Intellectual Property News HC directs DDA to handover flat to a family, 39 years after booking July 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A family’s tireless wait of 39 years for a DDA flat seems to be ending soon, with the Delhi High Court directing the landowning agency to hand over its possession to the allottee while pulling it up for its “non-caring attitude”. The court held cancellation of the allotment of the residential flat to the […] Read more » DDA flat Delhi High Court featured J C Madan Lieutenant Governor
Top Law News SC dismisses plea challenging appointment of CVC July 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea challenging the appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) K V Chaudhary and Vigilance Commissioner (VC) T M Bhasin. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said there were no grounds to quash the appointments of Chaudhary and Bhasin. The court was hearing a plea challenging the […] Read more » Central Vigilance Commissioner featured Justice Arun Mishra K V Chaudhary Supreme Court T M Bhasin VC Bhasin Vigilance Commissioner
Family Law News SC agrees for urgent listing of pleas against ‘nikah-halala’, polygamy July 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today agreed to consider listing of a batch of petitions challenging the practices of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ among Muslims. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submissions of senior advocate V Shekhar that the petitions be listed before […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Ashwini Upadhyay Chief Justice Dipak Misra D Y Chandrachud featured Muslim Personal Law nikah halala polygamy Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Ishrat Jahan: Order on Vanzara, Amin’s discharge pleas likely on July 17 July 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ahmedabad: A CBI court today reserved for July 17 its order on the discharge applications filed by former police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. Special judge J K Pandya concluded the hearing today. The CBI has opposed the discharge pleas of both Vanzara, a […] Read more » CBI lawyer R C Kodekar featured Ishrat Jahan Special judge J K Pandya
Corporate Law News Top Law News Delhi HC directs DDA to handover flat to a family, 39 years after booking July 1, 2018 / July 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court directing the landowning agency to hand over its possession to the allottee while pulling it up for its “non-caring attitude,” A family’s tireless wait of 39 years for a DDA flat seems to be ending soon. The court held cancellation of the allotment of the residential flat to the family […] Read more » Delhi Development Authority (DDA) featured J C Madan
Criminal Law News Aliganj fake encounter: Ex-deputy mayor of Luknow, 3 others get life imprisonment June 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lucknow: A local court today sentenced former deputy mayor of Lucknow and three others to life imprisonment for their involvement in a fake police encounter in Aliganj area around 24 years ago, in which a person was killed. Ex-deputy mayor of Lucknow Abhay Seth, then general secretary of Aliganj traders’ union, Ashok Mishra and two constables–Ram […] Read more » encounter former deputy mayor of Lucknow imprisonment
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Extortion case: Charge sheet filed against Dawood, Iqbal Kaskar, Anees Ibrahim June 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thane: The city police has filed a charge sheet against fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim and his brothers Iqbal Kaskar, and Anees Ibrahim in connection with an extortion case filed on the complaint by a prominent builder last year. “The charge sheet was filed in the district court on Thursday,” a senior inspector of Thane police’s Anti-Extortion […] Read more » Anees Ibrahim Dawood Ibrahim extortion case featured Iqbal Kaskar
High Profile Cases Top Law News Musharraf’s treason case: Pak special court to resume trial early next month June 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Islamabad: A three-judge special court formed by Pakistan’s Supreme Court for conducting high treason trial of former military ruler and dictator Pervez Musharraf is set to resume its hearing early next month, a media report said today. Musharraf, 74, who has been residing in Dubai since March 2016 after leaving the county on medical grounds, is […] Read more » featured Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Yawar Ali Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)
Top Law News Jharkhand HC extends Lalu’s provisional bail by six weeks June 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court today extended the provisional bail of RJD chief Lalu Prasad in fodder scam cases for another six weeks on medical grounds. The case pertains to illegal withdrawal of money from the Deogarh, Chaibasa and Dumka treasuries. Prasad has been convicted in the multi-crore fodder scam cases. He is at present undergoing […] Read more » Lalu Prasad RJD chief
Immigration Law Top Law News Bombay HC: ‘Complete passport formalities of autistic child at home’ June 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has allowed a US national to adopt a 12-year-old autistic boy and directed the passport office to complete the travel document formalities at his residence. Justice Gautam Patel gave the direction yesterday while hearing a petition filed by a 59-year-old American woman to legally adopt the child. According to the rules […] Read more » autistic Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) child Justice Gautam Patel
Criminal Law News Top Law News Bribery case: Two senior Income Tax officers get 5-yr jail June 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: A special CBI court convicted an additional commissioner of Income Tax and an assistant I-T commissioner in a Rs 1.7 crore graft case of 2010 and sentenced them to five years’ imprisonment on Thrusday. The additional commissioner’s husband was also convicted and awarded four years in jail. Special CBI judge Vivek Khathare sentenced additional commissioner […] Read more » assistant commissioner Anjali Bambole CBI CBI judge Vivek Khathare Commissioner featured I-T commissioner income tax
Top Law News Govt’s report in sealed cover available on Twitter: Swamy to SC June 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today took a dig at the Centre and told the Supreme Court that a document placed by it in a sealed cover, in a case relating to senior ED officer Rajeshwar Singh, was available on micro-blogging site Twitter. After a vacation bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Sanjay Kishan Kaul […] Read more » Ed officer featured Justices Arun Mishra Ministry of Finance oint Director of Enforcement Directorate Rajeshwar Singh Research and Analysis Wing National Security Advisor Sanjay Kishan Kaul Subramanian Swamy
