High Profile Cases Maharashtra: BJP corporator gets 5-yr RI in bribery case. December 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A BJP corporator was on Wednesday sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment by a court here in Maharashtra for taking bribe in 2014. District Judge (special Anti-Corruption Bureau cases) P P Jadhav pronounced Varsha Bhanushali, the corporator in the BJP-ruled Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) of Thane district, guilty under provisions of the Prevention of […] Read more » 5-yr RI in bribery case BJP corporator district judge District Judge (special Anti-Corruption Bureau cases) P P Jadhav P P Jadhav special Anti-Corruption Bureau cases
High Profile Cases Home Minister Amit Shah moves Citizenship Bill in RS, says Indian Muslims ‘were, are and will remain’ Indians December 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday moved the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha, saying Indian Muslims “were, are and will remain Indian citizens” Moving the bill that provides Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Shah said minorities in the three nations do not get equal rights The population […] Read more » citizenship (amendment) bill Home Minister Amit Shah Rajya Sabha TV
High Profile Cases Delhi court reserves verdict for Dec 16 in Unnao rape case against Kuldeep Sengar December 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved verdict for next week in the case of alleged kidnapping and rape of a woman by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Unnao in 2017. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma said he will pronounce his judgement in the case on December 16. CBI had concluded its arguments in the […] Read more » expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar Kuldeep Sengar Unnao rape case Unnao rape case against Kuldeep Sengar
High Profile Cases Top Law News One of 4 convicts moves SC seeking review of death penalty in Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case December 11, 2019 / December 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment One of the four convicts, Akshya Kumar Singh, moved the Supreme Court Tuesday seeking review of its 2017 judgement handing down death penalty to all of them in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The apex court, on July 9, 2018, had dismissed the review pleas filed by three other convicts in the […] Read more » 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case death penalty in rape and murder case Nirbhaya case rape and murder case review of death penalty review of death penalty in Nirbhaya review of death penalty in Nirbhaya case
High Profile Cases HC junks PIL seeking advance declaration of intention to enter post-poll alliances December 11, 2019 / December 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking directions to the Centre, AAP government and Election Commission (EC) to ensure there are no post-poll alliances by political parties to cobble a majority, as seen in Karnataka and Maharashtra, if such an intention has not been declared prior to the election. A bench of […] Read more » Chief Justice D.N. Patel declaration of intention to enter post-poll alliances Delhi High Court IL seeking advance declaration of intention to enter post-poll alliances Justice C Hari Shankar post-poll alliances post-poll alliances in Karnataka and Maharashtra
High Profile Cases Top Law News Iqbal Mirchi PMLA case: ED files charge sheet December 10, 2019 / December 10, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate on Monday filed charge sheet in the money-laundering case involving gangster Iqbal Mirchi. ED is probing Mirchi’s purchase of three properties of Sir Mohammad Yusuf Trust in Worli area in the metropolis in September 1986 for Rs 6.5 lakh through his Rockside Enterprise. Four persons have been arrested under the Prevention of […] Read more » ED files charge sheet Enforcement Directorate Iqbal Mirchi PMLA case money-laundering case involving gangster Iqbal Mirchi
High Profile Cases SC partially lifts ban on construction activities in Delhi-NCR, allows it from 6 am to 6 pm December 10, 2019 / December 10, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday allowed construction activity in the Delhi-NCR region between 6 am and 6 pm, partially lifting its complete ban on it. The apex court perused the report filed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) which said that construction activities should not be allowed between 6 pm to 6 am. A bench, […] Read more » Central Pollution Control Board construction activity in the Delhi-NCR construction activity in the Delhi-NCR region between 6 am and 6 pm CPCB Delhi- National Capital Region Justice Arun Mishra Justice Deepak Gupta NCR
High Profile Cases Citizenship Amendment Bill to be introduced in RS on Wednesday: BJP confident of its passage December 10, 2019 / December 10, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The BJP is confident of the passage of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha which will be introduced in the upper house on Wednesday, sources said on Tuesday. The bill piloted by Union Home Minister Amit Shah was comfortably passed in the Lok Sabha on late Monday night as the ruling BJP […] Read more » citizenship (amendment) bill Union Home Minister Amit Shah
High Profile Cases Top Law News Delhi court allows Robert Vadra to travel abroad December 10, 2019 / December 10, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Monday allowed Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, to travel abroad for medical treatment and business purposes. Vadra is facing a probe under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, following allegations of money laundering related to purchase of a property in London at 12, Bryanston Square, […] Read more » Delhi court on Monday allowed Robert Vadra the son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi
High Profile Cases The Supreme Court on Friday decided to put on hold the elections for the local bodies on TN. December 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday decided to put on hold the elections for the local bodies in nine new districts, carved out of four existing ones, in Tamil Nadu for complying with legal formalities such as delimitation and reservation in four months. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) S A Bobde considered […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Chief Justice of India (CJI) S A Bobde CJI S A Bobde
High Profile Cases ACB exonerates Ajit Pawar in Vidarbha irrigation scam. December 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Maharashtra’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has given a clean chit to NCP leader and former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in the multi-crore Vidarbha irrigation scam. The ACB, in its affidavit submitted in the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court, has ruled out Pawar’s involvement in cases of alleged irregularities in approval and commissioning of […] Read more » Ajit Pawar in Vidarbha irrigation scam clean chit to Ajit Pawar in multi-crore Vidarbha irrigation scam clean chit to former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar clean chit to NCP leader Ajit Pawar Maharashtra's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Vidarbha irrigation scam
High Profile Cases Sacked from Ayodhya case, says Muslim parties’ lawyer Rajeev Dhavan December 5, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who appeared for Muslim parties in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case, on Tuesday said he has been sacked from the matter on the ‘nonsensical’ ground that he is unwell. Dhavan, who posted the information on Facebook, said he is no longer involved in either the review or the case. […] Read more » lawyer Rajeev Dhavan reconstruction of the Babri Masjid.
