Top Law News Adarsh accused move HC against PMLA’s application June 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Seven accused in the Adarsh scam have moved the Bombay High Court stating the Enforcement Directorate’s case against them for money laundering is not “sustainable” as provisions of anti-money laundering law were not in force at the time of commission of the alleged offence. Read more » Adarsh scam case
Top Law News Bombay HC cautions buyers to verify properties before purchase June 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Disposing of a batch of petitions seeking regularisation of illegal floors in a building at Navi Mumbai, the Bombay High Court has cautioned flat buyers to verify properties before purchasing them and refrain from approaching the courts to seek redressal. Read more » Bombay HC verification of properties before purchase
Top Law News Chandrashekharan murder case: Minister lauds Kerala police June 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said the investigation into the T.P.Chandrashekharan murder case was progressing in the right direction. The successful operation carried out by the Special Investigation Team to nab three key accused in the case has boosted the morale of Kerala police, he said. The Minister was addressing a function held as part of […] Read more » Chandrashekharan murder case T.P.Chandrashekharan murder case
Top Law News No relif for Abhishek Verma and his wife by CBI court till 21 June June 16, 2012 / June 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Saturday extended till June 21 the CBI custody of Abhishek Verma, businessman and naval war room leak case accused, and his wife in a graft case. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Talwant Singh remanded Verma and his wife Anca Neacsu, a Romanian national, to the probe agency’s custody for […] Read more » Abhishek Verma Abhishek Verma case CBI special judge Talwant Singh corruption case against Abhishek Verma naval war room case
Top Law News Custodial death in Bihar:Police station chief arrested June 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In another case of Human Rights Violation a custodial death ocurred in a police station of Bihar. A police station chief has been arrested in Bihar’s capital following the custodial death of a man, police said here Saturday. Salman, 50, who was charged with stealing vehicles, died from injuries he sustained when he was allegedly beaten up during interrogation at the […] Read more » custodial death in Bihar custodial death in India Human Rights Violation case
Top Law News Masood murder case: again recording of accused statement June 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An accused in the RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case today told the CBI court that he would like to depose before it again, claiming that his previous statement was made under duress. The accused, Irfan, who hails from Kanpur, alleged that he was forced by CBI officers to give his statements during hearing on […] Read more » CBI court in Masood case CBI magistrate Shubhra Singh murder of an RTI activist: Shehla Masood Shehla Masood murder case
Top Law News Maharastra government wake up to moral policing June 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai which is known for its free night life getting disturbed by moral policing. On this issue Maharastra government finally took note of the situation. Minister of state for home Satej Patil had a talk with police commissioner Arup Patnaik, advised him to handle the issue efficiently and the state was mulling a review of archaic laws. […] Read more » Home Minister R R Patil Minister of state for home Satej Patil moral policing moral policing in maharastra Mumbai
Top Law News Malyalam superstar Mohanlal booked for possessing ivory June 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A case has been registered against Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in connection with seizure of ivory from his house by Income Tax officials in 2010. Forest officials registered the case against Mohanlal and two others, filing the first information report (FIR) before Chief Judicial Magistrate at Perumbavoor yesterday naming the 52-year-old actor as the first accused. […] Read more » Chief Judicial Magistrate at Perumbavoor Malyalam superstar Malyalam superstar Mohanlal possession of ivory an offence possessison of ivory
Top Law News Asiad gold medallist Pinki: arrested for rape,presented in court June 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Asiad gold medallist Pinki Pramanik ,who is allegedly to be a man,has been detained and subsequently arrested on charges of “rape”, was presented in a court of West Bengal on Friday by the police seeking an order for a gender determination test in a government hospital. Pramanik was formally arrested on charges of rape and assault late Thursday […] Read more » Asiad gold medallist Pinki charges of rape on asiad gold medallist charges of rape on pinki pramanik court of West Bengal Pinki Pramanik
Top Law News Lokayuktas can be useful in controlling rampant mining June 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lokayuktas can play a vital role in controlling rampaging mining industry from encroaching on citizen’s rights and curbing corruption this has been advocated by New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW). This is a new ground for supporting Lokayuktas office, and it can be helpful for Lokpal as well at the central level in controlling corruption […] Read more » anti-corruption ombudsman harms of illegal mining illegal mining Karnataka illegl mining Karnataka's Lokayukta institution Karnataka's mining scandal Lokayuktas mining mining scenarios in Karnataka and Goa New York-based Human Rights Watch Santosh Hegde's report
Top Law News Karnataka court: granted bail to Nithyanand June 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Controversial godman Nityananda was on Thursday granted bail by a Karnataka court in a case of causing hurt and criminal intimidation last month. District Judge Komala (who uses only one name) heard Nityananda’s application at Ramanagara, about 30 km from Bangalore, and granted him bail. The case was filed against him by a local news […] Read more » controversial godman nithyanand criminal case against nithyanand District Judge Komala Karnataka court religious guru nithyanand
Top Law News CBI ordered to probeJharkhand state service exams June 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jharkhand High Court Thursday ordered a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in 16 examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) for recruitment to civil and other services posts since the creation of the state in 2000, a law official said. A division bench of Justice R.K. Merethia and Justice D.N. Upadhaya ordered […] Read more » CBI irregularities in JPSC Jharkhand High Court Jharkhand Public Service Commission JPSC chairman Justice D.N. Upadhaya Justice R.K. Merethia Vigilance Bureau report