Top Law News Outrage on Twitter over Indian woman’s death November 16, 2012 / November 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On the death of Indian woman Savita Halappanavar in an Ireland hospital Sadness, anger and outrage ruled in the virtual world after she was allegedly denied an abortion in the pro-life Catholic country. Under the hash tags RIP Savita and legislate for X, twitter voiced their outrage over the death of Savita last month. Leanne […] Read more » Indian woman's death Outrage on Twitter over Indian woman's death twitter
Criminal Law News Family Law News Dowry death: Husband, in-laws awarded 7 yr prison November 16, 2012 / November 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Dowry death: Husband, in-laws awarded 7 yr prison In Kapurthala district Parents and a man was sentenced to seven years in prison by a local court in a three-year-old dowry death case. Additional Session Judge J S Bhinder, while observing that, “perpetrators of crime against women did not deserve any leniency”, sent Lakhwinder, his mother Kuldip Kaur and father Amarjit Singh to prison […] Read more » 7 yr prison Additional Session Judge J S Bhinder Amarjit Singh Bhulath in Kapurthala district In Kapurthala district Kuldip Kaur Lakhwinder local court Salempur village of Tanda three-year-old dowry death case
Top Law News Supreme Court stays trial court order to secure V G Patil’s call records November 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Maharashtra trial court’s order to the CBI has been stayed by the Supreme Court to place before it the cell phone call records of Dr V G Patil, who was killed in September 2005 allegedly due to political rivalry with former President Pratibha Patil’s brother G N Patil. The order which was given on an […] Read more » Bombay High Court CBI G N Patil Jalgaon District Congress Committee Justice B.S. Chauhan Maharashtra trial court Supreme Court V G Patil V G Patil's call records
Criminal Law News 5 accused of killing, robbing, acquitted of charges November 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Five persons facing trial for allegedly killing a Canadian High Commission employee while robbing him have been acquitted by a Delhi court due to the prosecution’s failure to prove the guilt of the accused. Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Tiwari let off Delhi residents Zuber Khan, Zakir Hussain, Opli Mannikan, Manjeet Singh and Gulzar of the […] Read more » 5 accused acquitted of charges Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Tiwari Canadian High Commission employee Delhi court Gulzar killing Manjeet Singh North-West Delhi Opli Mannikan robbing robbing Shiv Nath Prasad Zakir Hussain Zuber Khan
Banking & Finance Law News Court rejects bank’s plea for FIR against customers November 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi court dismissed a plea lodge as a criminal case by a Punjab National Bank against its two customers for allegedly taking out money from a third customer’s account through an ATM card, wrongly issued to them. District Judge and Additional Sessions Judge R K Gauba dismissed the PNB plea, made against Metropolitan Magistrate Ankit […] Read more » ATM card criminal case by a Punjab National Bank District Judge and Additional Sessions Judge R K Gauba FIR against customers Indian Penal Code Metropolitan Magistrate Ankit Singla's Punjab National Bank section 200 of the CrPC.
Top Law News Himalaya Drug wins 15-yr-old trademark battle November 15, 2012 / November 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 15-year-old legal battle over its medicine Liv.52 Pharma major case has been won by Himalaya Drug Company with the Delhi High Court holding that homoeopathic firm SBL Limited infringed the trademark by coming up with its own preparation named as Liv-T. “We allow the appeal. The judgement and decree dated 3rd June, 2010 is […] Read more » 15-year-old legal battle over 15-yr-old trademark battle ayurvedic medicine by Himalaya Drug Company Delhi High Court Himalaya Drug homoeopathic firm SBL Limited its medicine Liv.52 Pharma justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Manmohan Singh Liv-T
Criminal Law News Rape accused freed as victim fails to identify him November 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man facing trial for allegedly abducting and raping a minor has been acquitted by a trial court after the alleged victim told the court that she was under an impression that she was to depose against another man with whom she had eloped. The girl also deposed that she knew the accused — who […] Read more » abducting and raping a minor additional sessions judge Sanjeev Kumar Rape accused freed victim fails to identify
Family Law News Bombay High Court acquits man in dowry case November 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Bombay High Court acquits man in dowry case The Bombay High Court acquitted a Raighad farmer in a case lodged 26 years ago for allegedly harassing his wife and subjecting her to cruelty for dowry. Justice T V Nalawade let off Sopan of Karjat in Raighad district, setting aside a sessions court order which had convicted him for inflicting cruelty upon his wife. […] Read more » 498-A IPC Ahmednagar sessions court Bombay High Court cruelty for dowry harassing his wife Justice T V Nalawade Raighad farmer Sopan of Karjat in Raighad district
Top Law News Kochi Metro: High Court issues notices to govts November 14, 2012 / November 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Notice to the Union and state governments has been issued by The Kerala High Court on a plea seeking a direction to them to take necessary steps to facilitate completion of Kochi Metro Rail project by DMRC within a stipulated time. The petitioner, Balachandran, who had filed a plea earlier, had withdrawn it after the […] Read more » Advocate General K.P. Dandapani Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice A M Shaffique directors of KMRL DMRC Chairman Sudhir Krishna Kochi Metro Rail project by DMRC Union and state governments
Top Law News Accused has no inherent right to appeal conviction November 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has held that an accused does not have an inherent right of appeal against his conviction and the same has to be conferred by a statute. Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sadhana Jadhav observed that the legislature can confer the said right or can make available the said right conditionally. It (legislature) […] Read more » 376 (b) and (c) of CrPc Additional Solicitor General Darius Khambata appeal conviction Article 21 of the Constitution Ashutosh Kumbhkoni Constitution Criminal Procedure Code Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sadhana Jadhav Metropolitan Magistrate Section 374 of CrPc section 376 section 376(b)
Top Law News High Court transfers probe in dowry case from Nashik to Kolhapur November 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has ordered transfer of investigations in a dowry case from Nashik to Kolhapur, Observing that it would be in the fitness of things to allow local police, in whose jurisdiction an offence is committed, to probe the complaint. The ruling was delivered by the bench on a petition filed by Jayashree Deshmukh […] Read more » Bombay High Court dowry case husband and sisters-in-law Jayashree Deshmukh Justices Abhay Oka and Sadhana Jadhav Nashik to Kolhapur Upnagar police station
Corporate Law News Ambassador Hotel to pay Rs12 L to guests trap in lift November 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission ordered to the Mumbai’s prestigious Ambassador Hotel to pay Rs two lakh each to six of its guests who had been trapped in its lift for over two hours eighteen years ago. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) held Narangs International Hotel Pvt Ltd, which manages Ambassador Hotel, “squarely negligent” for […] Read more » Ambassador Hotel apex consumer commission five foreigners and five Indians Narangs International Hotel Pvt Ltd National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Otis Elevator Co (India) Ltd squarely negligent