High Profile Cases 2G court decision on Chidambaram flawed: Swamy February 6, 2012 / February 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on 2G court decision on Chidambaram flawed: Swamy Terming a Delhi court’s dismissal of his petition against Home Minister P. Chidambaram in the 2G case as “wrong”, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy Sunday said he would soon prove the decision wrong in the Supreme Court. He also claimed Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had dossiers on black money stashed away by Indian ministers in […] Read more » 2G case Home Minister P. Chidambaram Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Aarushi murder: Court adjourns hearing till Feb 29 February 4, 2012 / February 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Ghaziabad court hearing the Aarushi murder case on Saturday adjourned the hearing till February 29. Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the prime accused in the murder of their 14-year-old daughter’s murder, did not attend the hearing. Their counsel, Mr Tamta, said that his clients feared a threat to their lives. However, the CBI argued […] Read more » Aarushi murder Ghaziabad court Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Aarushi case: CBI gets notice on Talwars’ plea February 3, 2012 / February 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to respond to dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar’s plea to transfer their trial in their daughter Aarushi’s murder case from Ghaziabad to a Delhi court. A bench of Justice B.S.Chauhan and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar issued notice to the CBI after senior counsel […] Read more » Aarushi case Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Jagdish Singh Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme’s court’s final hearing on Gujarat Lokayukta March 20 February 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said it would hold final hearing March 20 on the Gujarat government’s plea challenging the state high court judgment that upheld the appointment of Justice (retd) R.A. Mehta as Lokayukta by the governor. While admitting the petition, an apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Jagdish Singh Kheher observed: […] Read more » Gujarat High Court Gujarat Lokayukta Act 1986 Justice (retd) R.A. Mehta Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court questions process on army chief’s age row February 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback for the government, the Supreme Court Friday questioned the way it had rejected army chief Gen V.K. Singh’s plea that his year of birth be restored to 1951 from 1950 and said the entire process “appears to be vitiated”. The court will now hear the case Feb 10 and asked the government […] Read more » Army chief's age row Justice H.L. Gokhale Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court
High Profile Cases CBI to submit 2G probe reports to CVC: Supreme Court February 2, 2012 / February 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday directed the CBI and other agencies probing the various facets of the 2G scam to make available their reports to the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) who would examine and send them to court with observations. “In future, copies of the report(s) of the investigation conducted by the CBI (Central Bureau of […] Read more » 2G scam Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court to decide three 2G matters Thursday February 2, 2012 / February 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three issues related to the 2G case, including Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s alleged role in the scam, are expected to be decided by the Supreme Court Thursday – the last day in office of Justice A.K. Ganguly who, along with Justice G.S. Singhvi, has been hearing the cases for over one year. The court will […] Read more » 2G case Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court
Criminal Law News I was denied legal help, Kasab tells Supreme Court February 1, 2012 / February 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab Tuesday told the Supreme Court that he was denied fair trial as he was not provided legal assistance during the initial stages as mandated under the Indian constitution. Once an accused, including a foreigner, is tried for an offence in India the provisions related […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice Aftab Alam Justice C.K. Prasad Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Supreme Court suggests changes in corruption law February 1, 2012 / February 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday urged the government to make changes in the Prevention of Corruption Act to fix a time frame of three months for deciding on representations seeking sanction for prosecution of public servants. The observation came in the separate judgment of Justice A.K. Ganguly, who said: “In my view, the parliament should consider […] Read more » Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Court denies parole to Jessica murder convict January 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking parole for three months by Amardeep Singh Gill, sentenced to jail for four years for the 1999 murder of Jessica Lall. Gill was sentenced on charges of destroying evidence along with prime accused Manu Sharma. Gill filed a petition seeking parole to arrange for a house […] Read more » 1999 murder of Jessica Lall Delhi High Court Justice M.L. Mehta Supreme Court
Top Law News Prosecuting corrupt officials: court sets deadline for government January 31, 2012 / January 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Prosecuting corrupt officials: court sets deadline for government The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the government should give sanction to prosecute accused officials within 3 months. If there is need for any consultation with the legal authorities, the government might give its sanction within 4 months. However, the SC left it for Parliament to frame guidelines for giving sanction to prosecute officials. […] Read more » court sets deadline for government Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court
High Profile Cases 2G: Notice to centre on plea linked to excess spectrum January 31, 2012 / January 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the centre on a plea seeking court-guided investigation by the CBI into alleged irregularities in the allocation of excess 2G spectrum to service providers thereby causing a huge loss to the public exchequer. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya issued notice on […] Read more » 2G spectrum Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court