Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court commutes rape-murder convict’s death penalty to 25 yrs in jail August 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Citing absence of criminal antecedents & also the possibility of reform, the High Court has commuted the death penalty awarded to a youth who had raped & murdered an eight-year-old girl in Aug 2012 to 25-year imprisonment. Saleem, a tailor by profession & resident of Goripalya in Bengaluru, will have to serve the jail term […] Read more » convicts death High Court penalty to 25 years rape murder
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Ayodhya Case(Day 6): ‘Mosque built on ruins of Temple not a valid Mosque under Shariat law’ submits advocate for Ram Lalla August 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior Advocate CS Vaidyanathan resumed his arguments for Ram Lalla before the 5-Judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi. Vaidyanathan referred to various books and travelogues which describe the city of Ayodhya and also the temples in the city dedicated to Lord Ram. He stated that earliest document is publication […] Read more » Ayodhya case Ram Lalla Shariat law
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Why not make Transport Corporations private-public entities: High Court August 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Criticizing the transport corporations in the state for failing to serve the people & generate revenue for the government, the Madras high court has suo motu impleaded the transportsecretary & questioned whether the government can bring all transport corporations under the public-private partnership model to improve efficiency. The Court asked the Govt. if it wants to denationalize the Public Transport Corporations. […] Read more » corporation private public entities High Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Chopper deal: Ratul Puri moves HC seeking anticipatory bail August 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Businessman Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a money laundering case related to the VVIP chopper scam. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar agreed to list the matter for hearing post […] Read more » Chopper deal High Court ratul puri
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Ayodhya: On 5th day of hearing, arguments in Supreme Court on whether temple existed on disputed site August 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Arguments on whether a temple existed at the disputed site in Ayodhya were presented on Tuesday before the Supreme Court which heard the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case for the fifth day. Senior advocate C S Vaidyanathan, appearing for deity Ram Lalla Virajman, advanced arguments on whether there was an existing temple over which […] Read more » 5th day of hearing Ayodhya dispute Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Delhi Govt directs Revenue Officials to hold Courts for general public grievances thrice a week August 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Government revenue officials will be available from 2.30 PM three days a week to hear citizens’ disputes that comes under the operation of Revenue Department. Tehsildars, Sub-Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) and Revenue Deputy Commissioners have been directed to maintain fixed hours for organizing courts in their offices and to prioritize it over meetings and other […] Read more » Delhi govt public grivences revenue officals
education law CBSE to charge full fees from SC/ST students, asks Govt to reimburse it directly August 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Sunday, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said that Delhi Government may reimburse the examination fee paid by SC/ST students of Class X and XII studying in Government schools directly to the students as the board will now take full amount from the reserved category (SC/ST) students. The board announced to have doubled the […] Read more » charge full fee remburse directly SC/ST students
Top Law News UP Judicial Services exam 2019: Applications invited for 61 posts August 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment High Court of Judicature at Allahabad has released the official notification for the recruitment of the 61 posts for the Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Services. All the interested candidates who want to apply online for the official website- allahabadhighcourt.in. The selected candidates should not have less than 7 years of experience as on the last date […] Read more » invited application 61 UP Judicial Services exam
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Harassment Alert at Air India: Airlines received 8 sexual-harassment complaints in first half of 2019 August 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Air India received eight sexual harassment complaints internally during the first half of this year as compared to the total 10 complaints in 2018, sources said. On May 16 this year, Airline’s Chief Ashwani Lohani told the employees through a text message that sexual harassment cases are “often” being witnessed in Air India and the airline needs to come down “very very […] Read more » Air India harassment alert sexual harassment
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court dismisses review plea seeking same-sex marriage, adoption, surrogacy for LGBTQ August 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking review of its order which had rejected a petition seeking various civil rights such as same-sex marriage, adoption and surrogacy for the LGBTQ community. A three-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana, in an in-chamber decision on July 11, dismissed the review plea filed by Tushar […] Read more » adoption LGBTQ Same-sex marriage surrogacy
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Setting up of special courts to deal with rape cases likely to begin on Oct 2: Govt August 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The process of setting up of over 1,000 fast-track special courts across the country to deal with pending cases of rape is likely to begin on October 2, the Law Ministry has said. The Department of Justice in the Law Ministry had proposed to set up 1,023 fast-track courts at a total budget of Rs […] Read more » likely to begin on Oct 2 rape cases special courts to deal
Bar, Bench & Firm News BCI imposes 3-year moratorium on opening of new law colleges August 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking note of mushrooming of law colleges in the country, the Bar Council of India has imposed a three-year moratorium on opening of new institutions barring national law universities, if proposed by a state. The apex bar body said that it would lay stress on the improvement of standard of existing institutions and that the […] Read more » 3 year moratorium BCI law colleges
