High Profile Cases SC to hear on Apr 13 pleas challenging use of EVMs in polls April 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it will hear on April 13 the pleas challenging the use of EVMs in elections without equipping the machines with voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT). A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar refused to give sepearate hearing to a plea filed by former Samajwadi Party (SP) lawmaker […] Read more » 13 pleas challenging use of EVMs in polls Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Pellet guns: SC asks JK lawyers’ body to respond to issues raised by the Centre April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association to respond to the issues raised by the Centre which defended the use of pellet guns to quell stone-pelting mobs in Kashmir valley, stressing that the lawyers’ body cannot take sides. The apex court sought the Bar’s response after the Centre explained […] Read more » Court featured JK lawyers' body to respond to issues raised by the Centre Law Legal News pellet guns Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi HC denies bail to LIC agent in PMLA case involving Virbhadra April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today denied bail to LIC agent Anand Chauhan in a money laundering case involving Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and others. “I have dismissed this petition (bail application),” Justice Vipin Sanghi said. Chauhan is in judicial custody since his arrest in July last year. During the hearing on his bail […] Read more » bail Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured Himachal Pradesh Law Legal News money laundering case PMLA case Virbhadra Singh
Top Law News SC rejects PIL to declare Indus Waters Treaty unconstitutional April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking declaration of the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan as illegal and unconstitutional. “This treaty is of 1960 and this treaty has held good for more than half a century,” a bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said while dismissing the PIL filed by […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News PIL to declare Indus Waters Treaty unconstitutional Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Interim bail to 5 fresh accused in coal case April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here today granted interim bail till May 4 to five fresh accused named by the CBI in its supplementary charge sheet in a coal scam case against Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal and others. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar granted the interim bail to accused- Jindal Steel’s adviser Anand Goel, Gurgaon-based […] Read more » coal case Court featured interim bail Law Legal News
Top Law News SC directs convict freed due to Delhi HC typo error to surrender April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A convict set free due to a typographical error in the Delhi High Court’s order has been directed by the Supreme Court to surrender first before hearing his plea challenging the order to re-arrest him. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan refused to grant any relief to the convict, a former […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court typo error to surrender
Top Law News ‘Rs 5,400 cr worth of undisclosed income detected’ April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A whopping Rs 5,400 crore worth of “undisclosed income” has been detected by law-enforcing agencies till January 10 since demonetisation came into force last November, the government has told the Supreme Court. It also made references to “various malpractices” which came to fore post demonetisation, including the use of old currency notes for buying gold. […] Read more » 'Rs 5 400 cr worth of undisclosed income detected' Court Demonetisation enforcing agencies featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC absolves doctor of medical negliegence charge after 20 yrs April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has absolved a doctor from Maharashtra of the charge of medical negligence after 20 years of an incident in which a road accident victim succumbed to injuries at a hospital. The apex court relied on its earlier verdict to say that in cases where negligence is alleged against professionals like doctors the […] Read more » Court doctor of medical negliegence charge after 20 yrs featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Courts should take pragmatic view of rights of consumers: SC April 9, 2017 / April 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It is necessary for courts to take a “pragmatic view” of the rights of consumers in disputes concerning them since customers are at a disadvantage as compared to service providers, the Supreme Court has said. The court noted that Parliament had enacted the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and provision of limitation in the Act cannot […] Read more » Consumer Protection Act 1986 consumers in disputes featured Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice P C Pant National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC
Top Law News Even manufacturers can’t manipulate EVMs: EC April 9, 2017 / April 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The EVMs are robust and tamper- proof and even the manufacturers cannot manipulate them at the time of production, the Election Commission said today, countering allegations that the machines are unreliable. With the Opposition’s questions on the reliability of the electronic voting machines getting louder, the Commission has come out with a list of ‘frequently […] Read more » EC Even manufacturers can't manipulate EVM EVM featured
Top Law News Roads highly unsafe due to rising drunk driving cases: Court April 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Increasing accidents due to drunk driving have made roads highly unsafe for other users, a Delhi court has said while refusing to show leniency in a drunk driving case. Special Judge Ravinder Dudeja refused to interfere with a trial court order sentencing a man for five days in jail for drunk driving. “No person driving […] Read more » Court Drunk driving case featured rising drunk driving case Roads highly unsafe Special Judge Ravinder Dudeja
Top Law News CJI criticises electoral politics, unfulfilled poll promises April 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India J S Khehar today criticised the electoral politics in the country, saying poll promises are “routinely unfulfilled”, caste issues projected differently to get a majority and party manifestos do not have any linkage to socio-economic justice. The CJI said that electoral politics in India centres around “mobilisation and politicisation” of the […] Read more » \ J S Khehar Chief Justice of India J S Khehar CJI CJI criticises electoral politics electoral politics featured Justice Dipak Misra unfulfilled poll promises
