Top Law News Acid attack uncivilised and heartless crime which does not deserve any clemency: Supreme Court March 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that acid attack is an “uncivilised and heartless crime” which does not deserve any clemency. The apex court observed this while asking two convicts, who have already undergone five year jail for throwing acid on a 19-year-old girl in 2004, to pay Rs 1.5 lakh each as additional compensation to […] Read more » acid attack Acid attack does not deserve any clemency Acid attack heartless crime Acid attack uncivilised Supreme Court Supreme Court on Acid attack
Top Law News The Bombay High Court stays Nusli Wadia defamation plea hearing against Ratan Tata some other directors of Tata Sons. March 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Monday stayed till March 27 the proceedings before a magistrate court in a 2016 criminal defamation case filed by Nusli Wadia against Ratan Tata and some other directors of Tata Sons. A single bench of Justice Mridula Bhatkar stayed the proceedings through an interim order. Justice Bhatkar will now hear a […] Read more » directors of Tata Sons. Nusli Wadia Nusli Wadia against Ratan Tata and some other directors of Tata Sons. Ratan Tata the Bombay High Court
Top Law News National Green Tribunal raps officials over action plan on noise pollution March 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has rapped the police and the district adminstration over their action plan to check noise pollution in West Delhi and termed the ATR as “inaction report”. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said the DCP and the SDM are merely avoiding the responsibility and shifting the burden […] Read more » action plan on noise pollution DCP Deepak Purohit National Green Tribunal NGT NGT action plan on noise pollution NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel SDM Nitin Jindal
Top Law News Will curb un-verified political ads on social media: Election Commission to Bombay High Court. March 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Election Commission (EC) Monday told the Bombay High Court that it will issue directions prohibiting all social media platforms from displaying political advertisements not pre-verified by it. The EC, through its counsel Pradeep Rajagopal, told the high court that a meeting between the commission and all social media intermediaries was scheduled for Tuesday. Following […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Naresh Patil counsel Pradeep Rajagopal Election Commission Justice N.M. Jamdar
Top Law News Embryologist accused of importing human embryos gets Bombay High Court relief March 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Monday ordered the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence to not take any coercive steps against a 51-year-old embryologist accused of importing human embryos from Malaysia. A division bench of Justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre also directed embryologist Dr Goral Gandhi to appear before the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to record […] Read more » Bombay High Court Embryologist Embryologist accused of importing human embryos Justice Bharati Dangre Justices Ranjit More
Top Law News Views In Lead Judgment Are Binding Precedents If Concurring Judgments Did Not Express Any Contrary Opinion On It: Supreme Court March 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “Law laid down in the lead judgment in Express Newspaper (supra) is the law by three Hon’ble Judges who constituted the Bench.” Is a view on a legal issue expressed in a lead judgment delivered by one of the judges of a Supreme Court bench is a binding precedent if the other judges of the […] Read more » Express Newspaper (supra Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre Justice AP Sen Justice Dinesh Maheshwari Justice R.B. Mishra Justices E.S. Venkataramiah Views In Lead Judgment Are Binding Precedents
Top Law News NGT acts tough on air pollution and directs 6 states to submit action plan by April 30 March 18, 2019 / March 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed six states to submit by April 30 action plans for bringing air quality standards within the prescribed norms, failing which they would be liable to pay environment compensation of Rs 1 crore each. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel ordered the chief secretaries of Assam, […] Read more » Justice K Ramakrishnan Justice S P Wangdi National Green Tribunal NGT NGT acts tough on air pollution NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel tough on air pollution
High Profile Cases Plea Challenging Restitution Of Conjugal Rights says Women Treated As Chattel. March 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The provisions dealing with restitution of conjugal rights in effect treat women as ‘chattel’, the petitioners argue. The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of centre to a plea challenging the power conferred by the Hindu Marriage Act on courts to direct the restitution of conjugal rights of an estranged couple. The petitioners also […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Sanjiv Khann Restitution Of Conjugal Rights Women Treated As Chattel
High Profile Cases Can Courts Admit Evidence Which Has Been Obtained Illegally Or Improperly? March 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The admissibility of evidence in Courts in India is dependent on its relevancy as per the provisions of Indian Evidence Act. Illegality or impropriety in obtaining the evidence will not affect its admissibility, if it is otherwise relevant. Test of admissibility of evidence lies in its relevancy and not on how it was obtained. In […] Read more » Evidence Illegally Or Improperly? Evidence Which Has Been Obtained Illegally Or Improperly?
Top Law News Supreme Court stays Meghalaya HC order convicting newspaper editor and publisher in contempt case March 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday stayed the Meghalaya High Court judgment convicting The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim and publisher Shoba Chaudhuri in a contempt case. The top court stayed the operation of the judgment by which the high court had also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh each on the editor and the publisher. […] Read more » Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Meghalaya HC Meghalaya High court publisher Shoba Chaudhuri Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim Supreme Court
Top Law News Bombay High Court to hear plea on condition of foot overbridges in Mumbai March 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Friday said it would take up for hearing on March 22 a petition on the issue of “poor” condition of foot overbridges in the metropolis. One of the petitioners Pradeep Bhalekar’s advocate Nitin Satpute approached the high court Friday seeking urgent hearing of the plea a day after a foot overbridge […] Read more » Bombay High Court condition of foot overbridges in Mumbai foot overbridges in Mumbai
Top Law News Undertrial prisoners’ letters for speedy trial of their cases turned into PIL by Delhi High Court. March 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court initiated a PIL on Friday on letters sent by undertrials lodged in the jails here seeking a speedy disposal of their cases, which were pending in the lower courts for years. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani issued notice to the Delhi government and sought […] Read more » Chief Justice Rajendra Menon Delhi High Court Justice A J Bhambhani PIL Undertrial prisoners