Top Law News Court acquits man, holds he was implicated at ex-girl friend’s May 13, 2013 / May 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man here in New Delhi has acquitted by the Delhi court for the charge of attempting to kill a woman, saying he was implicated at the instance of his ex-girl friend to settle scores with him. While deciding the case, the court said there was no apparent reason or motive for the accused to assault the […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav criminal case Delhi court East of Kailash ex girl friend murder
Top Law News Aarushi murder case: SC refuses to entertain Talwars’ plea May 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajesh and Nupur Talwar’s plea has refused by the Supreme Court after seeking summoning of 14 witnesses in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case trial. A bench of justices BS Chauhan and Dipak Misra also took strong exception to Talwars directly challenging the trial court’s order before it and asked them to approach the high court. “We don’t intend […] Read more » Aarushi murder case Aarushi-Hemraj murder case Aarushi-Hemraj murder case trial Jalvayu Vihar in Noida murder case Nupur Talwar Rajesh Talwar Supreme Court Talwars' plea
Top Law News Court issues warrant against foreign fugitive May 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A production warrant has issued by the Delhi court for May 24 against a foreign fugitive, who is currently in judicial custody in Mumbai after being arrested last month, to extradite him to the US. The order came after the government moved the court for issuance of production warrant against 57-year-old Christopher Godfrey, a UK citizen, saying […] Read more » Advocate Naveen Kumar Matta Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Christopher Godfrey Delhi court foreign fugitive fugitive criminal Government life insurance policy Ministry of External Affairs Mumbai UK citizen warrant against foreign fugitive
Top Law News Islamic speaker told to record statement May 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A public Islamic speaker has asked by the Bombay High Court to appear before the Vengurla police in Sindhudurg district and get his statement recorded in connection with a case registered there for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. A division bench of Justices P V Hardas and Mridula Bhatkar was on May 10 hearing a petition filed by […] Read more » Advocate Mubin Solkar Bombay High Court Islamic speaker life and a law religious sentiments Sindhudurg district Vengurla police Zakir Naik
Criminal Law News Court acquits four in gangrape case May 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four persons, including a woman who was charged for abetting an alleged gangrape in 2007, have been acquitted by a court after the “victim” did not support the prosecution’s case. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) T R Naval acquitted Delhi residents Raju, Tejpal, their sister Beena and Praveen Kumar as the prosecution failed to prove its […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge FIR gangrape case IPC prosecution case Sec 376 (g)(gangrape)
Criminal Law News 2 accused in twin murder remanded in police custody May 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Amit has remanded by the local court, who is one of the three involved in murder of two Dalits in Rohtak’s Madina village, to six days of police custody. While the Special Investigation Team had arrested Amit from Jind on Monday, the two other accused — Mandip and Bhumi — are still absconding. The Haryana Police […] Read more » Amit Bhumi Dalits in Rohtak's Madina village Haryana Police Jat and Dalit families Mandip murder of Dalit police custody SIT Special Investigation Team twin murder
Top Law News Coal blocks scam: Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigns May 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigned on Friday following mounting pressure from the opposition, demanding his removal. Kumar has been under severe attack by the opposition for vetting the CBI report on coal block allocation scam, with the Supreme Courtmaking critical observations over it. Kumar’s resignation was the second in Congress’ cabinet on Friday just hours after that of Railway […] Read more » CBI Coal blocks scam law minister Law Minister Ashwani Kumar Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigns Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Railway ministry Pawan Kumar Bansal resigns of Law Minister
Consumer Law News Consumer forum orders Vodafone to pay compensation to doctor May 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Holding Vodafone India guilty of deficiency in service, Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has upheld a lower court order which asked the service provider to pay Rs 20,000 compensation and Rs 5,000 costs to a doctor for failing to stop unsolicited commercial communications. “Vodafone had failed to discharge its obligation and acted with imperfection, […] Read more » compensation to doctor consumer court judgement Consumer forum Consumer forum order guilty of deficiency in service Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum section 2(1)(g) of the Act Telecom and Solicited Commercial Communications Regulations Vodafone Vodafone India
Criminal Law News Court charges Gopal Kanda with raping former air hostess May 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High court has fixed charges of rape and abetment of suicide on Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda on trial in air hostess Geetika Sharma’s suicide case. The court also framed charges of abeting rape and suicide of the 23-year-old victim against Kanda’s aide and an employee of MDLR company, Aruna Chadha. District Judge S K Sarvaria framed charges of […] Read more » abetment of suicide Ashok Vihar charges of rape criminal conspiracy forgery under IPC former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda Geetika Sharma Geetika Sharma's suicide case Gopal Goyal Kanda INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT MLDR airlines section 109 of IPC section 377 of IPC sections 376 of IPC suicide case
Top Law News SC to hear P J Thomas’ plea after vacation May 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear after summer vacation the plea of retired IAS officer P J Thomas seeking quashing of a 22-year-old pending corruption case against him due to which his appointment as Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) was held illegal. “For the last 22 years, I (Thomas) am suffering,” Thomas’ […] Read more » Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Chief Vigilance Commissioner dutyful civil servant IAS officer P J Thomas Justice S.A. Bobde Justice Vikramajit Sen Kerala High Court P.J. Thomas Secretary in the state government Supreme Court Will Mathew
Criminal Law News Ponty Chadha case: Two absconders surrender May 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Seven absconding persons chargesheeted in the sensational case pertaining to the killing of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his younger brother Hardeep in a shootout at their disputed farmhouse in South Delhi surrendered on Thursday before a court here which sent them to police custody for seven days. The seven appeared before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate […] Read more » CCTV footage Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Delhi Police Crime Branch disputed farmhouse liquor baron liquor baron Ponty Chadha Ponty Chadha case S. S. Namdhari south Delhi Uttar Pradesh Uttarakahand Minority Commission
Top Law News No lie detector test for Naveen Jindal: Court May 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on No lie detector test for Naveen Jindal: Court Zee News Editor Sudhir Chaudhary’s plea has rejected by the court here in Delhi that the Delhi Police be asked to conduct a lie detector test on Congress MP Naveen Jindal but allowed his prayer for preserving certain call detail records of four officials of Jindal Steel Power Ltd (JSPL). A court here has rejected Zee […] Read more » coal block allocation scandal Delhi Police investigating officer Jindal Steel Power Ltd lie detector test Naveen Jindal Zee News Editor Zee News Editor Sudhir Chaudhary