Family Law News HC lowers monthly maintenance by Rs 30,000 in divorce case October 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has modified a family court order by bringing down the monthly maintenance allowance from Rs 50,000 to Rs 20,000 payable by an army colonel to his divorced wife, who is a dentist by profession.A bench of justices A R Joshi and Vijaya Tahilramani recently ordered Col Joseph Philip to pay Rs […] Read more » 000 divorce case divorce case of Col Joseph Philip Justice A.R. Joshi Justice Vijaya Tahilramani monthly maintenance by Rs 30
Criminal Law News Poll code case: Court to decide plea seeking probe documents October 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Ahmedabad rural court is likely to decide the plea of an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker on November 14, seeking probe documents on the basis of which the city crime branch had given a “clean chit” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an alleged poll code violation case. Chief Judicial Magistrate U C […] Read more » advocate K R Koshti Chief Judicial Magistrate U C Bhatt Court to decide plea seeking probe documents Narendra Modi in poll code violation case Poll code case public prosecutor H R Kapadia The Ahmedabad rural court
Consumer Law News Insurance Co asked to pay Rs 4.94L to bank for customer fraud October 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A consumer forum here has ordered United India Insurance to pay Rs 4.94 lakhs to Thane District Central Co-operative Bank for being deficient in its services with regard to the bank’s claim in a customer fraud case. The bank, in its complaint, told the Thane District Consumer Redressel Forum (TDCRF) that between May and October […] Read more » customer fraud Insurance Co asked to pay Rs 4.94L to bank TDCRF president Umesh Jhavalikar Thane District Central Co-operative Bank violation of IRDA regulations
Bar, Bench & Firm News PIL seeks CCTV in PSs to prevent custodial deaths October 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Citing incidents of alleged custodial torture and deaths, a PIL petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to install CCTV system in all police stations in Tamil Nadu, particularly enabling the officer incharge of the station to view the happenings. When the petition came up for hearing today, a division […] Read more » CCTV in Police Stations CCTV in PSs CCTV in PSs to prevent custodial death custodial deaths Justice K K Sasidharan Justice M Sathyanarayanan prevent custodial deaths
Criminal Law News 2010 Dhaula Kuan gang-rape case: All 5 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment October 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A trial court on Monday sentenced all five convicts to life imprisonment in the 2010 Dhaula Kuan gang rape-cum-abduction case of a call centre employee. Additional sessions judge Virender Bhat awarded life imprisonment to the five men — Shamshad alias Khutkan, Usman alias Kale, Shahid alias Chhota Billi, Iqbal alias Bada Billi and Kamruddin for […] Read more » 2010 Dhaula Kuan gang-rape case Iqbal alias Bada Billi Kamruddin Shahid alias Chhota Billi Shamshad alias Khutkan Usman alias Kale
Consumer Law News Tatra deal: Court to hear case against Tejinder Singh on Dec 6 October 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today fixed December 6 for hearing a case in which CBI has charge-sheeted Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh for allegedly offering Rs. 14 crore bribe to then Army Chief Gen V K Singh for clearing Tatra vehicles file. Special CBI Judge Madhu Jain posted the matter for hearing on December 6 […] Read more » Special CBI judge Madhu Jain Tatra vehicles
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Centre to bring in ordinance for e-auction of blocks to private firms October 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government plans to put up coal mines for bidding by private steel, power and cement companies and introduce changes in the law to enable commercial mining in the future, signalling its intent to fully open the sector to private players. The new auction-based system will replace the earlier controversial policy of allotting coal blocks […] Read more » arbitrary allocation of coalfields coal blocks allocation coal blocks issue Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala e-auction of blocks The original Nationalisation Act
Criminal Law News Chopper deal: Court rejects Khaitan bail plea October 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court on Monday dismissed the bail plea of businessman Gautam Khaitan, arrested in a money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland chopper deal. Special judge V K Gupta denied bail to Khaitan who is in judicial custody. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), while opposing the bail plea, had last Wednesday informed the court that he […] Read more » bail plea of businessman Gautam Khaitan Chopper deal
Top Law News HC quashes government order in ISRO spy case October 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court quashed a government decision not to take any action against the State Chief Information Commissioner and former Additional Director General of Police and former police officers. The Kerala High Court on Monday quashed a government decision not to take any action against the State Chief Information Commissioner and former Additional Director […] Read more » Additional Director General of Police Siby Mathews circle inspector S. Vijayan HC quashes government order HC quashes government order in ISRO spy case ISRO spy case Justice A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai Nambi Narayanan Superintendent of Police K.K. Joshua
Court, Judiciary & Legal System SIT on blackmoney to help probe money trail in AgustaWestland chopper deal October 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The agency is in the pursuit to track Rs 400 crore of alleged bribe money which was purportedly paid as kickbacks for finalising the deal with the said company. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money will assist in the probe into money trail of alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3600-crore AgustaWestland choppers deal […] Read more » AgustaWestland AgustaWestland chopper deal probe money trail in AgustaWestland chopper deal SIT on blackmoney
Criminal Law News Three get life term for gangrape October 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three persons were awarded life imprisonment by a local court here for the gangrape of a teenage girl, who later committed suicide. Additional District Judge Brijendra Singh yesterday awarded life sentence to Pintu, Anup and Mintu for raping the 17-year-old girl in Sukhpura area here on April 7, 2011. After the incident, the girl had […] Read more » Additional District Judge Brijendra Singh Three get life term for gangrape
Criminal Law News Coal block scam: CBI registers fresh case October 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI Sunday registered a fresh case against Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL) and “unknown” public servants in the ongoing coal block allocation case, an official said, adding searches were conducted in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. The case has been registered against JSPL for exceeding lease of coal mining from one of the blocks […] Read more » Coal block scam Gare Palma IV coal block Jindal Steel and Power Ltd Jspl Prevention of Corruption Act
