Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC sore over poor maintenance of highways & roads in UP November 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Expressing displeasure over poor maintenance of highways and roads in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court today said it expected that the central and state governments would complete renovation work of Lucknow-Allahabad Highway by December 15. The Lucknow bench of the court also directed that all the pending issues related to it should be addressed […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud Justice Krishana Murari National Highway Authority of India NHAI PIL related to renovation of the highway poor maintenance of highways & roads poor maintenance of highways & roads in UP
Corporate Law News Criminal Law News Extortion case: 3 of Lakdawala gang convicted November 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special MCOCA court today convicted three members of the Ejaz Lakdawala gang and acquitted two others in connection with a 2011 extortion case against a builder. “The court convicted three persons and sentenced them to ten years of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 15 lakh on each,” public prosecutor Dileep Shah said. […] Read more » 2 acquitted 3 of Lakdawala gang convicted Ejaz Lakdawala gang extortion case Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act 1999 MCOCA MCOCA court Special judge P R Deshmukh
Criminal Law News Court rejects interim bail plea of BSP MLA in murder case November 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court today rejected interim bail plea of BSP MLA B L Kushwaha and his two brothers in a murder case. Additional District and Sessions Judge Satish Chand rejected the application of Kushwaha and his brothers – Shivram and Jitendra. Naresh Kushwaha was allegedly murdered on December 27, 2012, and the legislator and his […] Read more » BSP MLA B L Kushwaha BSP MLA B L Kushwaha in a murder case interim bail plea of BSP MLA B L Kushwaha rejected
Bar, Bench & Firm News Magistrate pulled up for following procedure ‘unknown to law’ November 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has pulled up a magistrate for convicting a man without framing charges in a theft case, saying the officer has followed a procedure which was “unknown to law”. , while disposing of the criminal appeal filed by Tamil Nadu resident Arumugam challenging his five-month jail term, set aside the judgement saying the […] Read more » District and Sessions Judge R K Gauba
Criminal Law News Court convicts man for kidnapping and raping minor girl November 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been held guilty of raping and impregnating a minor girl by a Delhi court which rejected his contention that they were married, saying it was invalid as he already had a wife and children. Additional Sessions Judge Rajneesh Kumar Gupta, while convicting the man, a native of Bihar, also rejected his contention […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Rajneesh Kumar Gupta kidnapping and raping minor girl
Family Law News Powerloom worker gets three years jail in assault case in Thane November 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 45-year-old powerloom worker has been sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment by a court here on charges of assaulting his co-worker, whom his wife had married after their divorce, in 2012. Additional sessions judge M M Walimohammed held accused Mohammed Baccha Ansari from Bhiwandi guilty on Saturday under section 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt […] Read more » Additional sessions judge M M Walimohammed assault case in Thane DGP R J Kadri Powerloom worker
Bar, Bench & Firm News Information on SC benches may arouse regional feelings: CIC November 17, 2014 / November 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Disclosure of information related to setting of Supreme Court benches outside Delhi may “arouse regional feelings” and create “needless political controversy” resulting in law and order problem, the CIC has held allowing the apex court to withhold it. “We find force in the arguments of the respondent that the information sought, if disclosed at this […] Read more » activist R K Jain Appellant Rajiv Rufus CIC Disclosure of information related to setting of Supreme Court Information on SC benches needless political controversy
Family Law News Child sexual assault: Delay in lodging FIR is no ground to doubt case November 17, 2014 / November 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The delay in lodging a complaint itself is no ground to doubt the case of prosecution, a Delhi court has said while convicting a man of sodomising and molesting a five-year-old girl in his neighbourhood. Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan held the man, a south Delhi resident, guilty of the offences of molestation and sodomy under […] Read more » Child sexual assault Delay in lodging FIR ground to doubt case Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan sodomising and molesting a five-year-old girl
Top Law News SC declines plea to put on hold Jammu and Kashmir polls November 17, 2014 / November 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday declined a plea by Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference to put on hold the elections to the state assembly, as the party contended that a large number of people displaced on account of recent devastating floods will not able to exercise their franchise. “Sorry,” said the apex court bench […] Read more » Chief Justice HL Dattu hold Jammu and Kashmir polls senior counsel Rajiv Dhawan's
Bar, Bench & Firm News Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi managing partner Shardul Shroff sues brother Cyril in Bombay HC November 17, 2014 / November 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two of India’s top lawyers, Shardul and Cyril Shroff, brothers who run the law firm Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co (AMSS) could find themselves in a protracted legal battle over the assets and ownership of the law firm. Shardul, the Delhi-based elder brother and one of the two managing partners of the […] Read more » Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi managing partner Shardul Shroff Shardul Shroff has filed legal action in the Bombay high court Shardul Shroff sues brother Cyril in Bombay HC
Top Law News Defamation case: Naqvi acquitted after Sabir Ali withdraws plea November 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was on Saturday acquitted in a criminal defamation case against him by former JD(U) leader Sabir Ali after the court was told that the two have reached a settlement. Ali had on September 16 sought a “written apology” from Naqvi, who is minister state for minority affairs in the Modi […] Read more » defamation case Metropolitan magistrate Akash Jain Naqvi acquitted after Sabir Ali withdraws plea Sabir Ali defamation case
Criminal Law News VVIP chopper case: Court extends Khaitan’s judicial custody November 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today extended till November 28 the judicial custody of businessman Gautam Khaitan who was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a . Khaitan was produced before special CBI judge V K Gupta after expiry of his judicial custody and the court extended it till November 28 after ED prosecutor Vikas […] Read more » CBI judge V K Gupta ED Enforcement Directorate Gautam Khaitan's judicial custody money laundering case in VVIP chopper deal PMLA Prevention of Money Laundering Act
