High Profile Cases CBI files chargesheet in 2G spectrum case April 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday filed its first chargesheet in the 2G spectrum scam . The chargesheet was filed in the special court of CBI judge O.P. Saini. Former Telecom minister A Raja has been charged with criminal conspiracy, forgery, cheating and corruption. Raja’s private secretary R K Chandolia, former telecom secretary […] Read more » 2G spectrum case CBI CBI judge O.P. Saini chargesheet files R.K. Chandolia Shahid Balwa Siddharth Behura Swan Telecom Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
High Profile Cases Media & Entertainment News CBI to probe Raja associate’s death April 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will investigate the alleged suicide of Sadiq Batcha, a close associate of former telecom minister Andimuthu Raja now in jail in the 2G spectrum scam. A Supreme Court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly was told by CBI senior counsel K.K. Venugopal that a request for […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaisingh Andimuthu Raja associate's death CBI CBI senior counsel K.K. Venugopal Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Raja Sadiq Batcha Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Court admits CBI plea to extradite Warren Anderson March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Wednesday allowed a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea seeking extradition of US-based former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson for the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Vinod Yadav said everyone in India wants Anderson, 90, to be extradited for world’s biggest environmental disaster. “Why should (the) plea not be […] Read more » admits CBI plea Central Bureau of Investigation Chief Metropolitan Magistrate CMM Court Delhi court extradite UCC pesticide plant Vinod Yadav Warren Anderson
High Profile Cases Apex court rejects N.D. Tiwari’s plea challenging blood sampling March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday rejected veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari’s appeal challenging a Delhi High Court order directing him to submit his blood samples for DNA profiling to decide a paternity suit filed by Rohit Shekhar, who claims to be his biological son. An apex court bench of Justice Aftam Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha, […] Read more » apex court blood sampling DNA profiling Justice Aftam Alam Justice R.M. Lodha N.D. Tiwari plea
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases ‘Consider special team to probe black money abroad’ March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government to consider the option of setting up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the black money stashed away by Indian citizens in foreign banks. An apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar asked Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniun to get back with […] Read more » abroad black money Hasan Ali Khan Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar probe Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniun special team
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Apex court reserves verdict on plea to cancel 2G licences March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition for cancellation of 2G licences illegally granted in 2008 after it was told considerations of ‘chaos’ and ‘loss’ of foreign investments if the licences were quashed could not outweigh the concerns over national security. The posituion was made clear to the apex court bench of […] Read more » 2G licences apex court Attorney General G. Vahanvati Janata Party president Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi reserves Senior counsel Prashant Bhushan Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI verdict
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Supreme Court stays Hasan Ali’s bail, orders ED custody March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday cancelled the bail of Pune stud farm owner and country’s top tax evader Hasan Ali Khan, sending him to four-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to conduct his interrogation. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar paved the way for the custodial interrogation of […] Read more »
High Profile Cases CWG scam: Court grants bail to a firm’s official March 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted bail to Binu Nanu, an official of a private firm who was held in judicial custody for his involvement in the Rs.600-crore overlays contract for the Commonwealth Games last year. Justice Ajit Bharihoke allowed the bail application of Nanu on a personal bond of Rs.50,000 along with two sureties […] Read more » bail Commonwealth Games Court CWG scam firm grants Official
High Profile Cases CWG scam: Businessman sent to Tihar Jail till March 25 March 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Friday sent director of the India operations of a Swiss company Sandeep Wadhwa, arrested in the Commonwealth Games overlays scam, to Tihar Jail till March 25. ‘The accused is remanded to 14 days of judicial custody till March 25,’ special judge O.P. Saini said, as the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) remand […] Read more »
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Hasan Ali Khan granted bail; court slams Enforcement Directorate March 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai sessions court Friday granted conditional bail to stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan, accused of stashing nearly $8 billion abroad, saying the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had failed to establish any case against him and criticised the agency for lack of preparedness. Justice M.L. Tahilyani, rejecting the ED’s plea for Khan’s custodial interrogation, observed […] Read more » bail Court Enforcement Directorate granted Hasan Ali Khan slams ustice M.L. Tahilyani
High Profile Cases Gulberg society killing: Accused face additional charges March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court has appointed additional sessions judge B. J. Dhandha as judge of the special court for the trial of the Gulberg Society massacre case of 2002. He replaces B. U. Joshi, who has been transferred to the sessions court in Himmatnagar. Mr. Joshi, along with about a dozen judicial officers, was shifted […] Read more » accused Additional charges face Gulberg society killing
High Profile Cases Supreme Court voices concern over security in 2G licencing March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said if security concerns were not taken care of in the allocation of telecom licences then it could have serious consequences for the country. ‘We are not experts, but if these things are not taken care then the sensitive information even about army operations could fall in wrong hands,’ Justice G.S. […] Read more » 2G licencing concern Janata Party president Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi security Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court voices