High Profile Cases Court accepts CBI closure report in Bofors case March 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi court today allowed a CBI plea seeking withdrawal of prosecution against elusive Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the two-decade-old Bofors payoff case. “The application of the CBI is allowed,” Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav said. “If the logical conclusion of a case is not possible then it is better to leave the issue,” he […] Read more » " Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav accepts Bofors case businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi CBI closure report Court late Rajiv Gandhi Sonia Gandhi
High Profile Cases Apex courts pulls up government on black money probe March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday pulled up the central government for not carrying out the custodial interrogation of the country’s biggest tax evader Hasan Ali and others engaged in money laundering. “We are asking you a simple question warranting a simpler answer – why these are not being interrogated in custody,” asked an apex court bench […] Read more » apex courts black money probe Government Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar lawyer Ram Jethamalani pulls Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian Supreme Court tax evader Hasan Ali
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Apex court questions government on telecom firm’s licence March 2, 2011 / March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the government to reveal what happened between March 5, 2010, when telecom company S Tel’s second generation (2G) licences were cancelled, and April 15, 2010, when they were restored. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly sought the details after studying the documents that were […] Read more » apex court Government Janata Party president Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi questions Subramainian Swamy telecom firm's licence
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Kasab to appeal to Supreme Court against death verdict February 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ajmal Amir Kasab, the Pakistani terrorist convicted for the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, will appeal to the Supreme Court against the death sentence awarded to him, his lawyer said here Wednesday. The Bombay High Court Monday upheld the death sentence the trial court awarded to Kasab for his role in the 26/11 attack. “In my […] Read more » Ajmal Amir Kasab appeal Bombay High Court death verdict Justice R.V. More Justice Ranjana Desai lawyer Farhana Shah Special Judge M.L. Tahaliyani Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 31 convicted, 63 acquitted in Godhra train carnage case February 22, 2011 / March 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here today convicted 31 accused persons and acquitted 63 others in the case relating to the February 27, 2002 burning of a coach of the Sabarmati Express at Godhra station in Gujarat. Sessions Judge P R Patel, who delivered the judgement in the Sabarmati Central Jail, said the quantum of punishment would […] Read more » 31 convicted 63 acquitted Godhra train carnage case POTA public prosecutor J M Panchal Sabarmati Express Sessions Judge P R Patel United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases 26/11 attacker Kasab’s death penalty upheld February 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Monday upheld the death sentence awarded to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab for his role in the 26/11 attack, closing another chapter in one of the most watched legal trials in the world and hailed as a triumph of the Indian legal system. A division bench of Justice Ranjana Desai and […] Read more » 26/11 Ajmal Amir Kasab Bombay High Court death penalty Fahim Ansari Home Minister P. Chidambaram Justice R.V. More Justice Ranjana Desai Kasab lawyer Farhana Shah Pakistani terrorist Sabahuddin Ahmed Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam upheld
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Kalmadi’s aide, businessman sent to judicial custody February 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Saturday sent former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi’s aide Shekhar Deorukhkar and businessman Binu Nanu to judicial custody in Tihar Jail till March 05 in connection with irregularities in contracts for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG). Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge OP Saini sent Deorukhkar and Nanu […] Read more » Binu Nanu judge OP Saini judicial custody Shekhar Deorukhkar Special Central Bureau of Investigation Suresh Kalmadi
High Profile Cases Media & Entertainment News CBI raids premises of CWG officials February 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Premises of senior officials of the Organising Committee (OC) of the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) were Friday raided in the capital by the CBI for suspected irregularities in overlays contracts, officials said.”Raids were conducted at various locations today (Friday) morning,” a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official told. The CWG held Oct 3-14 last year […] Read more » Binu Nanu Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chairman Suresh Kalmadi Commonwealth Games (CWG) M. Jayachandran OC secretary general Lalit Bhanot Prime Minister Manmohan Sanjay Mahindroo Shekhar Deorukhkar T.S. Darbari
High Profile Cases Mosque demolition: Clean-chit for Advani challenged by CBI February 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict discharging Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani and 20 others of the allegation of demolishing the Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya Dec 6, 1992. Advani and 20 others were discharged by the high court May 20, 2010 in a case in […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Babri Masjid Bharatiya Janata Party leader Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Clean-chit L.K. Advani Mosque demolition Supreme Court
High Profile Cases PF scam: court adjourns hearing till March 14 February 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ghaziabad on Friday adjourned till March 14 the hearing of the provident fund (PF) scam involving misappropriation of funds in the accounts of class III and IV employees of the Ghaziabad court. CBI judge AK Singh adjourned the hearing in view of the strike called by the […] Read more » CBI judge AK Singh CBI judge Rama Jain Central Bureau of Investigation Ghaziabad court provident fund (PF) scam
Consumer Law News Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Raja goes to Tihar Jail, looks calm February 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former communications minister A. Raja, arrested in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam, was Thursday sent to Tihar Jail on 14 days judicial custody by a Delhi court. Wearing a dark grey safari suit, Raja looked calm and collected, his face betraying no emotion, as the order came.Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge […] Read more » A. Raja CBI Tihar Jail
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Kalmadi aide’s CBI custody extended February 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday extended the CBI custody of former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi’s aide Shekhar Deorukhkar by two more days. He was sent to five-day remand Feb 12. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge O.P. Saini allowed the CBI’s plea to quiz him for two more days. Deorukhkar was […] Read more » CBI Suresh Kalmadi