Criminal Law News Top Law News Life imprisonment for woman lawyer’s killer July 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai court Monday awarded life sentence to a watchman convicted of molesting and murdering a woman lawyer, Pallavi Purkayastha, two years ago. Sajjad A. Pathan alias Mogal, 23, worked at the Himalayan Heights apartments here when he stabbed to death the 25-year-old woman Aug 9, 2012. The victim was the daughter of a senior […] Read more » murder of Pallavi Purkayastha Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam
Top Law News MPPEB scam: HC tells Digvijay courts are not “rajniti ka akhara” July 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Disposing of a ‘letter petition’ filed by Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on the issue of MPPEB scam, a division bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court Monday directed him to file a proper petition in the case and not involve courts in political battles The division bench of Chief Justice A M Khanvilkar and Justice […] Read more » Chief Justice A M Khanvilkar courts are not "rajniti ka akhara" Justice Alok Aradhe MPPEB scam
High Profile Cases Top Law News SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief July 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the appointment of Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next Army chief who is to take over the charge from August 1. “There is no reason why should we stay,” a bench headed by Justice T S Thakur said. The apex court said there is no […] Read more » appointment of Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief Suhag as next Army chief
Top Law News Shariat court has no legal status: SC July 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Disapproving of a Shariat court issuing fatwa and order against a person who is not before it, the Supreme Court today said it has no sanction of law and has no legal status. The apex court said there is “no doubt” that such a court has no legal status while noting that in some cases, […] Read more » Justice C.K. Prasad Shariat court Shariat court has no legal status
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Three judges assume charge in SC taking its strength to 27 July 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justices Mr Arun Mishra, Mr Adarsh Kumar Goel and Mr Rohington F Nariman today assumed charge as Supreme Court judges, taking the apex court’s strength to 27, including Chief Justice Mr RM Lodha. Justices Mr Mishra, 59, and Mr Goel, 61, were the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court and the Orissa High Court respectively. 58-year-old Justice Nariman, who was a senior advocate and in the panel […] Read more » Justice Mr Adarsh Kumar Goel Justice Mr Arun Mishra Mr Rohington F Nariman
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Judiciary will brook no infringement of its independence July 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice R.M. Lodha ticking off the government for not clearing former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium as a Supreme Court judge has sent a rather strong signal to all those worried about executive whittling away at the judiciary’s independence. Before publically disapproving the government action of segregating Subramanium’s name and returning the recommendation, Lodha wrote […] Read more » Chief Justice R M Lodha Judiciary will brook no infringement of its independence Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium
Criminal Law News Top Law News Former Minister in Custody for 27 Months, Seeks Bail in HC July 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Maharashtra Housing Minister Suresh Dada Jain has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking bail on health and compassionate grounds in the infamous Jalgaon housing scam case. The petition would come up for hearing in due course, court sources said. Jain, 71, in the petition, has prayed that he has been in […] Read more » Former Maharashtra Housing Minister Suresh Dada Jain Former Maharashtra Housing Minister Suresh Dada Jain in jail Former Maharashtra Housing Minister Suresh Dada Jain seeks bail
Consumer Law News Top Law News Delay in grant of NoC to imported edibles: HC raps officials July 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has lambasted officials of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India for misusing law to extort money from importers of edible items including chocolates in granting no objection certificates and warned that erring persons will be sent to jail. Justice Manmohan said FSSAI officers, authorised to test the samples of imported […] Read more » Delay in grant of NoC to imported edibles
Criminal Law News Top Law News Cyber crimes alone cost India Rs 24,630 cr in 2013: Report July 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment have cost India a whopping about Rs 24,630 crore ($4 billion) in 2013 alone as criminals used sophisticated means, says a Delhi High Court-commissioned report. “Internet frauds alone have cost India a whopping 4 billion $(about Rs 24,630 crore) in 2013 as cyber criminals are using more sophisticated means like ransomware and spear-phishing,” the report […] Read more » 630 cr in 2013 Cyber crimes Cyber crimes alone cost India Rs 24 Cyber crimes in India Surinder S Rathi
Criminal Law News Top Law News Man acquitted in 15-year-old cheating case July 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man, jailed for three years for dishonestly selling a plot to a woman 15 years ago, has been acquitted by a sessions court which held the complainant’s story as doubtful. Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala freed Jaipur native Madan Singh while allowing his appeal against the magisterial court’s order which had sentenced him to […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala latest news in legal Man acquitted in 15-year-old cheating case
High Profile Cases Top Law News CBI quizzes West Bengal governor in VVIP chopper deal June 28, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI Friday questioned West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan as a “witness” in connection with its ongoing probe into the procurement of AgustaWestland VVIP choppers for 556.262 million euros (Rs.3,726.96 crore). Narayanan, 80, was quizzed in the Kolkata at the office of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He was asked to appear before the […] Read more » AgustaWestland VVIP choppers Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi CBI quizzes West Bengal governor Goa Governor B.V. Wanchoo VVIP chopper deal West Bengal governor in VVIP chopper deal West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan
Top Law News SC decries industry’s tendency to hold back dues & taxes June 28, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday deprecated the tendency of some industrial houses not to pay the government dues and taxes while lavishly spending on celebrity actors for the advertising their products. A bench of made the observation as it refused to provide any interim relief to cement manufacturer Binani Cement Limited that has been asked by […] Read more » industry's tendency to hold back dues & taxes Justice Shiva Kirti Singh Justice Vikramajit Sen
