Criminal Law News Death for Child Rape : Lok Sabha Passes Criminal Law Amendment Bill July 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Monday, July 30, the Lok Sabha passed Criminal Law(Amendment) Bill making rape of girl below the age of twelve years an offence punishable with death. The Bill seeks to amend provisions of Indian Penal Code(IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure, Evidence Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). It replaced the Ordinance […] Read more » Child Rape Code of Criminal Procedure Criminal Law(Amendment) Bill death Evidence Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). Indian Penal Code(IPC) Lok Sabha punishable
Business Law News Delhi HC issues notice to Flipkart and Amazon over proxy sellers July 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has issued notices to e-commerce giants Flipkart and Amazon for violating FDI norms after a PIL filed by NGO Telecom Watchdog. The PIL alleged that both have been openly violating FDI norms for marketplace model of e-commerce and circumventing them by routing hot-selling products at much cheaper rates through proxy […] Read more » Amazon FDI FDI scanner Flipkart Indian Cellular Association (ICA) and Retailers Association of India (RIA) Press Note 3 of 2016
Top Law News Court grants 2 months to CBI for obtaining sanction to prosecute accused in Aircel-Maxis case July 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court today granted two months time to the CBI for obtaining sanction from authorities concerned to prosecute certain accused in a case against former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti for alleged irregularities and criminal conspiracy in the Aircel-Maxis deal case. The agency had on July 19 filed charge […] Read more » Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) CBI FIPB Global Communication Services Holdings Ltd P. Chidambaram Union Minister
High Profile Cases Top Law News IRCTC scam case: Lalu Prasad, wife, son and others summoned as accused July 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court today summoned RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav and others as accused in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam. Special Judge Arvind Kumar directed them to appear before the court on August 31 in a case related to alleged irregularities in […] Read more » Bhubaneswar featured IRCTC P K Goyal Patna Rabri Devi Railway Board B K Agarwal Ranchi Special Judge Arvind Kumar Tejashwi Yadav
education law Public Utilities HC directs Maha govt to check if schools, colleges provide barrier-free access to disabled students July 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government and the Directorate of Education to call for compliance reports from all educational institutes and universities in the state on facilities provided to disabled students. In an order passed earlier this week, a bench of Justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni said the state must […] Read more » advocate Rui Rodrigues Directorate of Education featured justice G S Kulkarni Justice Naresh Patil Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Pune resident Akanksha Kale Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act
Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC says Courts must pass reasoned orders to enable parties understand why they lost or won cases July 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that courts need to pass a reasoned order in every case which would enable the parties involved in the litigation to understand as to “why one party has won and other has lost”. The top court remanded back to the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore, a matter related […] Read more » featured Justice A M Sapre Justice Navin Sinha legal principles litigation
Criminal Law News Top Law News 29-yr-old road rage case; Charges filed against UP minister July 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lucknow: Charges framed today against Mohsin Raza alias Arshad, a minister in the BJP-led government by a court in Uttar Pradesh, in connection with a 29-year-old road rage case. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Nirbhay Prakash also framed charges against co-accused Akbar and fixed August 4 for the recording of evidence of the prosecution witnesses. The accused […] Read more » chargesheet Chief Judicial Magistrate Nirbhay Prakash featured IPC Mohsin Raza alias Arshad
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC seeks Centre’s response on plea to use Aadhaar details of missing persons July 27, 2018 / July 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today sought the Centre’s response on a PIL seeking direction to utilise biometric and Aadhaar details of missing persons, including children, aged and mentally challenged, so that they can be re-united with their families. Notice issued to the Ministry of Home Affairs by a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita […] Read more » Aadhaar Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal C Hari Shankar Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra Unique Identification Authority of India
Criminal Law News 5 yrs jail to six men for abetting suicide of girl July 27, 2018 / July 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thane: Six men has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for abetting the suicide of a girl in 2009 by a special court in Thane. Special Judge (SC/ST court) G P Shirsat, in an order passed two days back, also imposed a fine of Rs 8,000 on each convict from Kopar Khairane of Navi Mumbai. The […] Read more » Indian Penal Code Sections 306 Rajendra Baban Bhor (51) Ratnakar Rambhau Aaute (47) and Kumar Vasant Gole (31) Sandip Shrikant Dhonde (33) Special Judge (SC/ST court) G P Shirsat Suresh Baban Sanas (49) Vilas Baban Sanas (46)
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Criminal Law News HC: Prescribing medicines without diagnosis amounts to culpable negligence July 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has turned down the anticipatory bail pleas of a doctor couple booked for the death of a woman patient,observing that prescribing medicines to patients without diagnosis amounted to culpable negligence. Justice Sadhana Jadhav made the observations yesterday while hearing the anticipatory bail pleas filed by a gynaecologist couple – Deepa and […] Read more » Deepa Pawaskar featured Indian Penal Code Justice Sadhana Jadhav Ratnagiri Police section 304
Criminal Law News 4 years jail to IT official in Rs 2 lakh bribe case July 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: A special court here today convicted an Income Tax official for demanding a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a tax assessee in 2011 and sentenced him to four years rigorous imprisonment. Daya Shankar, then Income Tax Commissioner (Appeal), was found guilty under the Prevention of Corruption Act by special judge M G Deshpande. He was […] Read more » Anti-Corruption Unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Haresh Bhawnani Prevention of Corruption Act special judge M G Deshpande special public prosecutor Kavita Patil
Public Utilities 1000 standard-floor cluster buses will be fitted with hydraulic lifts, says Delhi govt to SC July 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi government today told the Supreme Court that it will install hydraulic lifts in 1,000 standard-floor buses to be procured under the cluster scheme on its own cost to make them accessible for differently-abled persons, especially those on wheel chair. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) Delhi's Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot featured Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Ashok Bhushan Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)
