Top Law News HC grants more time to poll petition respondents August 22, 2014 / August 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa High Court gave three more weeks after expiry of today’s deadline to a minister, an MP and two MLAs to file their replies to the petitions made by their respective rival political candidates or parties challenging their election. (Sour4cee: PTI) Read more » HC grants more time to poll petition respondents news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Blackmoney: “Some progress made by SIT”, says SC August 21, 2014 / August 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday said “some progress” has been made by SIT which has initiated steps for bringing back black money stashed away by Indian citizens in foreign banks. Perusing the contents of the first interim report submitted by SIT, a bench headed by Justice H L Dattu said, “some progress has been made”. […] Read more » news senior advocate Ram Jethmalani Some progress made by SIT Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News No maintenance for unborn child: court August 21, 2014 / August 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment No maintenance can be claimed for an unborn foetus as it is currently not in existence, a Delhi court has said while denying a pregnant woman’s plea seeking interim relief from her estranged husband in a domestic violence case. Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan dismissed the application of the woman seeking interim maintenance of Rs 30,000 […] Read more » Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan news No maintenance for unborn child Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Complaint against Mallika over ”obscene” poster August 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Complaint against Mallika over ”obscene” poster A complaint was filed in a local court on Wednesday seeking to book Bollywood actor Mallika Sherawat for disrespecting the national flag through its objectionable portrayal in a poster of her upcoming film ‘Dirty Politics’. The complaint also requested the court to book a similar case under relevant sections against the producer of the film […] Read more » Complaint against Mallika JMFC Judicial Magistrate First Class Ashutosh Shukla Mallika Sherawat news producer KC Bokadia todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court issues summons to Baba Ramdev August 21, 2014 / August 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local here today issued a summons to yoga guru Baba Ramdev to appear before it on August 26 in connection with SC/ST atrocities charges. First Class Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad, P Chandra while hearing charges against Baba Ramdev prima facie found it correct and directed him to appear on Tuesday. Subal Ravi Das and Babloo […] Read more » Judicial Magistrate P Chandra news summons to Baba Ramdev todays news todays top news Top news yoga guru Baba Ramdev
Top Law News 2G money laundering case: Court grants bail to Dayalu Ammal August 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today granted bail to DMK supremo M Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal, who along with others including former Telecom Minister A Raja, was chargesheeted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a 2G scam-related money laundering case. Special CBI Judge O P Saini allowed the bail plea of 83-year-old Ammal on a personal bond […] Read more » 2G case 2G money laundering case CBI judge O.P. Saini Dayalu Ammal M Karunanidhi's news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Court orders release of Irom Sharmila from jail August 20, 2014 / August 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Manipur on Tuesday ordered the release of Irom Sharmila who has staged a 14-year hunger strike in protest at human rights abuses in Manipur, her lawyer said. “The court has set her free,” lawyer Mani Khaidem said of Irom Sharmila, who was arrested shortly after beginning her protest. Sharmila, known as the […] Read more » AFSPA in manipur Irom Sharmila Iron Lady of Manipur Manipur activist Manipuri hunger striker news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Sisters awaiting execution for mass murder move HC August 20, 2014 / August 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two sisters from Kolhapur whose mercy petitions against capital punishment were rejected by the President recently, on Tuesday moved the Bombay High Court praying their death sentence be commuted to life imprisonment. The sisters–Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit–have, in their petition, contended that the President had taken more than five years to decide their mercy […] Read more » death sentence Kolhapur Kolhapur Sisters mass murders news Renuka Shinde Seema Gavit todays news todays top news Top news
High Profile Cases Top Law News Sadhvi Pragya charged in RSS worker murder case August 20, 2014 / August 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and three others accused were charged by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday in the murder of RSS worker Sunil Joshi in a special court here. The document by the NIA was filed in the court of Special Judge. Pragya is under judicial custody at the moment. Apart form her, […] Read more » Joshi murder case news NIA RSS worker Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur Sunil Joshi todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Govt seeks special bench to hear vigilance cases August 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Kerala government today said it has requested the High Court to set up a special bench to hear vigilance cases to ensure their speedy clearance. Speaking at a function here, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said there are instances of vigilance cases pending for 10 years, creating discontent among people. It was to avoid this that […] Read more » Kerala High Court news special bench to hear vigilance cases todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Gold smuggling at IGI airport: Court denies bail to accused August 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man, who was accused of smuggling 760 gold coins worth Rs. 1.33 crores from Dubai and throwing them in a dustbin at the Delhi’s IGI airport, was denied bail by a local court saying prima facie it appeared to be a case of customs duty evasion. Special judge Gurvinder Pal Singh rejected the bail […] Read more » Court denies bail to Gold smuggler Gold smuggling at IGI airport Hameed Sultan Mohammed Ali judge Gurvinder Pal Singh news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Zoo elephants to be unchained on MP HC order August 19, 2014 / August 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Elephants Moti and Champa will be unchained nearly after seven years following the directions of the Madhya Pradesh High Court today to the Municipal Corporation authorities to construct an open enclosure for them. Both Moti and Champa were chained for about seven years ago, because of their “volatile” nature. (Source: PTI) Read more » Madhya Pradesh High Court news todays news todays top news Top news Zoo elephants to be unchained