Consumer Law News Youth disabled in road accident gets over Rs 28 lakh compensation September 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 19-year-old youth, who suffered disability in a road accident involving a rashly driven DTC bus, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 28 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here. The tribunal directed United India insurance company Limited, with which the offending DTC bus was insured, to pay Rs 28,50,012 as […] Read more » MACT judge Ajay Kumar Jain Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Rs 28 lakh compensation Youth disabled in road accident
Family Law News Child marriage worse than rape Delhi court says September 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Child marriage “is an evil worse than rape” and should be completely eradicated from society, said a Delhi court while ordering registration of a case against a girl’s parents for getting her married at a tender age. Metropolitan magistrate Shivani Chauhan issued the direction while hearing a case of dowry harassment filed by the girl’s […] Read more » Child marriage worse than rape Dowry Prohibition Act Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan Prohibition of Child marriage Act
Consumer Law News Executives’ conduct: Bharti Airtel Ltd to pay Rs. 5 lakh September 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Irked by the “” of its executives towards customers, a consumer forum in Delhi has asked Bharti Airtel Limited to pay Rs. 5 lakh, saying it was a fit case for “punitive damages” to teach the company a “lesson”. The New Delhi Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, presided over by CK Chaturvedi, asked the company to […] Read more » Bharti Airtel Ltd to pay Rs. 5 lakh mischief conduct mischief conduct of OP1's representatives
Bar, Bench & Firm News Justice HL Dattu to be next Chief Justice of India September 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice H L Dattu is set to become the next Chief Justice of India. Moving swiftly, the government on Monday cleared his appointment to the topmost judicial post, promptly clearing the file it received from Chief Justice of India R M Lodha on Friday. Sources informed TOI that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has now […] Read more »
Court, Judiciary & Legal System CBI moves SC for filing of case against lawyer Kamini Jaiswal September 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking direction for the registration of an FIR against lawyer Kamini Jaiswal for making deliberate and false statements to seek recusal of CBI director Ranjit Sinha from 2G case investigation and trial. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) application seeking action against the lawyer Jaiswal was mentioned before […] Read more » Anti-Corruption Branch Kamini Jaiswal recusal of CBI director Ranjit Sinha from 2G case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Political ad ban: HC’s final chance for government response September 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday gave final opportunity to the Delhi government to respond to a plea seeking to set aside guidelines banning “(PSVs) here. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru directed the government to clarify its stand on some of the contentions raised by the auto union here against […] Read more » Political ad ban political advertisements on public service vehicles
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Release undertrial prisoners in jail for half their likely term: SC September 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said those undertrial prisoners, who have already spent in jail half the period of the sentence they would have got if convicted for the offences they have been charged with, would now be released. A bench of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman said judicial […] Read more » 436-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure Chief Justice R M Lodha Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman Release undertrial prisoners
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Criminal Law News Junagadh HIV case: Victims’ parents to file protest petition September 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Unhappy with the CBI’s closure report on the HIV blood transfusion case in which six thalesemic kids died in Junagadh, their parents have decided to file a protest petition before a special court here. “On August 1, the CBI filed its closure report and claimed that it did not find any substantial evidence to prove […] Read more » CBI judge B G Doshi Junagadh HIV case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Consider forming forensic labs in dist and talukas: HC to state September 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra government to consider setting up mini-forensic laboratories in every district and tehsil to reduce the pendency of cases requiring analysis, and ensure speedy probe of crimes. The division bench of justices Abhay Oka and Girish Kulkarni directed the state to take a policy decision within three months on […] Read more » advocate Sarang Kotwal forensic labs in dist and talukas Justice Girish Kulkarni justices Abhay Oka
Bar, Bench & Firm News P Sathasivam sworn in as Kerala Governor September 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam was on Friday sworn in as Kerala Governor. 65-year-old Sathasivam, whose appointment triggered debate in legal and political circles on the propriety of giving gubernatorial assignment to a former CJI, is the 23rd Governor of the state. He was administered the oath of office by Acting Chief Justice […] Read more » Former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam
Family Law News What should be citizenship of child born out of surrogacy: SC asks Centre September 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the Centre on the issue of citizenship of child born in the country out of surrogacy in which biological parents are foreign nationals but the woman who gives birth is Indian. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi also raised question whether such child can be granted […] Read more » ASG Tushar Mehta child born out of surrogacy Justice Ranjan Gogoi
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Court not to quash show-cause notice against granite firm September 5, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Madras high court has refused to quash a show-cause notice issued to granite major PRP Granites, asking the company as to why mining licences issued to it should not be declared as lapsed since mining activities had not started on leased plots for nearly two years. “I am of the view that on a reasonable […] Read more » Justice D Hariparanthaman show-cause notice against granite firm
