Top Law News Litigant can’t knock at court’s door for everything: SC April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea for incorporating the biographies of all the 10 Sikh Gurus in school syllabus, saying a litigant cannot knock the doors of the courts for “anything or everything”. It said courts cannot enter into the domain of what is to be taught in schools and what should […] Read more » 10 Sikh Gurus in school syllabus Court featured Law Legal News Litigant can't knock at court's door for everything Supreme Court
Top Law News SC raps NGO, chairperson for unsuccessfully filing 64 PILs April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An NGO, which has filed as many as 64 PILs without any success over the years and its chief today came under sharp attack from the Supreme Court for wasting judicial time. “You (chairperson) are wasting too much time of this court. You have initiated 64 proceedings before this court,” a bench comprising Chief Justice […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court raps NGO wasting judicial time
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Bribery case: Alleged PMO official moved court for bail April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man, who had earlier falsely claimed to be an official of the Prime Minister’s Office, today moved a Delhi court seeking bail in a bribery case involving suspended principal secretary in the Chhattisgarh government B L Agrawal. In his plea before special judge Virender Kumar Goyal, the accused, Syed Burhanuddin, who is currently in […] Read more » B L Agrawal Bribery case Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News PMO official moved court for bail
Top Law News Deposit interest or property may by attached: SC warns Unitech April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed real estate firm Unitech to deposit 14 per cent interest on Rs 16.55 crore invested by 39 home buyers at its project in Gurugram by May 8. The apex court also warned that failure to meet the deadline could invite attaching the realtor’s property. It refused to grant more time […] Read more » apex court Court Deposit interest or property may by attached featured Law Legal News Supreme Court unitech
Criminal Law News Top Law News Chhota Rajan, 3 others held guilty in fake passport case April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gangster Chhota Rajan and three retired public servants were today held guilty by a special court here in a fake passport case. Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal convicted Rajan for offences including forgery of valuable security under the IPC which entails a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. Besides him, the other persons who have been […] Read more » Chhota Rajan Court Criminal news fake passport case featured Law Legal News
Environment Law News High Profile Cases SC transfers to NGT plea over Yamuna river pollution April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today transferred to the National Green Tribunal a 23-year-old PIL on pollution in River Yamuna. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said there cannot be two parallel jurisdictions to deal with the same issue. It transferred the PIL, which was instituted after taking suo motu […] Read more » Court Environment Law News featured Law Legal News NGT plea Supreme Court Yamuna river pollution
Top Law News Sex workers’ kids don’t want to go back to mothers: HC told April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four minor children of sex workers from Andhra Pradesh have told the Delhi High Court that they do not want to return to their mothers. The children, all girls aged between six and ten years who are currently under the care of a Delhi-based NGO, made the submission before a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Sex workers' kids don't want to go back to mothers
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Kushwaha granted bail in Model Code of Conduct case April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union minister Upendra Kushwaha was today granted bail by a Bihar court in connection with a case relating to violation of the Model Code of Conduct during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ravi Kumar granted bail to Kushwaha on a personal bond of Rs 10,000 soon after the minister surrendered. However, […] Read more » bail in Model Code of Conduct case Bihar court Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Upendra Kushwaha violation
Top Law News SC dismisses PIL seeking implementation of fundamental duties April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre for implemention of the recommendations of the Justice J S Verma committee to bring into force fundamental duties of citizens. “This report is of 1999. How can a court direct the government to implement fundamental duties,” a bench comprising Chief […] Read more » Court featured fundamental duties Law Legal News PIL Supreme Court
Top Law News Why can’t a woman live in peace in this country:SC April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Why can’t women live in peace in this country, a Supreme Court bench, apparently exasperated over growing crimes against women, has observed. The observation came when a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra was hearing an appeal filed by a man who was sentenced to seven years in jail by the Himachal Pradesh High Court […] Read more » Court crimes against women Criminal news featured Himachal Pradesh High Court Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News MP: Court nullifies triple talaq for not following norms April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A family court here has “nullified” the triple talaq given by a man to his wife on the grounds that due procedure, as prescribed in Muslim religious texts, was not followed in the matter. Additional principal judge of the family court, Omprakash Sharma on March 9 observed that the procedure adopted by Tousif Sheikh to […] Read more » Court family court featured Law Legal News MP triple talaq
Top Law News Elderly man sentenced to 7 year jail for raping a woman April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has sentenced a 67- year-old man to a seven-year jail term for raping a woman three years ago. Fast-track court judge Shyam Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 40,000, Additional government counsel Moolchandra Kushwaha said today. The accused, Jauhari had raped a woman in Sarsawa village in the district on September […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News man sentenced to 7 year jail for raping a woman
