Top Law News Aarushi murder: CBI says media quoted bogus sources August 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Aarushi murder: CBI says media quoted bogus sources The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday sought the Supreme Court’s directions to the media to refrain from ‘sensational’ reporting, claiming that the sources mentioned in reports on the Aarushi-Hemraj murder were not its officers who brief reporters. The CBI favoured setting up of an independent body to monitor media reports particularly when there were […] Read more » Aarushi murder bogus CBI media quoted sources
Top Law News Pappu Yadav arrested by CBI August 16, 2010 / August 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Following a Supreme Court order, former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from a hospital in Haryana’s Gurgaon district, officials said on Monday. “He was admitted in Artemis Hospital in Gurgaon from Saturday. The CBI team reached the hospital on Monday morning and […] Read more » arrested CBI Pappu Yadav
Top Law News CBI to get two-day custody of Amit Shah August 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Friday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) two days’ custody of former minister of state for home and law Amit Shah for further investigation in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing in a staged shootout. While quashing a designated judge’s order that denied the remand, Justice Akil Kureshi upheld the arguments […] Read more » Amit Shah CBI custody two-day
Top Law News CBI probe ordered against Koda in assets case August 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jharkhand high court on Wednesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against former chief minister Madhu Koda and six ex-ministers for amassing assets more than their known sources of income. “A division bench, comprising acting Chief Justice Sushil Harkoli and Justice D N Patel, ordered a CBI probe against Madhu Koda and […] Read more » assets case CBI Koda
Top Law News CBI demand for Shah remand rejected August 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A CBI court Wednesday rejected the agency’s demand for a seven-day custody of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, arrested for the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge A.I. Raval’s ruling stunned the agency. “The CBI may challenge the decision. The CBI may go to the high court,” a source […] Read more » CBI rejected remand Shah
Top Law News Apex court upholds CBI probe into Mumbai police firing deaths July 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the Maharashtra government’s plea against a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of six people in police firing during the 1992 Mumbai riots. It also directed the agency to complete the probe in six months. The CBI investigation was ordered by the Bombay High Court. “We are […] Read more » CBI deaths firing Mumbai
Top Law News Sohrabuddin case: CBI pits Tulsi against Jethmalani July 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eminent criminal lawyer K.T.S. Tulsi will appear for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case in which former Gujarat minister Amit Shah has been arrested, a government source said Thursday. ‘The CBI decided to field Tulsi and an ASG (additional solicitor general) as noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani is […] Read more » CBI Jethmalani Sohrabuddin case Tulsi
Top Law News CBI summons IPS officer Johri in Sohrabuddin case July 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday summoned Geetha Johri, the first woman IPS officer of Gujarat, in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. Johri, who was the part of Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case, has been asked to appear before the CBI on August 10. […] Read more » CBI IPS officer Johri Sohrabuddin case summons
Top Law News Gujarat minister again fails to turn up before CBI July 23, 2010 / July 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat’s Minister of State for Home Amit Shah, summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake shootout, Friday again failed to turn up before the agency. He send his lawyer Mitesh Amin instead who asked for the questionnaire. But the agency refused to give it. Read more » CBI Gujarat minister
Top Law News Court to hear plea against CBI probe in Bihar irregularities July 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Patna High Court is set to hear the Bihar government’s plea to review the court’s decision for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into irregularities of Rs 11,412 crore in the state on Thursday. In a suit filed on Monday, the state government said the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, which alleged […] Read more » Bihar irregularities CBI
Top Law News Sohrabuddin case: CBI summons Gujarat minister Amit Shah July 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat’s Minister of State for Home Amit Shah was Thursday summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake shootout in Ahmedabad. A CBI source said Shah’s arrest was only a “matter of time”. Shah has been accused of calling up policemen involved in […] Read more » CBI Sohrabuddin case
Top Law News Nitish Kumar to face CBI probe on graft complaint July 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and 46 others will face a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe that was ordered by the Patna High Court on Thursday into alleged financial irregularities involving Rs 11,412 crore. After hearing a public suit on the issue, a division bench of Chief Justice RM Doshit and Justice SK Katariyar […] Read more » CBI Nitish Kumar