Consumer Law News Top Law News SC asks Bagrodia to appear before special court in coal block case September 7, 2015 / September 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday asked former union minister Santosh Bagrodia to appear before a special CBI court here on September 8 in coal block allocation case. A bench of Justice M.B. Lokur, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice A.K. Sikri said it will examine Bagrodia’s plea soon while declining him relief. Bagrodia, a minister of […] Read more » Bagrodia to appear before special court Coal Block case featured former union minister Santosh Bagrodia Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Kurian Joseph justice M B Lokur
High Profile Cases National Security Top Law News Raja favoured Swan Telecom in getting licence: CBI September 7, 2015 / September 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI on Monday told a special court here that the 2G spectrum allocation policy was manipulated to favour certain entities including Swan Telecom. Special public prosecutor Anand Grover told Special Judge O.P. Saini that in an arbitrary decision, then telecom minister A. Raja gave unfair advantage to Swan Telecom. Advancing the final argument in […] Read more » featured Raja Raja favoured in getting licence Raja was biased in allocating 2G Special Public Prosecutor Anand Grover Swan Telecom
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Sheena murder case: Mumbai police brings Sanjeev Khanna to Kolkata September 7, 2015 / September 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai police team on Monday escorted Sanjeev Khanna, a co-accused in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case, to Kolkata to unearth more evidence. Sources said Khanna — the former husband of prime accused Indrani Mukherjee — was brought to the eastern metropolis, where he used to reside prior to his arrest, in the early […] Read more » featured Mumbai police brings Sanjeev Khanna to Kolkata Sheena murder case
Corporate Law News Top Law News HC allows Chinese consortium plea against BHEL’s tender September 7, 2015 / September 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today allowed an appeal by a Chinese consortium against evaluation of tenders for Ennore super critical thermal power project by Tamil Nadu government-owned power utility TANGEDCO and subsequent award of the contract to public sector BHEL. The court set aside the April 7 order of a single judge dismissing the consortium’s […] Read more » featured
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT seeks response from city govt. June 21, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment -+ *Awer7y9The appalling picture of water supply in the capital has prompted the National Green Tribunal , NGT to seek the response of the city government in the matter saying there is a complete “mismanagement of affairs”. A bench headed by U D Salvi, after taking suo moto cognisance of a newspaper report, issued notices […] Read more » Delhi Jal Board dirty water issue featured NGT NGT on dirty water issue U D Salvi
Criminal Law News Top Law News Father freed of charge of sexually harassing minor daughter June 21, 2015 / June 21, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has acquitted a man of the charges of sexually harassing and molesting his 17-year-old daughter after the girl said she had lodged a false complaint due to differences between her parents. Additional Sessions Judge Gautam Manan absolved the man, a resident of north Delhi, of the offences under sections 354 (molestation), 506 […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Gautam Manan Father freed of charge of sexually harassing featured sexually harassing sexually harassing minor daughter while acquitting him
Top Law News Collegium system good but implementation faulty: SC June 17, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment For the first time, the Supreme Court on Tuesday conceded that the collegium system of judges appointing judges, which Parliament has replaced with the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), has not worked well. During hearing of a bunch of petitions challenging the validity of the NJAC, the Centre and states have slammed the collegium’s non-transparent […] Read more » collegium system featured judges appointment
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Judiciary independence doesn’t necessarily require collegium system June 17, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment BJP-ruled states today strongly supported in the Supreme Court the creation of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) saying that the independence of judiciary does not necessarily require that judges be appointed by the collegium system. Senior advocate T R Andhyarujina, appearing for Maharashtra, told a five-judge bench headed by that the independence of judiciary […] Read more » Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi collegium system featured judges be appointed by the collegium system Justice J.S. Khehar National Judicial Appointments Commission transparency in collegium system
Family Law News Top Law News Maternity leave is to protect workers’ health: HC June 12, 2015 / June 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ruling that maternity leave is given for protection of the health of women government workers, the Madras High court on Thursday stayed the order of Joint Director of School Education (personnel) for recovering over Rs two lakh from the salary of a teacher who took 179 days maternity leave for her second delivery. The woman […] Read more » featured Maternity leave protect workers' health
Criminal Law News Death sentence to husband for murdering wife June 12, 2015 / June 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man was today awarded death sentence for mudering his wife and their maid at their residence in the city about five years ago by hiring a contract killer. The contract killer Somnath Tanti was awarded life imprisonment by the Alipore Judges Court. Judge Siddhartha Kanjilal, delivering the judgement, said it was a rarest of […] Read more » death sentence Death sentence to husband featured Judge Siddhartha Kanjilal murdering wife
Top Law News Court asks Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia & AAP leaders to appear on May 15 May 11, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and four other AAP leaders, accused of violating prohibitory orders here and obstructing public servants in discharge of their duty during an agitation, were today directed to appear before a Delhi court on May 15. Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain was irked that Kejriwal and other […] Read more » AAP leaders to appear on May 15 Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Deputy CM Manish Sisodia featured
Criminal Law News Top Law News Court acquits youth of charges of raping minor May 11, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A youth has been acquitted of the charges of kidnapping and raping a minor after enticing her to marry him by a Delhi court, which said he was not on the wrong side of the law and the girl had voluntarily gone with him. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav freed the youth, saying the element […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav Court acquits youth of charges of raping minor fearured raping minor
