High Profile Cases Subramanian Swamy gets anticipatory bail January 30, 2012 / January 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today granted anticipatory bail to Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy, accused of writing an inflammatory article, after he gave undertaking that he will not write any such articles in the future. Granting bail to Swamy, Justice M.L. Mehta said: “I appreciate that you acted responsibly today by giving an undertaking.” Disposing […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice M.L. Mehta Subramanian Swamy
Top Law News Schools seek government aid for educating disabled January 30, 2012 / January 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Private unaided schools here have sought government aid and two years for putting in place infrastructure for teaching disabled children — as desired by the Delhi High Court. The schools told the court that the responsibility of educating the disabled students was on the government and the burden could not be shifted to private unaided […] Read more » Delhi High Court Unaided Private Schools
Top Law News Court allows nursery admissions at 3-plus January 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday gave a go-ahead to schools to admit children aged three-plus years to nursery classes. The court refused to interfere with age criteria for pre-school and pre-primary classes, and said the schools which have admitted children aged three-plus will continue to do so. The court gave its order on a plea […] Read more » Delhi High Court NGO counsel Ashok Agarwal Nursery admissions
Top Law News No harmful adulterants in Delhi milk : Court January 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that none of the 446 milk samples checked by its agencies from Jan 1, 2009 to Aug 4, 2011 were found to contain any harmful adulterants like detergent or urea. An affidavit filed by the department of prevention of food adulteration (PFA), Delhi, claimed that milk […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw No harmful adulterants in Delhi milk
High Profile Cases Plea for CBI probe into corporate ministry theft January 25, 2012 / January 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Plea for CBI probe into corporate ministry theft A finance company has moved the Delhi High Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the theft from the ministry of corporate affairs of documents related to a case involving a Delhi-based hotelier, a lawyer said Tuesday. VLS Finance, a non-banking finance company, in its plea filed Monday, alleged the documents related […] Read more » corporate ministry theft Delhi High Court Home Minister P. Chidambaram
Top Law News ‘Nod needed for hearing Essar, Loop plea’ January 25, 2012 / January 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked Essar Teleholdings, Loop Telecom and the CBI to seek a clarification from the Supreme Court on the companies’ plea to delink their cases from the other co-accused in the 2G trial. The companies say their case should not be heard by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court […] Read more » 2G case Delhi High Court Justice B.D. Ahmed Justice V.K. Jain Loop Telecom and the Essar Group Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Court notice to CBI on Goenka’s plea January 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the plea of 2G case accused Vinod Goenka, challenging the framing of charges against him by a trial court. Justice M.L. Mehta sought the CBI’s response by March 13. Goenka, director of Swan Telecom and managing director of DB […] Read more » 2G Delhi High Court Justice M.L. Mehta
Top Law News Court rejects plastic bag makers’ plea January 24, 2012 / January 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday refused to stay the state government’s draft notification aimed at putting a blanket ban on the manufacture, sale and use of plastic bags in Delhi. The bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R.S. Endlaw rejected the plea of the All India Plastic Industries Association, terming it premature. […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Court rejects plastic bag makers' plea Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw
High Profile Cases Plot to abduct Sachin: Eight-year jail terms for six January 24, 2012 / January 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Six Harkat-ul Jihad-al-Islami terrorists, including three from Pakistan, who plotted to abduct cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly in 2002 were Monday sentenced to eight-year jail terms by the Delhi High Court. A trial court had earlier awarded them life terms. A division bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice S.P. Garg modified the […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice S. Ravindra Bhat Justice S.P. Garg Plot to abduct Sachin
Criminal Law News Death term sought for Katara murder convict January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment State prosecutors have sought death penalty to Sukhdev Pehalwan, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Nitish Katara murder case. On the prosecution plea, the Delhi High Court has sent Pehalwan a notice. Pehalwan was given life term by the trial court July 12, 2011, for abducting and killing business executive Nitish Katara in […] Read more » Delhi High Court Nitish Katara murder case Vikas Yadav
Top Law News Court puts off hearing on Google, Facebook pleas January 20, 2012 / January 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday adjourned the hearing on petitions of Google India and Facebook India challenging a trial court’s order to prosecute them for allegedly hosting objectionable content. “The matter is likely to be taken up Feb 2 or Feb 3,” said Justice Suresh Kait. Google India and Facebook India earlier told the high […] Read more » Delhi High Court facebook Google Justice Suresh Kait Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar
High Profile Cases Kalmadi gets bail after nine months in jail January 19, 2012 / January 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday granted bail to Suresh Kalmadi, MP and former chief of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, accused in a corruption case related to the 2010 sporting event. His aide V.K. Verma was also given bail. The court allowed bail to Kalmadi on a personal bond of Rs.5 lakh and surety of […] Read more » Delhi High Court Prevention of Corruption Act Suresh Kalmadi