High Profile Cases CWG street-lighting scam: Charges framed against seven March 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday framed charges against four Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials, two others and a private company in the Commonwealth Games street-lighting scam. Special CBI judge Pradeep Chaddha said: “The court framed charges against the accused for the offence of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and other sections of Prevention of Corruption Act […] Read more » CWG street-lighting scam Delhi court Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials Special CBI judge Pradeep Chaddha
High Profile Cases Court tells Azhar to pay Rs.15 lakh cost March 8, 2012 / March 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Wednesday directed former Indian cricket captain and MP Mohammed Azharuddin to pay Rs.15 lakh as cost for wasting the court’s time after he told the judge that he had settled a dud cheque case with the complainant. Azhar issued a cheque of Rs.1.5 crore to the complainant twice. It was dishonoured on […] Read more » Delhi court Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Indian cricket captain and MP Mohammed Azharuddin Metropolitan Magistrate Vikrant Vaid
Top Law News Court to hear plea against Dikshit March 29 March 7, 2012 / March 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court would March 29 consider an application opposing a police plea to withdraw a case against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit over an alleged election code violation in 2008. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Bansal Tuesday said: “Put up for consideration of locus standi of the application for March 29.” The application was filed […] Read more » Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Bansal Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi court election code violation in 2008
High Profile Cases Court accepts Yahoo plea, fines complainant March 6, 2012 / March 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday accepted Yahoo India’s application to remove its name from the list of websites dragged to court for allegedly posting defamatory articles. The complainant was fined Rs.5,000. The court dismissed the plea of complainant Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi, an Islamic researcher linked to a website run by the Islamic Peace Foundation of […] Read more » Administrative Civil Judge Parveen Singh Delhi court Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi an Islamic researcher social networking website Yahoo plea
High Profile Cases Jaya Jaitley to stand trial in ‘defence deal’ case March 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday framed charges against former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitley and two others for graft in a purported defence deal. They will stand trial from April 20. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Kanwaljeet Arora framed charges against Jaitley, her former party colleague Gopal Pacherwal and Major General (retired) S.P. Murgai […] Read more » defence deal case defence deal case Delhi court former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitley Special Judge Kanwaljeet Arora
Top Law News CBI takes 13 years to scrutinise documents, gets court flak March 5, 2012 / March 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thirteen years to scrutinise documents of a case! The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) received flak from a Delhi court for taking such a long time to go over documents, thus prolonging the trial, during which five of the accused died. The youngest accused is now 59 years old. “It took around 13 years for […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation Delhi court Lalit Kumar Parmar director of private firm Punjab Phosphate Pvt. Ltd Special Judge Dinesh Kumar Sharma
High Profile Cases Court dismisses plea in Mulayam assets case March 4, 2012 / March 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday dismissed a plea seeking registration of a case against Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati, Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj and Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for “shielding” Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family in a disproportionate assets case. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Talwant Singh dismissed the petition […] Read more » Delhi court Mulayam assets case Special Judge Talwant Singh
Criminal Law News Four to stand trial for funding Kashmir terror March 4, 2012 / March 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday framed charges against Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, suspected aide of Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, and three others for alleged involvement in money laundering to fund terror. Their trial would begin April 16. National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Judge H.S. Sharma framed charges against Bhat, Muhammad Sidiq Ganai, Ghulam Jeelani […] Read more » Delhi court Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani Special Judge H.S. Sharma Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
Criminal Law News Delhi court lets off bicycle thief on probation February 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Friday let off a man accused of bicycle theft on probation, considering his socio-economic condition after the accused pleaded guilty and promised not to repeat the crime. Metropolitan Magistrate Ashu Garg let off the accused, Ravi Kumar, and gave him a chance to reform himself. The court asked the accused to pay […] Read more » bicycle thief on probation Delhi court Metropolitan Magistrate Ashu Garg
Criminal Law News Court accepts 26/11 charges against Headley, 8 Pakistanis February 19, 2012 / February 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday accepted charges against Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Headley and eight other Pakistanis for the 2008 Mumbai attack. Those named in the charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) include Lashkar founder Hafiz Saeed and two officers of the Pakistani spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The court on March 13, […] Read more » 2008 Mumbai attack Delhi court Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Headley
Top Law News Cyber attack on website of petitioner against Facebook, others February 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The website of a petitioner and Islamic scholar who dragged Facebook, Google, Yahoo and others to court over allegedly objectionable content has been defaced and left with a message “Probably best not to piss the social networking sites off!” Petitioner Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi told that his website www.fatwaonline.in has been defaced for the past […] Read more » Cyber attack on website Delhi court facebook Google Yahoo
Criminal Law News 26/11: Order reserved for taking cognizance of charge sheet February 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court here Saturday reserved its order for Feb 18 on taking cognizance of a National Investigation Agency (NIA) charge sheet against Pakistani American David Headley and eight others for terror strikes in India, including the 2008 Mumbai attack. NIA Special Court Judge H.S. Sharma reserved the order for Feb 18 after the prosecution […] Read more » 2008 Mumbai attack Delhi court Judge H.S. Sharma