Top Law News Lok Sabha passes Bill to amend Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code December 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lok Sabha has passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill -2017.The bill prohibits certain persons from submitting a resolution plan in case of defaults. These include wilful defaulters, promoters or management of the company if it has an outstanding non-performing debt for over a year. The Bill also has provisions to bar the […] Read more » amend Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code bill featured Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code Lok Sabha
Top Law News India condemns terror attack in Kabul December 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India strongly condemned the cowardly suicide terror attack in Kabul. Extending, heartfelt condolences, India wish early recovery to the injured. It added that Indian remains steadfast in its solidarity with the Government and the people of Afghanistan at this difficult time. India is committed to extend all possible support in their fight against the menace […] Read more » featured India condemns terror attack in Kabul Kabul TERROR ATTACK
Top Law News Mumbai: Inquiry ordered in Kamla Mills compound fire; 5 officials suspended December 30, 2017 / December 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The BMC on Friday suspended five of its officials in connection with the fire in a Central Mumbai pub that claimed 14 lives. The civic body in the recent past had sent a few notices to the joints at the Kamala Mills compound for violation of norms. Earlier last night, a fire that started at […] Read more » 5 officials suspended featured Inquiry ordered in Kamla Mills compound fire Kamla Mills Kamla Mills compound fire Mumbai
Top Law News All unmanned level crossings to be removed within one year December 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today informed the Rajya Sabha that the number of unmanned level crossings in the country has gone down significantly in the past three years, since the Modi government assumed charge. Responding to a question in the upper house, Goyal said that government has put a greater focus on passenger security and […] Read more » featured unmanned level crossings
Criminal Law News Top Law News Crimes against women on rise in Kerala December 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A total of 16,755 cases of rape have been reported in the last one decade in Kerala, which boasts of 100 per cent literacy, progressive outlook and high socio-development index. While 11,325 cases related to rape of women, 5,430 involved children in the period from 2007-2017 (up to July). According to crime statistics provided by […] Read more » crimes against women crimes against women in Kerala crimes against women on rise in Kerala featured
Top Law News ‘No begging please’: Chairman Naidu reminds ministers December 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “No begging please!” This was Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu’s directive to ministers today, asking them not to use the term ‘beg’ while tabling the listed official papers in the House. Normally, the ministers say “I beg to lay the papers … listed against my name in today’s order paper.” Naidu had on the […] Read more » 'No begging please Chairman Naidu featured
Top Law News Madras HC refuses to stay eviction of slum-dwellers in city December 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today refused to stay eviction of residents from 36 slums in the city saying a blanket order cannot be granted without hearing the state government’s version. Refusing any interim relief, a vacation bench headed by Justice MS Ramesh ordered notice to the state government returnable by January 5, 2108 on a […] Read more » featured Madras HC Madras HC refuses to stay eviction of slum-dwellers in city Slum dwellers slum-dwellers in city stay eviction of slum-dwellers The Madras High Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Two get seven years jail for raping woman December 29, 2017 / December 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today sentenced two men to seven years imprisonment for raping a 45-year-old woman in 2015. Sessions court judge R N Majgaonkar also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 each on Akash alias Gotya Ashok Burkhud (22) and Vilas alias Kakdya Rama Burkud (28). Prosecutor D R Tare informed the court that on […] Read more » jail for raping women Sessions court judge R N Majgaonkar
Top Law News Senior SC lawyer Rajeev Dhavan to appear in Ayodhya case December 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who recently gave up court practice in wake of his courtroom spat with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, has reconsidered his decision on the request of his client to appear in the Supreme Court in the Ram Janama bhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. Seventy-four-year-old Dhavan had on December 11 called it quits […] Read more » Ayodhya case Ayodhya dispute featured Rajeev Dhavan Ram Janama bhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. Rohingya refugees SC lawyer Rajeev Dhavan SEBI- Sahara Senior SC lawyer Rajeev Dhavan to appear in Ayodhya case
Top Law News Failure of authorities made Delhi a polluting city: HC December 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has rapped authorities in the city saying had kept their eyes open, the national capital would not have become a “polluting city”. Expressing displeasure over the connivance of officials of municipal corporations in allowing industrial units in residential and non-conforming areas, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice […] Read more » Delhi a polluting city Failure of authorities featured HC
Top Law News Court upholds order summoning AIIMS doctor as accused December 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has upheld an order summoning as accused an AIIMS doctor for allegedly refusing to treat a patient and misbehaving with his family, saying that direction cannot be interfered with. Special judge Rajesh Kumar Singh dismissed the revision petition of the junior resident doctor of the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences […] Read more » accused AIIMS doctor AIIMS doctor as accused Court Special judge Rajesh Kumar Singh summoning AIIMS doctor as accused
Top Law News Housing scam: Delhi court acquits ex-minister Thungon December 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former union minister P K Thungon, facing trial for 21 years in a corruption case relating to allotment of government quarters, has been acquitted by a special court which said the CBI has failed to prove that he abused his official position. Besides 71-year-old Thungon, the court also acquitted 14 others, including several government officials, […] Read more » Delhi court ex-minister Thungon featured Former union minister P K Thungon housing scam Special CBI Judge Kamini Lau
