Court, Judiciary & Legal System Criminal Law News Railgate: Ex-railway minister Bansal appears as witness September 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Monday appeared in a Delhi court to depose as a prosecution witness in the Rs 10 crore cash-for-post railway bribery case in which his nephew is also an accused. Prior to recording his statement, Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma asked media persons present there to vacate the […] Read more » former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Railgate Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma
Consumer Law News Real estate firm to pay over Rs 35L lack of service September 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Real estate firm to pay over Rs 35L lack of service The Delhi Consumer Commission has asked a real estate firm here to pay over Rs 35 lakh to a man for non-completion of project, in which he had booked a plot, even after three years from date of promised delivery of possession, saying it “amounts to deficiency of service”. Read more » amounts to deficiency of service The Delhi Consumer Commission
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Drug trafficking: 7 months jail for HIV+ South African woman September 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An HIV positive South African woman has been awarded seven months in jail for carrying 12 kgs of a narcotic drug, by a Delhi court which took a lenient view considering her economic and social background. It said that imposing a harsh sentence on her would not subserve the interests of justice. “The sole purpose […] Read more » drug trafficking Narcotics Control Bureau NCB
Bar, Bench & Firm News Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC rejects ex-RAW officer’s plea against CJI appointment September 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday refused to interfere with the appointment of Justice H.L. Dattu as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), on a plea filed by an advocate and former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) woman officer who alleged sexual harassment by him. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice […] Read more » (RAW) Chief Justice G Rohini CJI appointment ex-RAW officer's plea Justice H.L. Dattu Justice Pradeep Nandrajog Research and Analysis Wing
High Profile Cases CBI won’t file any coal scam chargesheet: SC September 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday restrained the CBI from filing any chargesheet or closure report in coal scam cases till it decides whether the investigating agency deputed director Ranjit Sinha to deal with the probe and prosecution for coal block allocation scam. The apex court bench of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Madan B. Lokur and […] Read more » Chief Justice R M Lodha Coal block allocation scam coal scam chargesheet Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur
Consumer Law News Spell out gas pricing policy : SC tells government September 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday asked the government to spell out its policy on the pricing of gas as it was told that a committee on gas pricing policy has been set up and will take a call by Sep 30. A bench of Justice T.S.Thakur, Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice Kurian Joseph sought the government’s […] Read more » Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph Justice T.S. Thakur Spell out gas pricing policy
Consumer Law News DDA to pay Rs 50K for wrongly cancelling flat allotment September 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Development Authority has been asked to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to a woman and a flat, whose allotment was cancelled, while noting that she was not informed in a proper manner. New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, presided by C K Chaturvedi, asked DDA to pay the money to one Rekha Raghav, […] Read more » DDA guilty Indian Overseas Bank New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum wrongly cancelling flat allotment
Court, Judiciary & Legal System No sanction needed to prosecute traffic cops for beating a person: Court September 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Beating up and causing hurt to a person does not fall within the ambit of discharge of official duty of traffic police personnel, a Delhi court has said while directing two cops to face trial in a case against them. It also said that no prior sanction for the alleged act was required for their […] Read more » Delhi Police Traffic personell Rajesh Kumar Delhi Police traffic personnel Ghuman Singh Special CBI Judge Alok Agarwal
Criminal Law News Youth gets life term for murder in New Delhi September 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 26-year-old youth has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder by a Delhi court, which said the incident was “indicative of a pre-meditated plan” to kill the victim. Additional Sessions Judge Savita Rao handed down the jail term to one Karan, a west Delhi resident, for the offences under sections 302 read with 149 […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Savita Rao life term for murder
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Madras High Court seeks details of cyber crime complaints September 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the cyber crime cell of Tamil Nadu Police to submit to it by September 22 details of complaints received in the past one decade of offences like sharing objectionable photographs of women on the Internet. The details, including status of the complaints, should be submitted by September 22, […] Read more » cyber crime details of cyber crime complaints Justice N. Kirubakaran
Court, Judiciary & Legal System PIL filed in SC on controversy created on Sai Baba September 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Saidham Charitable Trust, which manages various temples in Maharashtra including that of Sai Baba, on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court seeking its direction to the Centre to restrain people from making derogatory statements against the saint. The petitioner submitted that the government be ordered to restrain Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati and his followers not to […] Read more » controversy created on Sai Baba Justice UU Lalit justices AR Dave Saidham Charitable Trust
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Delhi high court rejects PIL opposing post-poll alliances September 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL opposing the practice of forging post-poll alliances by political parties to gain power on the ground that electors were being kept in the dark about it at the time of casting their votes. “The petition is dismissed,” a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice […] Read more » advocate Mithilesh Kumar Pandey ASG Sanjay Jain Chief Justice G Rohini Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw PIL opposing post-poll alliances
