Top Law News Cash-for-judge scam: Former high court judge summoned May 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Saturday summoned former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav in the cash-for-judge scam that had rocked this union territory in August 2008. CBI Special Judge Ritu Tagore asked Yadav to appear before court May 18. Four other accused in the case have also been summoned […] Read more » Cash-for-judge scam CBI CBI Special Judge Central Bureau of Investigation Former high court judge judge Nirmal Yadav Ritu Tagore summoned
Top Law News People should speak up against corruption: Ex-chief justice Verma April 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on People should speak up against corruption: Ex-chief justice Verma People should speak up against corruption as every individual had a role to play in the fight against the malaise, former chief justice of India J.S. Verma said Monday. Presiding over a function to release a book titled ‘The Tangy Taste of Indian Politics and Beyond’ here, Verma said that corruption in high places needs […] Read more » CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Central Vigilance Commission corruption ex-chief justice J.S. Verma speak
Media & Entertainment News Supreme Court asks government’s view on black money probe team April 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday sought the central government’s response to its suggestion for setting up a special investigation team (SIT) with experts from various agencies to probe black money stashed away in tax havens abroad. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar also indicated it was inclined to appoint […] Read more » (RAW) black money CBI Central Bureau of Investigation IB Intelligence Bureau Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar Ram Jethmalani Research and Analysis Wing Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Court panel finds large-scale illegal mining in Karnataka April 16, 2011 / April 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court-appointed panel has found large-scale illegal mining in Karnataka, particularly in the state’s iron-ore rich Bellary district.The illegal activity was taking place in connivance with officials, the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) said in its report submitted to the court in New Delhi Friday. The CEC also found that between 2003 and 2010, over […] Read more » CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Chief Justice J.S. Khehar Court panel illegal mining Justice A.S. Bopanna Karnataka large-scale Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Court directs Tihar officials to give proper food to Raja April 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Wednesday directed Tihar Jail authorities to give proper and timely food to former communications minister A Raja and former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura sent to judicial custody in the 2G spectrum scam case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge OP Saini was hearing applications filed by Raja and Behura. […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation Special Judge OP Saini Tihar Jail
Top Law News Supreme Court names special public prosecutor in 2G case April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Overruling the central government’s objection, the Supreme Court Monday appointed senior counsel Uday Lalit as special public prosecutor for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 2G scam case. Justice GS Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly said they were issuing direction in the interest of substantive justice. Article 142 of the constitution empowers […] Read more » 2G case Central Bureau of Investigation Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice GS Singhvi public prosecutor senior counsel Uday Lalit Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Please don’t legalise prostitution, say victims April 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Please don’t legalise prostitution, say victims Twenty-year-old Noor was just 10 when she was sold off to a brothel owner and forced into sex trade in West Bengal. She was rescued by activists a decade later and went on to become a vociferous community mobiliser. Noor says prostitution should not be legalised. ‘Prostitution is a vicious world. If a woman gets […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation don’t legalise prostitution
Top Law News Why no FIR against Mumbai Congress chief, asks high court March 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Thursday wanted to know why a first information report was not lodged against Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh, who is accused of amassing huge wealth through illegal means. The judges’ query came after the submissions made by the Income Tax Department, Enforcement Directorate and the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau on the investigations […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Darius Khambatta Asif Balwa Central Bureau of Investigation Chief Justice Mohit Shah FIR High Court Justice D.G. Karnik Kripashankar Singh Mumbai Congress chief Shahid Balwa
Criminal Law News Two DDA employees, aide sent to jail in corruption case March 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday awarded varying jail terms, with a maximum of three years, to two Delhi Development Authority (DDA) employees and their accomplice in a corruption case. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Pradeep Chaddah said: ‘The menace of corruption has entered into each and every segment of the society. Because lenient views […] Read more » 'DDA Assistant Director Pradeep Kumar Sharma aide Central Bureau of Investigation clerk Ved Prakash corruption case DDA Delhi Development Authority employees jail sent two
Criminal Law News Hemraj’s wife moves court saying Talwars killed him March 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The wife of domestic help Hemraj, who was murdered along with Noida teenager Aarushi Talwar in 2008, Saturday filed an application before a court here alleging that her husband was killed by his employers and the girl’s parents. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court will record the statement of Khukla Banjade, wife of Hemraj […] Read more » Aarushi Talwar Central Bureau of Investigation Court Hemraj killed moves Talwars wife
Top Law News Man abusing Aarushi case judge arrested March 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man who had pasted an obscene pamphlet against judge Preeti Singh for not ensuring justice to the soul of murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar has been arrested, police said Thursday. A court sent the man, identified as Kewal Chawla of Delhi, to 14 days judicial remand. According to the investigation officer Dharamvir, the chief judicial […] Read more » Aarushi case abusing arrested Central Bureau of Investigation CJM D.D. Ojha judge man Rajesh Talwar
High Profile Cases Court admits CBI plea to extradite Warren Anderson March 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Wednesday allowed a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea seeking extradition of US-based former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson for the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Vinod Yadav said everyone in India wants Anderson, 90, to be extradited for world’s biggest environmental disaster. “Why should (the) plea not be […] Read more » admits CBI plea Central Bureau of Investigation Chief Metropolitan Magistrate CMM Court Delhi court extradite UCC pesticide plant Vinod Yadav Warren Anderson