozhi is already in Tihar. She is in jail number 6, which is women’s cell, and […] Read more » celebrity Kanimozhi Tihar Jail
High Profile Cases Ready to name more witnesses, Gujarat cop tells probe panel May 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat’s senior IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt told the Nanavati-Mehta commission that he could name other witnesses who would vouchsafe his presence at a crucial meeting called by Chief Minister Narendra Modi Feb 27,2002 in addition to the names he mentioned in his affidavit made before the Supreme Court. “I will give the names of […] Read more » Chief Minister Narendra Modi Gujarat cop IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt Nanavati-Mehta commission ready witnesses
High Profile Cases Court to decide Kalmadi’s bail plea May 21 May 16, 2011 / May 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The bail plea of Suresh Kalmadi, former Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman and Congress MP, was postponed to May 21 by a court here Monday. Kalmadi is in judicial custody for alleged financial irregularities in the preparations for the mega-event in October 2010. He is accused of conspiring to give the contract for Timing Scoring […] Read more » bail plea Kalmadi May 21
High Profile Cases Supreme Court slams ED in black money case May 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday slammed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for interrogating Hasan Ali, allegedly country’s top tax evader, only in 2011 when the case was registered against him in 2007. The apex court bench of Justice B.Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar said, “Case was registered in 2007 and custodial interrogation takes place in 2011. […] Read more » black money case ED Enforcement Directorate Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar slams Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Court directs Tihar officials to give proper food to Raja April 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Wednesday directed Tihar Jail authorities to give proper and timely food to former communications minister A Raja and former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura sent to judicial custody in the 2G spectrum scam case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge OP Saini was hearing applications filed by Raja and Behura. […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation Special Judge OP Saini Tihar Jail
High Profile Cases NGO moves apex court over probe into cash-for-votes scam April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on NGO moves apex court over probe into cash-for-votes scam Referring to the US diplomatic cables revealed by WikiLeaks on what has come to be known as the cash-for-votes scam, an NGO Monday approached the Supreme Court for a direction for constituting a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the case. The WikiLeaks expose hinted that the Congress allegedly bought MPs to win the 2008 […] Read more » apex court cash-for-votes scam Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha NGO probe SIT
High Profile Cases Thousands join anti-graft crusade as Hazare begins fast April 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Veteran social activist Anna Hazare Tuesday began his “fast unto death” in New Delhi for a stronger Lokpal Bill that provides for stringent punishment for corruption, and thousands of people in many cities lent support by launching hunger strikes and taking out rallies. “This is the second ‘satyagraha’,” said Hazare, who started his fast at […] Read more » anti-graft begins crusade fast Hazare Jantar Mantar Arind Kejriwal join Kiran Bedi Lokpal Bill Magsaysay Award winners Rajghat Sandeep Pandey Swami Agnivesh Thousands
High Profile Cases Raja, 11 others formally charged in 2G spectrum case April 2, 2011 / April 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday filed its first chargesheet of 127 pages with 80,000-page annexure against nine people and three firms in the case involving the allocation of second generation (2G) telecom spectrum. The chargesheet, brought in seven steel boxes, was filed in the special court of CBI Judge O.P. Saini. Among those […] Read more » 2G spectrum case Asif Balwa CBI judge O.P. Saini Gautam Doshi Hari Nair Indian Penal Code (IPC) Kaliagnar TV R.K. Chandolia Raja Rajiv Aggarwal Sadiq Batcha Sanjay Chandra Shahid Balwa Siddhartha Behura Surendra Pipara Swan Telecom Unitech Wireless director Vinod Goenka