Top Law News Acting C.Justice of the Jharkhand HC Justice Prashant Kumar passes away August 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Acting Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court, Justice Prashant Kumar has passed away today at 5:15 am. He was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Jharkhand on June 7, 2019. He enrolled as an Advocate on October 1, 1980 with Bihar State Bar Council and practiced in the […] Read more » Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Jharkhand rest in peace
Criminal Law News Coal scam: Special Central Bureau Investigation Court acquits former Coal Secretary Gupta August 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Thursday, a special CBI Court acquitted Ex-Coal Secretary HC Gupta & a Delhi-based firm Pushp Steel & Mining Pvt Ltd (PSMPL) in an alleged coal scam case pertaining to the allocation of ‘Brahmapuri coal block’ situated in Madhya Pradesh. Special CBI judge Bharat Parashar while passing Judgement clearly mentioned that prosecution has been miserably failed […] Read more » CBI coal scam
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Jammu & Kashmir High Court disposing off Cases daily since Aug 5, says Spokesperson August 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Thursday, J-K High Court refuted a media report published on Aug 27 which stated that the Court is not functioning smoothly. “The news report of newspaper is totally baseless as the High Court is functioning normally & the cases are being heard & disposed off regularly,” the spokesperson of Jammu & Kashmir High Court […] Read more » Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir High Court
Criminal Law News Mokama ‘bahubali’ Anant singh sent to 2-day Police remand in AK-47 case August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Thursday, Barh Court in Bihar granted two-day remand to Bihar police for Independent MLA Anant Singh, who was booked in connection with the recovery of an AK-47 from his residence. He is currently in lodged in Beur jail. Singh had surrendered before Saket Court in New Delhi on Aug 23. He was on the run […] Read more » AK47 BARH COURT MLA Anant Singh
Corporate Law News National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Asks LIC to Pay Claim, Interest to Policy Holder’s Widow, Trashes Plea of Hiding Ailments August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rejecting Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)’s claim that a policy-holder lied about his health condition at the time of purchasing insurance, the national consumer forum has directed the firm to pay Rs 1.5 lakh along with bonus & interest to his widow. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) asked Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to pay […] Read more » LIC NCDRC
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Justice Sunil Gaur, Who Rejected Chidambaram’s Bail Plea, Appointed Chairman of PMLA Tribunal August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Days after he paved the way for the arrest of Former FM P Chidambaram by denying him interim bail, now-retired Delhi HC judge Justice Sunil Gaur was on Wed. appointed the chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Gaur is set to take over the post from Sept 23. He had retired […] Read more » Chidambaram Justice Sunil Gaur PMLA
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Unnao Case: Court Records Statement of Victim’s Uncle August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Wed. recorded the statement of Unnao rape survivor’s uncle in the case in which expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Kuldeep Sengar is a key accused. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma was presiding over the in-camera hearing in the 2017 case of alleged kidnapping & sexual assault of the […] Read more » BJP MLA unnao case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Why keep ‘objectionable’ book like War and Peace at home? Judge asks activist August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Wednesday, the High Court of Bombay asked activist Vernon Gonsalves to explain the “objectionable material” like a copy of Leo Tolstoy’s War & Peace found at his home after the Pune police opposed his bail citing “highly incriminating evidence” in the form of “books & CDs with objectionable titles” recovered from his possession. Justice Sarang […] Read more » high court bombay judge war and peace
Top Law News HC serves notice on State Govt. over Wildlife Board August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh HC has served a notice on the State govt over the constitution of the Wildlife Board after an animal rights activist filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition claiming that law has been violated by nominating persons with “special interest in wildlife” to the Board. On Aug 3, the State govt, under […] Read more » High Court Madhya Pradesh wildlife
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Chinmayanand case: lawyers move Supreme Court over missing victim August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Suo motu cognisance In a letter to Chief Justice (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, a group of lawyers requested the SC to take suo motu cognisance of the issue. They also mentioned the matter before the Bench headed by Justice N.V. Ramana. Initially, the SC asked lawyers to approach the HC but later asked them to submit […] Read more » chinmayanand missing victim Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Woman Alleges Marital Rape, Dowry Demand, Lodges FIR August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 30-year-old woman from Vadodara on Tuesday filed a complaint with Chandkheda police, alleging that her husband was torturing her for a dowry of Rs 2 lakh & frequently had sex with her against her will. The complainant, who married a Chandkheda-based man on Jan18, 2014, also alleged that she was forced to abort her first […] Read more » dowry demand
Consumer Law News Corruption Here an Open Secret, Says this State High Court Judge, Chief Justice Withdraws All Work from Him August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of High Court of Patna has withdrawn judicial work from the senior-most Judge in the HC after the latter delivered an order on how the judiciary in Bihar had plunged deep into corruption. “Corruption in this HC is (an) open secret,” Justice Rakesh Kumar had held in his 20-page order delivered on Wednesday. […] Read more » chief justice high court judge Patna High Court
