Top Law News Kissing episode: Cases against Shilpa Shetty shifted to Mumbai November 22, 2011 / November 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three cases filed in 2007 in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh against Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty for publicly kissing Hollywood star and AIDS awareness campaigner Richard Gere were Monday transferred by the Supreme Court to a Mumbai court. An apex court bench of Justice A.K. Ganguly and Justice J.S. Khehar transferred the cases to the court […] Read more » Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice J.S. Khehar Supreme Court
Intellectual Property News Nod given for occupying flats in Dwarka society:Court November 22, 2011 / November 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An official representing the registrar of cooperative societies (RCS) told the Delhi High Court Monday that he has cleared names of a housing society’s members eligible to occupy flats in Dwarka in west Delhi. The court had earlier asked the registrar to appear before it in person to explain the delay in clearing names of […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Pradeep Nandrajog Justice S.P. Garg Nod given for occupying flats in Dwarka society
Top Law News NHRC to probe girl’s death in night shelter blaze November 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will probe the death of a nine-year-old child in a fire at the women’s night shelter near Baba Kharag Singh Marg on Saturday. Taking a suo motu cognisance of the incident at the shelter, NHRC said it has asked its Director General (Investigations) to send a team to the […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission NDMC ground NHRC to probe girl’s death in night shelter blaze
Criminal Law News Ishrat Jahan shootout: ‘Now no one can call me a terrorist’s father’ November 21, 2011 / November 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gopinathan Pillai, the father of Pranesh Kumar Pillai alias Javed Shaikh who was killed allegedly by police in a staged shootout in Ahmedabad in 2004, said Monday he is a much relieved man in the wake of the Special Investigation Team telling the Gujarat High Court that the shootout was not genuine. Gopinathan Pillai and […] Read more » college student Ishrat Jahan Gujarat High Court Ishrat Jahan shootout
High Profile Cases False kidnapping claim by cash-for-votes witness: Police November 21, 2011 / November 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here was Monday asked by Delhi Police to dismiss a complaint by Hasmat Ali, a key prosecution witness in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam case, that Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh and others had kidnapped him ahead of his deposition before a parliamentary panel. Ali had claimed that he was kidnapped Sep 25, 2008 […] Read more » cash-for-votes witness counsel L.K. Verma Delhi court Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh
Criminal Law News Dumping waste in open a criminal offence in Kerala November 21, 2011 / November 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Dumping waste in open a criminal offence in Kerala A division bench of the Kerala High Court Monday directed the state police to register criminal cases against all those who dump waste on the streets. The bench of Justice CN Ramachandran Nair and Justice PS Gopinathan asked all the local self-governing bodies in the state to ensure that no garbage was dumped in the […] Read more » Dumping waste in open a criminal offence in Kerala Justice CN Ramachandran Nair Justice PS Gopinathan Kerala High Court
Top Law News Maintenance can’t be denied to adulterous ex-wife: Court November 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has said that a man cannot deny maintenance to his divorced wife on the ground that she was involved in an adulterous relationship before their separation. Additional Sessions Judge T.R. Naval said: “The findings that the divorcee wife has been living in adultery will not provide any benefit to him (husband)”. The […] Read more » Delhi court Judge T.R. Naval Maintenance can't be denied to adulterous ex-wife
Top Law News Court notice to Delhi University on M.A. Music entrance test November 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued notice to Delhi University on a petition questioning the validity of the admission criteria for Masters in Music (Hindustani) course which is solely based on the performance in an entrance test. A division bench of acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Friday issued notice to […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw M.A. Music entrance test
Top Law News Charges filed against two former Jharkhand ministers November 20, 2011 / November 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Charges of money-laundering were framed Saturday against two former Jharkhand ministers who are in jail for the last two years in cases of corruption. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) framed the charges against Enos Ekka and Hari Narayan Rai in Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court of G.K. Singh so that the trial in the […] Read more » Charges filed against two former Jharkhand ministers Charges of money-laundering Prevention of Money Laundering Act
Criminal Law News Death sentence to two youths for rape, murder November 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Death sentence to two youths for rape, murder A local court in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh district Saturday sentenced two youths to death for raping and killing a teenaged girl, and later beating her father also to death, a lawyer said. Additional District and Sessions Judge Buddhiram Yadav sentenced Ram Avtar and Arvind Kumar, natives of Piyaroakbarpur village, to death. ‘Avtar and Arvind, now […] Read more » Death sentence to two youths for rape murder Judge Buddhiram Yadav lawyer S.P. Rai local court in Uttar Pradesh
High Profile Cases Five years rigorous imprisonment for Sukh Ram November 19, 2011 / November 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday sentenced former telecom minister Sukh Ram, 84, to five years rigorous imprisonment for misusing his official position when he was in the P.V. Narasimha Rao cabinet in 1996. Pronouncing the judgment, Special CBI Judge R.P. Pandey said: “The accused has been awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment.” The court has also […] Read more » Delhi court Five years rigorous imprisonment for Sukh Ram Special CBI Judge R.P. Pandey
Top Law News Assam Rifles win human rights debate competition November 19, 2011 / November 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Assam Rifles win human rights debate competition Assam Rifles won the best team trophy in an all-India debate on human rights among the central paramilitary forces at the National Security Guards (NSG) campus here Friday evening. The debate on “Adherence to Human Rights Norms Compromises Effectiveness of Security Forces” was organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) as part of its […] Read more » Assam Rifles win human rights debate competition Border Security Force National Security Guards