Top Law News HC relies on dog’s evidence’, upholds conviction April 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has held a man guilty in a robbery and murder case and upheld the life sentence given to him by a lower court on the evidence of police dog. Another person was held guilty on the basis of witness identification parade, while three others were acquitted. Division bench of Justices P D Kode […] Read more » Ashok Chavan Bombay High Court Chandya Pawar Ejabool Jan Mohammed Shaikh Justice P.D. Kode Justice V. K. Tahilramani Kathalya alias Ramesh Raja Chavan life imprisonment Mamta Cooperative Housing Society Manojkumar Gupta Mumbai Sewri Sessions Court upholds conviction
Top Law News CWG case: Summons against 3 Swiss Timing officials sent to MHA April 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CBI has forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) the summons to be served abroad to three officials of Switzerland-based Swiss Timing Limited for their alleged role in a 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) related corruption case in which sacked CWG Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi, among others, is facing trial. The agency has […] Read more » CBI Commonwealth Games CWG case CWG Organising Committee CWG scam Ministry of Home Affairs secretary general Lalit Bhanot Summons against 3 Swiss Timing officials Suresh Kalmadi Swiss Timing Ltd.
Top Law News HC seeks Advocate General’s help in privilege motion April 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Advocate General Darius Khambata as amicus curie (friend of court) has been appointed by the Bombay High Court to help it in a petition filed by former vice-chairman of Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny (STCS) Committee Shriniwas Karve, challenging three breach of privilege notices issued to him. The former Vice Chairman of STCS had moved the High Court […] Read more » Advocate General Advocate General Darius Khambata Bombay High Court Maharashtra Legislative Council Pandurang Phundkar (BJP) MLAs Yashomati Thakur privilege motion Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny (STCS) Committee Shriniwas Karve Suresh Dhas Vice Chairman of STCS
Top Law News BSP Leader Shot Dead at His Farmhouse in South Delhi March 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi: Deepak Bharadwaj who is a leader of BSP and one of the richest candidates in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections has been shot dead by the two men here. The incident took place in the farmhouse ‘Nitesh Kunj’ located in Vasant Kunj area at 9:15 AM. Two others also suffered injuries in the incident. Two […] Read more » BSP Leader BSP Leader Deepak Bharadwaj Deepak Bharadwaj education Election Commission Farmhouse in South Delhi hotel Nitesh Kunj real estate business Vasant Kunj area
Top Law News Mumbai: eight commuters fall off local train, one dead March 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A commuter travelling on a suburban local train died while seven others were injured after falling from the train after being sprayed with suspected yellow powder-like substance between Sion and Kurla stations of Central Railway here this evening, railway sources said. “It is suspected that a yellow powder-like substance was thrown at them from a […] Read more » Bhabha Hospital Dadar-Thane local fall from local train Government Railway Police Sion Hospital suburban local train
Top Law News HC gives benefit of doubt to 4; clears them of dacoity, murder March 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Granting benefit of doubt, the Bombay High Court has quashed the life sentence given to four watchmen of a plastic production unit for committing dacoity at the facility and murdering its owner eight years ago. In a recent judgement, a bench of justices P V Hardas and A R Joshi, while acquitting the four, observed […] Read more » benefit of doubt Bombay High Court dacoity Dharam Singh Life sentence Meenbahadur Singh murder plastic production unit Tejasingh Bahadur Tulai Kalu Singh
Top Law News Police cracks Faridabad loot case, recovers Rs 70 lakh March 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Faridabad: Today the Police of Faridabad announced to have cracked a case of robbery, in which a Haryana trader was looted of Rs 1.25 crore on March 14. In this regards Faridabad Police arrested 2 accused. According to SSP Nitin Tewari, two Haryana police constables Sanjiv and Naresh, along with the driver of the trader Ravi, […] Read more » case of robbery Faridabad loot case Haryana police constables Sanjiv and Naresh Haryana trader SSP Nitin Tewari
Human Rights Top Law News HC notice to R R Patil in woman officer assault case March 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking ‘suo motu’ cognisance of a media report of assault on a woman official in Gadchiroli district on the International Women’s Day, the Bombay high court today issued notices to Maharashtra government and state Home Minister R R Patil. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Anoop Mohta also issued notices to the Director […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh border Director General of Police Gadchiroli district Gadchiroli Zilla Parishad Home Minister R R Patil International Women's Day Maharashtra government National Rural Health Mission suo motu cognisance
Top Law News Chautala’s plea to get pacemaker at hospital rejected March 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala’s plea of jailed has been turned down by the Delhi court turned down, facing trial in a disproportionate assets case, to undergo pacemaker implantation at a private hospital instead of a government facility. While rejecting his plea, special CBI judge Manu Rai Sethi directed the jail superintendent to get the Indian National […] Read more » Abhey Chautala Ajay Chautala All India Institute of Medical Sciences Central Bureau of Investigation Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital Delhi court disproportionate assets case Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala Haryana Congress leader Shamsher Singh Surjewala JBT teachers' recruitment scam case RML and GB Pant hospitals
Top Law News Italian marines case; New Delhi CMM to conduct proccedings March 26, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High court recommend the name of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of the Patiala House courts here in New Delhi for conducting the proceedings in the case of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast in which two Italian marines are the accused According to high court sources, the name of Amit Bansal, CMM of New Delhi district, […] Read more » 'Enrica Lexie' Chief Metropolitan Magistrate CrPC Delhi High Court International Maritime Law Italian marines Italian marines case Massimiliano Lattore and Salvatore Girone murder case murder under IPC Patiala House court
Top Law News Delhi HC allows media to cover Dec 16 gangrape case trial March 23, 2013 / March 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today allowed media to cover the day-to-day proceedings of the trial in the December 16 gang rape case which was being heard behind closed doors till date. Setting aside the order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, heading the fast track court, on January 22 restraining media from covering the trial, […] Read more »
Top Law News Congress has always misused CBI: Hazare March 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “It was wrong to presume that the CBI acts of its own volition and alleged that Congress had always “misused” the central investigating agency,” Anna Hazare said. Asked about the CBI raid on DMK leader M K Stalin’s residence immediately after the party withdrew its support to the UPA government, Hazare told reporters, “Everybody knows that […] Read more » Anna Hazare CBI acts Congress rule former Army Chief V K Singh Janatantra Morcha Lokpal Bill misused of central investigating agency Ramlila Maidan under Citizens' Charter UPA