High Profile Cases Ex-Special Director Rakesh Asthana given a clean chit in bribery case. March 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Saturday, a CBI Court took cognizance of the CBI’s chargesheet in a bribery case in which the agency’s Ex-Special Director Rakesh Asthana was given a clean chit. “There is no sufficient ground to proceed against Rakesh Asthana & DSP Devender Kumar. We will see if anything comes in future investigation being conducted by the CBI,” […] Read more » Asthana CBI’s chargesheet in a bribery case CBI DSP Devender Kumar CBI’s chargesheet in a bribery case Ex-Special Director Rakesh Asthana given a clean chit Manoj Prasad as accused. Rakesh Asthana Prevention of Corruption Act
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SBI fraud: 8 bank officials including Ashwin Mehta acquitted November 8, 2018 / November 8, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai court has acquitted nine people, including Ashwin Mehta, brother of 1992 securities scam kingpin Harshad Mehta, in a case of duping the State Bank of India (SBI) to the tune of Rs 105 crore. Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi, who presides over the special court set up for cases related to the 1992 securities […] Read more » Ashwin Mehta Harshad Mehta Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi mehta brother Prevention of Corruption Act SBI SBI fraud
Criminal Law News 4 years jail to IT official in Rs 2 lakh bribe case July 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: A special court here today convicted an Income Tax official for demanding a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a tax assessee in 2011 and sentenced him to four years rigorous imprisonment. Daya Shankar, then Income Tax Commissioner (Appeal), was found guilty under the Prevention of Corruption Act by special judge M G Deshpande. He was […] Read more » Anti-Corruption Unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Haresh Bhawnani Prevention of Corruption Act special judge M G Deshpande special public prosecutor Kavita Patil
Top Law News No bribe charge made out against sacked cop: Court May 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court today declined to take up a case against a sacked policeman, accused of hitting a woman with a brick in 2015 after she refused to bribe him, saying no offence of demanding illegal gratification was made out against him. Special Judge Hemani Malhotra said the evidence prima facie showed that no offence […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News No bribe charge made out against sacked cop Prevention of Corruption Act
Top Law News Bribery case: Alleged middleman moves court for bail April 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An alleged middleman has moved a Delhi court seeking bail in a bribery case involving suspended top official in the Chhattisgarh government B L Agrawal. In his plea before special judge Virender Kumar Goyal, the accused, Bhagwan Singh, who is currently in judicial custody, claimed that the probe was already complete and there was no […] Read more » Bribery case Delhi court featured Prevention of Corruption Act special judge Virender Kumar Goyal
Top Law News Delhi Court holds AAP MLA can’t be charged May 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has dismissed a corruption complaint against an AAP MLA, saying though it had prima facie found that he had breached the cap for poll expenses during 2013 Assembly election, he cannot be charged under Prevention of Corruption Act as he was not a public servant at that time. “I have gone through […] Read more » AAP AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi Delhi court featured Law Legal News Prevention of Corruption Act
Top Law News Chhota Rajan passport case: 3 ex-officials get bail March 15, 2016 / March 15, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court today granted bail to three retired public servants, chargesheeted along with underworld don Chhota Rajan in an alleged fake passport case, after they appeared before it in pursuance to the summmons issued to them. Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar gave the relief to retired passport officers — Jay Shree Rahate, Deepak Natvarlal […] Read more » Chhota Rajan passport case Prevention of Corruption Act Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar
Bar, Bench & Firm News High Profile Cases Two judges held in corruption case September 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Two judges held in corruption case Two judges of the lower judiciary in Gujarat, who were suspended last month on charges of taking money to settle cases during their posting in Vapi court in 2014, have been arrested by the vigilance cell of the Gujarat High Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Both the judges of the rank of Judicial […] Read more » featured HC Vigilance Cell Judicial Magistrate First Class--A D Acharya P D Inamdar passing of forged documents Prevention of Corruption Act Two judges of the lower judiciary in Gujarat
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News HC quashes FIR against CBI lawyer in bribery case March 22, 2015 / March 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rapping the CBI for arresting its own counsel in a bribery case without an iota of evidence, the Bombay High Court has quashed the FIR lodged against the lawyer for criminal conspiracy and corruption. On March 6, 2012, the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Bureau had arrested Mandar Goswami, when he was the agency’s counsel, along with former […] Read more » Adarsh Society scam CBI lawyer in bribery case FIR against CBI lawyer former MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani HC quashes FIR against CBI lawyer Justice M.L. Tahaliyani Mandar Goswami Prevention of Corruption Act Senior counsel Mahesh Jethmalani
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News HC quashes FIR against CBI lawyer in bribery case March 22, 2015 / March 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rapping the CBI for arresting its own counsel in a bribery case without an iota of evidence, the Bombay High Court has quashed the FIR lodged against the lawyer for criminal conspiracy and corruption. On March 6, 2012, the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Bureau had arrested Mandar Goswami, when he was the agency’s counsel, along with former […] Read more » Adarsh Society scam CBI lawyer in bribery case FIR against CBI lawyer former MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani HC quashes FIR against CBI lawyer Justice M.L. Tahaliyani Mandar Goswami Prevention of Corruption Act sections 7 and 10 of Prevention of Corruption Act Senior counsel Mahesh Jethmalani
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Seeking nod to prosecute official in coalscam: CBI February 23, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CBI today told a special court that it has sent the necessary records of a coalscam case to the authority concerned for considering grant of sanction to prosecute a Ministry of Coal (MoC) official for his alleged role in the matter. The agency’s move came after the court on January 30 had said that former […] Read more » Coalscam Ministry of Coal MoC Prevention of Corruption Act Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar
Criminal Law News Coal scam: CBI completes probe in Hindalco case February 19, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CBI on Thursady filed its final probe report in a coal block allocation case allegedly involving former Coal Secretary P C Parakh, Hindalco and others before the special court which will consider it on March 11. Senior public prosecutor V K Sharma told the court that the agency has completed the investigation and one more […] Read more » allocation of Talabira II coal block in Orissa coal block allocation coal scam Hindalco case Prevention of Corruption Act Principal Secretary T K A Nair secretary B V R Subramanyam. Senior public prosecutor V K Sharma Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar
