Family Law News No order on custody of child cared by maid servants December 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has refused to pass any order on giving custody of a seven-year-old child to either of his estranged parents while observing that the child is ultimately taken care of my maid servants. However, the court has ordered the father to pay Rs 20,000 every month to the boy’s mother for his expenses […] Read more » child cared by maid servants custody of child cared by maid servants section 38 of the Special Marriage Act 1954 Special Marriage Act 1954 Thane Principal District Judge R R Gandhi
Criminal Law News Delhi cab driver accused of rape arrested December 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The cab driver accused of raping a 27-year-old woman in Delhi has been arrested in Mathura, Police said on Sunday. Earlier, the Delhi Police announced Rs. 1 lakh reward for the arrest of a driver from the taxi-booking service Uber. Investigators found a taxi that was abandoned by the 32-year-old driver, a police officer earlier […] Read more » cab driver accused of raping Delhi rape Uber cab driver
Consumer Law News DLF told to pay around Rs 1.5L for wrongly deducting brokerage December 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DLF New Gurgaon Homes Developers Pvt Ltd has been asked by a consumer forum here to pay around Rs 1.5 lakh to a man, who booked a property in its project, for “wrongly deducting brokerage”. New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal forum, presided over by C K Chaturvedi, asked the firm to pay Rs 1,49,783 […] Read more » C.K. Chaturvedi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum DLF New Gurgaon Homes Developers Pvt Ltd DLF told to pay around Rs 1.5L wrongly deducting brokerage
Environment Law News NGT favours shifting Delhi’s banned vehicles to other cities December 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has said that if 15-year-old vehicles, banned in Delhi, are driven in other cities, it would not lead to “shifting” the pollution there as they have larger green cover and bigger space to mitigate the impact of pollution. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said that the directions […] Read more » Aditya Prasad's tree-felling issue Advocate Balendu Shekhar Delhi Pollution Control Committee Manoj Misra of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan National Green Tribunal NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar shifting Delhi's banned vehicles
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Quota for persons with disabilities : SC seeks DoPT’s response December 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Quota for persons with disabilities : SC seeks DoPT’s response The Supreme Court has sought the Centre’s response on an NGO’s plea seeking initiation of contempt proceedings for not complying with an earlier order of three per cent quota in jobs to persons with disabilities. The bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi and RF Nariman issued show cause notice to the Secretary of the Department of […] Read more » Justice RF Nariman justices Ranjan Gogoi NGO National Federation for Blind Quota for persons with disabilities SC seeks DoPT's response senior advocate SK Rungta
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Can’t be swayed by emotions/media reporting: Court December 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Disapproving the hue and cry over acquittals in rape cases, a Delhi court has said the judiciary cannot be swayed by emotions or media reporting and it cannot convict a person in a rape case if witnesses turn hostile. Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma said the court has to confine itself to the ambit […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma swayed by emotions/media reporting
Bar, Bench & Firm News Keep ego in check to make Lok Adalat successful: Justice Dave December 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Keep ego in check to make Lok Adalat successful: Justice Dave Second Nation Lok Adalat, to be held in all courts across the country on Saturday, was inaugurated bywho asked litigants to keep their ego in control and have a “big heart” to help dispose of the cases. The Lok Adalat, being organised by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), is aimed at disposing of lakhs […] Read more » justice AR Dave Lok Adalat NALSA National Legal Services Authority Supreme Court judge Justice AR Dave
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Criminal Law News Man rapes six-month-old December 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a gruesome act, a six-month-old girl was allegedly raped by a man acquainted to the victim’s family in Gujarat’s Patan district, police said on Wednesday. Reportedly, the rape took place on late Tuesday night and the accused is on the run, while the toddler is being treated at Dharpur civil hospital in Chanasma and […] Read more » six-month-old raped
Top Law News Situation at Ashutosh Maharaj’s ashram normal: Police December 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Situation at the ashram of Ashutosh Maharaj, who has been declared clinically dead and Punjab and Haryana High Court has set dealine for performance of his last rites, remained normal on Friday, police said. “The situation is normal. There has been no report of any problem anywhere. The followers at the ashram have been cooperating […] Read more » Ashutosh Maharaj
Family Law News Court tells man to sell assets to maintain wife December 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has asked a man, who claimed to be unemployed, to either get a job or dispose off his assets to maintain his estranged wife. Additional Sessions Judge Anuradha Shukla Bhardwaj dismissed the plea of the man against the trial court order that had directed him to pay Rs 15,000 per month as […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Anuradha Shukla Bhardwaj sell assets to maintain wife
Criminal Law News Family Law News Married man held guilty of raping woman on marriage pretext December 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has held a married man guilty of raping a woman, saying that he took her consent to establish physical relations by presenting himself as a bachelor and promising to marry her. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat convicted Delhi resident Chanderhas Yadav, a father of two children. “The accused had represented falsely […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat raping on marriage pretext raping woman on marriage pretext
Bar, Bench & Firm News SC comes to the aid of lawyers over parking woes December 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Parking woes of the apex court lawyers are likely to lessen in near future as the Supreme Court today asked the Centre to consider allowing them to park their vehicles on its vacant plots around the court premises. A bench comprising justices V Gopala Gowda and C Nagappan asked Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar to put […] Read more » Indian Council of Legal Aid and Advice lawyers over parking woes PIL filed by Indian Council of Legal Aid and Advice
