Court, Judiciary & Legal System Woman Alleges Marital Rape, Dowry Demand, Lodges FIR August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 30-year-old woman from Vadodara on Tuesday filed a complaint with Chandkheda police, alleging that her husband was torturing her for a dowry of Rs 2 lakh & frequently had sex with her against her will. The complainant, who married a Chandkheda-based man on Jan18, 2014, also alleged that she was forced to abort her first […] Read more » dowry demand
Consumer Law News Corruption Here an Open Secret, Says this State High Court Judge, Chief Justice Withdraws All Work from Him August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of High Court of Patna has withdrawn judicial work from the senior-most Judge in the HC after the latter delivered an order on how the judiciary in Bihar had plunged deep into corruption. “Corruption in this HC is (an) open secret,” Justice Rakesh Kumar had held in his 20-page order delivered on Wednesday. […] Read more » chief justice high court judge Patna High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Court: Can’t Rule Out False Implication in Aditya Pancholi Case August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court on Wed. adjourned hearing in the anticipatory bail plea filed by actor-producer Aditya Pancholi in an alleged rape case registered against him by an actress in June. In the previous hearing on the plea last month, granting Pancholi (54) interim pre-arrest bail, the sessions court had observed that false implication could not be ruled out. The […] Read more » Aditya Pancholi film industry Mumbai
Corporate Law News Cop Files Plea in High Court for Eight-Hour Work Shift August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A UT head constable has filed a public-interest petition in the Punjab & Haryana HC to ask for a maximum 8-hour work shift for all the cops in Chandigarh, Punjab, as well as Haryana. Making a case for a new duty chart based on the 2014 advice of the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPRD), the […] Read more » 8 hour shift Haryana High Court plea
Environment Law News Give unique ID numbers to water bodies: NGT panel August 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Land owning agencies must ensure prevention of encroachments of water bodies in the city and unique ID numbers should be given to them for identification, a monitoring committee has told the National Green Tribunal. The committee led by a former high court judge told a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel that […] Read more » aadhar number ngt panel
Environment Law News AAP govt’s free water scheme being misused by several housing societies: NGT panel August 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The AAP government’s scheme of providing 20,000 litres of water each month free of cost to every household in the national capital is being misused by several housing societies, a monitoring committee has told the National Green Tribunal. The committee led by a former high court judge told a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice […] Read more » AAP free water NGT
Corporate Law News Chopper scam: Ratul Puri already in custody, can’t surrender, enforcement department tells court August 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The ED Wednesday told a Delhi court that Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, was not in a position to surrender as offered by him in the AgustaWestland chopper scam since he is already in its custody in another case. The Enforcement Directorate made the submission before special judge Arvind Kumar […] Read more » chopper scam ED OFFICIALS surrender rahul puri
Bar, Bench & Firm News Elgar Parishad case: CD title with Gonsalves suggests something anti-State, says high court August 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court hearing a bail plea of Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case accused Vernon Gonsalves on Wednesday questioned his motive behind keeping copies of some books and CDs whose titles prima facie indicated they contained material against the State. The books and CDs the high court referred to included copies of Marxist Archives, a […] Read more » Bombay High Court Elgar Parishad cas
Bar, Bench & Firm News Supreme Court extends protection from arrest to Chidambaram till Thursday in INX Media money laundering case August 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday extended till tomorrow the interim protection from arrest granted to former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). A bench of Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna heard arguments advanced by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta who said that Chidambaram was […] Read more » Chidambaram extend protection from arrest Supreme Court
Heritage and National Importance Furnish Walled City restoration plan: HC August 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajasthan HC on Tuesday asked the Jaipur Municipal Commission commissioner to furnish action plan on restoration of the Walled City. The division bench of Chief Justice S Ravindra Bhutt & Justice Indrajeet Singh on a suo mottu petition on encroachment in the Walled City area. Municipal commissioner V P Singh was present in the HC. The […] Read more » city restoration HC rajasthan
High Profile Cases HC asks surgeon to appear for inquiry in a ED matter August 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Tuesday, the High Court of Madras directed Indian born British robotic surgeon M. Senthil Nathan, 60, to appear for inquiry before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in connection with the 2G spectrum case from Thursday & prove his bona fides by cooperating with the investigation. After senior counsel, Sonia Mathur & Special Public Prosecutor G. […] Read more » 2G HC madras Surgeon
Corporate Law News Cost of ₹1 lakh imposed on company for abusing the process of law August 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court dismissed with costs of ₹1 lakh a petition filed by the Mumbai-based Council for Harm Reduced Alternatives, a charitable company, for “abusing the process of law” in “espousing the cause of manufacturers of e-cigarettes” in the nature of a public interest litigation by challenging State Govt’s June 2016 circular […] Read more » abusing laws company laws fine
