Top Law News Court orders CBI to conduct probe against Bihar CM in shelter home case February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has directed the CBI to conduct an inquiry against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and two senior bureaucrats in connection with the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal. The special POCSO court here passed the order on Friday on an application filed by an accused, Ashwani, a self-styled medical practitioner who allegedly used […] Read more » Bihar shelter home case CBI to conduct an inquiry against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal. Nitish Kumar POSCO shelter home case
Top Law News Man and family members get life term for wife’s death over dowry demands in Odisha February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court here has sentenced a man and three members of his family to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife over dowry within five months of the wedding in 2014. Additional District Judge Prasanta Kumar Nayak awarded life sentence to Akhaya Kumar Pal, his father Laxmidhar Pal, mother Subhadra Pal and sister […] Read more » dowry death in odisha life term for wife's death over dowry
Top Law News Delhi High Court grants interim protection from arrest to activist in FIR filed in J&K February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has granted interim protection from arrest to activist-journalist Sushil Pandit, who has been booked for allegedly tweeting fake news related to the “death” of five CRPF personnel in a militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore area in May last year. The court noted that he has already approached the Jammu […] Read more » interim protection from arrest to activis
Top Law News Process to appoint CIC should be same as chief election commissioner: Supreme Court February 15, 2019 / February 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday passed a slew of directions on filling up vacancies in the Central Information Commission (CIC) and state information commissions (SICs) and said the process of appointments must start one to two months before a post falls vacant. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and S A Nazeer said the […] Read more » CIC Justice A.K. Sikri Justice S A Nazeer
High Profile Cases Contempt notice: M Nageswara Rao reaches Supreme Court February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment M Nageswara Rao reaches Supreme Court to appear in connection with the contempt notice issued against him by the court for transferring the CBI officer probing the Bihar shelter home cases. The court had issued the notice to Rao for transferring joint director A K Sharma out of CBI. Rao on Monday admitted that as […] Read more » Bihar shelter home cases Contempt notice M Nageswara Rao Nageswara Rao Supreme Court
High Profile Cases VVIP chopper case: Court orders in-camera proceedings for Rajeev Saxena February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate did not seek any further custody of Rajeev Saxena, arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case, from a Delhi court on Tuesday. Rajeev Saxena, whose ED custody ends Tuesday, sought to talk to Special Judge Arvind Kumar in private, without the presence of his lawyers, after which the court initiated […] Read more » AgustaWestland money laundering case Court Finmeccanica in-camera proceedings Rajeev Saxena Rs 3600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case VVIP chopper case
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear Zakia Jafri’s plea against clean chit to PM Narendra Modi in Gujarat riots in July February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said it will hear in July a plea of Zakia Jafri, challenging the SIT’s clean chit to the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 Godhra riots. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar listed the matter for hearing in the month of July. Zakia, the […] Read more » Ahmedabad's Gulberg society Gujarat riots Justice A M Khanwilkar PM Narendra Modi Supreme Court Zakia Jafri Zakia Jafri's plea against clean chit to PM Narendra Modi
Top Law News Supreme Court allowed NGO Naz Foundation Trust to withdraw curative plea against verdict recriminalising consensual gay sex February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday allowed NGO Naz Foundation Trust to withdraw its curative plea challenging the apex court’s 2013 verdict that had again criminalised gay sex between two consenting adults. A bench headed comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna considered the plea of the NGO that its curative plea has now become […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Sanjiv Khanna NGO Naz Foundation Trust recriminalising consensual gay sex Supreme Court
Top Law News Madras High Court says fishermen should get maximum subsidy for transponders February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court Monday passed an order stating that the Tamil Nadu government should give fishermen the maximum subsidy for transponders. A PIL was filed before a division bench comprising Justice S Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad by Fisherman Care, an NGO, seeking direction to the Centre to refer all cases of violation of […] Read more » Ahmedabad Earth Station hub Assistant Solicitor General G Karthikeyan Chennai Fishing Harbour fishermen should get maximum subsidy for transponders HC Justice S Manikumar Justice Subramonium Prasad Madras High Court maximum subsidy for transponders
Top Law News Repeat offender gets 10 years in jail for raping minor February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A repeat offender was Monday sentenced to 10 years in jail by a POCSO court here for raping an eight-year-old girl in suburban Vakola area here in 2013. Aiyaz Ansari (38) was found guilty under section 376 (rape), 363 (kidnapping) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code as well as relevant provisions of […] Read more » additional public prosecutor Rakesh Tiwari POCSO court Protection of Children from Sexual Offences raping minor
Top Law News Judging is ‘under stress’ in digital era, says Justice A K Sikri February 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judging is “under stress” in the digital era, a Supreme Court judge said Sunday, lamenting that even before a case is taken up by the court, people start discussing on social media what the outcome “should be” which has an influence on the judges. Talking on “Freedom of press in the digital age” at the […] Read more » Judging is "under stress" in the digital era Justice A.K. Sikri
Top Law News Robert Vadra appears before ED in PMLA case probe February 10, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering probe case relating to alleged possession of illegal foreign assets. Vadra’s wife Priyanka Gandhi accompanied him, in a white Toyota Land Cruiser along with SPG personnel in tow, and dropped him outside the agency’s office […] Read more » ED PMLA case probe Robert Vadra
