Top Law News How Does the Legality of Gambling Look Like Entering 2021? January 27, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With gambling surging in popularity around the world, you might think that now is the perfect opportunity to try it out for yourself. But what does the landscape look like in India specifically heading into 2021? For the most part, the forecast is a positive one, but allow us to break down what you can […] Read more » How Does the Legality of Gambling Look Like Entering 2021? Legality of Gambling
Top Law News Bengal woman left home on free will : Calcutta High Court December 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A report was filed before the Calcutta High Court on Thursday stating that a woman, whose father had complained that she had been unduly influenced by a man to leave her home, had gone of her free will. Public prosecutor-in-charge Saibal Bapuli filed the report that the woman, who is married, has stated to him that […] Read more »
Top Law News Divergences in rural and urban inflation do not persist for long: RBI paper December 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rural-urban inflation divergence does not persist in the long run and converges over time, and both exhibit a long-term equilibrium relationship, said an RBI article. This convergence of rural-urban inflation supports the relevance of one inflation target as nominal anchor at the national level, said the article prepared by Binod B. Bhoi, Himani Shekhar and […] Read more » Divergences in rural and urban inflation Rural and urban inflation
Top Law News Maharashtra : Man gets life imprisonment for colleague’s murder December 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Maharashtra’s Thane has awarded life imprisonment to a 32-year-old man, who worked as a cook, for killing his colleague in 2015 over a financial issue. District Judge Hemant Patwardhan held Anil Rajbir Valmiki guilty under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 342 (wrongful confinement) on Wednesday and also pronounced the quantum of sentence. The […] Read more » District Judge Hemant Patwardhan life imprisonment for colleague's murder
Top Law News Man gets 10 years’ jail for raping and sexually harassing woman and her minor daughter December 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana has sentenced a man to 10 years’ imprisonment for raping a woman and sexually harassing her minor daughter two years ago. Special judge Mumtaz Ali also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on accused Sachin on Thursday after holding him guilty under various sections of the Indian Penal […] Read more » jail for raping and sexually harassing woman POCSO
Top Law News Delhi riots: Court dismisses man’s bail pleas in 4 cases December 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has dismissed bail applications of a person in four cases related to the northeast Delhi riots, saying he has been categorically identified by an eye witness as an alleged member of a “riotous mob” and is seen in CCTV footage taking part in rioting. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav dismissed the bail […] Read more » rioting in the Karawal Nagar area
Top Law News SC issues show-cause notices to comedian Kunal Kamra and comic artist Rachita Taneja in contempt cases December 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court issued show-cause notices to comedian Kunal Kamra and comic artist Rachita Taneja on Friday for their alleged scandalous tweets against the apex court. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R S Reddy and M R Shah sought response from the two in six weeks on the notices issued in two separate cases. […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal comedian Kunal Kamra comic artist Rachita Taneja contempt cases scandalous tweets against the apex court
Top Law News SC directs states to carry out fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals December 18, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday directed all the states to carry out fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals across the country to prevent fire incidents in medical institutions. The apex court also directed dedicated COVID-19 hospitals to take a no objection certificate (NOC) from the fire department within four weeks and said that failure […] Read more » fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals
Top Law News HC quashes Income Tax proceedings against Karti Chidambaram & Srinidhi Chidambaram December 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has quashed the Income Tax proceedings initiated against Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram,and his wife over alleged non-disclosure of cash transactions of about Rs seven crore following sale of a property near here. The Court, while ruling that the action is “not maintainable and premature”, clarified that […] Read more » Karti Chidambaram Srinidhi Chidambaram
Top Law News Can’t coerce family planning : Centre tells SC on population control December 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has told the Supreme Court that India is unequivocally against forcing family planning on its people and any coercion to have a certain number of children is counter-productive and leads to demographic distortions. In an affidavit filed in the top court, the health ministry told the apex court that the family welfare programme […] Read more » Can't coerce family planning PIL to control population
Top Law News CBI files supplementary charge sheets in 2 Vyapam scam cases December 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI has filed supplementary charge sheets in two separate cases related to pre-medical test-2009 and transport constable recruitment test-2012 conducted by Vyapam in Madhya Pradesh, officials said Tuesday. In the supplementary charge sheet filed before a Gwalior special court in the PMT-2009 case, the CBI has listed 126 accused candidates, impersonators, parents of candidates […] Read more » CBI Vyapam scam case
Top Law News Allahabad High Court quashes detention under NSA of anti-Dalit violence accused December 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court on Monday quashed a detention order under stringent National Security Act and directed forthwith release of the detenue. A bench of justices Pritinker Diwaker and P K Srivastava ordered the release of detenue Javed Siddiqui, arrested under the NSA allegedly for triggering violence against Dalits in Jaunpur district early this year. […] Read more » Allahabad High Court anti-Dalit violence accused detention under NSA detention under NSA of anti-Dalit violence accused Justice P K Srivastava Justices Pritinker Diwaker
