Bar, Bench & Firm News ELP’s co-founder Vikram Nankani among 11 designated as senior counsel by Bombay High Court October 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Vikram Nankani, co-founder and partner of Mumbai-headquartered law firm Economic Law Practice (ELP) and head of litigation and dispute resolution has been designated as senior counsel by the Bombay High Court. Nankani, 52, will retire as partner with the law firm with immediate effect as required under the regulations. “Vikram shall in his capacity as […] Read more » ELP’s co-founder Vikram Nankani senior counsel by Bombay High Court Vikram Nankani Vikram Nankani as senior counsel Vikram Nankani as senior counsel by Bombay High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Helmets Are Mandatory Exept For Sikh Women October 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Women riding pillion on a two-wheeler will have to wear helmets now while Sikh women can continue to ride without a helmet. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has given the go-ahead to the transport department’s proposal to make helmets mandatory for women riding a two-wheeler and keeping Sikh women out of its ambit on religious […] Read more » Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung Delhi Motor Vehicle Rules 1993 Helmets Are Mandatory
Criminal Law News Man kills vagabond to fake own death October 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has refused any leniency to a man who faked his death by killing a vagabond and placing his identity proofs at the spot so that the body was taken to be his and he could thus “avoid the liability of criminal cases he was undergoing”. “The law that a person cannot […] Read more » fake own death Justice Mukta Gupta Justice Pradeep Nandrajog
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Self-attestation a revolutionary decision October 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Self-attestation a revolutionary decision Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh Tuesday said the government move to provide for self-certification of documents was a “revolutionary decision”. Addressing the launch of an international symposium here and later interacting with the media, he said self-certification marks a departure from the established system of over 65 years. Replacing the need for attestation […] Read more » Self-attestation Self-attestation a revolutionary decision
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
