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by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after the indefinite hunger strike over ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) was withdrawn, ex-servicemen on Monday said the agitation will continue till “anomalies” in the scheme are removed, and the indefinite fast may even resume if the issues are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
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
