Top Law News Police complaint authority constituted for Delhi: Delhi High Court February 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A police complaint authority to look into complaints against erring policemen in the national capital has been set up, the Centre told the Delhi High Court today. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar was also informed that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) has constituted the authority on the Centre’s […] Read more » Chief Justice Gita Mittal Delhi Delhi High Court featured HC Justice C Hari Shankar PCA Police Complaint Authority
High Profile Cases Agusta deal: SC asks searching questions to Chhattisgarh February 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today posed searching questions to the Chhattisgarh government on the purchase of a AgustaWestland helicopter for VIP use in 2006-07 and asked what was the “interest” of Chief Minister Raman Singh’s son in this. A bench comprising Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit asked the state about the allegations of […] Read more » Agusta deal Chhattisgarh featured SC
Top Law News Court rejects Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah’s bail February 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today rejected the bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah in a 2007 money laundering case related to alleged terror financing. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma, who had in August last year denied the relief to Shah citing the ongoing probe, dismissed his fresh bail plea. In his bail application filed […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma advocate M.S. Khan Court featured Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah's bail money laundering Shabir Shah Shabir Shah's bail
High Profile Cases Top Law News Top Indian lawyers to argue Ranbaxy-Daiichi appeal in Singapore January 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s two top lawyers will be arguing in the Singapore Court of Appeal the case of Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo Company and Ranbaxy Laboratories of India, according to a media report. Ranbaxy has taken on senior advocate Harish Salve who is also the first non-Queen’s Counsel (QC) foreign lawyer, and the first from the Indian Bar, […] Read more » featured Ranbaxy-Daiichi Ranbaxy-Daiichi appeal in S'pore
Top Law News Time to see if IPL is in interest of cricket: Bombay HC January 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said the IPL has made people familiar with phrases like “betting and fixing” and in view of the alleged violations of foreign exchange rules it was time to see if the tournament was in interest of the game of cricket. The scathing remarks were made by a division bench of […] Read more » Bombay HC cricket: Bombay High Court ED Enforcement Directorate featured FEMA case. Indian Premier League IPL IPL is in interest of cricket Justice Bharati Dangre Justice S.C. Dharmadhikari
Top Law News Court quashes man’s jail term,says magistrate’s order “casual” January 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court here has taken strong objection to a magisterial court’s verdict sentencing a man to six months imprisonment in a rash driving case, saying the judgement was passed “in a very casual manner without applying judicial mind.” Special Judge Virender Bhat quashed the orders convicting and sentencing the man for causing the death […] Read more » Court quashes man's jail term featured jail term magistrate's order "casual" man's jail term Special Judge Virender Bhat
Top Law News 27% in award of death penalty in 2017: NLU report January 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment 2017 saw a significant drop of nearly 27 per cent in award of death penalty by sessions courts but showed an increase in number of convicts sent to gallows for murders involving sexual violence, a report published by the National Law University (NLU) said. The report titled ‘Death Penalty in India, Annual Statistics for the […] Read more » 27% in award of death penalty in 2017 death penalty featured National law university NLU report NLU) sexual violence in 2017
Top Law News Minor domestic help rescued from woman judge’s house in Haridwar January 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A teenaged domestic help was rescued from the house of a woman judge in Haridwar after a complaint was filed in court alleging she was forcibly kept under confinement and tortured by her employer for four years, police said today. The 14-year-old girl, who worked as as domestic help at the residence of civil judge […] Read more » featured Minor domestic help Minor domestic help rescued woman judge woman judge's house
High Profile Cases Cut pendency in litigation to improve biz rating: Survey January 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Calling for coordinated action between government and judiciary to reduce pendency of commercial litigation, the Economic Survey today said the initiative would help in improving ease of doing business (EODB) and boost economic activities. The survey 2017-18, tabled in Parliament, said that there is a need to address the issues of pendency, delays and backlogs […] Read more » backlogs in the appellate and judicial arenas Cut pendency in litigation delays ease of doing business EODB featured improve biz rating pendency
High Profile Cases Supreme Court questions maintainability of Subramanian Swamy’s plea in Sunanda case January 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked BJP leader Subramanian Swamy to satisfy it on the aspect of maintainability of his plea seeking an SIT probe into the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar in 2014. Pushkar was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a suite of a five-star hotel in Delhi on the […] Read more » death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife death of Sunanda Pushkar in 2014. featured Justice Amitava Roy Justice Arun Mishra maintainability of Swamy's plea SC sunanada pushkar murder case Sunanda case
Top Law News Attacks on lawyers “startling” : Delhi High Court January 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought action taken report from the Delhi Police on the issue of recent attacks on properties of three advocates as “startling” and said that “It is a matter of deep pain as the incidents could have caused loss to the life and property of the lawyers. A bench of Acting […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal attacks on lawyers attacks on lawyers "startling" Delhi High Court Bar Association DHCBA featured HC Justice C Hari Shankar
Top Law News Delhi High Court on plea to ban loudspeakers January 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought to know from the AAP government and the police measures they have taken on a plea seeking a ban on loudspeakers atop religious structures in the national capital. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also directed the Delhi Police to place before […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal Buddhism Christianity featured Hinduism Islam Jainism Justice C Hari Shankar loudspeakers loudspeakers ban Plea to ban loudspeakers: HC Sikhism Zoroastrianism.
