Criminal Law News Acquittal of five in Shivani Bhatnagar murder case contested February 14, 2012 / February 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on a petition of the Delhi government challenging the acquittal by the Delhi High Court of former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer R.K. Sharma and two others for involvement in the 1999 Shivani Bhatnagar murder. The Supreme Court’s notice has also been issued to two others, Ved Prakash Sharma […] Read more » Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Shivani Bhatnagar murder case Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Sohrabuddin case: Supreme Court asks for call details December 2, 2011 / December 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday directed the Gujarat government to make available to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) details of phone calls made between senior police officers and other functionaries of the state during the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh. The direction came from the supreme court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana […] Read more » Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Sohrabuddin case Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Rajya Sabha proceedings on Soumitra Sen impeachment won’t be overturned’ November 25, 2011 / November 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday refused to hear a petition seeking to overturn Rajya Sabha proceedings impeaching Justice Soumitra Sen, then a judge of the Calcutta High Court judge, on corruption charges. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, while dismissing the petition, told Sen’s counsel Sivan Madathil: “You are […] Read more » Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Justice Soumitra Sen Rajya Sabha proceedings on Soumitra Sen Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Supreme Court notice to Gujarat on IPS officer’s plea for nixing FIR November 11, 2011 / November 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought Gujarat government’s response on suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt’s plea for quashing a criminal case lodged against him for allegedly hacking the state’s Additional Advocate General Tushar Mehta’s e-mail account. Bhatt, who is at loggerheads with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, sought quashing of the First Information Report in the […] Read more » IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's plea Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court notice on IAS officer’s bail plea October 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the Gujarat government on a bail plea by a state cadre IAS officer jailed on allegations of giving land to private companies at a concessional rate in the wake of the 2001 earthquake. In his capacity as then district collector, Pradeep Sharma, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, […] Read more » district collector Pradeep Sharma Indian Administrative Service Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Supreme Court notice on IAS officer's bail plea
Top Law News Haj VIP quota is bad: Supreme Court October 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming the VIP quota for Haj pilgrims as a “bad religious practice”, the Supreme Court Tuesday said it would oversee the Haj policy for 2012. “We will oversee the policy and keep the matter pending till then,” said Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai. The judges were concerned over the difficulties faced by […] Read more » Haj VIP quota is bad Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Supreme Court
Top Law News Gujarat minister headed ‘crime syndicate’, Supreme Court told September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday told the Supreme Court that former Gujarat minister Amit Shah was the ‘commander of crime syndicate with some officials of state police as its foot soldiers’ who would eliminate crucial witnesses in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout. The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Vivek Tankha CBI crime syndicate Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai minister Amit Shah senior counsel Ram Jethmalani Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court gets three new judges September 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The number of judges of the Supreme Court increased to 29 from 26 after three judges, including a woman judge, were sworn-in Tuesday. Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya, Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar were administered the oath of office by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia. With this the strength of women judges in […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya new judges Supreme Court Supreme Court gets three new judges