High Profile Cases Death penalty for rape and murder of 3-year-old girl December 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Odishas Keonjhar district on Thursday sentenced a man to death penalty for rape and murder of a three-year-old girl. Additional District Court-cum Special Court Judge Lokanath Sahu pronounced capital punishment to 20-year-old Sunil Kumar Naik after convicting him for rape and murder of the minor girl on January 13, 2017. Naik was […] Read more » death penalty
High Profile Cases Unnao rape case: Court adjourns till Friday hearing on sentence order against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. December 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Tuesday adjourned till December 20 the hearing on order for quantum of sentence against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, convicted for raping a woman in Unnao in 2017. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma adjourned hearing in the case till Friday. The CBI sought maximum punishment for Sengar, saying it was a […] Read more » expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar Unnao rape case
High Profile Cases Life in Assam back on track as state remains peaceful December 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Normal life is back on track in Assam with the state remaining peaceful after several days of violent protests against the new citizenship law. The curfew imposed in Dibrugarh has been relaxed for 14 hours since 6 am on Thursday but mobile internet services remained suspended, officials said. The curfew imposed in Guwahati on December […] Read more » violent protests against the new citizenship law
High Profile Cases SC dismisses convict’s review plea in Nirbhaya case December 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, seeking review of its 2017 judgement upholding his death penalty. A three-judge bench headed by Justice R Banumathi said there are no ground to review the 2017 verdict and the contentions raised […] Read more » Justice A.S. Bopanna Justice Ashok Bhushan Justice R. Banumathi Nirbhaya gang rape Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case review plea in Nirbhaya case
High Profile Cases Nirbhaya’s parents seek time-bound justice. December 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It has been seven years to that fateful day when their daughter – who came to be known as ‘Nirbhaya’ – was brutally gangraped and thrown off a bus, but her parents still await justice. The tag of rape capital became all the more pronounced after the Nirbhaya incident but her parents say it is […] Read more » Nirbhaya's parents justice. Nirbhaya's parents seek time-bound justice.
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear on Dec 18 plea of Congress, ex-Tripura Maharaja challenging Citizenship Act. December 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear on December 18 pleas of the Congress and former Maharaja of Tripura Pradyot Kishor Deb Barman challenging constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said it will hear the pleas along with other pending matters coming […] Read more » CAA Chief Justice S A Bobde Citizenship Amendment Act Indian Union Muslim League IUML Maharaja of Tripura Pradyot Kishor Deb Barman senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi
High Profile Cases Bombay HC directs P Chidambaram and others to file statement in 10,000 cr damage suit by 63 Moons Technologies. December 16, 2019 / December 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay high court on Friday asked Congress leader P Chidambaram, former forward market commission (FMC) chairman Ramesh Abhishek and serving bureaucrat KP Krishnan to file their statements in the the Rs 10,000 crore damage suit by 63 Moons Technologies within four weeks. The bench said that if the trio fail to submit the statements within […] Read more » (FMC) chairman Ramesh Abhishek 63 Moons Technologies case against Ramesh Abhishek case against Ramesh Abhishek in Madras high court exchange ecosystem created by 63 Moons KP Krishnan Madras High Court MPID Act stand quashed National Spot Exchange Ltd NSEL NSEL payment crisis P Chidambaram Ramesh Abhishek Rs 10000 crore damage suit Rs 10000 crore damage suit by 63 Moons Technologies serving bureaucrat KP Krishnan
Corporate Law News Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district : Four sentenced to 30 years for raping minor. December 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district sentenced four men to 30 years’ imprisonment for repeatedly raping a 14-year-old girl. Third additional district and sessions judge Sanjeev Kumar Tamak on Friday convicted Charan Singh (30), Ishwar Dhurv (31), Nageshwar Rajak (26) and Manoj Wadekar (35), the victim’s lawyer Priyanka Shukla said. The court sentenced the accused […] Read more » Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district IPC POCSO Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act
High Profile Cases Girl sexually assaulted inside her school toilet. December 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A seven-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by an unidentified man inside the toilet of her school in suburban Malvani, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday, they said. “As per the complaint lodged by the victim’s mother, her daughter was sexually assaulted inside the toilet of her school during the day on […] Read more » Girl sexually assaulted
Corporate Law News Moushumi Chatterjee’s daughter Payal passes away due to juvenile diabetes. December 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Yesteryear actor Moushumi Chatterjee’s daughter Payal has passed away. She was 45. According to family sources, Payal breathed her last on Thursday at the city-based Hinduja Hospital in Khar. Payal was in coma for the past two years due to juvenile diabetes. She married businessman Dicky Sinha in 2010 and was in and out of […] Read more » juvenile diabetes. Moushumi Chatterjee's daughter Moushumi Chatterjee's daughter Payal passes away
High Profile Cases Top Law News HC junks BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur’s application on plea challenging her election December 14, 2019 / December 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday dismissed BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur’s application questioning maintainability of a petition challenging her election to the Lok Sabha from Bhopal. The petition, filed by Bhopal-based journalist Rakesh Dixit, alleged the controversial Hindutva leader, during campaigning, delivered speeches on religious lines, thus violating election norms. The high court […] Read more » BJP MP BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur's Pragya Singh Thakur
High Profile Cases Aviation scam: Lobbyist Deepak Talwar’s close aide Yasmin Kapoor granted bail by Delhi court December 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Friday granted bail to Yasmin Kapoor, a close aide of co-accused and corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar, in a money laundering case related to negotiations that allegedly favoured foreign private airlines causing losses to state-owned Air India. Special Judge Anuradha Shukla Bhardwaj granted relief to the accused, saying she was not the main […] Read more » Aditya Talwar Advocate A R Aditya Aviation Scam Deepak Talwar's close aide Yasmin Kapoor lobbyist Deepak Talwar Rishi Chauhan Special Judge Anuradha Shukla Bhardwaj Yasmin Kapoor granted bail
