Top Law News Over 10 Lakh Cases Settled In National Lok Adalat. March 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment About 10.19 lakh cases were settled in the first National Lok Adalat of 2019 held on March 9,2019 across the country under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority. The settled cases include 5.45 lakh pending and 4.73 prelitigation cases. In the year 2019, four National Lok Adalats will be held. Second National Lok Adalat […] Read more » National Lok Adalat
Top Law News Man gets 10 years in jail for sexually assaulting girl March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man was awarded 10 years imprisonment by a court here for sexually assaulting a girl three years ago, a police official said Tuesday. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Mithlesh Chaudhary who was convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said. “A case was registered […] Read more » sexually assaulting girl
Top Law News Failure To Pay Mobile Bills Is Not A Crime : Kerala High Court March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “I find that the transaction involved as between the parties is one arising out of a civil dispute. ” The Kerala High court recently quashed a criminal ‘cheating’ case against a man accused of not paying Mobile bills, observing that the transaction involved as between the mobile operator and the customer is one arising out […] Read more » crime not to pay mobile bill Failure To Pay Mobile Bills Justice TV Anilkumar mobile bill non payment of Mobile Bills Is Not A Crime
High Profile Cases Death Sentence Can Be Imposed Only When Life Imprisonment Appears To Be An Altogether Inappropriate Punishment: Supreme Court March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “We are not convinced that the probability of reform of the accused/appellant is low, in the absence of prior offending history and keeping in mind his overall conduct. ” While commuting death sentence awarded to a man convicted for rape and murder of a five year old girl, the Supreme Court observed that death sentence […] Read more » death sentence Justice Indira Banerjee Justice Mohan M. Shanthanagoudar Justice NV Ramana Life Imprisonment Inappropriate Punishment Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Litigants can change Lawyer If Case Is Not Being Attended Properly: Supreme Court March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “If the appellants noticed that their lawyer was not taking interest in attending to the brief in question, then they should have immediately engaged some other lawyer to ensure that the appeal be filed in time by another lawyer.” The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered on Tuesday, has given a subtle message to litigants […] Read more » Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre Justice Dinesh Maheshwari Litigants can change Lawyer
High Profile Cases Bar Council Of India to reconsider Upper Age Limit For Admission To LL.B. Courses : SC March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Bar Council of India to reconsider, after hearing the various stakeholders, the upper age-limit for taking admission to the five-year and three-year law degree courses. The bench headed by Justice SA Bobde was hearing a plea by Rishab Duggal for setting aside a 2016 circular by which the […] Read more » Upper Age Limit For Admission To LL.B. Courses
Top Law News Judges Can Take Immediate Action If Contempt Is In The Face Of Court without Issuing Notice: Supreme Court March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment To hold Advocate Mathews Nedumpara guilty of contempt, the Supreme Court followed the dictum that when contempt is in the face of court, summary procedure can be followed to inflict punishment “then and there”. “When contempt is committed in the face of the Court, judges’ hands are not tied behind their backs. The majesty of […] Read more »
Top Law News Only Officers With Minimum Service Of 6 Months Left Should Be Considered For DGP Appointment : Supreme Court March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Clarifying last year’s order on police reforms in the Prakash Singh Badal case, the Supreme Court today said that only officers who have a minimum of six months tenure left in service should be considered for the post of Director General of Police (DGP). A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the recommendation […] Read more » Considered For DGP Appointment DGP Appointment
Top Law News Plea in Supreme Court seeks ban on roadshows and bike rallies during polls March 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former DGP of Uttar Pradesh and an environmentalist have urged the Supreme Court to direct the Election Commission to ban roadshows and bike rallies during polls, saying they violate EC’s instructions and cause damage to the environment. The plea, filed by former director general of police Vikram Singh and environmentalist Shaivika Agrawal, was mentioned […] Read more » ban on roadshows and bike rallies bike rallies during polls Supreme Court seeks ban on roadshows
Top Law News NGT directs police to remove encroachments by scrap dealers in R K Puram March 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed the police to remove encroachments due to construction of shops and godowns of scrap dealers in R K Puram here, on a plea alleging that it caused pollution. A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore asked the Station House Officer of the area to take immediate action against […] Read more » encroachments National Green Tribunal NGT scrap dealers in R K Puram
Top Law News Samjhauta blast case: NIA court posts matter for Mar 14 March 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special NIA court Monday put off the pronouncement of verdict in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case and posted the matter for March 14 after a Pakistani woman filed a petition claiming she had some evidence relevant to the case. The petition was filed by an advocate on behalf of Rahila L Vakeel, National […] Read more » Samjhauta blast case
Top Law News Corruption spreading like cancer : Madras High Court March 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that corruption was spreading like “cancer”, the Madras High Court asked the Vigilance personnel in Tamil Nadu on Monday to conduct periodical raids in taluk offices, where it said bribe was demanded for issuing every document such as a legal heir certificate. Justice S M Subramaniam noted that the common man was absolutely frustrated […] Read more » Corruption spreading like cancer Madras High Court
