Top Law News Disproportionate Assets case: Court allows Abhay Chautala to travel to Pakistan March 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today allowed former Haryana chief minister O P Chautala’s son Abhay Chautala, accused in a disproportionate assets case, to travel to Lahore in Pakistan. Special Judge Arvind Kumar gave his nod to Abhay to travel from today till March 19 to Lahore for a wedding on furnishing a security of Rs 2 […] Read more » Abhay Chautala CBI Special Public Prosecutor Ajay Gupta disproportionate assets case featured O P Chautala ormer Haryana chief minister ormer Haryana chief minister O P Chautala's son
High Profile Cases SC dismisses A G Perarivalan’s plea in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case March 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of convict A G Perarivalan seeking recall of its May 1999 judgement upholding his conviction in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. A bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi, R Banumathi and M Shantanagoudar said it does not need to interfere with its 1999 verdict upholding Perarivalan’s conviction. Earlier, the […] Read more » A G Perarivalan featured Rajiv assassination case
Top Law News Railway Claims Tribunal awards compensation to victims in Elphinstone Road stampede March 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Railway Claims Tribunal in Mumbai has granted compensation to 36 victims of the stampede at the Elphinstone Road station here in September last year. Relatives of the 17 deceased have been granted a compensation of Rs 8 lakh each while the 19 injured have been compensated as per their disability, an official said today. […] Read more » Elphinstone Road stampede featured Railway Claims Tribunal
High Profile Cases Maran brothers discharged in “illegal” telephone exchange case March 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court here today discharged former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi and other accused in the “illegal” telephone exchange case. Special judge S Natarajan allowed the petitions filed by the Maran brothers and others seeking their discharge, holding that there was no prima facie case against them. The judge had on […] Read more » "illegal" telephone exchange case Dayanidhi Maran featured Kalanithi Maran Maran brothers
Top Law News Did not block access to admin block : JNU Students Union to Delhi High Court March 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The office bearers of the JNU Students Union (JNUSU) have told the Delhi High Court that they have not violated its order on holding protests in the varsity as they did not block access to the administrative block. They also submitted before the high court that its August last year direction to not hold protests […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured JNU Students Union JNUSU Justice V.K. Rao
High Profile Cases Cuttack Court remands Sushant Dhalasamant and Ranjita Biswal in police custody March 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Cuttack court has granted police the custody of Sushant Dhalasamant and suspended BJD corporator Ranjita Biswal for questioning them together in connection with last month’s firing incident at Subhadrapur here. A local contractor was fired at in the incident. Rejecting the objection petitions filed by Dhalasamant and Biswal, a court here yesterday allowed the […] Read more » BJD corporator Ranjita Biswal custody of Sushant Dhalasamant featured Ranjita Biswal Sushant Dhalasamant
Top Law News Delhi court grants bail to accused in EC bribery case involving AIADMK March 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today granted bail to a senior advocate, who is an accused in the Election Commission bribery case involving AIADMK (Amma) faction leader T T V Dhinakaran. Special judge Arvind Kumar granted bail to Chennai-based B Kumar and asked him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and two sureties of the […] Read more » AIADMK EC bribery case Election Commission bribery case featured Special Judge Arvind Kumar T T V Dhinakaran
High Profile Cases Delhi court grants bail to Karti’s CA S Bhaskararaman in INX Media case March 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today granted bail to Karti Chidambaram’s chartered accountant S Bhaskararaman, arrested in the INX Media money laundering case. Special judge Sunil Rana granted bail to Bhaskararaman, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on February 16 from a five-star hotel in the heart of the national capital. The court granted the […] Read more » Delhi court ED Enforcement Directorate featured INX Media case Karti Chidambaram Karti's CA S Bhaskararaman Special judge Sunil Rana
Top Law News National Green Tribunal directs CPCB to submit report on Anpara thermal power plant March 14, 2018 / March 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to submit report on the emission standards of the Anpara thermal power plant located at Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim reteirated its earlier direction and asked the apex pollution monitoring body to file the report by […] Read more » Anpara thermal power plant CPCB featured Justice Jawad Rahim National Green Tribunal NBT
Top Law News The State Bank of India reduces charges on non-maintenance of minimum balance March 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The State Bank of India today reduced its charges on non-maintenance of an average monthly balance (AMB) in savings account by up to 75 per cent, effective April 1. The charges for non-maintenance of AMB for customers in metro and urban centres have been reduced from a maximum of Rs 50 per month plus goods […] Read more » The State Bank of India
High Profile Cases No reason to delay trial in actress attack case: Kerala High Court March 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala high court today observed that there was no reason to delay trial in the case of an attack on a noted south Indian actress, in which popular Malayalam actor Dileep was an accused. Justice Sunil Thomas made the observation while hearing a petition filed by Dileep seeking a copy of digital evidence of […] Read more » actress attack case Angamaly Judicial First Class Magistrate Court featured
Top Law News Supreme Court seeks data from HCs on pending sexual assault cases against minors March 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the Registrar Generals of the High Courts across the country to collect and collate data regarding the pendency of cases of sexual offences against children lodged under the stringent POCSO Act. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud gave the direction […] Read more » featured POCSO Act sexual assault cases