High Profile Cases Top Law News HC notice to Karti Chidambaram’s CA on ED plea April 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Chartered Accountant of Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram on an Enforcement Directorate plea seeking cancellation of his bail in the INX media money laundering case. The court has listed the matter for hearing on August 16. The Enforcement Directorate has challenged the trial […] Read more » chartered accountant Congress leader P. Chidambaram Delhi High Court Enforcement Directorate plea featured FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion Board INX S. Bhaskaraman
High Profile Cases Top Law News Judge hearing Salman Khan’s bail plea transferred April 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A district and sessions judge, who was supposed to pronounce order on Salman Khan’s application for bail and suspension of sentence in 1998 black buck poaching case, has been transferred as part of a reshuffle. In a late night development, Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi has been transferred to Sirohi, as per an order of […] Read more » black buck poaching case featured Jodhpur Central Jail Registrar General of the High Court Salman Khan
High Profile Cases Top Law News PIL in SC over CJI’s administrative authority as of roster April 7, 2018 / April 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior advocate and former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan today filed a PIL in the Supreme Court seeking clarification on the administrative authority of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) as the master of roster and for laying down the principles and procedure to be followed in preparing it for allocation of cases. He filed the […] Read more » Chief Justice of India featured Kurian Joseph law minister M B Lokur PIL Prashant Bhushan Ranjan Gogoi
High Profile Cases Top Law News Salman Khan Convicted & Sentenced To 5 Years Imprisonment In Blackbuck Poaching Case April 5, 2018 / April 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Jodhpur trial court today convicted Salman Khan, in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case. However, the other accused, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre have been acquitted. Salman has been convicted under Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, and has been sentenced to 2 years in jail. However he is likely to be granted bail today […] Read more » Bishnoi Sabha blackbuck poaching case Dinesh Gawre Dushyant Singh Jodhpur trial court Neelam Rajasthan High Court Saif Ali Khan Salman Khan Sonali Bendre Tabu
High Profile Cases Top Law News Teesta Setalvad, Javed Anand move Bombay HC for pre-arrest bail April 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Social activist Teesta Setalvad and her associate Javed Anand today moved the Bombay High Court, seeking `transit anticipatory bail’ in a case of alleged misappropriation of Central government’s funds by them. After a brief hearing on the plea, a bench of Revati Mohite-Dere said she would pass appropriate order on the plea tomorrow. The case […] Read more » Ahmedabad Crime Branch Bombay High Court Javed Anand Justice Mohite-Dere Mahesh Jethmalani NGO Sabrang Trust Teesta Setalvad
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court dismisses sedition case against SP leader Azam Khan April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court here has dismissed a sedition case lodged against Samajwadi Party leader Mohd Azam Khan for allegedly making controversial remarks on Kashmir. Chief Judicial Magistrate Amarjeet Singh dismissed the case yesterday and rejected the final report filed by the police in the matter. The case was registered against Khan by Bajrang Dal leader […] Read more » Bajrang Dal BJP Samajwadi Party Samajwadi Party leader Mohd Azam Khan
High Profile Cases Top Law News AAP MLA discharged by Delhi court in six cases of extortion April 4, 2018 / April 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today discharged Delhi AAP MLA Manoj Kumar in six related cases of extortion filed against him in August 2015. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal absolved the MLA from the charges citing lack of evidence against him. The court, however, framed the charges against his personal assistant and co-accused Deepak Sharma in […] Read more » AAP AAP MLA Manoj Kumar Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sharma Delhi Police featured Samar Vishal
High Profile Cases Top Law News HC closes defamation suit on kejriwal after he apologised to Arun Jaitley April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today closed the Rs 10 crore defamation suit filed by Union minister Arun Jaitley after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal apologised to him. Jaitley had filed this second defamation suit after Kejriwal’s former lawyer Ram Jethmalani allegedly “abused” him in open court during the proceedings of the original defamation suit against […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party Arun Jaitley Arvind Kejriwal DDCA Delhi and District Cricket Association featured Ram Jethmalani
High Profile Cases Re-probe into Mahatma assassination dismissed by Supreme Court March 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking a re-investigation into the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. A bench of Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao, which heard the matter, dismissed the petition filed by Mumbai-based Pankaj Phadnis from Abhinav Bharat. The apex court, which reserved its verdict on March 6, had made it […] Read more » featured Justice L Nageswara Rao Justice S.A. Bobde Mahatma assassination
High Profile Cases ‘Khap panchayat’ interference in marriage of two consenting adults absolutely illegal : SC March 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to inter-faith or inter-caste couples who often face threat to their lives due to their relationship, the Supreme Court today banned any interference by illegal assemblies like khap panchayats into their marriages, terming the intrusions as “absolutely illegal.” A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar featured Justice D.Y. Chandrachud khap panchayat
High Profile Cases Supreme Court extends protection to Karti Chidambaram till April 2. March 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today extended the interim protection against arrest to Karti Chidambaram, granted by the Delhi High Court in the INX Media money laundering case, till April 2. The order came as the Enforcement Directorate sought an authoritative pronouncement from the top court in view of several conflicting orders of different high courts on […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured INX Media money laundering case Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Karti Chidambaram protection to Karti chidambaram
High Profile Cases Production warrant against Abu Salem for Mar 27 in extortion case March 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today issued a production warrant against gangster Abu Salem and directed the authorities to bring him before it on March 27 in connection with an extortion case. Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sehrawat’s direction came after the jail authorities informed the court that they would not be able to produce Salem before it […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sehrawat extortion case featured Gangster Abu Salem production warrant production warrant against gangster Abu Salem
