Top Law News CBI faces court’s ire for delaying 37-yr-old case October 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “Muddai Sust, Gawah Chust” (the complainant is lazy, but the witness is active). This was how a special city court described the CBI for not being vigilant enough to ensure the disposal of a 37- year-old case, probably the oldest pending matter in the country. The CBI’s decision of transferring a prosecutor from a court […] Read more » CBI court's ire for delaying 37-yr-old case featured osecutor B K Singh Special Judge Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal Takashakeshwar Mahadev temple in Allahabad
Criminal Law News Top Law News Treat complaints of stalking seriously : HC October 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed the police to treat complaints of stalking seriously after a young woman was crippled for life on being shot by her alleged stalker for rejecting his advances. While upholding the man’s conviction and award of life sentence by a trial court for attempting to murder the woman, the high […] Read more » Cases of stalking featured Jaipur Golden Hospital Justice Chander Shekhar Justice G.S. Sistani stalking treat complaints of stalking seriously
Top Law News Elphinstone stampede:PIL filed in HC to book railway officials September 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking that railway officials be booked for negligence and culpable homicide in connection with the stampede at the Elphinstone Road railway station in which 22 people were killed. The public interest litigation (PIL) was submitted yesterday to the high court registry by city resident Pradeep […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Elphinstone stampede featured Law Legal News PIL filed in HC to book railway officials
Criminal Law News Top Law News Delhi HC reduces jail term of man who raped minor September 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has reduced the jail term of a man convicted for kidnapping and raping a minor girl in view of her testimony that he had physical relations with her “consent”. Justice Pratibha Rani handed the man five years jail term for raping the 14-year-old girl, reducing the sentence of seven years awarded […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi High Court reduces jail term of man who raped minor featured Law Legal News
Top Law News 24-yr-old accident victim’s parents get Rs 8 L compensation September 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The parents of a 24-year-old man, who was killed in a road accident involving a rashly driven tempo in Gurugram in 2012, have been awarded a compensation of Rs eight lakh by a motor accident claims tribunal (MACT) here. MACT presiding officer Vidya Prakash asked Oriental Insurance Company, the insurer of the tempo, to pay […] Read more » 24-yr-old accident victim's parents get Rs 8 L compensation Court featured Law Legal News MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
High Profile Cases Why trial court order in Sohrabuddin case was not challenged, HC asks CBI September 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today asked the Central Bureau of Investigation why it had not challenged the trial court orders discharging senior IPS officers in the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati. Hearing a revision application filed by Sohrabuddin’s brother Rubabuddin Sheikh, challenging the trial court orders of discharge, Justice Revati […] Read more » Bombay High Court CBI Court featured Law Legal News Sohrabuddin case
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Malegaon blast accused Upadhyay demands police protection September 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ramesh Upadhyay, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case who got bail two days ago, has moved the special NIA court here seeking police protection. “Upadhyay has filed an application seeking security, saying there is threat to his life. We have opposed it,” special public prosecutor Avinash Rasal said. Rasal told the court today […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Malegaon blast Ramesh Upadhyay special NIA court
Top Law News Accept surrender of accused, then ask for ID proof: Madras HC September 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today held that the surrender of an accused before a court should not be rejected on the ground that the ID proof of the person was not furnished. Justice Muralidharan gave the ruling while disposing of an anticipatory bail plea filed by Anand of Sivaganga district, whose surrender in a kidnap […] Read more » Accept surrender of accused Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Goa court frames charges against Tarun Tejpal in rape case September 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Goa court today framed charges of rape and wrongful confinement against Tarun Tejpal, the founder of Tehelka magazine, in connection with an alleged rape case filed against him in 2013, paving the way for his trial. Tejpal, 54, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial. The next hearing in the case in the district court […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Goa Court Law Legal News rape case Tarun Tejpal
Top Law News Adhere to rules while issuing licence for firework sale: Delhi HC September 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the festival of lights fast approaching, the Delhi High Court today directed the police to strictly adhere to the laws governing explosives while granting licences for sale of fireworks and crackers during Diwali. The direction by a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar came on a PIL by […] Read more » Adhere to rules while issuing licence for firework sale Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Kerala HC quashes vigilance case against ex-minister September 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court today quashed a vigilance case against former minister and senior CPI(M) leader E P Jayarajan, who had resigned following allegations of nepotism in appointments when his party-led LDF was in power. The court also quashed the case against Jayarajan’s nephew and CPI(M) central committee member P K Sreemathy’s son Sudheer Nambiar, […] Read more » Court E P Jayarajan featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News vigilance case against ex-minister
High Profile Cases Graft case: Delhi court grants bail to ex-HC judge Quddusi September 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Chhattisgarh High Court judge Ishrat Masroor Quddusi has “deep roots in the society” and cannot tamper with evidence, a Delhi court today said while granting him bail in connection with an alleged medical college corruption case. It, however, directed the 67-year-old former judicial officer to surrender his passport to the CBI within two days […] Read more » Chhattisgarh High Court Court Delhi court grants bail to ex-HC judge Quddusi featured graft case Ishrat Masroor Quddusi Law Legal News medical college corruption case
