Court, Judiciary & Legal System Can’t keep live-in relations outside purview of rape: HC March 8, 2015 / March 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi high court has refused to keep live-in relationships outside the purview of rape under the IPC, saying it would amount to giving them the status of matrimony, which the legislature has chosen “not to do”. The court made the observation while hearing a PIL, which had sought direction to the government to keep […] Read more » Can't keep live-in relations outside Chief Justice G Rohini Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw live-in relations outside purview of rape
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Vendor goods being seized under anti-sabotage measures: HC March 8, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An association for street vendors has alleged before Delhi High Court that goods of roadside sellers were being seized by police as part of its “anti- sabotage measures”, which the organisation has dubbed as a “fresh modus operandi” to harass squatters. The allegation made by National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) prompted a bench of […] Read more » anti-sabotage measures Vendor goods being seized under anti-sabotage measures
Criminal Law News Asassination of senator: Bail plea of French woman dismissed March 8, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has denied bail to a 55-year-old French woman, who was arrested here pursuant to a red corner notice against her for her alleged role in a terror attack in Chile leading to the death of a senator in 1991. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Ajay Garg dismissed the bail plea of Verhoeven Marie Emmanuelle observing […] Read more » ACMM Ajay Garg Asassination of senator Bail plea of French woman dismissed
Criminal Law News I suffer mentally everyday, says Uber rape victim on Women’s Day March 8, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The 25-year-old woman executive, allegedly raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi, on Sunday said she is suffering mentally everyday and lashed out at the web-based US taxi firm for “insult to her injury”, saying it has only made cosmetic changes to its policies to operate in India. “Until women can legitimately feel safe, […] Read more » I suffer mentally everyday Uber rape victim on Women's Day
Media & Entertainment News Court rejects intervenor’s plea in suit against Godse movie March 8, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Pune court has rejected a plea by a group of people seeking to intervene in a civil suit which prayed for a ban on the release of forthcoming film ‘Desh Bhakt Nathuram Godse’. The suit, filed by activist Hemant Patil, urges the court to restrain the defendant Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha from releasing the […] Read more » intervenor's plea in suit against Godse movie Joint Civil Judge K M Pingle Nathuram Godse suit against Godse movie the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Ex-CM’s Secy denied issuing recommendation letter:Delhi Cops March 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s political secretary Pawan Khera has denied issuing any recommendation letter to a man for a job in NMDC, Delhi Police today told a court hearing a case of cheating. Investigating Officer of the case filed his Action Taken Report (ART) in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Navjeet Budhiraja, saying […] Read more » Ex-CM's Secy denied issuing recommendation letter Magistrate Navjeet Budhiraja
Consumer Law News Mediclaims should be settled by insurance co and not TPAs: HC March 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Mediclaims should be settled by insurance co and not TPAs: HC The Bombay High Court today asked the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority to ensure that insurance companies did not involve Third Party Administrators (TPA) in the claim settlement. The TPAs act as intermediaries between hospitals, insurers and consumers. “IRDA shall inform insurers to implement (Health Insurance) Regulation 12 in letter and spirit to see that […] Read more » Mediclaims should be settled by insurance co
Family Law News Child Marriage Prevention Act secular in nature: HC March 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High court bench here today ruled that Child Marriage Prevention Act was secular in nature and Muslims could not rely on their personal law to claim the right to give minor girls in marriage even at the age of 15 presuming that the girl had attained puberty. , dismissing an appeal against an […] Read more » Child Marriage Prevention Act Justice C.T.Selvam Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006
Human Rights Maharashtra: Narcotic drug mephedrone alias `meow-meow’ banned March 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Maharashtra government on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that the Centre had accepted its recommendation to include mephedrone in the list of prohibited drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.Mephedrone, a narcotic drug which is also called M-Cat or `meow meow’ in the party circuit, is banned in 53 countries. Now its […] Read more » Chief Justice Mohit Shah Government counsel Hiten Venegaonkar meow-meow' banned mephedrone mephedrone banned Narcotic drug mephedrone
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC contempt on civic bodies if hoardings not moved March 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has warned that contempt action will be initiated against municipal bodies in Maharashtra which are not complying with its orders on removal of illegal hoardings from public places. The warning was given yesterday by a bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka on a batch of PILs alleging that police and civic […] Read more » ◾HC contempt on civic bodies Advocate Uday Warunjikar Justice Abhay Oka SuSwaraj Foundation
High Profile Cases HC relief for actor Deepika Padukone in FIR against AIB show March 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an interim order, the Bombay High Court has restrained the city police from arresting or taking coercive action against Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone in connection with her participation in the . The order was passed by a bench of justices Ranjit More and Anuja Prabhudessai on March 2 on a petition filed by the […] Read more » controversial AIB Roast show Deepika Padukone in FIR against AIB show FIR against AIB show HC relief for actor Deepika Padukone
Bar, Bench & Firm News Bar Council to meet to discuss ‘anti-woman remarks’ March 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Council of India (BCI) will hold a meeting of its executive committee today evening to discuss the “anti-woman remarks” made by certain lawyers, including a defence counsel of the December 16 gang-rape convict.”Considering the seriousness of the matter we have decided to hold the meeting of our executive committee to discuss the remarks […] Read more » 'anti-woman remarks'
