Top Law News Allowing AAP MLAs to summon witnesses could prolong the office of profit matter, says HC November 2, 2018 / November 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi:The Delhi High Court on Thursday said allowing 20 AAP MLAs, facing allegations of having held office-of-profit, to summon witnesses in the disqualification proceedings before the poll panel could lead to prolonging the matter beyond their tenure, expiring in 2020. Justice Sunil Gaur said the idea was not to “stop” or “curtail” the rights […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party AAP legislators Anil Kumar AAP MLAs Avtar Singh Justice Sunil Gaur Manoj Kumar Nitin Tyagi and Jarnail Singh Senior advocate KV Vishwanathan Som Dutt Sukhvir Singh Dala
Top Law News Chennai child rape case: HC rejects plea by 14 accused for CBI probe November 1, 2018 / November 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chennai: The Madras High Court Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by 14 accused in the Ayanavaram child rape case, seeking transfer of the probe to the CBI. Rejecting the petition, Justice A D Jagadish Chandira said, “No specific material fact has been averted in the petition regarding mala fide exercise of power by the Inspector of […] Read more » 11-year-old hearing-impaired girl Ayanavaram child rape case Chennai child rape case Goondas Advisory Board
Top Law News Delhi courts grants bail to CBI DSP in case involving Asthana November 1, 2018 / November 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court Wednesday granted bail to CBI DSP Devender Kumar arrested in connection with bribery allegations involving the agency’s Special Director Rakesh Asthana. Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann granted the relief to Kumar and asked him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and a surety of like amount. The CBI […] Read more » CBI DSP Devender Kumar CBI DSP in case involving Asthana Manoj Prasad and Somesh Prasad personal bond of Rs 50 Special Director Rakesh Asthana
Top Law News ED seeks custodial interrogation of Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis money laundering case November 1, 2018 / November 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday opposed in a Delhi court the anticipatory bail plea of former Union minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case and sought his custodial interrogation. ED, which filed its response to the anticipatory bail plea of Chidambaram, said that he has remained evasive and was […] Read more » Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis money laundering case ED money laundering case October 8 P. Chidambaram
Top Law News Will appoint Lokayukta within three months: Nagaland tells SC November 1, 2018 / November 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi:The Nagaland government on Wednesday gave an undertaking before the Supreme Court that it would appoint the state Lokayukta within three months. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, which was hearing a PIL seeking appointment of an anti-graft ombudsman in every state, took note of the affidavit of the Nagaland chief secretary […] Read more » Lokayukta Nagaland SC U U Lalit and K M Joseph
Top Law News Rafale deal: SC seeks pricing details of 36 fighter jets from Center in sealed cover November 1, 2018 / November 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Center to place before it in a sealed cover within 10 days the pricing details of 36 Rafale fighter jets India is buying from France. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also said that details, including the steps in the decision making process for the […] Read more » 36 fighter jets Attorney General K K Venugopal Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Indian Air Force equipment. Rafale deal
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News Justice Debasish Kar Gupta was sworn in as the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court October 31, 2018 / October 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Debasish Kar Gupta was sworn in as the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court here on Tuesday. Justice Gupta was functioning as the acting chief justice of the high court after Chief Justice Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya retired in September. Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi administered him the oath of office at the high court. Gupta […] Read more » Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi
Top Law News Six Tata Trusts withdraw pleas against I-T dept notices October 31, 2018 / October 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Six Tata Trusts have withdrawn their petitions filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the show cause notices issued against them by the Income Tax department as to why their registrations should not be cancelled. The Income Tax commissioner (Exemptions) had issued notices to these six trusts on March 8 this year for alleged non-compliance […] Read more » Bombay High Court non-compliance of rules governing the trust funds. Tata Trusts Tata Trusts have withdrawn their petitions
Top Law News Malegaon blast case: Purohit, Sadhvi and 5 others charged under UAPA October 31, 2018 / October 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Tuesday framed charges in the 2008 Malegaon blast case against Lt Col Prasad Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and five others for terror activities, criminal conspiracy and murder, among others. Judge Vinod Padalkar, presiding over the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court, framed charges against all the seven accused under sections […] Read more » 2008 Malegaon blast case Lt Col Prasad Purohit National Investigation Agency (NIA) court Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)
Top Law News Delhi HC sentences 16 ex-policemen to life imprisonment in 1987 Hashimpura massacre case October 31, 2018 / October 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sentenced 16 former policemen to life imprisonment for killing 42 people of a minority community in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel reversed a trial court’s verdict which had acquitted the accused. The high court convicted […] Read more » 1987 Hashimpura massacre case Delhi High Court Hashimpura massacre case Justice S. Muralidhar Justice Vinod Goel
Top Law News Firecrackers other than green crackers will not be sold in Delhi-NCR: Supreme Court October 31, 2018 / October 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court clarified on Wednesday that firecrackers other than green crackers will not be sold in the Delhi-NCR region this festival season. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said firecrackers already produced can be sold in this festival season only in other parts of the country. In Tamil Nadu, Puducherry […] Read more » A.K. Sikri Justice A.K Sikri Ashok Bhushan
Top Law News HC directs CBI to maintain status quo on proceedings against spl director Rakesh Asthana till Nov 1 October 30, 2018 / October 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday ordered the CBI to maintain status quo till November 1 on proceedings against its Special Director Rakesh Asthana, who was sent on leave by the government. A bench of Justice Najmi Waziri questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for not filing reply to pleas of Asthana and another […] Read more » Delhi High Court FIR against Asthana and Kumar Justice Najmi Waziri Rakesh Asthana
