Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Profile Cases Top Law News HC directs JNU not to take any coercive step against Kanhaiya till July 20 July 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today directed Jawaharlal Nehru University not to take any coercive step on a fine imposed against its former students union president Kanhaiya Kumar till July 20. A Rs 10,000 fine was imposed on Kumar by an appellate authority of the university in connection with a 2016 incident in which anti-India […] Read more » advocate Tarannum Cheema featured JNU JNU Students Union Kanhaiya Kumar Senior advocate Rebecca John
Top Law News SC says ‘Mobocracy Can’t Become New Norm’ July 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: On mob killings in the name of cow protection, the Supreme Court today said no citizen can take the law into their hands and the government must act. “It is the state’s duty to ensure order and prevent mobocracy,” the court said today. “In case of fear and anarchy, the state has to […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra featured mob killings mobocracy social activist Tehseen Poonawalla social activist Tushar Gandhi
Public Utilities Top Law News SC refuses to stay new amended rules on health warning for tobacco products July 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to stay the operation of new amended rules of the Union Health Ministry directing the manufacturers to have graphic warning images on packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products and helpline numbers for those who wanted to quit the habit. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
Criminal Law News 10 yrs jail to Trader for supplying adulterated ghee July 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Muzaffarnagar: A court in Kairana has sentenced a trader to 10 years in jail for supplying adulterated ghee, officials said today. Additional District and Sessions Judge Rajat Verma sentenced the convict, Jamshed, to 10 years of imprisonment and also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on him yesterday, they added. According to government lawyer Javed Choudhary, […] Read more » adulterated ghee featured jail Kairana
Criminal Law News Top Law News SC asks Parliament to consider enacting new law to deal with mob lynching July 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked Parliament to consider enacting a new law to effectively deal with incidents of mob lynching, saying “horrendous acts of mobocracy” cannot be allowed to become a new norm. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also passed a slew of directions to provide “preventive, remedial and punitive measures” […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud mobocracy
Top Law News Kerala church scandal: SC to hear tomorrow anticipatory bail plea of priest July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the anticipatory bail plea of Father Soni Abraham Varghese in connection with the sex scandal case involving four clergymen attached to the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud agreed to hear […] Read more » anticipatory bail plea Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud Kerala church scandal Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala SC Soni Abraham Varghese
Top Law News Court sends separatist Aasiya Andrabi, 2 others to one-month judicial custody July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Kashmiri separatist Aasiya Andrabi was today sent to one-month judicial custody by a Delhi court in connection with a case of allegedly waging war against the country with support from Pakistan. Andrabi, who is chief of the banned outfit Dukhtaran-e-Milat, was produced before the court along with her two women associates, after the expiry […] Read more » Dukhtaran-e-Milat featured Judge Poonam A Bamba Kashmiri separatist Separatist Aasiya Andrabi
Top Law News 2 hours given to Justice A N Ray to decide on CJI post? July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India A N Ray was given “two hours” to decide on accepting the top judicial post in the country in 1973, that had created a controversy as his appointment had led to the supersession of three senior judges of the top court, according to a latest book. “If I didn’t […] Read more » "The Beleagured Justice Ray" featured Habeas Corpus judgment Justice A N Ray Justice H R Khanna Penguin Random House
Top Law News Delhi HC sentences man to life term for sodomy July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sodomising a three-and-a half-year-old boy, observing that the child was subjected to traumatic and brutal sexual assault. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel dismissed the man’s appeal and upheld a trial court’s order convicting him for the offences […] Read more » Delhi HC featured life term for sodomy Protection of Children from Sexual Offences S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel
Top Law News NGT plans to hear cases using video-conferencing July 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Crippled by the delay in appointment of experts and judicial members, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is planning to conduct hearings through video-conferencing to decide the environmental cases pending in its regional benches. The NGT’s functioning has been hit by vacancies. The apex environment watchdog is functioning with less than one-third of its […] Read more » Bhopal Chennai and Kolkata featured National Green Tribunal Rahul Choudhary Regional benches in Pune
Environment Law News Top Law News HC notice to TN Govt, NHAI on PIL against cattle menace on highways July 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chennai: The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on a PIL against cattle menace on highways. A division bench comprising justices T S Sivagnanam and Bhavani Subbaroyan issued notice on a PIL from Abinand Sreedhar. “In our view the prayer as couched is […] Read more » featured Justice Bhavani Subbaroyan Justice T S Sivagnanam National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Criminal Law News HC sentences man to life term for sodomy July 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sodomising a three-and-a half-year-old boy, observing that the child was subjected to traumatic and brutal sexual assault. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel dismissed the man’s appeal and upheld a trial court’s order convicting him for the offences of […] Read more » Accused Vinod Soren featured Justice S. Muralidhar Justice Vinod Goel Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act sodomy
