Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Profile Cases Top Law News Emails show US native was attracted to Farooqui: Court told January 24, 2016 / January 24, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bollywood film-maker Mahmood Farooqui, facing trial in a rape case, today argued in a Delhi court that e-mails exchanged between him and the US researcher after the alleged incident do not indicate that she was sexually assaulted but shows her attraction towards him. Continuing final arguments before Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain, the defence counsel […] Read more » Bollywood film-maker Mahmood Farooqui featured US native was attracted to Farooqui
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Govt likely to incorporate ‘dissent’ clause in collegium MoP January 3, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Any dissent note to a recommendation of the collegium to appoint or elevate a judge should be mandatorily shared with the Executive.This is one of the points government is likely to put when it finalises the draft Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) to guide the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the high court, […] Read more » clause in collegium MoP featured
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Drug patent war, FM auction, coal ordinance kept Delhi HC busy January 3, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The patent war involving domestic and multi-national pharma majors, tussle between the Centre and a private radio channel over FM auctions kept the Delhi High Court busy in 2015 during which it also rapped the Centre for its coal auction ordinance by saying that the legislation “lacked clarity”.The hastily-formulated coal ordinance by the Centre to […] Read more » Coal Ordinance coal ordinance kept Delhi HC busy Delhi High Court Drug patent war featured FM auction
Bar, Bench & Firm News Consumer Law News Top Law News HC orders Rs 20 L to parents of each student drowned in Beas river January 3, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Shimla, Jan 2 (PTI) The Himachal Pradesh High Court today directed payment of compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the parents of each of the 24 engineering students of a Hyderabad college who were washed away in river Beas in near Thalot in Kullu district of the state on June 8,2014. The HC ordered the […] Read more » compensation to students drowned in Beas river featured HC orders Rs 20 L to parents of each student Rs 20 L to parents students drowned in Beas river
Criminal Law News Top Law News “Nearly blind” man acquitted of murder charge January 3, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 53-year-old man who is nearly blind with vision impairment of 90 per cent has been acquitted by a court here of murder charge. A daily wage earner ‘Nollakannu’ Ranganathan was charged by police with committing a murder in 2013. The prosecution’s case was that he had dropped a huge stone on the victim who […] Read more » 'Nollakannu' Ranganathan "Nearly blind" man acquitted of murder charge acquitted of murder acquitted of murder charge featured
Criminal Law News Top Law News Sacked IAF officer to be quizzed for Pathankot terror attack January 3, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sacked IAF official, arrested for allegedly sharing secret information with Pakistan’s ISI, will be interrogated in connection with today’s Pathankot terror attack, investigators told a city court which extended his police custody till Monday. Ranjith KK, a Leading Aircraftman with Indian Air Force posted at Bhatinda, was dismissed recently and later arrested after a […] Read more » featured Military Intelligence and Air Force Liaisoning Unit (LU Pathankot terror attack
Criminal Law News Top Law News 2 BSF men in jc for allegedly gangraping teenager January 3, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two BSF personnel were arrested from Guwahati for the alleged gangrape of a teenage girl in a train compartment and remanded to jail custody for 14 days today. Superintendent of Railway Police, Howrah, Mehmood Akhtar, said Pankaj Kumar and Balakram Yadav were arrested yesterday from Guwahati and brought to Howrah. After their arrest, they were […] Read more » 2 BSF men in jc featured gangraping teenager
Family Law News Top Law News Husband, In-laws Held Guilty of Dowry Harassment December 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man, along with his sister and parents, has been found guilty of physically and mentally torturing his wife for dowry by a Delhi court which relied on the sole testimony of the victim, saying it remained “unscathed and unimpeached”. Metropolitan Magistrate Vandana, who sentenced the man to six months in jail while observing that […] Read more » featured husband Husband Held Guilty of Dowry Harassment In-laws Held Guilty of Dowry Harassment Metropolitan Magistrate Vandana
High Profile Cases Ex-PM, Sonia, Rahul came under scanner of Delhi courts in 2015 December 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Cases related to the high and mighty including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dominated proceedings in 2015 in Delhi courts with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul also appearing as accused in the National Herald case. Though Singh got relief from the Supreme Court which on April 1 stayed the March 11 order […] Read more » featured
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News No Jaitley in Delhi govt’s probe report on DDCA December 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The report of the three-member inquiry set up by the Delhi government to probe the affairs of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) which was held out by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to have made out a strong case against Arun Jaitley, does not even mention the finance minister.The report has not found any […] Read more » featured
Consumer Law News Top Law News Over 900 schools fail to notify nursery admission criteria December 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Despite the Delhi government warning them of strict action, over 900 private schools in the national capital are yet to notify the criteria for nursery admissions beginning January 1.The Directorate of Education (DoE) had asked all the unaided recognised schools to “develop and adopt criteria for admission which shall be clear, well defined, equitable, non-discriminatory, […] Read more » featured Nursery admission
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News CCA revoked against ex-Jharkhand minister December 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A board set up by Jharkhand High Court today revoked the Jharkhand Crime Control Act (CCA) against former state minister and Congress leader Yogendra Sao, who is now in judicial custody. The decision was taken by the board headed by Justice H C Mishra, paving the way for Sao’s release on bail. Registrar General Anil […] Read more » CCA ex-Jharkhand minister featured Jharkhand Crime Control Act Jharkhand High Court Justice H C Mishra
