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
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Court: Can’t Rule Out False Implication in Aditya Pancholi Case August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court on Wed. adjourned hearing in the anticipatory bail plea filed by actor-producer Aditya Pancholi in an alleged rape case registered against him by an actress in June. In the previous hearing on the plea last month, granting Pancholi (54) interim pre-arrest bail, the sessions court had observed that false implication could not be ruled out. The […] Read more » Aditya Pancholi film industry Mumbai
Corporate Law News Cop Files Plea in High Court for Eight-Hour Work Shift August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A UT head constable has filed a public-interest petition in the Punjab & Haryana HC to ask for a maximum 8-hour work shift for all the cops in Chandigarh, Punjab, as well as Haryana. Making a case for a new duty chart based on the 2014 advice of the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPRD), the […] Read more » 8 hour shift Haryana High Court plea
Environment Law News Give unique ID numbers to water bodies: NGT panel August 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Land owning agencies must ensure prevention of encroachments of water bodies in the city and unique ID numbers should be given to them for identification, a monitoring committee has told the National Green Tribunal. The committee led by a former high court judge told a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel that […] Read more » aadhar number ngt panel
Environment Law News AAP govt’s free water scheme being misused by several housing societies: NGT panel August 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The AAP government’s scheme of providing 20,000 litres of water each month free of cost to every household in the national capital is being misused by several housing societies, a monitoring committee has told the National Green Tribunal. The committee led by a former high court judge told a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice […] Read more » AAP free water NGT
Corporate Law News Chopper scam: Ratul Puri already in custody, can’t surrender, enforcement department tells court August 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The ED Wednesday told a Delhi court that Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, was not in a position to surrender as offered by him in the AgustaWestland chopper scam since he is already in its custody in another case. The Enforcement Directorate made the submission before special judge Arvind Kumar […] Read more » chopper scam ED OFFICIALS surrender rahul puri
Bar, Bench & Firm News Elgar Parishad case: CD title with Gonsalves suggests something anti-State, says high court August 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court hearing a bail plea of Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case accused Vernon Gonsalves on Wednesday questioned his motive behind keeping copies of some books and CDs whose titles prima facie indicated they contained material against the State. The books and CDs the high court referred to included copies of Marxist Archives, a […] Read more » Bombay High Court Elgar Parishad cas
