High Profile Cases SC reserves verdict on pleas seeking appointment of Lokpal March 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking the appointment of Lokpal in the country. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, “We have heard the arguments of all the parties. Judgement (is) reserved.” During the hearing, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said the Lokpal cannot be appointed in the […] Read more » appointment of Lokpal Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court verdict on pleas
Top Law News SC to hear pleas against ban of liquor shops along highways March 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow a batch of petitions seeking modification of its December 2016 order banning liquor vends within 500 metres of state and national highways across the country. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and S K Kaul assured today a battery of lawyers led by Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News pleas against ban of liquor shops along highways Supreme Court
Top Law News Court issues warrants against Vicky Goswami, Mamta Kulkarni March 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The district court here today issued non-bailable warrants against the alleged international drug-lord Vicky Goswami and his partner and yesteryear’s Bollywood actor Mamta Kulkarni in an ephedrine haul case. Both are believed to be outside India. District Judge H M Patwardhan issued the warrants today. Thane police raided Avon Lifesciences in Solapur last year and […] Read more » Bollywood Court Court issues warrants against Vicky Goswami ephedrine haul case featured Law Legal News Mamta Kulkarni non-bailable warrants
Top Law News Farmers committing suicide a serious issue: SC March 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said farmers committing suicide in the country is a serious issue and the Centre should deal with the real issues which force them to take the extreme step. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul said that the Centre should file […] Read more » Court Farmers committing suicide a serious issue featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Sahitya Akademi awardees cannot return award: Delhi HC March 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sahitya Akademi awardees are not eligible to return their awards as they are granted after considerable deliberations, the Delhi High Court today noted. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said that the executive board of the Akademi in 2015 had resolved that awards once granted cannot be taken back […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Sahitya Akademi awardees cannot return award
Top Law News ‘Consider effective alternative to pellet guns’ March 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today expressed concern over the pellet gun injuries suffered by minors who indulged in stone pelting in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the Centre to consider other effective means to quell the protests as it concerns “life and death”. It conceded that though the use of pellet guns by the security forces […] Read more » Court featured jummu and Kashmir Law Legal News pellet guns Supreme Court
Top Law News Man convicted in money laundering case; second PMLA verdict March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special PMLA court here today convicted a man on money laundering charges related to illegal possession of narcotic drugs. This is the second conviction in the country under the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) that came into force about 12 years ago in 2005. Officials said the special court here will pronounce […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News money laundering case
Top Law News Use of pellet guns: Centre asked to consider other means March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to consider effective means other than use of pellet guns to quell stone pelting mobs in Jammu and Kashmir as it concerns life and death. A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar also expressed concern over injuries suffered by minors involved in protests in the Kashmir […] Read more » \ J S Khehar Centre government Court featured Law Legal News Use of pellet guns
Criminal Law News Top Law News Court frees man of rape charges, says woman was mature enough March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been acquitted of the charges of raping and threatening a 30-year-old doctor, with a court here saying that physical relations between the two were consensual and the woman was mature enough to understand what was happening. It also observed that the woman, a dentist in a central government hospital, here had already […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape charges
Top Law News SC asks Centre, J&K to sit and decide Muslim minority status March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government to “sit together” and decide contentious issues including the question whether Muslims can be treated as minority in the state. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul asked both the governments to […] Read more » Centre government Court featured J&K Law Legal News Muslim minority status Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Aadhaar cannot be made compulsory for welfare benefits: SC March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today made it clear that Aadhaar cards cannot be made mandatory by the government and its agencies for extending benefits of social welfare schemes. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul, however, said that government and its agencies cannot be stopped from […] Read more » Aadhaar card Central Government Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Tell us plan to tackle farmer suicides: SC to Centre March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to inform it about the line of action to be taken by states for dealing with the “serious issue” of farmers’ suicide. “It is a very serious issue and the Centre should file the proposed line of action to be taken by states with regard to the farmers’ […] Read more » Centre government Court farmer suicides case featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
