Top Law News “TN should take action to provide relief to kin of farmers” May 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said that there should be “affirmative action” of the Tamil Nadu government to provide relief to the families of those farmers who committed suicide. The apex court made it clear that it is not treating the plea seeking relief for farmers in the state as adversarial but participatory and would not […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News relief to kin of farmers Supreme Court Tamil Nadu
Top Law News “Centre to consider inspection reports of DPL premises” May 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed the parties concerned that the two reports on inspection of the building in central Delhi, where the Delhi Public Library (DPL) is housed, be placed before the Urban Development Ministry’s secretary for a decision about its safety. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra […] Read more » Centre government Court Delhi High Court Delhi Public Library DPL featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Poll spending: Delhi HC asks ECI for regulation on it May 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to place before it the regulation for bringing transparency regarding expenditure of political parties and funds received by them. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra directed the counsel for the poll panel to inform whether the parties […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court ECI regulation Election Commission of India featured Law Legal News Poll spending
Criminal Law News Top Law News Loan fraud case: Court grants ED custody to director of pvt May 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here today sent the director of a private company to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till May 13 in an alleged Rs 2,650-crore bank loan fraud case. Special Judge Kamal Joshi ordered to sent the director of Zoom Developers Private Limited Vijay Madanlal Chowdhary (59) – to the ED custody till May […] Read more » Court Court grants ED custody to director of pvt Criminal news Enforcement Directorate featured Law Legal News Loan fraud case Vijay Madanlal Chowdhary Zoom Developers Private Limited
High Profile Cases SC asks Centre to file status report on foreign prisoners May 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to file a report on the latest status of the foreign nationals, including those from Pakistan, languishing in jails after having serving out their full sentence. A direction to this effect came from a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan after Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar […] Read more » Centre government Court featured foreign prisoners Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC rejects review plea of man who raped, killed 4-yr-old May 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a review petition of a 55-year-old man and sent him to gallows for raping and stoning to death a four-year-old girl in 2008. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said “no case is made out” and dismissed the review petition. The bench, which also comprised Justices R F Nariman […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News murder case plea rape case Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Nizamuddin dargah teacher acquitted in rape case May 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Sufi teacher, accused of raping a divorced woman on the pretext of resolving her troubles, has been let off by a Delhi court saying the woman had lodged the complaint in a fit of anger. The court observed that the woman, who had entered her second wedlock with the accused, a ‘khwaja’ (teacher or […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Law Legal News Nizamuddin dargah rape case
Criminal Law News Top Law News Former ED officer surrenders, sent to police custody May 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Enforcement Directorate officer Manoj Kumar was today remanded to police custody till May 12 after he surrendered before a city court in connection with an extortion case that allegedly revealed his links with the accused in the Rose Valley chit fund scam. Kamal Somani, a chartered accountant, had lodged a complaint at Shakespeare Sarani […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Former ED officer surrenders Law Legal News police custody Rose Valley chit fund scam
High Profile Cases Triple talaq: SC allows Khurshid to assist as amicus curiae May 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today allowed former union minister Salman Khurshid to assist it as an amicus curiae in hearing of a batch of pleas challenging constitutional validity of ‘triple talaq’, ‘nikah halala’ and polygamy among Muslims. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul also permitted […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court allows Khurshid to assist as amicus curiae triple talaq
Top Law News MP HC summons top govt official on May 15 May 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh High Court has summoned a top state government official to explain what steps he has taken to rectify a purportedly wrongly-translated Hindi list of dalits and tribals, negating their quota benefits. A bench of justices S K Seth and H P Singh ordered the state’s General Administration Department’s secretary yesterday to appear […] Read more » Court featured government official Law Legal News MP high court
Top Law News SC seeks govt’s response on plea for upward revision of MSP May 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to respond to suggestions, including upward revision of minimum support price (MSP) for foodgrains, given by an NGO to ameliorate the plight of farmers, who were committing suicide. “P S Narsimha, Additional Solicitor General, seeks some time, so as to enable him to analyse the documents placed on […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News plea for upward revision of MSP Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Karnan issues NBWs against 7 SC judges, including CJI May 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Calcutta High Court judge Justice C S Karnan today ordered issuance of non-bailable warrants against seven judges of the Supreme Court, including the CJI, for not being represented before him, even as the Attorney General said he was not sure whether the “gentleman” would undergo medical tests as ordered by the apex court. Justice Karnan, […] Read more » C S Karnan Calcutta High Court Court featured Law Legal News non-bailable warrants Supreme Court
