Top Law News The Bombay High Court notice to prosecutor who ‘slapped’ judge over decision December 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has taken suo motu (on its own) notice of an incident where a sessions court judge was allegedly assaulted by an assistant public prosecutor on the court premises. Vacation judge Justice R K Deshpande of the high court’s Nagpur bench said Wednesday that such incidents are a “threat to independence of […] Read more » the Bombay High Court
High Profile Cases 1984 riots case: Sajjan Kumar likely to surrender before court on Dec 31 December 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar is likely to surrender before a court here on December 31 to serve the life imprisonment awarded to him by the Delhi High Court in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. “We will comply with the high court’s judgment,” his counsel Anil Kumar Sharma told PTI. The counsel said Kumar’s appeal […] Read more » 1984 riots case Sajjan Kumar
Top Law News HC pulls up CBI and Maharashtra government for ignoring orders in Agnelo Valdaris custodial death case December 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has comedown heavily on the Maharashtra government and the CBI over their “failure” to implement a list of orders passed by several benches of the court in the 2014 case of sexual assault and alleged custodial death of Agnelo Valdaris. In an order passed earlier this month, a bench of Justices […] Read more » Agnelo Valdaris custodial death case
Consumer Law News Top Law News HC seeks Centre’s reply on plea of visually impaired man who lost out on Railway job December 30, 2018 / December 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has taken suo motu (on its own) notice of an incident where a sessions court judge was allegedly assaulted by an assistant public prosecutor on the court premises. Vacation judge Justice R K Deshpande of the high court’s Nagpur bench said Wednesday that such incidents are a “threat to independence of […] Read more » Bombay High Court Vacation judge Justice R K Deshpande visually impaired man
Top Law News HC declines to stay implementation of TRAI regulations for TV services December 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court Friday declined to stay implementation of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s March, 2017 regulations and tariff order relating to fixation of charges for free and pay channels. Rejecting the interim prayer plea in a petition filed by a cable TV association, Justice S Vaidyanathan issued notice to the TRAI and […] Read more » TRAI
Top Law News HC extends deadline to apply for Delhi Judicial Service Exam till Dec 24 December 25, 2018 / December 25, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has extended the deadline to apply for the Delhi Judicial Service Examination 2018 till December 24. A bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and A K Chawla said once the schedule for filling the online application form and last date had been declared as December 22, the same could not have been brought to […] Read more » featured Justice Vipin Sanghi justices A K Chawla
Top Law News PIL in SC against govt’s move to authorise 10 agencies to intercept, monitor any computer December 25, 2018 / December 25, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court challenging the recent Ministry of Home Affairs order authorising 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor, decrypt “any information” on computers. The petition filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma seeks quashing of the government’s December 20 notification. The petition filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma seeks to […] Read more » featured SC
Top Law News HC dismisses appeal against LIC move to acquire 51 pc stake in IDBI December 21, 2018 / December 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao of Delhi High Court dismissed an appeal against its single judge order rejecting a plea challenging the LIC’s move to acquire 51 per cent stake in the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI). The court said the single judge had considered all aspects […] Read more »
Top Law News Man gets life term for killing former village head December 21, 2018 / December 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment MUZAFFARNAGAR: A court here has awarded life sentence to a man for killing a former village head in a 12-year-old case.The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5,00,000 on the convict directing him to pay 90 per cent of the amount to the family of the deceased. In the judgment announced Thursday, district sessions […] Read more » featured
Top Law News Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter: All 22 accused acquitted due to Lack of evidence December 21, 2018 / December 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment MUMBAI: A special CBI court in Mumbai on Friday acquitted all 22 accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case today. The court acquitted all 22 accused in the case, citing lack of evidence. Special CBI Judge SJ Sharma ruled the prosecution has failed to put forth any “documentary and substantive evidence” to suggest or establish the […] Read more » featured Judge SJ Sharma Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter
Top Law News Delhi HC rejects Sajjan Kumar’s plea for extension of time to surrender in 1984 case December 21, 2018 / December 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s plea which sought more time for him to surrender in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.The former Congress leader was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the court in a case pertaining to killing five members of a famil in the Delhi Cantonment area […] Read more » 1984 case featured
Top Law News Delhi High Court orders National Herald publisher AJL to Vacate Delhi office in 2 weeks December 21, 2018 / December 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: In a major set back to the Gandhi-family owned Associated Journals Limited, the Delhi High Court on Friday ordered to vacate its headquarters in the capital. Associate Journals has to vacate the building in the ITO area of downtown Delhi in two weeks. The government reportedly inspected the premises a few months ago and […] Read more » featured National Herald
