Top Law News Legal awareness a weapon in hands of citizen April 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Legal awareness is a weapon in the hands of citizen provided he knows its power, Supreme Court Judge Justice Dipak Misra said today while announcing a conference of NALSA for senior citizens to make them aware of the legal benefits available to them. Justice Misra, who is also the Executive Chairman of the National Legal […] Read more » featured NALSA National Legal Services Authority Supreme Court Judge Justice Dipak Misra
Top Law News No deadline for introduction of Sharia banking in India: RBI April 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment No deadline has been set for introduction of Sharia or interest-free banking in India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said. Islamic or Sharia banking is a finance system based on the principles of not charging interest, which is prohibited under Islam. The RBI had earlier proposed opening of “Islamic window” in conventional banks […] Read more » featured Financial Sector Reforms former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan interest-free banking interest-free banking in India introduction of Sharia RBI Sharia banking Sharia banking in India
Consumer Law News Top Law News Railways to compensate employee for rejecting medical claim April 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Railways has been asked by the apex consumer commission to compensate an employee for rejecting his medical claim on the grounds that it was not an emergency situation when he took his wife to a private hospital. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) upheld Punjab state consumer commission’s order which had directed the […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News medical claim National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC railways
Top Law News Haryana government destroying judicial system: SC April 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today slapped a cost of Rs 5 lakh on the Haryana government for filing an appeal against a high court order after more than five years saying it is “destroying” the judicial system by “blatant misuse” of the process. “You (Haryana government) are destroying the judicial system. The question you are raising […] Read more » Court featured Haryana government judicial system Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘High time courts dealt with frivolous pleas strictly’ April 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea of a man seeking appointment in the Food Corporation of India (FCI) on compassionate ground terming it a “frivolous petition” which needed to be dealt with sternly. “It is high time that courts deal with certain frivolous petitions in a very strict manner,” Justice Valmiki J Mehta […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court FCI featured Food Corporation of India Law Legal News
High Profile Cases SC rejects K’taka’s review plea on release of Cauvery water April 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a Karnataka government plea seeking review of its September 20, 2016 order asking it to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu till September 27, saying it has become “infructuous” as several subsequent orders were passed. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit […] Read more » Court featured Karnataka Law Legal News plea on release of Cauvery water Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Man sentenced to death for raping, killing minor April 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fast track court today handed death sentence to a man for raping and killing a minor at Kashipur in Udhamsingh Nagar district last year. Fast track POCSO court judge Neelam Ratra handed the death sentence to Karandeep Sharma alias Raju after pronouncing him guilty of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl on the night […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Man sentenced to death for raping minor murder case udham singh nagar Uttarakhand
High Profile Cases SC seeks reply from 6 states on plea to ban cow vigilantes April 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought response of six states, including Rajasthan, on a plea seeking a ban on cow vigilante groups there. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and A M Khanwilkar issued notices to Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh and asked them to file their reply within three weeks. The bench […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News plea to ban cow vigilantes Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Supreme Court
Consumer Law News Top Law News Bihar-based university asked to pay for cancelling MBA course April 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has held a university in Bihar guilty of making an applicant suffer by “unauthorisedly” initiating an MBA course and then cancelling it. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), however, reduced the amount of Rs 4.5 lakh awarded to the man as compensation for loss of career opportunity by a district […] Read more » apex consumer commission BIHAR Court featured Law Legal News National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC university asked to pay for cancelling MBA course
Criminal Law News Top Law News 2 men acquitted in 23 yr old case by HC of trying to kill man April 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two men who had beaten up a tempo driver 23 years ago have been acquitted by the Delhi High Court of the charge of attempting to kill the victim but convicted for causing grievous injuries. While modifying their conviction, Justice P S Teji let them off on the period they have already spent behind the […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Bombay HC junks 14-yr-old ban on meat sale on Mahavir Jayanti April 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Amid the ongoing hearing by a Bombay High Court bench of a plea against the ban on meat sale during Jain festivals since 2015, another bench recently quashed a 14-year-old bar against mutton vending during Mahavir Jayanti. Government counsel Hiten Venegaonkar gave this information about Justice A S Oka quashing the 14-year-old government’s order banning […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured HC junks 14-yr-old ban on meat sale on Mahavir Jayanti Law Legal News
Top Law News SC imposes costs on 13 states, 2 UTs for not filling vacancies April 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Acting firmly, the Supreme Court has slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 each against 13 states and two Union territories for not filling up vacancies in their State Commission for Child Rights (SCCR), saying a central law must be adhered to. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta noted that these states […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News SCCR State Commission for Child Rights Supreme Court
