Top Law News SC poses searching queries to Centre on Kudankulam September 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday wanted to know from the Centre as to what would be the guarantee that there would be no radio active substance in the spent fuel to be stored at the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu to prevent any accident. Posing a host of searching queries to the […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Bhopal gas tragedy counsel Prashant Bhushan G Sundarrajan challenging the Madras high court's decision impose any restraint against the plant justices Deepak Misra justices K S Radhakrishanan Kudankulam Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu radio active substance SC poses searching queries to Centre on Kudankulam social activist G Sundarrajan Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman
Top Law News Kin of road mishap victim awarded Rs 20 lakh September 21, 2012 / September 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The family of a 32-year-old road mishap victim, who died on being hit by an auto rickshaw while crossing the road, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 20.42 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT). The MACT asked United India Insurance Company Ltd, with which the offending vehicle was insured, to pay […] Read more » Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital injury to his spinal cord insurance firm to collect the amount from the owner Jasvinder Singh Kin of road mishap victim Kin of road mishap victim awarded Rs 20 lakh kin of victim Anil Kumar Tiwari MACT Presiding Officer Dinesh Bhatt Motor Accident Claims Tribunal non-transport light motor vehicle Tiwari was rushed to Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital United India Insurance Company Ltd valid licence to drive a commercial vehicle victim near the ISBT flyover
Top Law News Geetika Sharma suicide: Delhi court rejects Gopal Kanda’s bail plea September 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Thursday rejected the bail application of former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, who is one of the accused in the Geetika Sharma suicide case. Kanda had moved the Rohini court of District and Additional Sessions Judge SK Sarvaria in New Delhi for bail. Kanda along with Aruna Chaddha are the prime […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge SK Sarvaria court had rejected Aruna Chaddha's bail application Delhi court rejects Gopal Kanda's bail plea Geetika had alleged Kanda and Aruna Chaddha Geetika Sharma suicide Geetika Sharma suicide case Geetika Sharma suicide: Delhi court rejects Gopal Kanda's bail plea Geetika was found dead in her Ashok Vihar house Gopal Kanda's bail plea Kanda along with Aruna Chaddha Kanda and Aruna Chaddha were harassing her to rejoin Kanda anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the trial court Kanda had moved the Rohini court of District MDLR employee
Top Law News HSBC to pay Rs 20,000 compensation to credit card holder September 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has been ordered by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 20,000 as compensation to one of its credit card holders for adding his name in CIBIL’s defaulters list even though he had paid all his dues. While awarding the amount to the HSBC credit card holder, the New […] Read more » Bank started levying the charges bench presided by C K Chaturvedi CIBIL complainant inclusive of litigation expenses Consumer Protection Act Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL) Act Delhi resident Rakesh Gupta in his complaint Gupta alleged the bank Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC HSBC credit card holde HSBC to pay Rs 20000 compensation to credit card holder instead of closing the card New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum obstructionist attitude Rakesh Gupta
Top Law News Court hikes land acquisition award to urban villager September 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has increased the rate of compensation awarded by the Centre to a man for acquiring his land saying the earlier rate was “inadequate and unreasonable”. Additional District Judge Paramjit Singh enhanced the compensation awarded at the rate of Rs 15.70 lakh per acre by the Land Acquisition Collector (LAC) to Rs 23.93 […] Read more » Additional District Judge Paramjit Singh compensation awarded to the petitioner Court hikes land acquisition award to urban villager Delhi court has increased the rate of compensation awarded Delhi resident Same Singh LAC (West) was inadequate and unreasonable land acquisition award to urban villager Land Acquisition Collector Mundka village in West Delhi Singh is entitled to the compensation rate
Top Law News Woman accused of abetting rape denied bail by court September 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman accused of helping her nephew in allegedly raping his girlfriend by administering her a stupefying substance with her tea has been denied bail by a Delhi court on fears that she might “flee from justice.” Additional Sessions Judge Vikas Dhull rejected Munni’s bail plea saying she had abetted the offence by providing intoxicating […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Vikas Dhull Counsel for Munni had sought bail Delhi court on fears that she might flee from justice FIR against accused Manoj was lodged girl's parents were against it Manoj had committed rape upon her maternal aunt of accused Manoj Munni by releasing her on bail Vikas Dhull rejected Munni's bail plea Woman accused of abetting rape denied bail Woman accused of abetting rape denied bail by court
Top Law News Court acquits man accused of driving while drunk September 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man facing trial for allegedly causing death of his friend travelling with him in a car which met an accident due to his rash and negligent driving under the influence of liquor, has been acquitted by a Delhi court. Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Jyoti Kler let off Pawan Sutt saying he may or may not […] Read more » Ashok Basoya Court acquits man accused of driving while drunk court also pulled up the investigating officer influence of liquor man accused of driving while drunk Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Jyoti Kler MM Jyoti Kler let off Pawan Sut negligent driving under the influence of liquor Pawan had been facing trial in a case registered against him police for driving rashly and under the influence of alcohol Sundervan Farm in Chattarpur
Top Law News HC says grandmother is close relative, gives parole to convict September 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Interpreting the Prison rules, the Bombay High Court has held that ‘grandmother’ would fall in the category of a close relative, and accordingly ordered release of a prisoner from Amravati jail on parole to enable him attend to the rituals of his elder who had passed away. The Nagpur bench of the High Court noted in […] Read more » Additional Public Prosecutor R S Nayak Bombay High Court has held that 'grandmother' cases of serious illness or death of nearest relatives Competent Authority referred to in Rule 18 Counsel for the petitioner S D Chande escription of nearest relative mentioned in Rule gives parole to convict HC says grandmother is close relative Interpreting the Prison rules Justice A B Chaudhari Justice P V Hardas Nagpur bench of the High Court noted Prisons Bombay Furlough and Parole Rules
Top Law News Man gets life term for murdering sister-in-law September 20, 2012 / September 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for murdering his sister-in-law for differing with his views in a domestic argument. Additional Sessions Judge Nisha Saxena held the accused guilty of committing murder, but said death penalty cannot be given to him as it was not a rarest of rare case. […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Nisha Saxena case of murder death penalty domestic argument FIR was registered against the accused Karawal Nagar in North East Delhi Man gets life term for murdering sister-in-law murdering sister-in-law normal rule for punishing crime of murder rarest of rare case sentence of death is to be awarded only in the rarest of rare cases Shiv Lal picked a kitchen Shiv Lal was quarrelling with his mother
Top Law News Bengal bus operators withdraw strike after government assurances September 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bus operators in West Bengal withdrew their indefinite strike after the state government Wednesday assured them that it would look into their demands of a minimum fare hike within 10 days. In a bid to force the government into increasing bus fares, operators’ unions went on an indefinite strike from Monday following a diesel price […] Read more » Bengal bus operators withdraw strike Bengal bus operators withdraw strike after government assurances Bengal Bus Syndicate president Swarna Kamal Saha Bus operation will be normalized Bus operators in West Bengal withdrew their indefinite strike bus operators withdraw strike after government assurances demand of a fare hike government pledged to ply more public buses public buses to maintain normalcy transport minister Madan Mitra Transport operators withdrew the strike
Top Law News Riot victims’ rehabilitation national duty: SC September 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said that the rehabilitation of riot victims was a national responsibility and could not just be construed within legal and moral parameters. Rehabilitating the riot victims was a “national liability and you have to be responsible not just legally or morally but in all dimensions of the word”, said an apex […] Read more » construed within legal and moral parameters deputy commissioner and commissioner of police Dharminder Singh Jaspal Singh was assisted by counsel Satinder Gulati Justice Aftab Alam Justice Alam directed the Punjab government Justice Ranjana Prajash Desai Punjab and Haryana High Court Punjab government not to evict some petitioners Rehabilitating the riot victims was a "national liability Riot victims' rehabilitation national duty: SC Senior counsel Jaspal Singh victims of anti-Sikh riots
Top Law News SC slams poor facilities for green tribunal September 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday pulled up the government for not providing infrastructure for the effective functioning of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that deals with environmental matters. The court asked the government to provide facilities to its judicial and other expert members on a par with the judges of high courts. An apex court bench […] Read more » Bar Association of National Green Tribunal basement of a building Bhopal bench of NGT Central Government Health Scheme former apex court judge is the chairman of the tribunal impossible for the tribunal to function judicial members had consented to join the NGT Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya National Green Tribunal NGT and allotment of Faridkot House in central Delhi for accommodating the tribunal par with Class 1 officer of the government SC slams poor facilities for green tribunal Seniors counsel Raj Panjwani Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman