Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Muzaffarnagar riots: 13 acquitted in killing of 3 of family August 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today acquitted 13 people accused in a case of killing of three members of a family during the Muzaffarnagar riots due to lack of evidence. Additional district sessions judge Amber Rawat acquitted them saying the prosecution had failed to prove their story. The alleged case is of Lank village under Phugana police […] Read more » 3 acquitted in killing of 3 of family in Muzaffarnagar riots Criminal news featured Law Legal News Muzaffarnagar riots SIT
Environment Law News Top Law News Karnataka HC directs SIT not to arrest Kumaraswamy in mining case June 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to former chief minister and state JDS chief H D Kumaraswamy, the Karnataka High Court today directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) not to arrest him till June 20 in an illegal mining case. Justice Rathnakala passed the order on an application for anticipatory bail moved by Kumaraswamy after the special court […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured H D Kumaraswamy JDS Karnataka High Court Law Legal News mining case SIT Special Investigation Team
High Profile Cases Saharanpur violence: SC refuses urgent hearing on plea for SIT May 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused an urgent hearing on a plea seeking a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the recent incidents of caste violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district. A vacation bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Navin Sinha said there was no urgency and the petition may be heard after […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Saharanpur violence SIT Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Jiah Khan’s mother moves SC for SIT probe March 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The mother of actress Jiah Khan, who had allegedly committed suicide, today moved the Supreme Court against a Bombay High Court order rejecting her plea challenging the CBI charge sheet terming the death as suicide and not homicide. The high court had on February 9 dismissed the petition of Rabia Khan, the actor’s mother, and […] Read more » Criminal news featured Jiah khan suside case Law Legal News SIT Supreme Court
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases 1984 riots case: SIT moves HC for cancellation of bail to Sajjan Kumar January 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, today moved the Delhi High Court seeking cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted by the trial court to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case of killing of three Sikhs. Justice S P Garg, before whom the plea came up for hearing, asked SIT how […] Read more » 1984 riots case bail Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Sajjan Kumar SIT
Criminal Law News Top Law News Pansare murder:Virendra Tawde named accused November 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The SIT probing the Govind Pansare murder case has filed a supplementary charge sheet against Sanatan Sanstha member Virendra Tawde at a court in Kolhapur. The over 400-page supplementary chargesheet was filed in Kolhapur sessions court yesterday. Tawde, earlier arrested by CBI in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case, was in September taken into custody by […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Govind Pansare murder case Law Legal News Pansare murder SIT Virendra Tawde
Top Law News SC refuses to go into plea seeking SIT probe November 25, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to go into a plea seeking probe by an SIT into alleged recovery of documents by the IT department in connection with raids on two business houses here in 2013-14 which purportedly showed computerised inventories containing designations of top people having received money. “You take this back. You come when […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News plea SIT Supreme Court
Top Law News Agusta scam: Charge sheet likely this year July 16, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Agusta scam: Charge sheet likely this year Supreme Court today refused to order a court-monitored probe into the alleged role of political leaders, including UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in the Augusta westland chopper scam, as the Centre said a SIT probe was already on and the charge sheet is likely to be filed this year. A […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News SIT Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Gulberg society case: Quantum of sentence likely tomorrow June 5, 2016 / June 6, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special SIT court, which had on June 2 convicted 24 accused in the 2002 post-Godhra Gulberg society massacre case, is expected to pronounce the quantum of sentence tomorrow. The prosecution is likely to seek capital punishment for the 11 convicted who were charged with murder, while the lawyer of victims may seek life imprisonment […] Read more » Court criminal case featured Gulberg society case Gulberg society massacre case Law Legal News SIT
Criminal Law News Blackmoney: SC asks SIT to look into BoB scam April 26, 2016 / April 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money to “look into” a plea seeking a probe into an alleged Rs 6,000 crore scam involving a branch of Bank of Baroda in Delhi. A bench led by Justice Anil R Dave asked the SIT headed by former Judge MB Shah to […] Read more » Blackmoney BoB scam Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News SIT Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC rejects plea of sacked IPS officer Bhatt for SIT probe October 13, 2015 / October 13, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea by sacked Gujarat cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking an SIT probe into allegations that he had hacked into the email account of the then additional advocate general of Gujarat, Tushar Mehta, and tampered with it. Mehta is at present the additional solicitor general mainly representing the […] Read more » Court featured Gujarat Sanjeev Bhatt SC rejects plea of sacked IPS officer Bhatt for SIT probe SIT Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News Vyapam scam: SC allows SIT to file charge sheets July 20, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today allowed SIT and Special Task Force of Madhya Police to file chargesheets in Vyapam scam cases till the matters are transferred to CBI. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices Arun Kumar Mishra and Amitava Roy fixed July 24 for further hearing of the application of CBI […] Read more » featured Law Legal News SIT Supreme Court Vyapam scam Vyapam scam: SC allows SIT to file charge sheets