High Profile Cases Top Law News All accused, including Aseemanand, acquitted: 2007 Mecca Masjid blasts April 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eleven years after powerful bombs ripped through Hyderabad’s historic Mecca Masjid, killing nine people and wounding 58, a special NIA court on Monday acquitted all five accused, including Swami Aseemanand due to lack of clinching evidence. Some of the accused even left the premises after the fourth additional metropolitan sessions-cum-special court for NIA cases announced […] Read more » featured Mecca Masjid Mecca Masjid blast Swami Aseemanand
High Profile Cases Top Law News Supreme Court to examine Shanti Bhushan’s PIL on allocation of cases April 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today decided to examine a PIL filed by former law minister Shanti Bhushan challenging the existing roster practice of allocation of cases by the Chief Justice of India (CJI). A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan sought the assistance of Attorney General K K Venugopal and Additional Solicitor General […] Read more » CJI featured J Chelameswar PIL Ranjan Gogoi Shanti Bhushan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News Supreme Court to examine Shanti Bhushan’s PIL on allocation of cases April 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today decided to examine a PIL filed by former law minister Shanti Bhushan challenging the existing roster practice of allocation of cases by the Chief Justice of India (CJI). A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan sought the assistance of Attorney General K K Venugopal and Additional Solicitor General […] Read more » Chelameswar's CJI Dushyant Dave featured Prashant Bhushan Shanti Bhushan Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News CBI arrests UP BJP MLA: Unnao gangrape case April 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in connection with the Unnao gangrape case on early Friday morning. The arrest was made within 12 hours after the CBI took over the case.CBI sources said that the probe agency’s team arrested the legislator from his residence in Indira Nagar area at […] Read more » BJP BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar CBI featured Unnao gangrape case Unnao gangrape case। Uttar Pradesh BJP
High Profile Cases Top Law News Nanak Shah Fakir to hit theatres tomorrow as Supreme Court, High Court refuse to stall screening April 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two Sikh bodies today made unsuccessful attempts in the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court to stall the release of the movie ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’, which would hit theatres across the nation tomorrow. Both the top court and the high court rejected the respective pleas of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Delhi […] Read more » Central Board of Film Certification Delhi High Court DSGMC featured Guru Nanak Dev Harinder S Sikka Nanak Shah Fakir SGPC Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News Punjab to Supreme Court: High Court verdict convicting Navjot Singh Sidhu correct April 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab government today told the Supreme Court that the Punjab and Haryana High Court was correct in convicting its incumbent minister Navjot Singh Sidhu in the road rage case. Counsel for Punjab government told a bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul that Patiala resident Gurnam Singh had died after he was […] Read more » featured Gurnam Singh High Court. Accused J Chelameswar Navjot Singh Sidhu Punjab and Haryana High Court Sanjay Kishan Kaul
High Profile Cases Top Law News Chief Justice of India-led orders listing of a case relating to BJP chief’s son April 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the listing of a case of a news portal’s scribes, who are facing criminal defamation complaint filed by BJP President Amit Shah’s son, before an appropriate bench for final disposal on April 18. An supreme court bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra said since it was […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Amit Shah BJP Chief Justice of India CJI D Y Chandrachud Dipak Misra featured Gujarat High Court Jay Shah public domain electronically Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court to hear next week plea for CBI probe into Unnao gangrape April 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear next week here a plea for a CBI probe into the Unnao gangrape case allegedly involving a BJP lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud said it would hear the plea which had also alleged that the rape victim’s […] Read more » BJP MLA BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar from Bangarmau constituency Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice AM Khanwilkar Justice DY Chandrachud kuldeep Kuldeep Singh Sengar Nirbhaya gangrape case Supreme Court Unnao gangrape victim father death
High Profile Cases CJI first among equals with power to allocate cases: Supreme Court April 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the “first among equals” and occupies a unique position having the “exclusive prerogative” to allocate cases and set up benches to hear cases, the Supreme Court ruled today. The verdict assumed significance as it came in the backdrop of the January 12 unprecedented press conference of senior-most judges […] Read more » allocation of cases CJI featured Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi NGO Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms
High Profile Cases Supreme Court seeks details from real estate major Amrapali Group on money collected and invested. April 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a bid to ascertain whether there was any “siphoning” of funds, the Supreme Court today asked real estate major Amrapali Group to provide details of the money it had collected from the homebuyers and how much it had invested in its housing projects. The Supreme Court also asked the group to apprise it on […] Read more » Amrapali Amrapali Eden Park project Amrapali Group on money collected and invested Amrapali Sapphire project Amrapali Zodiac project featured Justice Arun Mishra Justice U U Lalit real estate major Amrapali Group
High Profile Cases Top Law News CBI to High Court: Maulana Azad-Najma Heptulla photo was morphed April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI has told the Delhi High Court that a controversial photograph of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Najma Heptulla, published in a book on the country’s first education minister, has been morphed, but the identity of the person responsible for it is yet to be ascertained. The submission of the central probe agency is […] Read more » CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Shakdher Maulana Azad-Najma Najma Heptulla
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court directs CBI to file 2nd charge sheet by May 14: Pradyuman murder case April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court today directed the CBI to file its second charge sheet in the murder case of a seven-year-old boy at a private school in Haryana by May 14, after the probe agency sought more time. Additional Sessions Judge Jasbir Singh Kundu granted time to the CBI after taking note of a fresh plea […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Jasbir Singh Kundu Advocate Sushil Tekriwal CBI featured Francis Thomas Gurgaon Police Jayesh Thomas Juvenile Justice Board Pradyuman murder case Ryan International School
