High Profile Cases Top Law News HC junks BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur’s application on plea challenging her election December 14, 2019 / December 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday dismissed BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur’s application questioning maintainability of a petition challenging her election to the Lok Sabha from Bhopal. The petition, filed by Bhopal-based journalist Rakesh Dixit, alleged the controversial Hindutva leader, during campaigning, delivered speeches on religious lines, thus violating election norms. The high court […] Read more » BJP MP BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur's Pragya Singh Thakur
High Profile Cases Aviation scam: Lobbyist Deepak Talwar’s close aide Yasmin Kapoor granted bail by Delhi court December 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Friday granted bail to Yasmin Kapoor, a close aide of co-accused and corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar, in a money laundering case related to negotiations that allegedly favoured foreign private airlines causing losses to state-owned Air India. Special Judge Anuradha Shukla Bhardwaj granted relief to the accused, saying she was not the main […] Read more » Aditya Talwar Advocate A R Aditya Aviation Scam Deepak Talwar's close aide Yasmin Kapoor lobbyist Deepak Talwar Rishi Chauhan Special Judge Anuradha Shukla Bhardwaj Yasmin Kapoor granted bail
High Profile Cases Several pleas filed in SC challenging Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 December 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Several petitions, including those by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh and Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, were filed in the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019. According to the amended Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and […] Read more » advocate M L Sharma All Assam Students Union (AASU) Buddhists Christians Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 Congress MP Jairam Ramesh Congress MP Jairam Ramesh and Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra Hindus Jains law students have also approached the apex court challenging the Act. NGOs 'Rihai Manch' and Citizens Against Hate Parsis Peace Party President Ram Nath Kovind Sikhs Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra
High Profile Cases Top Law News Bank loan fraud: Delhi court grants bail to Ratul Puri in a money laundering case. December 14, 2019 / December 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Friday granted bail to businessman Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, in a money laundering case related to a bank loan fraud. Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted the relief to Puri saying no purpose will be served by keeping him in further custody. The Enforcement Directorate had last […] Read more » AgustaWestland money laundering case Moser Baer nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath PMLA Prevention of Money Laundering Act ratul puri Ratul Puri nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath Rs 354 crore bank fraud case
Family Law News High Profile Cases 15-year-old girl was allegedly strangled to death in Pune. December 13, 2019 / December 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 15-year-old girl was allegedly strangled to death in Pune’s Pimpri Chinchwad area and the police are on the lookout for the victim’s stepfather who is suspected to have committed the crime, police said on Friday. The victim’s body was discovered by her sister at their home in Dapodi in Pimpri Chinchwad on Thursday evening. […] Read more » girl was allegedly strangled to death Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad
High Profile Cases Muzaffarpur shelter home case : Delhi court defers verdict till Jan 14 December 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Thursday deferred by a month the judgment in the case of alleged sexual and physical assault of several girls at a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur which was run by former Bihar People’s Party (BPP) MLA Brajesh Thakur. Additional Sessions Judge Sudesh Kumar deferred the verdict till January 14 next year, […] Read more » Bihar People's Party (BPP) Bihar People's Party (BPP) MLA Brajesh Thakur criminal intimidation drugging of minors Juvenile Justice Act MLA Brajesh Thakur Muzaffarpur shelter home case offences of rape Sexual assault sexual harassment Tata Institute of Social Sciences TISS
High Profile Cases Top Law News Chopper scam: ED moves HC to cancel Ratul Puri’s bail in money laundering case December 13, 2019 / December 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court seeking cancellation of bail granted by a trial court to businessman Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, in the AgustaWestland money laundering case. The plea by the ED was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and […] Read more » 3600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case AgustaWestland money laundering case AgustaWestland VVIP Chief Justice D.N. Patel Enforcement Directorate Justice C Hari Shankar money laundering case Ratul Puri's bail Ratul Puri's bail in money laundering case
High Profile Cases Telangana encounter deaths: Supreme Court orders judicial inquiry and to be headed by its ex-judge VS Sirpurkar December 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court appointed on Thursday a three-member inquiry commission headed by former apex court judge V S Sirpurkar to inquire into the circumstances leading to the encounter killing of the four accused in the gang-rape and murder of a veterinarian in Telangana. The commission, which also included former Bombay High Court judge Rekha Sondur […] Read more » (CRPF) Bombay High Court judge Rekha Sondur Baldota Central Reserve Police Force ex-CBI director D R Karthikeyan Justice S A Nazeer Justice Sanjiv Khanna Telangana encounter deaths
High Profile Cases Anti-CAB stir: People defy curfew, police open fire as Assam turns war zone December 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thousands of people defied curfew in Guwahati on Thursday and took to the streets, prompting police to open fire, even as protests against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill intensified in Assam. Police said they had to open fire in Lalung Gaon area in Guwahati after stones were hurled by protestors. The agitators claimed that at […] Read more » Anti-CAB stir Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal citizenship (amendment) bill Prime Minister Narendra Modi
High Profile Cases Gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria approaches court, says he may be killed in ‘fake encounter’ December 12, 2019 / December 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, who is lodged in Patiala jail, on Wednesday approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court, expressing fear that he might be killed in a “fake encounter”. In a plea filed before the court, Bhagwanuria sought protection for his life and demanded that he be shifted to Amritsar jail. He also sought to […] Read more » Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia fake encounter Gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria Majithia Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act Punjab Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa Randhawa Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) vice-president Dalbir Singh Dhilwan
High Profile Cases Supreme Court to consider appointing ex-apex court judge to enquire into Hyderabad encounter. December 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it was considering to appoint a former apex court judge to enquire into the encounter killings of four accused persons in the sensational gangrape-and-murder case of a veterinarian in Telangana. “We are conscious of the fact that the Telangana High Court had taken note of it,” a bench headed […] Read more » Chief Justice of India (CJI) S A Bobde ex-apex court judge to enquire into Hyderabad encounter Hyderabad encounter S A Nazeer Sanjeev Khanna Telangana High Court
High Profile Cases 4-yr-old girl raped in a village in Hathgama UP. December 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth in a village in Hathgama area here, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on December 5 when the girl was playing near her house. Moolchand (36) allegedly lured the girl with a toffee, took her to a secluded place and raped her, they said. […] Read more » 4-yr-old girl raped
