Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News ‘Except for police, public order & land, LG a figurehead’ September 27, 2015 / September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lieutenant Governor (LG) is merely a “figurehead” except for matters related to public order, police and land, the AAP government has told Delhi High Court. The submission was made before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath by senior advocate Dayan Krishnan during the hearing of a bunch of petitions […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini featured Justice Jayant Nath LG a figurehead'
High Profile Cases SC nod to probe into ex-CBI chief’s role in coal block scam case September 15, 2015 / September 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday gave its nod to a team headed by CBI’s former special director M.L.Sharma to inquire into allegations that meetings then agency chief Ranjit Sinha had with several coal block allocation scam accused impacted the cases’ outcome. A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice A.K.Sikri gave […] Read more » CBI coal block scam case Criminal news featured Law SC nod to probe into ex-CBI chief's role in coal block scam case Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Maid murder: Court junks plea of accused for long adjournment September 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has dismissed a plea of former BSP MP Dhananjay Singh’s wife Jagriti Singh seeking adjournment by at least six months recording of prosecution evidence in a case of murder of their maid in which both are accused. The court said it appeared that Jagriti’s plea was only “a ploy to linger” the […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal BSP MP Dhananjay Singh's wife Jagriti Singh Court junks plea of accused for long adjournment featured long adjournment Maid murder
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Mosque inside HC premises Delhi Wakf Board property: Govt September 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Delhi High Court that a mosque which exists within its premises is a 400-year-old structure and a property of the Delhi Wakf Board. The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) and the Land and Development Office (L&DO) informed a bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Pratibha Rani that as per a […] Read more » advocate Benipal Nagender Delhi Wakf Board featured Justice Pradeep Nandrajog Justice Pratibha Rani Mosque inside HC premises Delhi Wakf Board standing counsel Anil Soni
Consumer Law News Top Law News Mumbai civic body withdraws meat sale ban order September 13, 2015 / September 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Under fire for its decision to ban slaughter and sale of meat in the city for two days during Jain festival ‘Paryushan’, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) today told the Bombay High Court that it has decided to withdraw its decision. The MCGM informed the court of its decision during the hearing of […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured MCGM order meat sale ban meat sale ban order Mumbai civic body withdraws meat sale Mumbai civic body withdraws meat sale ban Mumbai meat sale ban order
Bar, Bench & Firm News High Profile Cases Two judges held in corruption case September 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Two judges held in corruption case Two judges of the lower judiciary in Gujarat, who were suspended last month on charges of taking money to settle cases during their posting in Vapi court in 2014, have been arrested by the vigilance cell of the Gujarat High Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Both the judges of the rank of Judicial […] Read more » featured HC Vigilance Cell Judicial Magistrate First Class--A D Acharya P D Inamdar passing of forged documents Prevention of Corruption Act Two judges of the lower judiciary in Gujarat
High Profile Cases Teesta’s fund embezzlement case: SC extends arrest protection September 13, 2015 / September 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today extended by four weeks the interim protection from arrest granted to Teesta Setalvad and her husband in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Ahmedabad’s Gulbarg Society that was devastated in the 2002 riots. A bench comprising Justices A R Dave and Adarsh Kumar Goel said the […] Read more » featured justice Adarsh Kumar Goel justices A R Dave justices Dipak Misra SC extends arrest protection Teesta's fund embezzlement case
Top Law News Four sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in ganja case September 13, 2015 / September 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances cases today sentenced four persons, who were arrested in 2012 for carrying 267 kg of ganja, to ten years imprisonment. Finding them guilty of the offence, First Additional Special Court Judge, J Justin David, also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh each on the convicts. […] Read more » featured First Additional Special Court Judge J Justin David imprisonment in ganja case Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
Top Law News No lenience warranted in corruption cases: SC September 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment At a time when corruption has affected the system like cancer, courts should not get swayed by the concept of mercy while awarding punishment to the corrupt, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court’s observation came while terminating the services of a conductor employed in Uttar Pradesh State Transport Corporation for carrying 25 passengers […] Read more » corruption labour No lenience in corruption cases No lenience warranted in corruption cases SC Supreme Court tickets transport
High Profile Cases Saradha scam: CBI nabs Bengal media baron September 7, 2015 / September 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI on Monday arrested media baron Ramesh Gandhi in connection with the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam here, an official said.The chairman and managing director of Rainbow Productions – known for its hugely popular news programme “Khaash Khabor” – was nabbed for his association with Saradha chief and scam kingpin Sudipta Sen. “Gandhi has been […] Read more » featured Saradha scam
Bar, Bench & Firm News Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC declines to hear plea on FTII protest September 7, 2015 / September 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed, without giving any reason, a PIL seeking direction for the FTII students to end their three-month-long agitation against naming Gajendra Chauhan as the institute’s direction and for transparent policies for the appointment. A bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu dismissed the PIL after letting advocate J.P. Dhanda argue […] Read more » Chief Justice H.L. Dattu featured Film and Television Institute of India FTII
Consumer Law News Top Law News No closure to OROP issue September 7, 2015 / September 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after the indefinite hunger strike over ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) was withdrawn, ex-servicemen on Monday said the agitation will continue till “anomalies” in the scheme are removed, and the indefinite fast may even resume if the issues are not sorted out. “The agitation will continue till the government rectifies the anomalies in […] Read more » Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar featured No closure to OROP issue One rank one pension OROP
