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
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Take liberal view against cops for delay in filing appeals December 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked the city police to take a liberal view against its officers who are currently facing departmental proceedings for , observing that the policemen alone were not responsible for exceeding the statutory period of 90 days. A special bench headed by Justice Kailash Gambhir passed the order after observing that […] Read more » delay in filing appeals delay in filing appeals in criminal cases Justice Kailash Gambhir liberal view
Bar, Bench & Firm News Govt to Bring Amendment in Arbitration Act in Next Session December 5, 2014 / December 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today said the Centre is planning to amend Arbitration and Conciliation Act in next parliament session to make the country an International hub for Arbitration. He said that in order to achieve the objective to make the country hub for arbitration certain basic system has to put in place […] Read more » Amendment in Arbitration Act increase numbers of courts Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar
Top Law News SC rejects plea on restraining jailbirds from contesting poll December 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea challenging an amendment in Representation of People’s Act allowing jailbirds, except convicts, to contest elections, which was earlier barred by it. “If there is conviction and sentence, we can understand but the registration of an FIR and confinement is not sufficient to bar a person from contesting election,” […] Read more » Chief Justice H.L. Dattu vendetta politics
Bar, Bench & Firm News Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer passes away December 4, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer passes away Eminent jurist and former Supreme Court judge, , passed away at a private hospital in Kochi around 3.30 p.m. on Thursday. He died due to renal and cardiac failure, hospital sources said. He was hospitalised for a fortnight. Justice Iyer, known for his forthright views, turned 100 recently. He was sworn in as the judge […] Read more » Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer
Criminal Law News Mehta’s bail condition modified December 4, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High court has modified the condition of the bail granted to the in connection with a case of foreign exchange violation case registered by the Enforcement Directorate. The magistrate’s court, which granted the bail, had said Mehta should submit his passport and not leave the country without the court’s permission. Justice M L […] Read more » former trustee of Lilavati Hospital Kishore Mehta Justice M.L. Tahaliyani
Top Law News Bal Thackeray’s will was updated many times December 4, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A witness on Thursday stated before the Bombay High Court that Shiv Sena founder, the late Bal Thackeray had amended his will eight to nine times between 1997 to 2011. F D’souza, a lawyer, said during a hearing before Justice Gautam Patel that every time a new draft of the will was prepared, it was […] Read more » Bal Thackeray's will Justice Gautam Patel
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Nursery admission: Delhi govt moves High Court over quashing of points system December 4, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The city government on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court against its single judge order quashing the points system for nursery admission brought in by the Lieutenant Governor (LG) for private unaided schools here. The single judge had passed order while disposing of two petitions by a committee and a forum representing the private schools […] Read more » Nursery admission
Environment Law News Encroachments on govt land are of your own making: HC to DDA December 4, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Thursday pulled up DDA for allowing encroachments upon its land saying it was responsible for the situation as it did not take preventive action earlier. “The moment the first encroachment came up, you should have taken preventive action. This situation is of your own making,” Justice V K Shali said […] Read more » Advocate Prashant Bhushan DDA) decision to demolish homes Encroachments on govt land Justice V.K. Shali
