Criminal Law News Kasab’s plea : Supreme Court reserves verdict April 26, 2012 / April 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on the hearing of a petition filed by 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab challenging the Bombay High Court verdict upholding his death sentence. The high court had upheld Kasab’s death sentence Feb 21, 2011. Kasab was awarded the death sentence by a Mumbai […] Read more » 2008 Mumbai terror attack Ajmal Kasab Bombay High Court co-accused Fahim Harshad Mohammad Yusuf Ansari Justice Aftab Alam Justice C.K. Prasad Kasab's plea Kasab’s death sentence Mumbai attackers Pakistani Ajmal Kasab Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab senior counsel Gopal Subramanium Supreme Court terrorist Ajmal Kasab
Criminal Law News Maharashtra Police officer gets bail in rape case April 24, 2012 / April 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Anil Mahabole, a Maharashtra Police officer accused of rape, Monday secured interim bail from the Bombay High Court, which observed that prima facie, a case of rape was not made out against him, his lawyer said. The court did not believe the rape allegation against Mahabole, Justice AM Thipsay observed after examining the police report, […] Read more » Anil Mahabole Maharashtra Police officer Bombay High Court Justice AM Thipsay MMS clip
High Profile Cases Kripashankar Singh case: SIT submits probe report to court April 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special investigation team (SIT) probing the unaccounted wealth cases against former Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh on Thursday submitted its confidential report to the Bombay High Court. The SIT report came following Feb 22 directives of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Roshan Dalvi to Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik to probe the allegations […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Mohit Shah Justice Roshan Dalvi Kripashankar Singh case Special Investigation Team
High Profile Cases Court issues notice on suit challenging Jaitapur n-plant April 13, 2012 / April 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Thursday issued notice to the government, Nuclear Power Corporation of India and others in a public suit challenging the proposed 9,900-MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project coming up in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. Justice D. D. Sinha and Justice V. K. Tahilramani issued the notice returnable next week, lawyer R.N. Kachwe for the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Jaitapur n-plant Justice D. D. Sinha Justice V. K. Tahilramani lawyer R.N. Kachwe
Criminal Law News Rs.20 lakh relief for terror suspect’s custody death April 11, 2012 / April 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an unprecedented ruling, the Bombay High Court Tuesday awarded Rs.20 lakh compensation to the mother of Khwaja Yunus, an accused in a bomb blast in 2002 in Maharashtra who died in police custody, a lawyer said. On Jan 3, 2003, Yunus, an engineer working in Dubai, had been picked up in connection with the […] Read more » bomb blast in 2002 in Maharashtra Bombay High Court Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice P.D. Kode
Top Law News Sesa Goa issued notices for violating norms April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court Monday issued notice to top officials of Vedanta Resources-owned Sesa Goa, Goa’s biggest mining company, for alleged violation of ore transportation norms. The notice was issued by Justice F.M. Reis in response to a petition filed by green activist Ramesh Gauns, who claimed that Sesa Goa had […] Read more » alleged violation of ore transportation norms Bombay High Court chief operating office P.K. Mukherjee Justice F.M. Reis
Criminal Law News Supreme Court breather for Madhur Bhandarkar April 10, 2012 / April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday stayed criminal proceedings against filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar in a rape charge levelled against him by actress Priti Jain. While staying the proceedings, an apex court bench of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice C. K. Prasad issued notice to the Maharashtra government and Jain on Bhandarkar’s plea seeking that the case against […] Read more » actress Preeti Jain Bombay High Court filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar Justice C.K. Prasad Justice H.L. Dattu Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Ghai land allotment row: BJP says Deshmukh must quit April 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thursday sought union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s resignation following the Supreme Court’s observation that land allotment to filmmaker Subhash Ghai in Maharashtra for his film academy during Deshmukh’s term as chief minister was not transparent. “The way in which he had allotted land for a media baron, which was stuck down by the high court and […] Read more » Bombay High Court Comptroller and Auditor General Filmmaker Subhash Ghai Ghai land allotment row Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Setback for Ghai in land allocation row April 5, 2012 / April 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback to filmmaker Subhash Ghai, the Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed an appeal by his Mukta Arts Ltd challenging a Bombay High Court verdict cancelling the allotment of 20 acres of land in Goregaon for his film academy. An apex court bench headed by H.L. Dattu, while dismissing the petition, said the application on […] Read more » Bombay High Court Filmmaker Subhash Ghai land allocation row Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Madhur Bhandarkar to face trial in rape case March 23, 2012 / March 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Thursday rejected the application of filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar to stay the process against him in a Mumbai metropolitan court in the Preeti Jain rape case. “Justice R.C. Chavan today (Thursday) refused to stay the trial against Bhandarkar, stating that he will now have to face criminal trial,” Jain`s lawyer S. Kunjuraman […] Read more » Bombay High Court filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar Justice R.C. Chavan Preeti Jain rape case
Criminal Law News High Court frowns at slow probe in Maval firing case March 22, 2012 / March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Wednesday slammed the Maharashtra government for going slow on police officials who opened fire last year at protesting farmers at Maval, near Pune, resulting in three deaths. Observing that prima facie it appeared to be a case of ‘homicidal murder’, a division bench comprising Justice P.B. Majmudar and Justice R.D. Dhanuka […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice P.B. Majmudar Justice R.D. Dhanuka Maval firing case
Criminal Law News Malegaon blast: Purohit’s custodial interrogation put off March 22, 2012 / March 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday extended its interim order staying the Bombay High Court verdict permitting custodial interrogation by the NIA of Malegaon bomb blast accused Prasad Srikant Purohit and Sudhakar Dhar Dwivedi till April 10. The court would that day examine whether offences alleged against the two justified invoking of the Maharashtra Control of Organised […] Read more » Bombay High Court Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act Malegaon blast Supreme Court