High Profile Cases Adarsh scam: Two sent to CBI custody till April 30 April 18, 2012 / April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Tuesday remanded two former Maharashtra bureaucrats to CBI custody till April 30 in the Adarsh housing scam, an official said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) April 3 arrested former municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak and retired information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari in connection with the scam. “Both, Phatak and Tiwari, have been […] Read more » Adarsh housing scam CBI Central Bureau of Investigation former municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak
Criminal Law News Shehla murder: Accused says BJP legislator guilty April 12, 2012 / April 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Zahida Parvez, prime accused in activist Shehla Masood’s murder, Wednesday alleged outside a CBI court in Indore that BJP legislator Dhruv Narayan Singh had “a major role” in the crime. The legislator has been questioned by CBI officials about his relations with Masood and Parvez. He refused to comment on Parvez’s charge. Parvez, an interior […] Read more » BJP legislator Dhruv Narayan Singh CBI Shehla Masood's murder Special Judge Shubra Singh
Top Law News CBI probe in UP number plate deal April 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has ordered a CBI probe into the decision of the former Bahujan Samaj Party government to allot a tender to sell high security registration plates in the state to a Mumbai-based company. The court set aside the contract on Tuesday and ordered a CBI probe into the […] Read more » CBI former Bahujan Samaj Party government Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Mumbai-based Shimnit Utsch India Pvt Ltd
Criminal Law News Police kept eyes closed during 1984 riots, CBI tells court April 1, 2012 / April 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI on Saturday told a Delhi court hearing a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar that police kept their eyes closed during the carnage. While advancing the final arguments, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) counsel RS Cheema said: “This was a case where the police acted in a […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots Additional Sessions Judge JR Aryan CBI Congress leader Sajjan Kumar
Criminal Law News CBI recovers weapon used in Shehla Masood murder March 26, 2012 / March 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI today said that the weapon used in the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood has been recovered at the instance of Saqib Ali who is accused of hiring contract killers to murder her. A CBI spokesperson said in New Delhi that the weapon, a country-made bullet, was recovered at the instance of Ali […] Read more » CBI Saqib Ali Shehla Masood murder
Criminal Law News Nurse case: CBI custody of accused extended till Feb 6 February 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here Saturday remanded two accused arrested in connection with the disappearance of nurse Bhanwari Devi to judicial custody for 14 days, while the CBI custody of another accused was extended till Feb 6, officials said. Three accused – Pukhraj Bishnoi, Dinesh Bishnoi and Reshmaram Bishnoi – were presented in court of an additional […] Read more » Bhanwari Devi CBI Nurse case
Top Law News Two top lawyers’ contest on Lokpal December 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two top lawyers – Arun Jaitley of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Abhishek Manu Singhvi of the Congress – set the pace of debate on the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday with their debate. Here are the points and counter-points: Jaitley: You (the government) want to control appointments, want government control […] Read more » Abhishek Manu Singhvi Arun Jaitely BJP CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Central Vigilance Commission Congress party CVC Two top lawyers' contest on Lokpal
Criminal Law News CBI may seek arrest warrant against Rajasthan lawmaker December 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI is likely to move a court here Monday for an arrest warrant against Rajasthan Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi for not appearing for questioning in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, sources said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been quizzing three sons of the legislator for the past two days […] Read more » arrest warrant CBI missing nurse Bhanwari Devi Rajasthan lawmaker
Top Law News Can’t stigmatise judiciary, Supreme Court warns CBI November 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “One can’t stigmatise the judiciary,” the Supreme Court Tuesday said, slamming the CBI for casting aspersions on the subordinate judiciary in Gujarat while seeking the transfer of the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing’s trial outside the state. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.P. Desai pulled up the Central Bureau of […] Read more » 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing’s Can’t stigmatise judiciary CBI Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Bail pleas of Kanimozhi, five others to be heard on Friday November 24, 2011 / November 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi high court on Thursday allowed the early hearing of the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and five other accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Justice VK Shali said that the matter would be heard on Friday morning. Directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that is probing the case and the […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation case CBI Delhi High Court Justice VK Shali
Criminal Law News Srilakshmi appears before CBI in illegal mining case November 17, 2011 / November 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Srilakshmi appears before CBI in illegal mining case IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, who was accused number four in the CBI’s FIR in the illegal mining case involving former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, appeared before the investigating agency this morning. Srilakshmi was being questioned by the CBI sleuths since morning, sources said. She was currently Commissioner for Family Welfare and was Secretary for […] Read more » CBI Chanchalguda Jail IAS officer Y Srilakshmi illegal mining case
Criminal Law News Shobhit murder: Order reserved on plea for CBI probe November 1, 2011 / November 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on a plea seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killing of 20-year-old engineering student Shobhit Modi May 5 near his house in south Delhi. Suraj Modi, father of Shobhit, had sought a CBI probe into the murder, saying the police were handling the […] Read more » CBI Delhi High Court Justice Mukta Gupta Shobhit murder case