Criminal Law News Court refuses to quash charges of outraging woman’s modesty January 29, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Only a woman can express the intention of a man who touches her, a Delhi court has observed while dismissing a plea of a man seeking quashing of charges against him for allegedly outraging woman’s modesty. The order came on a petition filed by a couple challenging a magisterial court’s order framing charges under IPC […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Bansal Court refuses to quash charges of outraging woman's modesty
Criminal Law News Nithari killings: Surender Koli’s death sentence commuted by Allahabad HC January 28, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The death sentence of Surender Koli, convicted in 2006 Nithari serial killings case, was on Wednesday commuted to life imprisonment by the Allahabad High Court on the ground of “inordinate delay” in deciding his mercy petition. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PKS Baghel held that execution of Koli’s death sentence […] Read more » Allahabad HC Chief Justice DY Chandrachud Justice PKS Baghel Nithari killings Surender Koli's death sentence commuted
Consumer Law News Start Saradha trial after all those involved are booked: Kunal Ghosh January 28, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Suspended Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh on Wednesday prayed before a city court that trial in the Saradha case should not be started till all the people involved in it are apprehended. Stating it was not just a case of law but also had political ramifications, Ghosh claimed before metropolitan magistrate Arvind Mishra […] Read more » Kunal Ghosh Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh Saradha trial
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Coal scam: Have given records to competent authority January 28, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday told a special court that they have furnished necessary records before competent authority for considering granting sanction to prosecute the public servants allegedly involved in a coal scam case relating to allocation of blocks to Navbharat Power Pvt Ltd (NPPL). The agency told Special CBI Judge Bharat […] Read more » coal block in Rampia coal scam former Coal Secretary H C Gupta Navbharat Power Pvt Ltd Prevention of Corruption Act Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar
Criminal Law News PWD JE gets seven-yr jail for rape of woman employee January 28, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An engineer of Public Works Department (PWD), who developed intimacy with a woman employee after falsely promising to marry her and fathered twin daughters, has been awarded seven years jail term by a Delhi Court on rape charges. While sentencing Delhi resident Akshay Kumar, Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat said the convict “sexually victimised” the […] Read more » rape of woman employee
High Profile Cases Delhi Police asked me about Sunanda Pushkar-Shashi Tharoor relationship: Amar Singh January 28, 2015 / January 28, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After senior journalist Nalini Singh, Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Amar Singh was on Wednesday interrogated by the Delhi Police for two hours in connection with the murder case of Sunanda Pushkar, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife. A news website, meanwhile, had earlier quoted Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi as saying that Amar Singh had earlier […] Read more »
Bar, Bench & Firm News Thomson Reuters and SILF introduce Lecture Series on Contract Drafting January 28, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Professional Training on Contract Drafting, Negotiation and Dispute Resolution New Delhi, India 27/01/2015 – Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, and the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF), announced today the second expert-led online classroom lecture series on contract drafting. The three month certification program is designed […] Read more »
High Profile Cases Obama’s historic visit paves way for ‘new era’ in India-US ties January 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment US President Barack Obama’s historic visit to be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations turned out to be much more than symbolic as it helped cut the nuclear knot and paved the way for a ‘new era’ in India-US relations. US Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes believes the signal that is being […] Read more » India-US ties
Criminal Law News Uber rape case: Victim’s friend says she was not drunk January 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The woman executive allegedly raped by Uber cab driver was not drunk on the day of the crime – Dec 5 last year, her friend told the court Tuesday. Testifying as a prosecution witness in the case, the friend denied the suggestion made by defence counsel of accused Shiv Kumar Yadav, telling Additional Sessions Judge […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja Uber rape case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Kiran Bedi sends legal notice to AAP chief Kejriwal January 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Kiran Bedi sends legal notice to AAP chief Kejriwal BJP chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi today sent a legal notice to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly “misusing” her photograph in the party’s poster campaign without her permission. According to a senior BJP leader, Bedi in her legal notice has asked the AAP leader to give a reply on her notice, failing which she […] Read more » legal notice to AAP chief Kejriwal
Consumer Law News Coalscam: CBI files progress report in sealed cover January 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CBI today filed a progress report of its ongoing investigation in a sealed cover before a special court in a coal blocks allocation scam case, in which the agency was directed to “examine” former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The agency also filed statements of various persons recorded during the probe in a sealed cover and […] Read more » allocation of Talabira II coal block in Orissa coal blocks allocation scam case Coalscam former Coal secretary P C Parakh industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla Senior public prosecutor V K Sharma
Criminal Law News Delhi youth gets life term for committing unnatural offence on minor January 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A youth has been awarded life term for committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a six-year-old boy by a court, which noted that children are a “supremely important national asset” and the future of a nation depends on how they grow and develop. Additional Sessions Judge Illa Rawat sentenced Delhi resident Pankaj, who used to […] Read more » committing unnatural offence POCSO Act Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
