Top Law News Woman forced to sit atop jeep: HC issues notice to DGP, Amritsar SSP September 29, 2018 / September 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday issued notice to Punjab DGP, SSP Amritsar (Rural) and other officers on a petition, seeking an SIT probe into an incident in which a 35-year old woman fell off the roof of and allegedly paraded by police atop a jeep near Amritsar. The court issued notice of motion to Director General […] Read more » featured Justice Daya Chaudhary Punjab and Haryana High Court
Top Law News Mumbai court acquits Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, 7 Others in 2014 Lok Sabha Election Rally Case September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment MUMBAI: A Mumbai court on Friday acquitted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and seven others members for holding a rally in Mumbai during the 2014 Lok Sabha election. Acquitting Kejriwal and the others, Metropolitan Magistrate P K Deshpande observed that the police had failed to give the accused a written statement refusing them permission for the rally. The accused were booked […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal featured Metropolitan Magistrate P K Deshpande Mumbai court
Top Law News Vyapam case: Court orders FIR against senior Cong leaders September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bhopal:A court here has directed police to register an FIR against senior Congress leaders Digvijay Singh, Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia and an RTI activist on charges of “fabricating evidence” in the Vyapam scam case. The special court of Additional District Judge Suresh Singh here in Madhya Pradesh issued the order Wednesday in response to […] Read more » Digvijay Singh featured Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia senior Cong leaders Vyapam case
Top Law News SC declines to refer to five-judge bench whether mosque is integral to Islam September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday declined to refer to a five-judge constitution bench the issue of reconsideration of the observations in its 1994 judgement that a mosque was not integral to Islam which had arisen during the hearing of the Ayodhya land dispute. In a majority verdict of 2:1, an apex court bench headed by […] Read more » Ayodhya land dispute featured mosque is integral to Islam
Top Law News Local court transfers Shah’s case of violation of model code of conduct to Allahabad special court September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Muzaffarnagar A local court has transferred to a Allahabad special court a case against BJP president Amit Shah for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by making “objectionable” speeches here in 2014. Police had already given a clean chit to Shah, but the court has not yet accepted the report as there was no reply […] Read more » Allahabad special court Amit Shah featured Shah's case
Top Law News 4 convicted in Bengal hooch tragedy that left 170 dead September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Canning:A court in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district convicted four people on Thursday in connection with a hooch tragedy that left around 170 people dead in 2011. Additional district and sessions judge P S Chakraborty found Noor Islam Fakir alias Khora Badshah, the prime accused, and three others — Dukhi Laskar, Khairul Laskar and […] Read more » 170 dead Bengal hooch tragedy featured
Top Law News Koregaon-Bhima case: SC refuses to interfere with arrests of five activists September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi:The Supreme Court Friday refused to interfere with the arrest of five rights activists by the Maharashtra Police in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case and declined to appoint a SIT to probe their arrest. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in a 2:1 verdict, refused the plea seeking the immediate […] Read more » arrests of five activists featured Koregaon-Bhima case SC
Top Law News Bhima-Koregaon Case: Supreme Court extends house arrest of five activists, rules out SIT probe September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday extended the house arrest of five rights activists who were taken into custody by the Pune Police in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case. The plea for an SIT was not entertained, with the accused given the liberty to pursue other appropriate remedies and the top court declined to appoint a SIT […] Read more » Bhima-Koregaon Case CJI Dipak Misra featured Justices AM Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud
Top Law News Supreme Court lifts ban on entry of women to Sabarimala Temple September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Friday pronounced its verdict on entry of women into the Sabarimala temple of Kerala. While reading out the verdict, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said, “The practice of barring women in age group of 10-50 to go inside the temple is violative of constitutional […] Read more » CJI Dipak Misra featured Justices AM Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud justices Indu Malhotra Sabarimala temple
Top Law News Bhima-Koregaon case: Supreme Court To Deliver Verdict on the arrest of five activists today September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will be going to pronounce its verdict on the arrest of five rights activists in Bhima-Koregaon violence case on a plea by historian Romila Thapar and others seeking the immediate release of five activists. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had reserved the judgment on September 20 after counsel […] Read more » Bhima-Koregaon Case CJI Dipak Misra featured Justices AM Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud
Top Law News Will women be allowed entry at Sabarimala temple? Supreme Court to Decide Today September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will on Friday is likely to pronounce a verdict on the Sabarimala case of petitions challenging restrictions on the entry of women between the ages of 10 and 50 inside Kerala’s Sabarimala temple. Women of menstrual age are restricted from entering the temple as its presiding deity, Lord Ayyappa, is considered to be a […] Read more » CJI Dipak Misra featured Sabarimala temple
Top Law News Man is not owner of wife’s sexuality: Justice DY Chandrachud September 28, 2018 / September 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, struck down Indian Penal Code Section 497. Justice D Y Chandrachud while striking down the anti-adultery law said that a married woman can make her own sexual choices. By marrying, she has not consented to refrain from sexual relations outside marriage without the permission of her husband. A husband is […] Read more » Adultery law featured Justice DY Chandrachud
