High Profile Cases ‘Order on application seeking notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely on October 10’ October 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court today deferred the pronouncement of order on an application seeking issue of a notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with his affidavit at the time of 2012 Gujarat assembly elections. Aam Aadmi Party member Nishant Verma had moved the sessions court after the magistrate’s court dismissed his application seeking registration […] Read more » 2012 Gujarat assembly elections Additional sessions judge G N Rana Prime Minister Narendra Modi Returning Officer P K Jadeja
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC demands uninterrupted power in courts October 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court granted two weeks’ time to the Law Secretary to file a counter on a plea seeking a direction to take steps to provide generators or inverters in every court in the state for uninterrupted power. It also directed the Law Secretary to deposit Rs 5000 with the mediation centre. When the […] Read more » Chennai advocate Chitra Velu Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Justice M Sathyanarayanan The Madras High Court uninterrupted power in courts
Criminal Law News NTPC to seek clarification from SC on three mines October 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment National Thermal Power Corporation on Tuesday said it would seek a clarification from the Supreme Court on its recent order that cancelled the allocation of three coal mines that belonged to the state-owned firm. Of the 218 coal mines reviewed by the apex court, six blocks — Pakri-Barwadih, Kerandari, Chatti-Bariatu and Chatti -Bariatu (south) in […] Read more » Chatti -Bariatu (south) in Jharkhand Dulanga mines in Odisha mines in Dulanga mines in Kerandari mines in Tallaipali SC on three mines Tallaipali in Chhattisgarh Tallaipali in Chhattisgarh and Dulanga mines in Odisha
Criminal Law News Property row: HC upholds life term for man who beheaded father October 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has upheld the life sentence for a 36-year-old man from Nashik district, convicted for the murder of his father over a share in the ancestral property. A division bench of Justices V K Tahilramani and A R Joshi last week dismissed the appeal filed by convict Bhausaheb Sahadu Jakhere, who is […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice A.R. Joshi Justices V K Tahilramani life term for man who beheaded father Property row
Bar, Bench & Firm News SC panel comes out with guidelines on govt advertisements October 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court-appointed high-powered committee has recommended that names and pictures of political parties and their office bearers like presidents be not mentioned in government advertisements. Holding that there had been “misuse and abuse” of public money on such advertisements, the three-member committee headed by eminent academician Professor N R Madhava Menon has framed guidelines […] Read more » academician Professor N R Madhava Menon govt advertisements guidelines on govt advertisements SC guidelines on govt advertisements Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases AgustaWestland chopper deal case: Businessman Gautam Khaitan sent to judicial custody October 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Businessman Gautam Khaitan, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal case, has been sent to judicial custody till tomorrow by a Delhi court. Metropolitan magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria had yesterday sent Khaitan in two-day judicial custody after ED submitted that he was not […] Read more » AgustaWestland chopper AgustaWestland chopper deal case Businessman Gautam Khaitan sent to judicial custody Gautam Khaitan sent to judicial custody Metropolitan magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria
Criminal Law News Wife’s murder: HC reduces life sentence of man to 10 years October 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has reduced to ten years the life imprisonment sentence awarded to a man for killing his wife by striking a blow on her neck at their home in Nashik nine years ago. A bench of Justices V K Tahilramani and A R Joshi said the convict Narayan Mahaskar was guilty under […] Read more » Bombay High Court HC reduces life sentence of man to 10 years Justice A.R. Joshi Justices V K Tahilramani life imprisonment wife's murder
Criminal Law News Woman raped repeatedly in Mumbai after being promised job October 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Woman raped repeatedly in Mumbai after being promised job A 23-year-old woman, who came to Mumbai in search of a job was allegedly raped repeatedly for nearly a year by a 57-year-old man in Arnala locality of Virar here, rural police said today. According to API N K Jangam of Virar police station, the victim landed in the house of the accused, Tejpal Singh […] Read more » Woman raped repeatedly
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s broom sweep away legal cobwebs? October 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Narendra Modi government is determined to clean up the country in more ways than one. In an ambitious move, the government intends to junk in one stroke at least 287 obsolete laws and thousands of old appropriation bills which are choking the statute book. Not only does India have one of the lengthiest constitutions […] Read more » 1086 central laws 287 obsolete laws 5000 state laws Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi Control of Accommodation) Act 1949 Dacoity Suppression Acts 1836 Delhi High Court judge Rupinder Singh Sodhi legal cobwebs simplify legal language useless laws
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Patna stampede: Probe team records statements of officials & injured October 6, 2014 / October 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The panel probing the Dussehra day stampede at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna recorded the statements of top officials and the injured on Sunday and may submit its report to the state government on Monday. The two-member committee, comprising Principal Home Secretary Amir Shubani and Additional Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey, visited the spot […] Read more » Additional Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey Gandhi Maidan Patna District Magistrate Manish Kumar Verma Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj Patna stampede Principal Home Secretary Amir Shubani
Criminal Law News Jail terms for 4 for impersonating as CBI officers October 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four men, accused of robbing a shop by impersonating as CBI officers, have been sentenced to four years in jail by a Delhi court which considered the “serious nature of offences”. Additional Sessions Judge Narinder Kumar handed down the jail term to Delhi residents Sudhanshu Shukla, Deshraj, Charan Singh and Saunda Rajan for entering the […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Narinder Kumar fake CBI identity cards robbing a shop by impersonating as CBI officers
Consumer Law News Forum denies claim due to delay in informing insurance firm October 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A consumer forum here has denied medical insurance claim to a man, noting that the insurer was informed after a delay of five months about the injuries. , presided by Babu Lal, rejected Hisar resident Suresh Cander’s mediclaim of Rs 48,795 filed against Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. The forum noted the firm’s submission that there […] Read more » delay in informing insurance firm Forum denies claim Nagrik Surkasha Mediclaim policy North Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum
