High Profile Cases Arrested Cong leader Sanmoy Bandopadhyay granted bail October 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment West Bengal Congress leader Sanmoy Bandopadhyay, who was arrested by Purulia district police for alleged violation of Cyber Crime Act, was granted bail by a court on Sunday. A Purulia court granted bail to Bandopadhyay on condition that he will appear before the investigating officer at Purulia police station once a week. Bandopadhyay, who was […] Read more » Sanmoy Bandopadhyay granted bail
High Profile Cases Court sentences 3 to 5 years in jail for cheating investors in 20-year-old case October 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thousands of investors see a ray of hope in a 20-year fight for justice after a Delhi court sentenced the three directors of two companies, who had induced the public to invest in the firms promising handsome returns, to five years in jail for cheating. Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman, his wife Shaista Nusrat and Habib-Ur-Rehman were sentenced under […] Read more » jail for cheating investors
Top Law News Supreme Court asks J-K administration to place before it orders imposing restrictions October 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to place before it the administrative orders imposing communication and other restrictions in the state following the abrogation of provisions of Article 370. A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana questioned Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the administration, as to why the […] Read more » Justice N.V. Ramana Solicitor General Tushar Mehta
Corporate Law News DSLSA and DCW set up legal clinic at commission office October 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) office now has a legal clinic for providing free legal aid to women who approach the women’s panel. The DCW and Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) inaugurated a DSLSA clinic at the panel’s office in ITO on Wednesday. The panel said it receives several complaints on a daily […] Read more » DCW DSLSA
High Profile Cases Kerala court extends police custody of Jolly Joseph and two others till Oct 18 October 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Kerala court on Wednesday extended till Friday the police custody of Jolly Joseph and two others in connection with the suspicious deaths of six members of a family here over 14 years from 2002, allegedly after consuming cyanide-laced food. Jolly, M S Mathew and Prajikumar were produced before the Thamarassery court here this evening […] Read more » Kerala court police custody of Jolly Joseph
High Profile Cases Mahua Moitra’s Defamation Case – Delhi HC Quashes Sessions Court’s Stay Of Proceedings Against Sudhir Chaudhary October 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday challenged in the Delhi High Court a sessions court order staying proceedings in a defamation complaint filed by her against Zee News and its editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary, PTI reported. Moitra had filed the defamation case after Chaudhary accused her of plagiarism in her June 25 speech in Parliament. Moitra, in […] Read more » Mahua Moitra's Defamation Case
Corporate Law News Banks Cannot Recover From Customers The Amount Lost By Them Through Online Fraud : Kerala HC October 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Exercising their authority as per SARFAESI Act, banks cannot recover amount lost due to online fraud from customers. Instead they would need to take the matter to the civil court to get their dues back from the persons responsible, the court said. In accordance with SARFAESI Act, a bank does not need to approach a […] Read more » Online Fraud
Corporate Law News Plea to link property with Aadhaar: HC seeks UIDAI stand October 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on a plea seeking linking of movable and immovable property documents of citizens with their Aadhaar number to curb corruption, black money generation and ‘benami’ transactions. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar […] Read more » Chief Justice D.N. Patel Justice C Hari Shankar link property with Aadhaar
High Profile Cases Delhi court extends police custody of Fortis Healthcare’s former promoters Malvinder Singh and his brother. October 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Tuesday extended by two days the police custody of Fortis Healthcare’s former promoters Malvinder Singh and his brother Shivinder as also a senior official, arrested or allegedly misappropriating funds of Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL) and causing losses of Rs 2,397 crore to the firm. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat extended custodial interrogation […] Read more » Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat Fortis Healthcare
High Profile Cases Day-to-day proceedings in Ayodhya case to end at 5 PM on Wednesday: SC October 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it clear that it will conclude today the day-to-day hearing in the politically sensitive Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case at Ayodhya, saying “enough is enough”. A 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that it is hearing the Ayodhya land dispute case for the last […] Read more » Ayodhya case
High Profile Cases HC directs AAP govt to ensure fire safety in Delhi schools October 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the AAP government to ensure implementation of the Education Department’s circular regarding installation of fire safety systems in all schools in the national capital and to take action against violators. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar directed the Education Department of […] Read more » fire safety in Delhi schools
High Profile Cases Koregaon Bhima case: SC extends protection from arrest to Gautam Navlakha by 4 weeks October 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday extended by four weeks the interim protection from arrest granted to civil rights activist Gautma Navlakha in the Koregaon Bhima violence case. However, a bench of justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta asked Navlakha to approach the concerned court to seek pre-arrest bail in the case. When the counsel, appearing for […] Read more » civil rights activist Gautma Navlakha Justice Deepak Gupta Justices Arun Mishra Koregaon-Bhima case