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
Top Law News PNB scam: Choksi moves court seeking cancellation of NBW June 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: Gitanjali Gems promoter Mehul Choksi, a key accused in the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, today moved a special court here seeking cancellation of a non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued against him. Choksi’s lawyer Sanjay Abbot moved the application before special CBI court judge J C Jagdale. In the application, he claimed that […] Read more » diamond merchant featured Gitanjali Gems Mehul Choksi NBW PNB scam Sanjay Abbot
Top Law News Why MP’s name is missing from FIR in noise pollution case: HC June 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today rapped police for failing to initiate action against Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde, accused of organizing an event in which the noise pollution rules were allegedly flouted. If Shinde was the organiser, why did the FIR not have his name, the court asked, while also asking the MP to make […] Read more » Environment Protection Act featured Justices A S Oka NGO Hirali Foundation Noise Pollution Rules Riyaz Chagla Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde
Top Law News Govt free to probe charges against ED officer probing Aircel-Maxis case: SC June 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: No officer should be under a “cloud” and blanket clean chit cannot be given to anybody, the Supreme Court observed today, as it told the government that it was free to look into the “serious” allegations against ED officer Rajeshwar Singh, who is probing the “highly sensitive” 2G spectrum case and the Aircel-Maxis […] Read more » Aircel-Maxis case BJP leader Subramanian Swamy featured Justices Arun Mishra Sanjay Kishan Kaul t ED officer Rajeshwar Singh
Top Law News HC rejects bail plea of corporator in abetment to suicide case June 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today rejected the pre-arrest bail plea of a corporator in Pune district in a case of alleged abetment of suicide of a real estate broker over a property dispute. NCP leader and corporator Deepak Mankar had approached the high court after a sessions court in Pune rejected his anticipatory bail application […] Read more » Bombay High Court corporator Deepak Mankar featured justice Mridula Bhatkar Pune Pune police Rasta Peth in Pune Vasant Karnataki
Environment Law News Cutting of trees continues; contempt plea in HC against NBCC June 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A plea was today filed in the Delhi High Court seeking contempt action against the NBCC for allegedly violating its undertaking not to cut trees till July 4 for housing projects here. The contempt petition was mentioned before a vacation bench of justices Vinod Goel and Rekha Palli who said it would be heard […] Read more » Delhi HC Environmental Clearance (EC) Kasturba Nagar Mohammadpur Naoroji Nagar Netaji Nagar Sarojini Nagar Thyagaraja Nagar
Corporate Law News HC to Maha: ensure no illegal pandals,no noise pollution during festivals June 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to ensure that no illegal pandals are erected and there is no breach of noise pollution norms during Ganeshotsav, Dahi Handi and Diwali celebrations. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagka was hearing a bunch of petitions seeking strict implementation of noise […] Read more » Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) featured justice A S Oka Justice Riyaz Chagka Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL)
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Suggest measuress for speedy disposal of cases : CJI to HCs June 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra has asked the high courts across the country to suggest measures for speedy disposal of cases to curb pendency and filling up of vacancies in the subordinate judiciary. In a communication to the chief justices of the high courts, the CJI has suggested that a disposal review […] Read more » Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra featured High Court Orissa High Court
Intellectual Property News Top Law News Plea to nullify land acquisition for road project filed in MHC June 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chennai: In the Madras High Court today a petition seeking to declare as null and void the entire land acquisition proceedings initiated for the proposed greenfield Chennai-Salem highway project was filed. The plea also sought to declare as unconstitutional and null and void section 105 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, […] Read more » 1956 featured Madras High Court MHC National Highways Act Poovulagin Nanbargal Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act
Criminal Law News Child rape deserve no leniency: HC June 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of and life sentence awarded to a man for raping a minor girl, saying “child rape is inexcusable” and “no leniency or mercy can be shown” to one who commits such a crime. While upholding the March 2004 decision of a trial court to sentence the […] Read more » chiold rape Justice C Hari Shankar Justice S.P. Garg
Top Law News HC asks Can Delhi afford felling of thousands of trees for housing complex June 25, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court asked today How can the national capital afford the felling of over 16,500 trees for a housing project. Taking note of the views expressed by the court which appeared inclined to order an interim stay of the tree chopping process, the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), tasked with redeveloping half […] Read more » Justice Rekha Palli Justice Vinod Goel National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) national capital senior advocate J P Seng
