Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News 2 Zee group editors get bail in Rs 100 cr extortion bid case December 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two editors of Zee group were granted bail today by a Delhi court after spending 20 days in jail, in the case of alleged Rs 100 crore extortion bid from Congress MP Naveen Jindal’s firm. “Bail is granted to both the accused,” Additional Sessions Judge Raj Rani Mitra said allowing the plea of Zee News Editor Sudhir Chaudhary […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Raj Rani Mitra Congress MP Naveen Jindal editors of Zee group punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment section 120B of IPC section 384 of IPC section 511 of IPC Zee Business Editor Samir Ahluwalia Zee Group Zee News Editor Sudhir Chaudhary
Media & Entertainment News Pooja Bhatt gets court relief in obscenity case December 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to producer and actor Pooja Bhatt, the Bombay High Court has quashed an order of a lower court to initiate criminal proceedings against her for alleged obscenity over the poster of her film ‘Rog’. She was charged for criminal conspiracy and under section 292 of the Indian Penal Code for public display […] Read more » Bombay High Court film ROG Himanshu Malik Ilene Hamann Irrfan Khan Justice K U Chandiwal Pooja Bhatt public display or exhibition of obscene material section 292 of the Indian Penal Code
Media & Entertainment News Case against Thackeray: Court seeks the probe status November 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Delhi a court asked the Delhi police to file a status report on its probe into the case lodged against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly dubbing Bihar natives as infiltrators in Mumbai and threatening them to throw out of the state. According to the Metropolitan Magistrate Neeraj Gaur, “Notice to concerned […] Read more » 153 B (making imputations prejudicial to the national interest) 505 (making remarks conducive to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code advocate Prem Shankar Sharma Azad Maidan protest on August 11 in Mumbai Bihar Chief Secretary Navin Kumar Case against Thackeray Chief Secretary Navin Kumar District Investigation Unit (DIU) of North Delhi FIR against Thackeray Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Metropolitan Magistrate Neeraj Gaur Mumbai Police Commissioner section 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of place of birth etc)
Media & Entertainment News Supreme Court pulls up Jayalalithaa for filing 4 nominations in 2001 November 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court pulls up Jayalalithaa for filing 4 nominations in 2001 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was pulled up by The Supreme Court for filing four nominations during the 2001 Assembly polls. “You had held top post in the state and held post only below to his excellency. You are a public figure in the state and you run a party. How can you do this?” […] Read more » 2001 Assembly polls AIADMK Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Election Commission filing 4 nominations in 2001 Jayalalithaa Justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad nominations in 2001 Senior advocate U U Lalit Supreme Court Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
Media & Entertainment News ‘Live-in’ partner of Rajesh Khanna moves Court November 9, 2012 / November 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment According to the order of Bandra Metropolitan court, that notice be issued to the family members of Rajesh Khanna on a complaint filed by a woman, claiming to be the late superstar’s live-in partner and seeking maintenance on the ground that she had looked after the actor as a wife would have done. In Anita […] Read more » Akshay Kumar Anita Advani Ashirwad Bandra Metropolitan court Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate bungalow in Bandra Dimple Kapadia Domestic Violence Act' Khanna since 2003 Live-in Rajesh Khanna Rajesh Khanna moves Court Rinki Saran Twinkle Kumar
Media & Entertainment News Teen Kanya’ not screened at Star theatre November 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Despite initial claims by director Agnideb Chattopadhyay, his “anti-government” Bengali movie “Teen Kanya” was not screened at the state-run Star theatre here Sunday. The suspense-thriller was released Friday across Bengal and shown in private cinema halls. The film is said to bear a resemblance to the real-life Park Street rape case in February, in which […] Read more » 'West Bengal Anglo-Indian woman anti-government Bengali movie Chattopadhyay chief minister Mamata Banerjee director Agnideb Chattopadhyay fabricated Hemendra Dave Kolkata Municipal Corporation Park Street rape case private cinema halls rape victim real-life Park Street rape case Star theatre Teen Kanya Teen Kanya' not screened West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress
Media & Entertainment News Cops shielding Salman Khan, says activist November 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former cop-turned in to a lawyer and activist Y.P. Singh lashed out at Mumbai Police for allegedly “helping” actor Salman Khan in the 2002 hit and run case. Khan had rammed into a bakery in suburban Bandra, killing one and injuring four others sleeping on a pavement, September 28, 2002. Singh pointed out that the […] Read more » 2002 hit and run case bakery in suburban Bandra Mumbai Police Salman Khan Y.P. Singh
Media & Entertainment News Pass order on Devgn’s plea, high court tells CCI November 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has been asked by The High Court of Delhi to “urgently” pass the order on a plea filed by actor Ajay Devgn against the alleged monopolistic practices adopted by Yash Raj Films. Ajay said in a complaint to the CCI, Yash Raj Films (YRF), the production house owned by late Yash Chopra allegedly abused its […] Read more » Ajay Devgn Anushka Sharma CCI Jab Tak Hai Jaan Katrina plea filed by actor Ajay Devgn Sanjay Dutt Shah Rukh khan Son Of Sardaar Sonakshi Sinha The Competition Commission of India The High Court of Delhi Yash Chopra Yash Raj Films
Media & Entertainment News Late ex-army man’s widow seeks stay on release of film December 27, 2011 / December 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The widow of a late former Indian Army man has approached the Delhi High Court seeking direction to stay the release of film “Zilla Ghaziabad”, starring Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi, alleging that its story wrongly portrayed her husband as a criminal. Krishna Devi, in her petition Friday, alleged that the upcoming film was based […] Read more » Delhi High Court Zilla Ghaziabad
Media & Entertainment News Andhra High Court clears ”The Dirty Picture” December 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Clearing decks for the release of the much-publicised ‘The Dirty Picture’, the Andhra Pradesh High Court Thursday dismissed a writ petition by the kin of late southern actress Silk Smitha seeking a ban on the movie. Justice Vilas V. Afzalpurkar dismissed the petition of Silk Smitha’s brother V. Naga Varaprasad Rao, who wanted the court […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh High Court Central Board of Film Certification clears ''The Dirty Picture'' Justice Vilas V. Afzalpurkar
Media & Entertainment News Actor Ronit Roy held after accident, granted bail October 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Actor Ronit Roy was arrested here Thursday after his car rammed into another car injuring three of its four occupants, including a woman who is in critical condition. A court later granted him bail. The incident occurred on the Link Road near Amboliin the Andheri West suburb around 6.30 a.m. The other car was thrown […] Read more »
Media & Entertainment News Ambitious 9 percent growth for 12th Plan achievable: PM October 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today described the 9 per cent growth target for the 12th Plan asambitious though achievable, given economic volatility around the globe. Addressing the 56th meeting of the National Development Council (NDC) here, the Prime Minister, however, said the long term prospects for the economy remain good. The growth performance of the […] Read more » 9 per cent growth target for the 12th Plan National Development Council PM