Top Law News Redevelopment of Jama Masjid: HC seeks PWD response December 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sought the PWD’s response on a plea for time-bound implementation of the Jama Masjid redevelopment plan after the North MCD said the project is no longer with it. The North Delhi Municipal Corporation () submitted before a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul that according to a […] Read more »
Bar, Bench & Firm News Over 24,000 Cases Disposed Off In A Single Day December 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Over 24,000 Cases Disposed Off In A Single Day As many as 24,071 cases were settled in a single day, bringing down the number of pending cases in the districts court by six per cent during the day-long national Lok Adalat held in the city yesterday. A criminal dispute pending from 1980 was finally disposed of after 34 years, while several old civil as […] Read more » Over 24000 Cases Disposed Off
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Delhi HC directs CBI to supply relevant documents to IRS officer December 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed CBI to give relevant documents to a senior IRS officer, who is facing trial for allegedly diluting I-T appraisal reports of arms dealer Suresh Nanda’s companies, saying the “same would seriously prejudice the rights of the accused”. Justice Ved Prakash Vaish allowed the plea of accused Ashutosh Verma, who […] Read more » CBI to supply relevant documents CBI to supply relevant documents Justice Ved Prakash Vaish PMLA Prevention of Money Laundering Act
Bar, Bench & Firm News Cyril Shroff affidavit deadline extended to 31 December December 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The deadline for the affidavit that was due to be filed by Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff in the Bombay high court dispute with his brother over their late mother’s equity in the firm, has been extended by the court to 31 December 2014, coinciding with the deadline set for the close of […] Read more » Cyril Shroff affidavit deadline Cyril’s senior counsel Iqbal Chagla JM Financial founder Nimesh Kampani Justice BN Srikrishna senior counsel Harish Salve Shardul’s counsel P Chidambaram
Bar, Bench & Firm News Legal sector in India may be partially opened to foreign law firms December 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The legal sector in India, which has so far remained the exclusive domain of domestic practitioners, may be partially opened to foreign law firms. The Commerce Ministry is working on a proposal for a phased opening up of the sector in non-litigious services and international arbitration, a government official told BusinessLine. It plans to discuss […] Read more » legal sector in India opened to foreign law firms
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Agency takes scolding by Supreme Court positively: CBI chief December 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Newly appointed CBI chief Anil Kumar Sinha Saturday said the CBI takes it as a learning opportunity when the Supreme Court scolds it in any case. “CBI getting scolded by Supreme Court is an opportunity to learn from mistakes and not look away,” Sinha, who was appointed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Dec […] Read more » CBI chief CBI chief Anil Kumar Sinha scolding by Supreme Court
Family Law News Bombay High Court asks Thackeray brothers to settle will dispute amicably December 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Friday asked Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray and his estranged brother Jaidev to amicably settle the dispute over the will left by their father, Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray. Bal Thackeray, who passed away in November 2012, bequeathed a major share in the family estate to Uddhav while cutting out […] Read more » Advocate F D’souza Bombay High Court Jaidev's lawyer Seema Sarnaik Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray Thackeray brothers to settle will dispute
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Police wrong to bar apparel maker from tender for uniforms: HC December 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today told the city police that “the substratum” of its decision to debar an apparel making firm from the tender for supply of trousers, shirts and T-shirts for its personnel “is wrong”.Delhi police had issued a show cause notice to Fashion Fusion as well as debarred it from the tender process […] Read more » debar an apparel making firm Delhi High Court Fashion Fusion Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed Justice Siddharth Mridul Mafatlal Industries Ltd show cause notice to Fashion Fusion wrong to bar apparel maker from tender
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Delhi HC to test MTS’s 9.8 Mbps internet speed claims December 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court has asked Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL), which provides high speed internet under the name MTS, to bring their “equipment” on Monday to test their claim that they provide speeds upto 9.8 Mbps. Justice Vibhu Bakhru decided to undertake the exercise as he felt that the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) […] Read more » ASG Sanjay Jain Delhi HC to test internet speed internet speed claims misleading advertisements MTS's 9.8 Mbps Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd SSTL
Family Law News Not allowing woman to enter kitchen isn’t cruelty: Delhi court December 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has discharged the sister-in-law of a woman of dowry harassment charge, saying the allegations of being “rough and rude” and “not allowing her to enter kitchen” do not amount to cruelty. District and Sessions Judge Ina Malhotra upheld the magisterial court’s order that had charged the woman’s husband and his parents for […] Read more » District and Sessions Judge Ina Malhotra Not allowing woman to enter kitchen
Consumer Law News Real estate firm to pay over Rs 6 L for cheating consumer December 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A real estate firm has been asked by a consumer forum here to pay over Rs 6 lakh to a man for “cheating” him and indulging in “unfair trade practice” by not allotting him a plot after getting payment. New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, presided by C K Chaturvedi, asked U-turn Housing Pvt […] Read more » C.K. Chaturvedi New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum Real estate firm to pay Rs 6 L for cheating consumer U-turn Housing Pvt Ltd U-turn Housing Pvt Ltd to pay Rs 6.25 lakh
Criminal Law News Saradha scam: Bengal minister Mitra arrives in CBI office December 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra Friday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam. Mitra, who was summoned by the CBI for the second time, reached the CGO Complex here at 11 a.m, officials said. The CBI had summoned Mitra November 18 for the first time […] Read more » Bengal minister Mitra multi-crore rupee Saradha scam Rajya Sabha member Srinjoy Bose Rajya Sabha members Kunal Ghosh Saradha scam Textile Minister Shyamapada Mukherjee West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra
