High Profile Cases Madras High Court declines Tamil Nadu’s minister’s plea to restrain NGO Arappor Iyakkam. March 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court on Thursday refused to grant any immediate interim relief on a prayer by a Tamil Nadu minister seeking to restrain an NGO from levelling corruption charges against him in the media and on social media. In his suit, Municipal Administration Minister S P Velumani sought damages of Rs 1 crore against […] Read more » Madras High Court NGO Arappor Iyakkam. Tamil Nadu's minister's plea to restrain
High Profile Cases Chopper case: Delhi court directs Saxena to record statement before magistrate on Mar 2 March 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday directed Rajeev Saxena, who had moved a plea to become an approver in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money-laundering case, to record his statement before a magistrate court. Special judge Arvind Kumar marked Saxena’s plea before the court of the CMM on March 2 for recording of his disclosure statement (disclose intentions […] Read more » AgustaWestland Bruno Spagnolini Chopper case Christian Michel Delhi court Finmeccanica directors Giuseppe Orsi former Air Force chief SP Tyagi Saxena to record statement before magistrate Saxena's wife Shivani
High Profile Cases Court issues summons to Rahul Gandhi and Sitaram Yechury over comments after Lankesh murder February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A metropolitan magistrate’s court here has issued summons to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury after a defamation complaint was filed by an RSS worker for allegedly linking journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder with “BJP-RSS ideology”. RSS worker and lawyer Dhrutiman Joshi had filed a private complaint in the court in 2017 against […] Read more » Congress chief Rahul Gandhi CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury Lankesh murder
High Profile Cases Supreme Court to hear PIL seeking protection of Kashmiri students. February 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday a PIL seeking a direction to authorities to protect Kashmiri students who are allegedly being attacked across the country in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror strike. A bench, comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices L N Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, on Thursday took note […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Sanjiv Khanna Justices L N Rao protection of Kashmiri students Pulwama terror strike.
High Profile Cases Lawyer Prashant Bhushan also seeks hearing on plea seeking perjury prosecution of some officials for misleading court in Rafale case. February 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court had sought information from the centre about the pricing details and the decision making process undertaken by the government before sealing the Rs. 56,000 crore fighter jets deal. Former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking initiation of perjury proceedings against central […] Read more » activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan Former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie Rafale case
High Profile Cases Supreme Court grants protection from arrest in all cases to Ex-IPS officer Bharati Ghosh. February 19, 2019 / February 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday granted protection from arrest in all cases registered against former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh, who had recently joined the BJP. A bench headed by Justice A K Sikri said no coercive action should be taken against her and posted the matter for further hearing after three weeks. Ghosh had moved the […] Read more » Bharati Ghosh Ex-IPS officer
High Profile Cases CBI moves Delhi HC seeking custodial interrogation of lobbyist Deepak Talwar February 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court seeking custodial interrogation of lobbyist Deepak Talwar in a case related to alleged violation of foreign funding law, FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act). A bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Anu Malhotra sought response of NGO Advantages India Private Ltd, with which Talwar was earlier associated […] Read more » Deepak Talwar FCRA Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act lobbyist Deepak Talwar manish garg rajdipa behura
High Profile Cases Delhi High Court junks plea asking media to use word martyr for reporting casualties in terror attacks February 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking directions to the media to use the words martyr or ‘shaheed’ instead of ‘killed’ when reporting deaths of security personnel in terror or other attacks. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice VK Rao declined to hear the petition by a lawyer, who […] Read more » Delhi High Court February 14 terror attack in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir use word martyr use word martyr for reporting casualties in terror attacks
High Profile Cases Supreme Court disposes plea challenging Nageswara Rao’s appointment as interim CBI chief. February 19, 2019 / February 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday disposed of a plea challenging the appointment of M Nageswara Rao as interim Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Vineet Saran said no further interference is required as the relief has already been granted with the appointment of a full time […] Read more » Common Cause Justice Arun Mishra Justice Vineet Saran M Nageswara Rao NGO Common Cause
High Profile Cases Delhi court extends interim bail to Robert Vadra till March 2, ED alleges non-cooperation February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday extended the interim bail granted to Robert Vadra till March 2 in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) even as the agency claimed that he was not cooperating in the matter. Special judge Arvind Kumar granted the relief to Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress president Rahul Gandhi. The court also extended the protection from arrest granted to his close aide and a co-accused in the case, […] Read more » interim bail interim bail granted to Robert Vadra interim bail granted to Robert Vadra till March 2 Robert Vadra
High Profile Cases Contempt notice: M Nageswara Rao reaches Supreme Court February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment M Nageswara Rao reaches Supreme Court to appear in connection with the contempt notice issued against him by the court for transferring the CBI officer probing the Bihar shelter home cases. The court had issued the notice to Rao for transferring joint director A K Sharma out of CBI. Rao on Monday admitted that as […] Read more » Bihar shelter home cases Contempt notice M Nageswara Rao Nageswara Rao Supreme Court
High Profile Cases VVIP chopper case: Court orders in-camera proceedings for Rajeev Saxena February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate did not seek any further custody of Rajeev Saxena, arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case, from a Delhi court on Tuesday. Rajeev Saxena, whose ED custody ends Tuesday, sought to talk to Special Judge Arvind Kumar in private, without the presence of his lawyers, after which the court initiated […] Read more » AgustaWestland money laundering case Court Finmeccanica in-camera proceedings Rajeev Saxena Rs 3600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case VVIP chopper case
