Top Law News Court declines to entertain defamation plea against Kejriwal August 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A city court has refused to entertain a civil defamation plea against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP spokesperson Sanjay Singh by a BJP youth wing leader. Additional Senior Civil Judge V K Gautam refused to entertain the petition saying the addresses of the two defendants, Kejriwal and Singh, did not fall in its […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Court defamation plea against Kejriwal Delhi court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News TN chief electoral officer appears in court August 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Lakhani today appeared before the Madras High Court to give evidence in a petition filed by R Saravanan of the DMK, challenging the election of the AIADMK’s A K Bose in the Thirupparankundram Assembly bypoll in November, 2016. Lakhani appeared before Justice P Velmurugan and gave his evidence in […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Rajesh Lakhani Tamil Nadu chief electoral officer appears in court
Top Law News LGBT can’t be denied privacy rights because they are in minority August 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The right to privacy cannot be denied to members of the LGBT community merely because they have unconventional sexual orientation and form a miniscule fraction of the over 1.32 billion Indian population, the Supreme Court observed today. The 9-judge bench, which held that the right to privacy is a fundamental right, made this observation while […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News LGBT can't be denied privacy rights
Criminal Law News Top Law News Miner Deepak Gupta’s bail plea rejected again August 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa High Court today again refused to grant bail to miner Deepak Gupta who is in judicial custody for nearly four years on charges of corruption. This is the fourth time that his bail application was rejected by the High Court. Justice S K Mishra rejected the bail application saying that there is reasonable […] Read more » charges of corruption Court Criminal news Deepak Gupta featured judicial custody Law Legal News Miner Deepak Gupta's bail plea rejected Orissa High Court
Top Law News Legal experts welcome SC verdict on privacy August 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The landmark verdict of the Supreme Court declaring Right to Privacy as a fundamental right was today welcomed by jurists and senior advocates who termed it as “progressive” and it was “a basic right”. They, however, said the verdict’s impact on Aadhaar scheme can be assessed once the full judgement and reasons given by the […] Read more » Court featured fundamental right Law Legal News Right to privacy Supreme Court
Environment Law News Top Law News Govt alleges bias; seeks transfer of noise pollution case August 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government today filed an application before the Bombay High Court’s Chief Justice seeking that all matters pertaining to noise pollution rules be transferred to another bench, while alleging that one of the judges hearing the matter is “biased” against the state government. “One of the judges is harbouring a serious bias against the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court environmet law news featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government noise pollution case
Top Law News SC slaps Rs 10 lakh each on two for filing “motivated” plea August 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh each on two persons for filing a “motivated” petition challenging the practise of recommending to the President, the name of successor by the incumbent Chief Justice of India. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said that imposition […] Read more » Article 124A Chief Justice of India Court featured Law Legal News Rs 10 lakh each on two for filing "motivated" plea Supreme Court
High Profile Cases SC declares right to privacy as Fundamental right August 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a landmark decision that will affect the lives of all Indians, the Supreme Court today unanimously declared that right to privacy was a Fundamental right under the Constitution. A nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar ruled that “right to privacy is an intrinsic part of Right to Life and Personal […] Read more » Court featured fundamental right Law Legal News Right to privacy Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Man gets 10 yrs in jail for abducting, raping girl August 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fast track court has sentenced a man to 10 years of imprisonment for abducting and raping a 14-year-old girl in 2013. The court also convicted Narendra and his wife for abducting the girl, and sentenced them each to five years in jail. Judge Ombir Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on Rahul […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Man gets 10 yrs in jail for raping girl
Top Law News Swine flu claims 297 lives in Guj, govt tells HC disease no longer pandemic August 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Swine flu has claimed 297 lives in Gujarat since January this year, the government said today even as it informed the high court it is treating the infection as “seasonal influenza” which is no longer pandemic but no efforts are being spared to check its spread. In an affidavit filed before a bench of Justices […] Read more » Court featured Gujarat government Gujarat High Court Law Legal News Swine flu claims 297 lives in Gujarat
Criminal Law News Top Law News Dabholkar, Pansare killings well planned, linked: Bombay HC August 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The killings of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare were “well planned” and the perpetrators had organisational backup, the Bombay High Court said today, and asked the investigators to look beyond their current line of probe to apprehend the culprits. The bench of Justices S C Dharmadhikari and Vibha Kankanwadi also said there was a […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Criminal news featured Govind Pansare Law Legal News Narendra Dabholkar
Top Law News Court to frame charges against Kejriwal, Sisodia on Sept 14 August 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today fixed September 14 for framing of charges against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia in a criminal defamation complaint. Metropolitan Magistrate Vijay Kumar Jha allowed the plea of Kejriwal and Sisodia, who were directed to appear today, seeking exemption for personal appearance for the day. Advocate Umesh Gupta, […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Court criminal defamation complaint Delhi Court to frame charges against Kejriwal and Sisodia on Sept 14 featured Law Legal News Manish Sisodia
