High Profile Cases HC to hear plea against quashing EC order on Chavan October 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Maharashtra politician has moved the Delhi High Court against its verdict setting aside the Election Commission’s order holding former Chief Minister of the state Ashok Chavan guilty of filing incorrect expenses for the 2009 Assembly elections. The plea by Independent candidate Madhavrao Kinhalkar, who had filed the complaint against Chavan in the EC, is […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini Justice RS Endlaw Madhavrao Kinhalkar quashing EC order on Chavan Representation of the People Act and Rules
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Registration of placement agencies made must October 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The city government today told the Delhi High Court that it has issued an order for compulsory registration of private placement agencies providing domestic workers while making it clear that all such unregistered firms will have to shut down after October 25. Read more » Registration of placement agencies
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Plea to remove loudspeakers: NGT seeks response from city govt October 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Plea to remove loudspeakers: NGT seeks response from city govt The today sought a response from Delhi government on a plea to remove loudspeakers from a temple in Palam Colony here which is used allegedly for exorcising persons allegedly possessed by evil spirits. A bench, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, issued a notice to the city government, the Delhi Police Commissioner and others while posting […] Read more » 1986 Deputy Commissioner of SDMC Environment Protection Act Justice Swatanter Kumar National Green Tribunal Noise Pollution (Regulations and Control) Rules 2000. Plea to remove loudspeakers
Criminal Law News Calcutta HC extends stay on CBI probe on panchayat member’s murder September 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Calcutta HC extends stay on CBI probe on panchayat member’s murder The Calcutta High Court Monday extended the stay of a single bench order directing a CBI investigation into a murder case in West Bengal’s Birbhum district in which a leader of the ruling Trinamool Congress is allegedly involved. Hearing an appeal filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led state government, the division bench of Justices Jayanta Biswas […] Read more » Justice I.C. Das Justices Jayanta Biswas panchayat member's murder
Criminal Law News HC confirms death sentence given to 25-yr-old girl September 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh High Court today confirmed the death sentence awarded to three people, including a 25-year-old girl, in a triple murder case. Public Prosecutor Raghvendra Singh Bais told reporters that the sessions court had awarded capital punishment to Neha Verma (25), Manoj Atod (32) and Rahul Chowdhary (22) on December 13, last year, terming […] Read more » death sentence Public Prosecutor Raghvendra Singh Bais triple murder case
Bar, Bench & Firm News Lawyers Observe Day-long Strike in District Courts in Delhi September 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judicial work in all six district courts here was today affected with lawyers observing a day-long strike against delay in enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of trial courts despite the recommendation of Delhi High Court. The work at district courts in Patiala House, Tis Hazari, Rohini, Karkardooma, Saket and Dwarka came to a halt with no […] Read more » Advocate B S Rana advocate R K Wadhwa Day-long Strike in District Courts pecuniary jurisdiction President of New Delhi Bar Association President of Rohini Court Bar Association
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Fresh bill in next session to repeal 287 archaic laws: Government September 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Giving a fresh push to weed out archaic laws, Law Ministry will bring a new bill in Winter session of Parliament to repeal another 287 obsolete statutes even as it works overtime to ensure that 700 Appropriation Acts which have lost relevance are junked. “While a bill is pending in Parliament to repeal 32 amendment […] Read more » Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad obsolete laws repeal 287 archaic laws repeal archaic laws
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Profile Cases Jayalalithaa moves High Court against conviction & seeks bail September 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Jayalalithaa moves High Court against conviction & seeks bail Seeking immediate bail, jailed AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa today moved the Karnataka High Court challenging her conviction in the disproportionate assets case which cost her the chief minister’s job and disqualified her from being an MLA. Noted Supreme Court lawyer Ram Jethmalani is believed to have been drafted by Jayalalitha’s legal team for arguing the […] Read more » Ilavarasi Jayalalithaa moves High Court Parappana Agrahara central jail Sasikala Sudhakaran
Criminal Law News Four sentenced to life imprisonment in murder case in UP September 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a farmer in the district in 2009. Additional District and Sessions Judge Shayam Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the convicts Kuldeep, Praveen, Gaurav and Amit after holding them guilty yesterday. Cane farmer Vikas Jain was shot dead when he was […] Read more » Additional District and Sessions Judge Shayam Kumar Cane farmer Vikas Jain life imprisonment murder case murder case in UP
Court, Judiciary & Legal System PIL seeks reservation for ‘dhangar’ community in Maha September 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in the Bombay High Court has sought a direction to the Maharashtra government to provide reservation for dhangar (shepherd) community. The PIL, filed by a political activist Hemant Patil last week, is expected to come up for hearing this week. The Dhangar community is socially, educationally, economically and politically […] Read more » dhangar community PIL seeks reservation for 'dhangar' community
Criminal Law News Jiram valley Naxal attack: NIA files charge-sheet September 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed its first charge-sheet in the 2013 Jiram Valley Naxalite attack, in which 31 people, including senior Congress leaders, were killed, before a special court in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district. The charge-sheet in the case against 34 Maoists, out of which nine have been arrested, was filed before the court […] Read more » District and Sessions Judge Mahadev Katulkar Jiram Valley Naxalite attack NIA The National Investigation Agency
Bar, Bench & Firm News Justice V M Sahai to become acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court September 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Vijay Manohar Sahai will be the acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court after former Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya retired, a senior official of the Court said. “Justice V M Sahai will be the acting Chief Justice of the High Court at present. He is the seniormost judge in the High Court,” Registrar […] Read more » Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court Justice V.M. Sahai Justice Vijay Manohar Sahai
