SC gives bail to Gujarat’s Popular Builders owner Raman Patel, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Two years after his detention in connection with two land grabbing cases, Popular Builders’ owner Raman Patel, a CBI witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, has been granted conditional bail by the Supreme Court. While granting him bail, the court externed him from Gujarat and ordered him to keep...

SC transfers trial of murder case of YS Jagan Reddy’s uncle to Hyderabad, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the trial in the case relating to murder of US Vivekanand Reddy, uncle of Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Reddy, to Telangana on the allegations of the deceased person's widow and daughter that state and influential people are attempting to scuttle trial.A bench...

Delhi HC in case to reunite boy with Ukranian mom, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Delhi High Court Monday said it does not want any negativity around a three-year-old "traumatised" boy, who was brought to India by his father from Ukraine allegedly illegally and asked his parents not to articulate inconsequential issues. The boy was brought to India during the Russia-Ukraine war. The court...

Kerala HC stays lower court order in case against IAS officer, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The high court on Friday stayed a sessions court's order dismissing culpable homicide charges against IAS officer and doctor Sriram Venkitaraman in the case over death of journalist KM Basheer in an alleged drunk-driving incident. Justice Ziyad Rahman AA stayed the order after considering during admission hearing an appeal filed...

Investment fraud accused can’t seek bail under Criminal Procedure Code, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Bail petitions under section 438 or 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code are not maintainable when Karnataka Protection of Interest of Depositors (KPID) in Financial Establishments Act 2004, a special enactment, is invoked against an accused, the high court observed in a recent judgment."The only remedy available is to file...

HC dismisses PIL to transfer Shraddha Walkar case to CBI as ‘frivolous’, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Terming as "frivolous" and an "attempt to gain publicity", the Delhi High Court has dismissed with Rs 10,000 cost a PIL seeking directions that the Shraddha Walkar murder investigation be transferred from Delhi Police to the CBI. The high court said it can take judicial notice of the fact that...

SC stays Calcutta HC order for CBI probe, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Calcutta High Court division bench order, which upheld a single-judge's direction for a CBI probe into the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam.Senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, representing the West Bengal government, mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief...

SC set aside HC order allowing SIT probe, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court has quashed the Telangana High Court order giving go-ahead to a special investigation team (SIT) set up by the state government to probe, under court supervision, into the alleged attempts by "BJP agents" to poach four TRS legislators.A bench comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Vikram Nath said:...