Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Jigisha murder: HC commutes death penalty to 2 to life term January 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today commuted the death penalty awarded to two convicts in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case to life imprisonment. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta, however, upheld the life imprisonment awarded to the third convict by a trial court in the case. “We commute death sentence awarded […] Read more » death penalty death penalty to life term Delhi High Court today featured HC commutes death penalty to 2 to life term Jigisha murder Justice I.S. Mehta Justice S. Muralidhar life term
High Profile Cases Coal scam: HC stays sentence, Rs 25L fine on Madhu Koda January 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today stayed a trial court order awarding three-year jail term to former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda in a coal scam case till January 22, by when it has also sought response of the CBI on his appeal challenging the conviction and sentence. Justice Anu Malhotra also stayed the order imposing […] Read more » CBI counsel Tarannum Cheema coal scam Delhi High Court featured HC stays sentence Justice Anu Malhotra Madhu Koda Rs 25L fine on Madhu Koda
High Profile Cases SC to hear today plea on pictorial warning on tobacco products December 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court agreed to hear today itself a batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court order which quashed the government regulation that packets of tobacco products must carry pictorial warning covering 85 per cent of packaging space. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul considered the submission for […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court tobacco products
High Profile Cases Everybody saw 2G scam when there was none: Special CBI judge December 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Giving a body blow to the CAG’s and CBI’s estimation of huge loss in grant of 2G licences, a special court today held that some people “artfully” arranged few selected facts and created a scam “when there was none”. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), in its report that created an uproar when the UPA […] Read more » 2G scam CAG CBI Comptroller and Auditor General Court featured Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Govt should appeal in HC against 2G case acquittal: Swamy December 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, who was one of the petitioners on whose plea a CBI probe was ordered in 2G case, today said government should immediately appeal in the Delhi High Court against the acquittal. Former Telecom Minister and DMK leader A Raja, his party colleague and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi were today acquitted by […] Read more » 2G case BJP CBI Court Dehi High Court featured Law Legal News Subramanian Swamy
High Profile Cases Madras HC calls for IT records on firm purportedly linked to Karti December 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the income tax (IT) department to produce the records related to one of its orders last year, transferring the proceedings pending against a firm, allegedly linked to Congress leader P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram, from one assessing officer to another. The court issued the directive when a plea filed […] Read more » Court featured Income-Tax Department Karti Chidambaram Law Legal News Madras High Court
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases HC dismisses Tejpal plea seeking quashing of rape, other charges December 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The High Court of Bombay at Goa today dismissed a petition filed by Tehelka’s former editor- in-chief Tarun Tejpal seeking the quashing of rape and other charges levelled against him by a former woman colleague. Justice Nutan Sardesai dismissed the petition filed by Tejpal, who is accused of raping the woman during an event in […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape case Tarun Tejpal
High Profile Cases PIL in Delhi HC against eateries in Khan Market, Connaught Place December 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL was today moved in the Delhi High Court seeking closure of eateries which are running in contravention of municipal laws and without fire clearances in the posh Khan Market and Connaught Place areas of the city. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notices to the […] Read more » Connaught Place Court Delhi High Court featured Khan Market Law Legal News PIL
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Madras HC stays criminal proceedings against financier Anbuchezhian December 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today stayed till January 29 criminal proceedings against absconding film financier G N Anbuchezhian in a case relating to the alleged suicide of a producer. Justice MS Ramesh passed the interim order on a petition by Anbuchezhian who went into hiding after a case of abetment of suicide and charging exorbitant […] Read more » Anbuchezhian Court Criminal news featured G N Anbuchezhian Law Legal News Madras High Court suicide of a producer
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Delhi HC asks Chautala to bring ailing wife’s med records for parole December 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked INLD chief O P Chautala, serving a ten-year jail term in a teachers recruitment scam case, to substantiate his claim of seeking two-month parole to look after his ailing wife by producing her recent medical records. Justice Mukta Gupta asked the counsel for Chautala to place on record the […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured INLD Law Legal News O P Chautal teachers recruitment scam case
High Profile Cases No funds shortage: SC on solid waste management December 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming solid waste management as a “huge problem” for the country, the Supreme Court has said that there was no shortage of funds under ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ but there was “lack” of willingness on the part of states to take positive steps in this regard . The apex court noted the submissions of the Ministry […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News No funds shortage Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC for relook into 349 FDC medicines by drug advisory board December 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pharmaceutical firms have suffered a setback as the Supreme Court has favoured re- examination of 349 fixed dose combination (FDC) medicines, a ban on which was set aside by the Delhi High Court. The FDC medicines, including well-known brands such as Corex cough syrup and Vicks Action 500 Extra and several anti-diabetes drugs, were banned […] Read more » Court drug advisory board FDC medicines featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
