High Profile Cases CVC Thomas to face trial in palm oil corruption case January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The trial of Chief Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas in the palm oil import corruption case will continue, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The decks were cleared after the Supreme Court said former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran’s appeal against the trial in the case was infructuous following his death. Thomas was Kerala civil supplies secretary […] Read more » CVC Thomas palm oil corruption case
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Goa court directs FIR against minister in land scam case January 11, 2011 / January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Goa court Tuesday directed the state police to file within 24 hours a first information report (FIR) against state Tourism and Housing Minister Nilkanth Halarnkar, who has been accused of a multi-million rupee land scam. Judicial Magistrate (first class) Shabnam Sheikh ordered police to file the FIR after the complainants – who are right […] Read more » Nilkanth Halarnkar state Tourism and Housing Minister
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Sohrabuddin killing: Accused cop’s bail plea rejected January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Monday rejected the bail plea of Rajkumar Pandian, a policeman accused of involvement in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case. Justice M.R. Shah rejected Pandian’s plea. The policeman wanted bail on the grounds that co-accused and former state minister Amit Shah was given bail earlier. The Central Bureau of Investigation […] Read more » Sohrabuddin killing
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Government, 11 telecom firms get court notice on 2G spectrum January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the governments and 11 firms on a plea seeking cancellation of licences and award of spectrum for second generation (2G) phone services during former communications minister A. Raja’s tenure. The court also said that it will ask the government how much loss, if any, the exchequer had suffered […] Read more » 2G spectrum
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Release Muslim youths held for Malegaon blast, say scholars January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Muslim intellectuals Monday asked the Maharashtra government to free young Muslim men held in connection with the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast, following the recent statements of arrested Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Swami Aseemanand. Aseemanand, who was arrested last year, in a confessional statement before a magistrate said that he along with other Hindu activists […] Read more » Malegaon blast
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Prashan Bhushan attacks Sibal January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a blistering attack on Communications Minister Kapil Sibal for saying that the audit report on auction of second generation (2G) telecom spectrum was erroneous, senior Supreme Court counsel Prashant Bhushan Saturday said that it amounted to largely giving a clean chit to his disgraced predecessor A. Raja. DMK leader Raja had to step down […] Read more » Prashan Bhushan Supreme Court counsel
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Citibank fraud: Hero official’s police custody extended January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sanjay Gupta, a top official of the Hero Group arrested in the Rs.300 crore Citibank fraud case, was Saturday sent to seven days’ police custody by a local court. Police, while seeking an extension in his remand, told the court that they wanted to question him to recover Rs.4 crore. They said they also wanted […] Read more » Citibank fraud
High Profile Cases Arushi murder case closure ‘setback’ for CBI: Former chief January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) decision to close the probe in the Arushi Talwar murder case is both a ‘failure’ and ‘big setback’ for the country’s premier probe agency and may damage its image, says its former chief. ‘The murder has been committed. Two bodies are found. You can’t identify and execute the culprit? […] Read more » Arushi murder case CBI closure
High Profile Cases Audit ‘erroneous’ in fixing spectrum loss at $40 bn: Sibal January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Short of rejecting the official auditor’s report, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Friday said the methodology it used was “utterly erroneous” in pegging Rs.1.76 lakh crore ($40 billion) as the notional loss while awarding airwaves for second generation (2G) phone services in 2008.Sibal also slammed the opposition for disrupting the entire winter session of parliament and […] Read more » 3G spectrum Communications Minister kapil sibal
High Profile Cases Court upholds Swamy’s plea against Raja January 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Court upholds Swamy’s plea against Raja A Delhi court today held as ”maintainable” Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy’s private complaint to prosecute former Telecom Minister A Raja in the 2G scam and began the process of recording depositions and examining evidence for summoning the accused. “I am of the opinion that complaint as such is maintainable,” Special CBI Judge Pradeep Chaddah […] Read more » A. Raja former Telecom Minister Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy