Criminal Law News High Court reserves order on death-row convicts’ plea in Pune BPO gang rape and murder case June 25, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Tuesday reserved its judgment on petitions filed by two convicts in the 2007 Pune BPO gang rape and murder case seeking stay on the execution of their death warrant. Convicts Purushottam Borate and Pradeep Kokade were to be executed on June 24. The HC last week, however, said the execution shall […] Read more » Bombay High Court BPO gang rape High Court
Criminal Law News Bombay High Court stays execution of convicts in Pune BPO Rape and Murder case June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Friday stayed the execution of two convicts in the 2007 Pune BPO rape and murder case. The convicts were to be executed on June 24 at Yerawada Central Prison. A BPO employee was raped and murdered by her company’s cab driver Purshottam Borate and his friend, Pradeep Kokade in 2007. […] Read more » Bombay High Court BPO RAPE
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Madras High Court reserves judgment in challenge to constitutionality of GSTAT June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court on Friday reserved its judgment in the petitions challenging the constitutionality of the GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) under the prevailing GST regime. Arguments in the matter concluded yesterday before the Bench of Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad. The High Court had initially issued notice to the Central Government in August […] Read more » GSTAT Judgement Madras High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Kotdwar Bar Association to withdraw its ban on representing accused in Sushil Raghuvanshi murder case June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Uttarakhand High Court has been informed that the Kotdwar Bar Association would be withdrawing its controversial notice barring advocates from appearing on behalf of the accused in the Sushil Raghuvanshi murder case. Earlier this month, the Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Alok Kumar Verma had castigated the Bar Association’s move to pass […] Read more » accused kotdwar bar association murder case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Arbitration in the hands of those who “care scant for ethics”, Gujarat High Court June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Aghast at the allegations of bias and delay levelled against retired Supreme Court Judges who were part of an arbitration proceeding, the Gujarat High Court has observed that in the recent times, the litigating parties have developed a “rank commercial mindset” to pursue their commercial interests in a self-serving manner. While expressing its disappointment at […] Read more » care scant for ethics Gujrat High Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Delhi High Court junks plea against installation of mobile tower June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has junked a plea against installation of mobile tower in a North Delhi locality, noting that there was no scientific data available to show that it is hazardous for the health. Justice Jayant Nath dismissed a plea filed by a housing welfare association after relying on a decision of a division […] Read more » Delhi High Court installation of mobile tower
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Dabholkar case: Punalekar sent in judicial custody till July 6 June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Pune court on Sunday sent lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar, an accused in the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, in judicial custody till July 6. Additional Sessions Judge (special judge) R M Pande last Thursday granted Punalekar’s custody to the CBI till June 23, after the agency said it recovered some “incriminating documents” from the lawyer’s […] Read more » Dabholkar case judicial custody
Court, Judiciary & Legal System CJI writes to Prime Minister, seeks increase in number of Supreme Court judges June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the strength of judges and raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years. Gogoi has also urged the prime minister to make tenure appointments of retired apex court judges and high court judges under Articles 128 […] Read more » (CJI) Ranjan Gogo CJI court judges Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Puducherry power tussle: Supreme Court extends restrain order on Puducherry govt till July 10 June 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday extended its earlier order till July 10, restraining the Puducherry government from implementing any cabinet decisions having financial implications. A vacation bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant said that the issue requires to be heard at length and therefore it is listing the plea before a regular bench. “These […] Read more » puducherry Supreme Court
education law Supreme Court refuses to extend counselling deadline for post-grad medical seats June 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday refused to extend the schedule of counselling for filling up as many as 603 vacant seats in post-graduate medical and dental courses in deemed universities and private colleges. A vacation bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant disposed of a plea by the Education Promotion Society of India, a registered […] Read more » Court on medical seat
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Terror module in Amroha, Delhi: NIA files charge sheet against 10 June 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Investigation Agency Friday filed a charge sheet before a Delhi court against 10 suspects in a case involving a terror module in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha. The charge sheet was filed before Additional Session Judge Ajay Kumar under various provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against accused including the alleged leader Mufti […] Read more » in amroha NIA files charge terror module
Bar, Bench & Firm News Plea in Supreme Court on safety of women lawyers in courts, to be heard Tuesday June 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a plea on June 25 seeking safety and security of women lawyers in courts in wake of the recent murder of Uttar Pradesh Bar Council president Darvesh Singh Yadav, who was shot dead in the Agra court premises. A vacation bench of justices Deepka Gupta and Surya […] Read more » women safety
