High Profile Cases Four get bail in Adarsh housing scam March 21, 2012 / March 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four men accused in the Mumbai Adrash housing scam were given bail Tuesday by a special court after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) made fresh arrests in the multi-crore-rupee scandal. Those released on bail are former Congress lawmaker Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, his son Kailash, tax consultant J.K. Jagiasi and former CBI counsel Mandar Goswami. They […] Read more » 1999 Kargil conflict Adarsh housing scam Bombay High Court former CBI counsel Mandar Goswami tax consultant J.K. Jagiasi
High Profile Cases Court seeks report on Islamic scholar’s Mumbai visit March 15, 2012 / March 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay high court on Wednesday asked the Mumbai police if the latter is equipped to deal with a potential law-and-order situation when Pakistan-born Canadian Tahirul Qadri, part of Pakistan based organisation Minhaj-ul-Quran, delivers his speeches in the city. A socio-religious forum, Raza Academy, has moved the court seeking to restrain Qadri from delivering his […] Read more » Bombay High Court Islamic scholar's Mumbai visit Pakistan based organisation Minhaj-ul-Quran Senior counsel V Tulpule
High Profile Cases Breather for Kripashankar: Supreme Court stays attachment order March 14, 2012 / March 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a breather for Maharashtra Congress leader Kripashankar Singh, the Supreme Court Tuesday stayed a Bombay High Court order attaching movable and immovable properties belonging to him and his family members in an illegal assets case. An apex court bench of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice Anil R. Dave directed Kripashankar Singh and his family […] Read more » Bombay High Court Breather for Kripashankar Justice Anil R. Dave Justice H.L. Dattu Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Why no action against officials in Adarsh scam: Court March 13, 2012 / March 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Why no action against officials in Adarsh scam: Court The Bombay High Court Monday rapped the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for not initiating action against government officials involved in the Adarsh housing society scam. “When there is preliminary evidence against certain government officers, why haven’t you written to the concerned departments seeking their removal,” asked the division bench of Justice P.B. Majmudar and […] Read more » Adarsh housing society scam Bombay High Court former chief minister Ashok Chavan Justice D.R. Dhanuka Justice P.B. Majmudar
Criminal Law News Slain Congress leader’s wife wants trial in Mumbai March 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Alleging that witnesses were turning hostile in the 2006 murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar, the victim’s wife has moved the Bombay High Court seeking transfer of the trial from Maharashtra’s Raigad district to Mumbai, a lawyer said here Sunday. Nimbalkar’s family members alleged that suspended Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Padmasinha Bajirao Patil, an […] Read more » 2006 murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar Bombay High Court Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Padmasinha Bajirao Patil Vipin Kasle Nimbalkar's lawyer
High Profile Cases Adarsh scam: Court grants relief to ED chief March 6, 2012 / March 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The enforcement directorate (ED) chief was Monday granted exemption from personal appearance before the Bombay High Court in a case related to the scam-ridden Adarsh housing society here. The court was hearing an application filed by the ED on behalf of its chief who was earlier told to appear before it personally March 12 and […] Read more » Adarsh scam Bombay High Court former chief minister Ashok Chavan Justice D.R. Dhanuka Justice P.B. Majmudar
High Profile Cases Deshmukh challenges ‘grave strictures’ in Supreme Court March 1, 2012 / March 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Cabinet Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the “extremely grave strictures” against him by the Bombay High Court, while quashing the allotment of land to film-maker Subhash Ghai’s production house for setting up a state-of-the-art film institute. The high court, in its Feb 9 verdict, quashed the joint venture agreement between […] Read more » Bombay High Court Film Corporation and Mukta Arts Supreme Court Union Cabinet Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh
High Profile Cases Court slams CBI, ED over Adarsh society probe February 29, 2012 / February 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Tuesday slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and other central agencies for lapses in the ongoing probe into the Adarsh Society scam and threatened to set up a special investigating team if they did not expedite matters. At the hearing, the court also summoned the enforcement director to appear before […] Read more » Adarsh Society scam Bombay High Court Justice P.B. Majmudar Justice R.D. Dhanuka
Criminal Law News Court orders action against Mumbai Congress chief February 23, 2012 / February 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the city police commissioner to register an FIR against senior Congress leader Kripashankar Singh for ” criminal misconduct” under the Prevention of Corruption Act and ordered the attachment of his and his immediate family’s movable and immovable properties worth crores. The court order came as a major blow […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Mohit Shah Justice Roshan Dalvi Patnaik senior Congress leader Kripashankar Singh
Criminal Law News Kasab claims trial court’s death penalty verdict flawed February 15, 2012 / February 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ajmal Kasab, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist, Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the reasoning by the trial court while awarding him death penalty was flawed. Amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran, appearing for Kasab, asked the apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice C.K. Prasad to expressly reject the “pragmatic […] Read more » 2008 Mumbai terror attack Ajmal Kasab Bombay High Court Justice Aftab Alam Justice C.K. Prasad
Criminal Law News 2003 Mumbai twin blasts result of conspiracy: High Court February 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The 2003 Mumbai twin blasts did not result from “momentary pulse of weakness of mind” but a well thought-out conspiracy, the Bombay High Court held on Friday while confirming death sentences of the three accused. The division bench of justices AM Khanvilkar and PD Kode confirmed the death penalty awarded to Ashrat Ansari (32), Hanif […] Read more » 2003 Mumbai twin blasts Bombay High Court justice AM Khanvilkar justice PD Kode
Criminal Law News Jailed Malegaon blast accused allowed AC train travel February 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Thursday allowed Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast in Maharashtra, to travel to Madhya Pradesh by a second class air-conditioned coach for a court hearing there March 13, her lawyer said. She is currently lodged in a Mumbai jail. The division bench of Justice V.M. […] Read more » 2008 Malegaon blast Bombay High Court Justice P.D. Kode Justice V.M. Kanade Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur