Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC orders govt to give pension to freedom fighter’s daughter March 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has allowed a petition filed by the married daughter of a freedom fighter seeking family pension for her as her husband had deserted her and she was suffering from hypertension and schizophrenia. Justice K B K Vasuki, allowing the petition filed by M Joice, daughter of freedom […] Read more » Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court pension to freedom fighter's daughter Justice K B K Vasuki
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Women lawyers move SC against December 16 gangrape case advocates March 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An association of women lawyers on Friday mentioned in the Supreme court a petition seeking action against two advocates for making derogatory remarks on women in a BBC documentary on December 16 gangrape case. A bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu said it would hear the matter next week.The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association […] Read more » advocate Mahalakshmi Pavani Chief Justice HL Dattu December 16 gangrape case Gender Sensitization Committee The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association Women lawyers move SC
Criminal Law News Rape Videos on WhatsApp: SC Allows CBI to Take Over Probe From UP Police March 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today cleared hurdles coming in the way of CBI investigation into posting of rape videos on WhatsApp, by asking it to take over probe from Uttar Pradesh police relating to an FIR lodged at Sitapur district in which three accused are already out on bail. “We direct that investigation in the FIR […] Read more » Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice U U Lalit Rape videos on WhatsApp SC Allows CBI to Take Over Probe Take Over Probe From UP Police
Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC declines PIL to declare Bhagavad Gita as nat text March 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a plea seeking to declare Bhagavad Gita as national text saying the subject falls outside its domain. “How can we say. Every citizen has a mindset which is a sacred book. How can we give a declaration,” a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices M […] Read more » advocate M K Balakrishnan Bhagavad Gita as nat text Chief Justice H.L. Dattu Justices M Y Eqbal PIL to declare Bhagavad Gita as nat text
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Lashkar-e-Toiba bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda discharged in TADA case March 10, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Top Lashkar-e-Toiba bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda, one of the 20 terrorists India had asked Pakistan to hand over after the 26/11 Mumbai attack, was on Tuesday discharged by a Delhi court in a case lodged against him in 1994 under the stringent Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA). Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal […] Read more » Abdul Karim Tunda discharged in TADA case bomb expert Abdul Karim public prosecutor Rajiv Mohan Top Lashkar-e-Toiba bomb expert Abdul Karim
Criminal Law News Mother-son duo awarded life imprisonment for honour killing March 10, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A mother-son duo have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in a case of honour killing here. District Magistrate Kaushalendra Yadav yesterday sentenced Pushpa and her son Dinesh to life imprisonment after they were found guilty of murder. On September 21, 2013, Gajendra, a resident of Shivshakti had registered a case alleging […] Read more » District Magistrate Kaushalendra Yadav honour killing life imprisonment for honour killing Mother-son duo awarded life imprisonment
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Stop making mockery of courts: NGT warns authorities March 10, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today took strong exception to the delay by some authorities in submitting their suggestions for construction of a multi-level parking facility in Lajpat Nagar here saying “you cannot play around with our orders”. A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar while hearing a petition related to vehicular pollution in Delhi said, […] Read more » Justice Swatanter Kumar National Green Tribunal NGT warns authorities Public Works Department PWD Stop making mockery of courts
Bar, Bench & Firm News Bring new law in 6 months for protection of witnesses: HC March 10, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to frame a new law within six months for protection of witnesses and also consider bringing whistleblowers and RTI activists under its purview. The government had last week informed the High Court that instead of a policy, it would come out with a law to provide […] Read more » A K Menon Bombay High Court Justices A S Oka law for protection of witnesses
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Husband Legally and Morally Bound to Maintain His Wife: Delhi High Court March 10, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man working as a disc jockey (DJ) has been asked to pay interim maintenance to his estranged wife by a Delhi Court which observed that the husband is legally and morally bound to maintain her.”He being the husband of complainant (woman) is legally and morally bound to maintain her and cannot shirk his responsibility […] Read more » Delhi High Court Husband Legally and Morally Bound to Maintain His Wife Metropolitan Magistrate Mona Tardi Kerketta
High Profile Cases Court sets Apr 9 as final date for verdict in Satyam case March 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here trying the multi-crore accounting fraud in erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Limited (SCSL) today said it will pronounce its judgement in the CBI-probed case on April 9. Citing voluminous documents in the case, Special Judge BVLN Chakravarthi said, “On April nine, the judgement will be pronounced. I am making it very clear.” […] Read more » B Rama Raju B Suryanarayana Raju B. ramalinga raju CBI counsel K Surender Ch Srisailam D Venkatpathi Raju former Chief Financial Officer Vadlamani Srinivas former employees G Ramakrishna former PwC auditors Subramani Gopalakrishnan multi-crore accounting fraud in Satyam Computer Satyam case Satyam's former internal chief auditor V S Prabhakar Gupta Special Judge BVLN Chakravarthi T Srinivas
Criminal Law News Maharashtra seeks death for watchman who murdered woman lawyer March 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government has approached the Bombay High Court seeking death penalty for 24-year-old watchman Sajjad Mugal Pathan, who was convicted for the 2012 murder of lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha. In July last year, a sessions court had convicted and sentenced Pathan to life imprisonment for committing the murder of Purkayastha. The trial court refused to […] Read more » 2012 murder of lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha death for watchman Excel Entertainment Private Limited Farhan Akhtar’s firm Excel Entertainment Private Limited Justice P V Hardas lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha watchman Sajjad Mugal Pathan watchman who murdered woman lawyer
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC compounds offence in consensual sex case March 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on HC compounds offence in consensual sex case Bringing an end to a 15-year-old case of consensual sex with a woman on the false promise of marriage, the Madras High Court has compounded the offence after the accused agreed to bear the expenses of their child till he turns 18. Allowing an appeal by the man, Justice M Sathyanarayanan set aside his conviction […] Read more » consensual sex case Madras High Court
