High Profile Cases SC agrees to hear plea for CBI probe in boy’s death in school September 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Monday the plea of a man, whose 9-year-old son died last month allegedly under mysterious circumstances in a private school in Ghaziabad, seeking a CBI probe in the case. The plea has been filed amid an ongoing uproar over the death of a 7-year-old boy in the […] Read more » CBI Court featured Ghaziabad Goenka Public School Law Legal News student death case in schoool Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News MP official gets five year jail for accepting Rs 5,000 bribe September 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Madhya Pradesh Panchayat department official was sentenced to five years imprisonment by a special court here in a 2015 bribery case. Special court judge Ramesh Srivastava found Employment Assistant Vinod Dhakar guilty under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act for accepting Rs 5,000 from the complainant. The court also imposed a fine […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News MP official gets five year jail in bribe case
Environment Law News High Profile Cases NGT refuses to lift ban on 10-yr-old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR September 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today dismissed the Centre’s plea seeking modification of its order banning ten-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR. The Tribunal noted that emissions from diesel vehicles is carcinogenic in nature and one diesel vehicle causes pollution equivalent to 24 petrol vehicles or otherwise 40 CNG vehicles. A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar […] Read more » Environment Law News featured Legal News National Green Tribunal NGT dismissed the Centre's plea seeking modification of its order banning ten-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR
High Profile Cases SC paves way for trial against RIL in 1987 excise evasion case September 13, 2017 / September 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has paved the way for trial against the Reliance Industries Ltd in a three- decade old case relating to alleged evasion of excise duty. The apex court set aside the October 2015 order of the Gujarat High Court by which it had discharged the company saying that since one of the provisions […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court trial against RIL in 1987 excise evasion case
Top Law News People have become “selfish” to earn profit: Delhi HC September 13, 2017 / September 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment People, using residential properties for commercial purposes, have become “selfish” as they were earning profits without even thinking of the inconvenience they are causing to their neighbours, the Delhi High Court said today. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar made the observation while expressing concern over the large […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News People have become "selfish" to earn profit
Top Law News Madras HC pulls up striking govt teachers; says students affected September 13, 2017 / September 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today pulled up a section of Tamil Nadu government teachers who are on strike, saying it affected students. The court then directed the state government to file a report by September 14 on the steps taken to end the protests. Justice N Kirubakaran made the observations on a petition by advocate […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court National Eligibility cum Entrance Test NEET
Top Law News Murdered boy’s father opposes pre-arrest bail pleas of Ryan Group trustees September 13, 2017 / September 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The father of the seven-year-old boy murdered at the Ryan International School in Gurgaon today approached the Bombay High Court seeking to oppose the pre-arrest bail pleas of the trustees of Ryan International Group. The group’s CEO, Ryan Pinto, and his parents — Augustine Pinto, the founding chairman of the group, and Grace Pinto, its […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Ryan Group trustees Ryan International School
Environment Law News Top Law News Ensure there is no indiscriminate dumping of waste September 13, 2017 / September 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to check indiscriminate dumping of garbage in the national capital as it adversely impacts public health and the environment. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the counsel appearing for the AAP government to take clear instructions whether the landfill sites were working […] Read more » Ensure there is no indiscriminate dumping of waste Environment Law News featured Legal News National Green Tribunal NGT
Top Law News Court upholds jail term for mobile thief, says misplaced September 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has refused to quash the jail term of a man who stole a person’s mobile phone after distracting him in heavy traffic, observing misplaced sympathy for the accused is harmful for criminal justice system. Special Judge Rakesh Kumar upheld the sentence of convict Mohd Yusuf while dismissing his appeal against a magisterial […] Read more » Court Court upholds jail term for mobile thief featured Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Sunanda Pushkar death:Court asks police to de-seal hotel suite September 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today directed the city police to de-seal a five-star hotel suite where Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead under mysterious circumstances in 2014. Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmender Singh asked the police to file a compliance report by September 26 while allowing it to take all required articles from the […] Read more » Court Delhi Court asks police to de-seal hotel suite featured Law Legal News Sunanda Pushkar death
Top Law News SC to hear on Sept 15 plea over safety of school children September 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on September 15 a plea filed by two women lawyers seeking implementation of existing guidelines to ensure safety and well-being of children in schools across the country. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar said that it has already issued […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Ryan International School Supreme Court to hear on Sept 15 plea over safety of school children
Top Law News Row over promotion:SC asks Army officers to wait for govt move September 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked over 100 army officers, who have alleged discrimination and injustice in promotion of the service corps, to await the government’s decision on the issue. Indian Army Service Corps is a corps and an arm of the Indian Army which handles its logistic support functions. A bench comprising Justices Kurian Joseph […] Read more » Court featured Indian Army. Law Legal News Row over promotion Supreme Court
