Criminal Law News Powerloom owner gets 2-year jail, hefty fine for power theft June 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court sentenced a powerloom owner in Bhiwandi to two years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2006 power theft case here in Maharashtra. District Judge P P Jadhav, who convicted the powerloom owner, Hayat Mohammad Najir Khan, in the case, also imposed a fine of Rs 8.75 lakh on him in an order pronounced last […] Read more » gets 2-year jail powerloom owner
Bar, Bench & Firm News Madras High Court directive to Centre on citizenship plea of Lankan refugees June 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court Thursday directed the Centre to pass appropriate orders within 16 weeks on a petition filed by 65 Sri Lankan Tamils, residing in a refugee camp in Tiruchirapalli district for the past 35 years, seeking grant of citizenship. Disposing of the petition by the refugees of Kottapattu camp, who had arrived in […] Read more » citizenship plea lankan refugees
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court to hear plea seeking formation of team for treatment of kids affected by encephalitis in Bihar June 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to urgently constitute a team of medical experts for the treatment of the children in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, who are suffering from suspected Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), which has claimed more than 100 lives. A vacation bench of justices Deepak […] Read more » affected by encephalitis BIHAR kids treatment
Bar, Bench & Firm News Uttar Pradesh Bar Council meet on July 13 to resolve chairmanship issue June 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bar members Hari Shanker Singh & Prashant Singh ‘Atal’ have locked horns staking claim for the prestigious post. The UP Bar Council has convened a ‘House’ (meeting) on July 13 at its office on the Allahabad high court premises to resolve the tussle over the vacant post of chairman of the council after the murder […] Read more » on july 13 resolve chairmanship up bar council
Bar, Bench & Firm News Court grants life-imprisonment to businessman who killed partner with paper-weight June 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After killing him, the accused had wrapped his business partner’s body in a curtain and hidden it in his shop. The body was discovered three days later when a foul smell started emanating from it. Noting the motive to be a debt of ₹24 lakh that the accused was unable to pay to the deceased, […] Read more » businessman businesspartner court grants life imprisonment killed
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court: Inter-Caste marriages should be promoted to uproot caste system and eradicate social bias June 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The order passed by Justice N Anand Venkatesh observed that “In fact, many thinkers believe that intercaste marriage is the only panacea to root out the evil of caste system.” “These are days where the younger generation is slowly moving out of ill-effects of the caste system and that is the reason for a lot […] Read more » high court promote inter caste marriages inter-caste inter-caste marriage
Court, Judiciary & Legal System CBI Registers FIR Against Lawyers Collective For Alleged FCRA Violations; NGO Terms It An Attempt To Silence Them June 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI has registered a criminal case against the NGO Lawyers Collective for alleged violations of Foreign Contributions Registration Act, reports the PTI. The FIR has named Senior Advocate Anand Grover, a trustee and founder-director of the NGO, as an accused. As per the PTI report, unknown officer-bearers and functionaries of the NGO and unknown […] Read more » CBI FCRA VIOLATIONS LAWYERS COLLECTIVE
Top Law News CAT Chairman, Members Do Not Occupy Exalted Position Of A High Court Judge, Says Kerala HC June 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chairman and Members of the Central Administrative Tribunal do not occupy the exalted position of a Judge of the High Court, observed the Kerala High Court. This observation came from a bench comprising of Justice V. Chitambaresh and Justice Ashok Menon while considering a writ appeal against a single bench order which had allowed […] Read more » CAT EXALTED POSITION Kerala HC
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Gift Deed Is Not Invalid Merely Because It Was Registered after Donor’s Death: Calcutta High Court June 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court has held that a deed of gift cannot be said to be invalid only because it was registered after the death of donor. In this case, the authenticity of a deed of gift was questioned on the ground that it was registered after the death of the donor. Justice Bibek Chaudhury […] Read more » high court of calcutta on organs donor
Bar, Bench & Firm News Cannot Burden Insurer To Follow Up An Inadequate Disclosure Of Material Facts By The Insured: Supreme Court June 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has observed that it is duty of the insured while making the proposal to make a clear and specific disclosure of material facts and that the insurer cannot be burdened to follow up an inadequate disclosure. As per the relevant policy in this case (Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. vs. Mahendra Construction), the […] Read more » insurance material facts
Corporate Law News SAT Stays SEBI Order Barring Prannoy Roy & Radhika Roy From Holding Directorial Or Managerial Positions In NDTV June 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a temporary relief to Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy, the Securities Appellate Tribunal has stayed the June 14 order issued by Securities and Exchange Board of India restraining them from holding manegerial or directorial posts in New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV). Admitting the appeal filed by Roys and RPPR Ltd, the promoters of NDTV, […] Read more » DIRECTIONAL MANAGERIAL POSITIONS SEBI
Environment Law News Supreme Court : Forest fire a serious issue, pray for rain June 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on June 24 a plea seeking urgent steps to protect forests, wildlife and birds from wildfires in Uttarakhand, saying “it is an serious issue and in the meantime, pray for rain”. A vacation bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant listed the matter for June 24 […] Read more » Forest fire Supreme Court
