Criminal Law News Bajrangi withdraws bail plea from Guj HC June 19, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Babu Bajrangi, undergoing life imprisonment in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case, today withdrew his plea seeking regular bail after the Gujarat High Court observed the application should be rejected as bail cannot be granted only on medical grounds. A division bench of Justices Mohinder Pal and R D Kothari ordered […] Read more » Babu Bajrangi Bajrangi withdraws bail plea from Guj HC featured Godhra Gujarat High Court Justice Mohinder Pal Justice R D Kothari Law leader Legal News Naroda Patiya riot case news Sabarmati Express SIT Supreme Court Vishwa Hindu Parishad Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Babu Bajrangi
Top Law News SIT terms Zakia’s petition ‘instigating’ June 4, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court-appointed SIT on Monday termed as “instigating” the petition filed by Zakia Jafri, opposing the closure report filed by SIT giving a clean chit to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and alleged that it could again create communal disturbances in the state. SIT made this submission before metropolitan magistrate B J Ganatra who was hearing the ‘protest’ petition […] Read more » 2002 Gulbarg society riots 2002 post-Godhra riots magistrate B J Ganatra Narendra Modi national news news SIT SIT terms Zakia's petition 'instigating' todays news todays top news Top news Zakia Jafri
Criminal Law News 2 accused in twin murder remanded in police custody May 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Amit has remanded by the local court, who is one of the three involved in murder of two Dalits in Rohtak’s Madina village, to six days of police custody. While the Special Investigation Team had arrested Amit from Jind on Monday, the two other accused — Mandip and Bhumi — are still absconding. The Haryana Police […] Read more » Amit Bhumi Dalits in Rohtak's Madina village Haryana Police Jat and Dalit families Mandip murder of Dalit police custody SIT Special Investigation Team twin murder
Top Law News Guj riots: Supreme Court refers Zakia Jafri’s plea to larger bench December 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A larger bench has been referred by a Supreme Court bench to the plea of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri’s widow seeking documents on the probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the Gulberg Housing Society riot case in Ahmedabad in 2002. A two-judge bench of Justices D K Jain and Madan B Lokur said “It […] Read more » Ahmedabad trial court Congress leader Ehsan Jafri Congress leader Ehsan Jafri's widow Justices D K Jain and Madan B Lokur SIT Special Investigation Team Supreme Court bench
Top Law News Court orders SIT to furnish complete documents to Zakia Jafri August 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court on Thursday directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which probed the complaint against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others with regard to their alleged roles in 2002 riots, to furnish “complete and legible copies” of the documents to Zakia Jafri, the complainant in the case. “SIT is directed to furnish the […] Read more » Chairman R K Raghvan' complete and legible copies Congress MP Ehsan Jafri Court orders SIT to furnish complete documents to Zakia Jafri Metropolitan Magistrate B J Ganatra Narendra Modi order on Jafri's plea SIT SIT member A K Malhotra Special Investigation Team Zakia an inspection Zakia Jafri
Top Law News Recall black money order, Supreme Court urged August 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Wednesday told the Supreme Court that its judgment and order on black money needed to be recalled as its implementation would have far reaching consequences on its functioning. The Supreme court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice S.S. Nijjar was told that converting the high-level committee headed by the revenue secretary into […] Read more » black money Justice Altamas Kabir Justice S.S.Nijjar SIT Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Black money: Justice MB Shah to be SIT vice-chairman July 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A retired judge of the Supreme Court and former chief justice of Bombay high court, Justice MB Shah, will be the vice-chairman of the Special Investigations Team (SIT) constituted to monitor the probe into black money stashed abroad. The SIT will be chaired by former Supreme Court judge, Justice BP Jeevan Reddy. A direction to […] Read more » black money Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice MB Shah Justice SS Nijjar SIT SIT vice-chairman
High Profile Cases NGO moves apex court over probe into cash-for-votes scam April 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on NGO moves apex court over probe into cash-for-votes scam Referring to the US diplomatic cables revealed by WikiLeaks on what has come to be known as the cash-for-votes scam, an NGO Monday approached the Supreme Court for a direction for constituting a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the case. The WikiLeaks expose hinted that the Congress allegedly bought MPs to win the 2008 […] Read more » apex court cash-for-votes scam Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha NGO probe SIT
Top Law News Apex court stays Ishrat killing case transfer to SIT August 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar stayed the transfer after counsel Kamini Jaiswal told the court that the Gujarat High Court by its Aug 12, 2010, order had given the state government 15 days time to issue the notification. Ishrat Jahan, a college student from Mumbai, was allegedly […] Read more » apex court Ishrat killing case SIT stays transfer
Top Law News Gujarat riots: SIT to probe officials’ inaction August 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the 2002 post-Godhra riot cases in Gujarat to investigate allegations of inaction by the state government during the carnage at Ahmedabad’s Gulberg Society. The court order came on a complaint filed by Zakia related storiesModi’s statement to remain confidential: SC tells SIT Nasim, […] Read more » Gujarat riots inaction officials probe SIT
Top Law News Ishrat Jahan killing: Court-ordered SIT given probe August 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Thursday handed over the investigation into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan killing in a suspected staged-shootout by Gujarat Police to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT). The SIT, headed by former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director R.K. Raghavan, is probing key cases related to the 2002 post-Godhra communal riots in […] Read more » Court-ordered Ishrat Jahan killing SIT
