Court, Judiciary & Legal System Dowry demand can be made any time: SC February 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Demand for dowry can be made at any time and not necessarily before marriage, the Supreme Court has said while upholding the life term awarded to a man for poisoning and burning his wife to death in 1997. A bench of justices M Y Eqbal and Pinaki Chandra Ghose rejected the plea that the accused […] Read more » dowry demand justice M Y Eqbal Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose
Court, Judiciary & Legal System PIL says Congress symbol looks like Police logo: HC seeks response February 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has asked the Home Department of Maharashtra Government to respond within a month to a petition challenging allotment of ‘hand’ symbol to Indian National Congress on the ground that it was very similar to the logo of State police. The direction was given by a bench headed by Chief Justice Mohit […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Mohit Shah Congress symbol looks like Police logo petitioner's lawyer R N Kachave
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Odisha: MLA’s bail plea hearing adjourned yet again February 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hearing on the bail application of Banki MLA Pravat Kumar Tripathy in Orissa High Court would be taken up again on February 20. The hearing remained inconclusive yesterday and Justice Shatrughna Pujahari posted the matter for February 20. Arrested by CBI on October 31 last year for his alleged links with chit fund company Artha […] Read more » Banki MLA Pravat Kumar Tripathy chit fund company Artha Tatwa Justice Shatrughna Pujahari managing director Pradeep Sethy MLA's bail plea Orissa High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC urged to reopen fraud case after cops file closure report February 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The father of a lady accountant of a cooperative society, who committed suicide two days after being questioned by seniors in a fraud at her workplace, has urged the Bombay High Court to order reopening of the case to probe the involvement of others in the alleged malpractice. A division bench of justices Ranjit More […] Read more » Advocate Nikam Chinchani branch of Setu Co-operative Credit Society Fraud case Justice Anuja Prabhudessai Justice Ranjit More
High Profile Cases Gulbarg fund case: Supreme Court stays arrest of Teesta Setalvad till February 19 February 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing on the anticipatory bail plea of social activist Teesta Setalvad till February 19, in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Gulbarg society, devastated in the 2002 riots.The court has also given protection from arrest to Setalvad and her husband till February 19. A day ago, the apex court had […] Read more » anticipatory bail plea of social activist Teesta Setalvad arrest of Teesta Setalvad Gulbarg fund case Supreme Court stays arrest of Teesta Setalvad Teesta Setalvad Teesta Setalvad in Gulbarg fund case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Orissa HC orders for panel to monitor jaundice February 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Orissa High Court has directed the state government to form a high-level committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to monitor the situation arising out of the spread of jaundice in the state. A bench of justices Indrajit Mahanti and Subash Chandra Parija, taking up a petition filed by Cuttack city civic body corporator […] Read more » Justice Indrajit Mahanti Justice Subash Chandra Parija Orissa HC panel to monitor jaundice
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Man gets 5-days jail term for drunken driving February 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court here has sent a man to five-days’ imprisonment for driving after consuming alcohol and said he was not only putting his own life in danger but that of the general public as well. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Kumar Bansal passed the order while dismissing an appeal of Delhi resident Naveen Kumar against […] Read more » 5-days jail term for drunken driving Additional Sessions Judge Virender Kumar Bansal jail term for drunken driving Motor Vehicle Act
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Man penalised for speaking on mobile inside court room February 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 32-year-old man has been penalised for talking on his mobile phone inside a court room in Kendrapara. Ranjit Pradhan, a resident of Gopalpur village under Rajnagar police jurisdiction, was found talking on his mobile phone in the chief judicial magistrate’s court room yesterday. The CJM, Rabi Narayan Panda, expressed strong displeasure as a trial […] Read more » Kendrapara Bar Association Man penalised for speaking on mobile speaking on mobile inside court room
Bar, Bench & Firm News Partner Murali Neelakantan resigns from Cipla GC February 12, 2015 / February 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Khaitan & Co partner Murali Neelakantan, has resigned from Cipla global where he was working as general counsel (GC) on 4th of Feb in order to focus on a variety of policy, education and other projects. He also want to become an independent director of a former long-standing client. He said: “This is a stage in […] Read more » Partner Murali Neelakantan resigns from Cipla GC
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC notice to centre & Delhi government on deplorable conditions of undertrial prisoners February 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on the deplorable conditions of undertrial prisoners, including women, in Tihar Jail here.A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw asked for responses by March 5. The bench took suo motu cognizance of the issue after the […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini deplorable conditions of undertrial prisoners in Tihar Jail Justice R.S. Endlaw
Consumer Law News SC to examine CCI jurisdiction on DLF flat owners’ plea February 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said it will examine whether the Competition Commission of India had the jurisdiction to entertain the plea by flat owners in three DLF residential complexes in Gurgaon who alleged that the real estate giant was exploiting its dominant position on conditions for providing services. The bench of Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya […] Read more » CCI jurisdiction on DLF flat owners' Justice N.V. Ramana Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya SC to examine CCI jurisdiction on DLF flat
Criminal Law News Three convicted in 2011 Rajib Das murder case February 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three persons were on Thursday convicted by a court in Barasat in connection with the killing of 16-year-old student Rajib Das for trying to protect his sister from getting molested by drunken goons four years ago. First Additional District judge Prabir Kumar Mishra convicted Biswanath Chatterjee, Mithun Das and Monojit Biswas under sections 302(punishment for […] Read more » First Additional District judge Prabir Kumar Mishra Rajib Das murder case
