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
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
