Top Law News Supreme Court seeks response from Centre on Kargil Hero’s case December 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Response from the Centre on Kargil martyr Capt Saurabh Kalia’s father’s plea has been sought by the Supreme Court seeking its direction to the government for raising the case of his son’s torture at the hands of Pakistan Army at the International Court of Justice. Notice has been issued by a Bench headed by Justice R M […] Read more » Advocate Arvind K Sharma Capt Sourav Kalia Centre on Kargil martyr Capt Saurabh Kalia Home Affairs and External Affairs International Court of Justice international forum Justice R.M. Lodha Kalia's agony ministry of defence N K Kalia Pakistan Army Supreme Court
Top Law News Zee boss and son’s protection from arrest extended till Dec 20 December 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court extended till December 20 the interim protection from arrest granted to Zee Group Chairman Subhash Chandra and his son in the case of alleged Rs 100 crore extortion bid from Congress MP Naveen Jindal’s firm by two editors of the news channel. “Interim protection for the two is extended till December 20,” Additional Sessions […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Raj Rani Mitra Chandra and Goenka Congress MP Naveen Jindal's firm Interim protection Punit Goenka Punit Goenka's counsel Special Public Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan Zee boss Zee Group chairman Subhash Chandra
Top Law News Retired bureaucrat jailed for amassing illegal wealth December 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 72-year-old former MD at Khadi Gram Udyog was on Wednesday given a five-year jail term and fined Rs10 lakh by a Delhi court for possessing disproportionate assets of over Rs52 lakh. CBI special judge Dinesh Kumar Sharma handed down the jail term to S Malaichamy, an IAS officer of 1971 batch (AGMU cadre), who […] Read more » CBI CBI special judge Dinesh Kumar Sharma Election Commissioner in 2001 IAS officer IAS officers MD at Khadi Gram Udyog The Indian Administrative Service
Top Law News Lakkhan Bhaiyya case:Paralysis-struck accused deposes in court December 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court, trying the fake encounter of alleged Chhota Rajan aide, recorded the statement of the last accused in the case before the deposition of defence witnesses . Encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma is the key accused in the case, where Ram Narayan Gupta alias “Lakkhan Bhaiiyya”, was killed in an alleged fake encounter on […] Read more » Chhota Rajan Janardhan Bange Lakkhan Bhaiiyya Lakkhan case Pradeep Sharma Ram Narayan Gupta
Top Law News Lakkhan Bhaiyya case:Paralysis-struck accused deposes in court December 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court, trying the fake encounter of alleged Chhota Rajan aide, recorded the statement of the last accused in the case before the deposition of defence witnesses . Encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma is the key accused in the case, where Ram Narayan Gupta alias “Lakkhan Bhaiiyya”, was killed in an alleged fake encounter on […] Read more » Chhota Rajan Janardhan Bange Lakkhan Bhaiiyya Lakkhan case Pradeep Sharma Ram Narayan Gupta
Top Law News Zee boss agrees to lie-detector test, its two editors refuse December 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Zee Group chairman Subhash Chandra, named in the FIR lodged in the alleged Rs. 100 crore extortion bid from Naveen Jindal’s firm, he agreed before a court to undergo lie-detector test but his two arrested editors refused to do so. According to Chandra “He can be subjected to the test on the condition that he be informed […] Read more » Crime Branch of Delhi Police Delhi Police FIR Metropolitan magistrate Gaurav Rao Naveen Jindal Naveen Jindal’s firm Subhash Chandra Zee editors Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia Zee Group Zee Group chairman Subhash Chandra
Top Law News Supreme Court acquits Chishti of murder charge, allows him to return home December 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court acquitted Pakistani microbiologist Mohammed Khalil Chishti for the murder charge in a 20-year-old criminal case and was allowed to return to his native country without any restriction. However, the apex court declined to interfere with his conviction for voluntarily causing hurt under section 324 of the Indian Penal Code and served him […] Read more » justices P Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi Mohammed Khalil Chishti Pakistani microbiologist Mohammed Khalil Chishti section 324 of IPC section 34 of the IPC Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court forms panel on road mishap December 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra Government has been suggested by Bombay High Court to consider linking ration cards with the newly introduced Aadhar cards so as to ascertain bogus and duplicate ration cards in the state. A division bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and R D Dhanuka took a serious view of the issue of bogus ration cards and questioned […] Read more » Aadhar cards Bombay High Court Justices A M Khanwilkar and R D Dhanuka Maharashtra government public interest litigation
Top Law News Supreme Court dismisses Swamy’s petition against Chidambaram December 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy’s petition has been dismissed by the Supreme Court for review of its verdict clearing Finance Minister P Chidambaram of all charges in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The apex court said the decision does not “warrant any reconsideration.” “We have perused the averments contained in the review petition and have gone through […] Read more » Bhartiya Janata Party CBI Chidambaram Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy justices G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishnan Special Leave Petition Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court telecom minister A. Raja warrant any reconsideration
Top Law News Cop allegedly shot colleague dead to be examined December 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A probationary sub-inspector who had allegedly shot dead his colleague inside a police station here last year has been ordered by a Delhi court to be examined by IHBAS to ascertain if he is of sound mind or not. Amarjeet Singh, 26, had allegedly shot dead his colleague Kailash Chandra Yadav, at Nihal Vihar Police […] Read more » Delhi High Court IHBAS Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences sub-inspector
Top Law News Eveteasing should be curbed as it concerns women’s dignity: High Court December 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Incidents of eve teasing should be dealt with strictly as the issue involves women’s dignity, the Bombay High Court has observed. The comments came from a bench headed by Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode while hearing a suo motu PIL. On September 17, the same bench had while confirming death sentence on […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Mohit Shah Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode PIL suburban Dombivali
Top Law News PIL seeking to extend tenure of DGP dismissed December 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL has been dismissed by the Madras High Court, seeking to quash Tamil Nadu government’s order extending the tenure of Director General of Police K Ramanujam for two more years from November 30. A Division Bench, comprising Justices V Ramasubramanian and M M Sundaresh, cited the Supreme Court judgement in the Prakash Singh case and […] Read more » Clause 16(1) of the All India Service Rules Director General of Police K Ramanujam Justices V Ramasubramanian and M M Sundaresh M Suresh Kumar Madras High Court Ramanujam as DGP RTI application Tamil Nadu government