High Profile Cases Raja, Balwa’s CBI custody extended February 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Telecom Minister A. Raja was on Monday sent to Central Bureau of Investigation custody for three more days by a Delhi court which also extended the custody of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa for four more days in the 2G spectrum case after the investigation agency said it wanted to confront them on […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam A. Raja CBI probe Shahid Balwa
High Profile Cases Can share Indians’ Swiss bank account details: Envoy February 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Switzerland is willing to share information on Indians holding secret bank accounts there as part of New Delhi’s effort to bring back an estimated $1.4 trillion black money in tax havens abroad, the country’s envoy Philippe Welti has said. “We now have an agreement with the Government of India. Under it if the government sends […] Read more » account details Swiss bank
High Profile Cases Black money: Names will made public after cases filed February 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday was told that the government will reveal the names of all the people who have stashed away their black money in foreign banks abroad after it registers cases against them. The government’s assurance to the apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar came on petition by […] Read more » black money Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Swamy names Karunanidhi as co-accused in 2G case February 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Swamy names Karunanidhi as co-accused in 2G case Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Saturday named Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M. Karunanidhi as a co-accused along with former communications minister A. Raja in the 2G spectrum scam in his complaint to a CBI court here. “I have named DMK chief Karunanidhi as a co-accused along with Raja in the matter and […] Read more » 2G case DMK chief Karunanidhi Subramanian Swamy
High Profile Cases Raja, aides sent to five day police remand February 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Raja, aides sent to five day police remand Former communications minister A. Raja and two of his aides were sent to five-day custody by a CBI special court Thursday, a day after they were arrested in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. DMK leader Raja, former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura and personal secretary R.K. Chandolia were handed down the sentence by Special Central […] Read more » police remand
High Profile Cases Court adjourns hearing on black money case February 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday did not hear the petition seeking a direction to the government to take steps for the recovery of black money stashed away in foreign banks in tax havens. The case was listed for hearing by theSupreme court bench of Justices B. Sudarshan Reddy and S.S. Mijjar. It was adjourned as Justice […] Read more » black money case
High Profile Cases Raja arrested in alleged 2G scam February 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DMK leader A. Raja was arrested here Wednesday for his alleged role in the controversial allocation of airwaves for second generation (2G) telecom services, three months after he was forced to resign as communications minister.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested him and two of his aides on primarily two counts — misuse of office […] Read more » 2G scam A. Raja
High Profile Cases Radia tapes’ leak: Government trying to track source February 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has been told that the government was doing its utmost to track the source that leaked in public domain the telephone intercepts of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. In an affidavit filed Monday, the government rejected the allegation that it was lackadaisical in its effort to unearth […] Read more » Radia tapes
High Profile Cases CWG scam: Court issues notice to CBI on accused’s bail plea February 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI was Tuesday issued notice by the Delhi High Court on the bail plea of Binu Nanu, an official of a private firm who is in jail for his involvement in the controversy over granting Rs.600 crore overlays contract for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) last year. Justice Ajit Bharihoke asked the Central Bureau of […] Read more » CWG scam
High Profile Cases ‘Centre’s action on 2G issue subject to outcome of petition’ February 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday said whatever steps the central government takes for regularising 2G spectrum licences of firms which failed to fulfill their rollout obligations would be subject to the final outcome of the petition that has challenged the allocation in 2008 at 2001 prices. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and […] Read more » 2G issue
High Profile Cases Actors, filmmakers protest Binayak Sen’s jail term January 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment About 150 people marked the Martyrs Day Sunday by staging a protest in Mumbai as part of a nationwide agitation against the life imprisonment awarded to rights activist Binayak Sen. The group that included artists, activists and common people chanted slogans like “Shame on you, Chhattisgarh government” and “Free Dr. Binayak Sen”. Calling the judgment […] Read more » Binayak Sen
High Profile Cases Fodder scam: 35 sentenced to prison January 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thirty-five convicts in a case related to the multi-crore-rupee fodder scam were Saturday sentenced to imprisonment ranging from six-four years and slapped fines of up to Rs.2 crore by a special CBI court in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge of R.R. Tripathy Friday pronounced judgment in the case revolving around […] Read more » fodder scam