Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC raps government over state of affairs in Air India October 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With Air India grappling with financial crisis, the Supreme Court has rapped the government for giving “profitable routes” to private carriers and asked it to plan a turnaround in the national carrier saying it “faces extinction” if things continued like this. “Why many lucrative routes have been given to private carriers,” a bench comprising justices […] Read more » Air India Attorney General Mukul Rohtagi Civil Aviation Ministry Dharmadhikari report on the merger of the erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India Justice Kurian Joseph justices Vikramjit Sen merger of the Indian Airlines and Air India
Criminal Law News Burdwan blast: NIA moves court for custody of accused October 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The NIA, which is probing the Oct 2 explosion in Burdwan, Saturday approached a West Bengal court seeking the custody of the accused arrested in the case as well as transfer of the case to a Kolkata court, an official said. Earlier, the West Bengal CID had been probing the blast that occurred in a […] Read more » Burdwan blast Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen NIA UAPA Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
Bar, Bench & Firm News Gallows only for meticulously executed diabolic murders: SC October 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that when an accused executes a meticulously planned diabolic murder, without provocation or acting on the spur of the moment, and becomes a menace to society, then the crime falls in the category of rarest of rare cases warranting the death sentence. “In our considered view, the “rarest of the […] Read more » Chief Justice H.L. Dattu diabolic murders Jharkhand High Court Justice Arun Mishra Justice R.K. Agrawal
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Jayalalithaa’s bail plea to come up on Monday in Supreme Court October 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jailed former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s plea for bail is likely to come up for hearing on Monday in the Supreme Court. Lawyers associated with her matter said some procedural aspect for mentioning it for urgent hearing was yet to be completed and the apex court registry is likely to put it in […] Read more » Jayalalithaa's bail plea
Criminal Law News Dhaula Kuan gang-rape: verdict deferred again October 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Friday deferred till October 14 its verdict in the 2010 Dhaula Kuan gang-rape case wherein a 30-year-old BPO employee was assaulted by five men. The verdict was deferred as the judgment could not be completed because of vacation. “Because of a long vacation, I could not spare time; so the judgement […] Read more » Dhaula Kuan gang-rape
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court asks CBI if it intends to examine Chidambaram October 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) if it proposed to examine former finance minister P. Chidambaram on the clearance given to the Aircel-Maxis deal over which a charge sheet had been filed in August. A bench of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice S.A. Bobde asked senior counsel K.K. Venugopal, […] Read more » Aircel-Maxis deal Chidambaram FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion Board Special Public Prosecutor Anand Grover U U Lalit
Bar, Bench & Firm News Court, Judiciary & Legal System Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts October 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to appoint principal judges in 23 family courts across the state, an official said here Saturday. Principal Secretary (law) SK Pandey has issued an order in this regard, the official said, adding that Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has given his consent to the proposal after the Allahabad High Court […] Read more » judges in family courts Uttar Pradesh to appoint more judges in family courts
Criminal Law News Female foeticide a deep shame: Modi October 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment is a matter of “deep shame” and a “cause of great concern”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday, the International Day of the Girl Child. “On International Day of the Girl Child we celebrate the achievements of our daughters. From the classroom to sports, they shine everywhere,” he said in a tweet. The prime minister […] Read more » female foeticide
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Delhi Govt formation: SC adjourns hearing till October 28 October 11, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned hearing in Delhi government formation issue till October 28. Ahead of the next Supreme Court hearing on government formation in the capital, there had been speculation about what would be Centre’s position on the issue before the apex court on Friday. Reviewing the political situation on Tuesday, the BJP […] Read more » Delhi Govt formation Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung
Criminal Law News Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu wants fresh probe into Sunanda Pushkar death case October 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Friday favoured a fresh probe into the Sunanda Pushkar death case, saying it “requires an inquiry”. A team of AIIMS doctors has submitted a fresh report to police on the mysterious death of Sunanda, wife of former Union minister Shashi Tharoor, maintaining that she died of poisoning. “If there is […] Read more » Sunanda Pushkar death case Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Can’t Perform Expensive Surgeries for Free: AIIMS October 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Expressing its inability to perform for free high-class treatments and expensive surgeries due to financial constraints, the AIIMS Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it is the duty of the central or state governments to release funds for the purpose. Filing an affidavit before Justice Vibhu Bakhru, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences’ […] Read more » AIIMS Can't Perform Expensive Surgeries for Free Justice Vibhu Bakhru National Illness Assistance Fund NIAF RAN Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi
Consumer Law News Court rules favouring Vodafone in transfer pricing case October 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Friday ruled that British telecom major Vodafone need not pay taxes of around Rs.3,200 crore in a transfer pricing case. “We feel that there is no taxable income on the share premium received on the issue of the shares,” a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M.S. Sanklecha […] Read more » Chief Justice Mohit Shah Justice M.S. Sanklecha the Bombay High Court Vodafone in transfer pricing case
