Top Law News Court refuses bail to Gali Janardhan Reddy in OMC November 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court of CBI dismissed the bail plea of mining baron and former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, an accused in the illegal mining case involving his Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC). This was the sixth bail petition of Gali Janardhan Reddy since his arrest in the OMC scam in September last year, which was […] Read more » A special court of CBI bail to Gali Janardhan Reddy Former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy Gali Janardhan Reddy mining baron Obulapuram Mining Company OMC
Top Law News Court issues production warrant against Abu Jundal November 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi court asked the Tihar Jail authorities to produce LeT terrorist and 26/11 Mumbai attack key handler Abu Jundal before it in a case lodged by the NIA against him for allegedly conspiring to launch terror strikes across the country. District Judge I S Mehta, who had on November 3 ordered for Jundal’s production before […] Read more » 26/11 Mumbai Abu Jundal Ahmedabad station Delhi court FIR FIR lodged by the National Investigation Agency German Bakery blast Karanawati Express train blast Lashkar-e-Toiba's Mumbai ATS National Investigation Agency production warrant production warrant against Abu Jundal the Nasik Academy attack Tihar Jail Tihar Jail authorities
Top Law News HIV positive family beaten up, thrown out of home November 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment According to the Police in Jodhpur, After an NGO disclosed the identity of an HIV-infected couple to their neighbours they and their four children have been ostracised and are being forced to sleep on pavements. The family has been sleeping on pavements outside the local railway station after their neighbours beat them up and forced […] Read more » AIDS patient Code of Criminal Procedural HIV positive HIV-infected couple Jodhpur's Ambedkar Colony Police in Jodhpur Sursagar police station
Top Law News “Jagan misguided court while seeking bail in DA case” November 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI, probing the corruption charges against jailed YSR Congress leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy, today accused him of misguiding a special court here while seeking bail “by giving a different interpretation of the apex court’s order”. Earlier on October 5, the special CBI court had dismissed his bail plea. Opposing the fresh bail applications of […] Read more »
Top Law News Dist Bar Associations to seek pecuniary jurisdiction November 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Dist Bar Associations to seek pecuniary jurisdiction In the capital all District Bar Association’ s co-ordination committee have decided to appeal to the Delhi High Court for granting unlimited pecuniary jurisdiction to trial courts in civil cases. The committee’s decision comes a day after the High Court gave a nod to increase the pecuniary jurisdiction of Delhi District Courts from Rs 20 […] Read more »
Top Law News White paper on Mah irrigation scam within 3 weeks November 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court informed by Maharashtra government that a white paper on the alleged multi-crore irrigation scam, involving bureaucrats of Water Resources Department and Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation (KIDC), would be ready within three weeks. This statement was made by Advocate General Darius Khambata before a division bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and […] Read more » Bombay High Court CBI Justices A M Khanwilkar and Mridula Bhatkar Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation Maharashtra government Water Resources Department
Top Law News 2G case: Court lets Raja visit Tamil Nadu November 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the 2G spectrum allocation case trial facing Former Telecom Minister A Raja, allowed by a court of Delhi to visit Tamil Nadu till November 25. Permission to visit Tamil Nadu on his plea has been given by Special CBI Judge O P Saini, after it was not opposed by the CBI. The court also […] Read more » 2G case 2G case accused Vinod Goenka 2G spectrum allocation case CBI DMK MP Kanimozhi former Telecom Minister A. Raja Prevention of Corruption Act Raja visit Tamil Nadu Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini Swan Telecom promoter
Top Law News Centre plea on info panel appointments has admitted by the Sumpreme Court November 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre’s plea has been admitted by the Supreme Court to review its judgement which had stipulated that only sitting or retired chief justices of high courts or an apex court judge can head the Central and state information commissions. While admitting the plea, a bench of justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar, however, made […] Read more » 2005 apex court judge bench of justice Central Information Commission Centre's plea chief information commissioner chief justices of high court information commissioners justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar Right to Information Act sections 12 and 15 of the Right to Information Act Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court questions operations of private security agencies November 22, 2012 / November 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Supreme Court questions operations of private security agencies The apex court bench of Justice D.K. Jain and Justice J.S. Khehar while issuing the notice to the home ministry told that we take suo motu cognizance of the said reports, relating, inter alia, to the licensing and working of private security agencies. The court said the “recent firing incident, widely reported in the press, […] Read more » Justice D.K. Jain and Justice J.S. Khehar private security agencies Supreme Court what is the legal regulatory framework
Top Law News BMW case: Anand told to provide free legal services November 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on BMW case: Anand told to provide free legal services An advocate R.K. Anand has been told by the Supreme Court to provide free legal services for a year and pay Rs.21 lakh to Bar Council of India to support law colleges attended mostly by students from poor families. Delhi High Court convicted Anand for his attempt to influence prosecution witness Sunil Kulkarni in the […] Read more » advocate R.K. Anand BMW case free legal services Justice Aftab Alam and Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi provide free legal services Sunil Kulkarni in the 1999 BMW hit
Top Law News After 18 years, six get compensated for hotel negligence November 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eighteen years after a Mumbai hotel’s faulty lift trapped a group of guests, including three foreigners, for over two hours, virtually suffocating them to death, the apex consumer court has directed the hotel to pay the six victims Rs.2 lakh each for mental agony and trauma. The Ambassador Hotel, Churchgate, has been held guilty of […] Read more » Churchgate Commission's Presiding Member R.C. Jain Mumbai hotel's faulty Narangs International Hotel Pvt Ltd National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Supreme Court The Ambassador Hotel
Top Law News 2G trial witnesses heated exchange between counsel and judge November 21, 2012 / November 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The ongoing trial of the 2G case turned ugly when a defence counsel, on being asked by the court not to pose irrelevant questions to a prosecution witness, accused the special judge of “bullying” him. The heated exchange took place between advocate Vijay Aggarwal, the counsel for former Telecom Minister A Raja’s erstwhile Private Secretary […] Read more » 2G case turned ugly 2G trial 2G trial witnesses counsel and judge