Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News HC upholds conviction of man under POCSO Act for abusing minor September 27, 2015 / September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction of a man under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences?(POCSO) Actfor sexually assaulting a minor girl. The judgement was delivered recently by Justice Abhay Thipsay who dismissed the appeal filed by Yogesh A. M., challenging the 3-year sentence and Rs 2,000 fine awarded to him by a […] Read more » featured POCSO Act
Bar, Bench & Firm News Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News India should aspire to be hub of neutral arbitration: SC Judge A K Sikri September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India should aspire to become a hub of neutral arbitration, a Supreme Court judge today said while claiming that most people in the country have immense faith in this alternative form of dispute resolution. Speaking at a conference on international arbitration, SC judge Justice A K Sikri referred to a survey that indicated that 80 […] Read more » featured India should aspire to be hub of neutral arbitration neutral arbitration SC Judge A K Sikri
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News How can e-commerce sites be retailers for tax and not for FDI?: Delhi HC September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has observed that if the central and state governments were not treating e-commerce sites like Flipkart and Amazon as retailers for foreign direct investment (FDI), they cannot be treated as retailers for taxation purposes. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw was of the “prima facie” view that if governments were treating transactions by […] Read more » e-commerce sites e-commerce sites be retailers for tax e-commerce sites be retailers not for FDI featured
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News Have preventive attitude to check diseases like dengue: HC September 27, 2015 / September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court has asked the civic agencies in the national capital to have a “preventive” attitude, and not curative, in order to contain spread of vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria.”Attitude should be preventive and not curative,” a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva said, adding that proper cleaning of drains […] Read more » Delhi High Court dengue featured justice Sanjeev Sachdeva Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed preventive attitude to check diseases like dengue
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
