Criminal Law News Top Law News Three Sentenced For Drug Trafficking in Muzaffarnagar July 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court sentenced three people for varying jail terms for trafficking drugs in Phugana village in the district in 2011.While two persons were sentenced to ten years imprisonment, one person was sentenced to four years imprisonment by Additional District and Sessions Judge Harish Tripathi yesterday.The judge also imposed a fine of Rs. one lakh each on […] Read more » drug trafficking Drug Trafficking in Muzaffarnagar Three Sentenced For Drug Trafficking
High Profile Cases Top Law News Modi gets notice from Allahabad High Court July 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has issued a notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a petition was filed accusing him of . In the petition filed before the bench of Justice V.K. Shukla, Congress candidate Ajay Rai, who lost the Lok Sabha polls against Modi in Varanasi, has alleged that Modi as a candidate had […] Read more » electoral malpractices in the Lok Sabha election Modi gets notice from Allahabad High Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News PIL in Delhi HC seeks arrest for Vaidik for meeting Hafiz Saeed July 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea was on Friday filed in the Delhi High Court seeking the arrest of journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik for meeting with 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan earlier this month. The PIL also seeks a probe by National Investigation Agency or Intelligence Bureau into the matter, saying it pertains to national […] Read more » arrest for Vaidik for meeting Hafiz Saeed Gharib Nawaz Foundation PIL filed by an NGO
Top Law News Custodial violence a serious issue: Court July 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court has observed that custodial violence in any form is a serious issue and the judiciary must exhibit zero tolerance for such offences. Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau made the observation while dealing a complaint regarding custodial violence in the Tihar jail premise which left under trial prisoner Sanjay alias Amit injured. The complaint […] Read more » custodial violence
Consumer Law News Top Law News Let law graduates preside over traffic courts: Law panel July 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With constituting 37.4 per cent of the 2.68 crore cases clogging the lower courts, the Law Commission has come out with a novel way to deal with the situation by recommending appointment of law graduates to preside over special traffic courts. In its latest report submitted to the Law Ministry, the panel has said if […] Read more » traffic challan cases
Top Law News Make serving on bench mandatory for senior counsel July 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment will always be a headache in this country as long as senior lawyers are queasy about crossing over from the bar to the bench. Being a practicing advocate has its advantages: One is free to take up cases one likes, there’s more money to be made, not to speak of the freedom from reading monotonous […] Read more » fill up judicial vacancies to clear pendencies Judicial vacancies Justice Markandey Katju Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman Justice Soumitra Sen of the Kolkata High Court Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Make serving on bench mandatory for senior counsel
Criminal Law News Juvenile & cyber cases: Himachal chief justice for speedy justice July 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir Saturday called upon judicial officers to render speedy justice in cases relating to juveniles and cyber crimes. Speaking at a conference on cyber laws and juvenile justice, organised by the Himachal Pradesh Judicial Academy here, he emphasised on the need for continuous education to understand the […] Read more » complex nature of cyber crime Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir
Top Law News HC sets aside selection of 9 asst profs in DU’s Buddhist dept July 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has set aside the selection of nine assistant professors in the Department of Buddhist Studies of Delhi University and asked the varsity to conduct the employment process afresh. “The writ petition is allowed. The selections made pursuant to advertisement dated January 11, 2012 are set aside. The University of Delhi would […] Read more » HC sets aside selection of 9 asst profs in DU's Buddhist dept Justice Rajiv Shakdher selection of 9 asst profs in DU's Buddhist dept
Court, Judiciary & Legal System To have passport travel abroad is fundamental right: HC July 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Every citizen has a fundamental right to go abroad and have a passport issued in his name, the Delhi High Court has observed while directing the Centre to re-issue passport to a man, who had lost it thrice. A bench of Justice Manmohan directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the regional office concerned […] Read more » To have passport travel abroad is fundamental right travel abroad is fundamental right
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Increase courts, judges, hike retirement age: Law Commission July 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Increase courts, judges, hike retirement age: Law Commission The Law Commission on Monday recommended setting up of additional courts, increasing retirement age of subordinate court judges and recruitment of new judges as some of the steps needed to deal with the perennial problem of delays and pendency of cases plaguing the judicial system. The Law Commission outlined these priorities in its report to […] Read more » Chief Justice of India RM Lodha hike retirement age: Law Commission Increase courts judges
Criminal Law News Top Law News Delhi man acquitted of rape charge as woman turns hostile July 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man accused of raping a widow after promising to marry her has been acquitted by a Delhi court as the woman turned hostile after he married her. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna absolved the man, a resident of south-west Delhi, of the charges of rape and cheating under the IPC after the woman changed […] Read more » Delhi man acquitted of rape charge as woman turns hostile
Consumer Law News Top Law News LIC asked to pay Rs 70,000 compensation for deficient services July 8, 2014 / July 27, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Thane District Consumer Redressal Forum has ordered LIC to pay a compensation of Rs 70,000 to a Bhiwandi resident towards legal charges and mental suffering that he had to undergo after his insurance claim was rejected following the death of his son. Forum President Umesh Jhavalikar and Member N D Kadam in their order […] Read more » compensation for deficient services LIC asked to pay compensation for deficient services
