Court, Judiciary & Legal System Tadvi suicide: High Court to hear bail pleas of doctors on Thursday July 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has posted on Thursday the hearing into the bail pleas of three women doctors arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of their junior colleague by tormenting her with casteist slurs at a hospital here. Special public prosecutor Raja Thakare, appearing for the city police’s crime branch, told a single bench of […] Read more » High Court pleas of doctors tadvi case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Maha: Man gets 3-year Rigorous Imprisonment for molesting minor girl July 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has sentenced a 30-year-old man to three years’ rigorous imprisonment for molesting a teenaged girl last year. Thane district judge R V Tamhanekar, in his order last Friday, convicted Nadeem Anwar Hussain Ansari, a mechanic from Bhiwandi town, under section 354 (molestation) of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children […] Read more » Maharashtra molesting minor girl rigorous impisonment
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Ahmed Patel fined over plea to produce CD of MLAs’ statements July 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Tuesday after his lawyer sought to allow a witness to produce a CD of the party MLAs’ statements made ahead of the 2017 Rajya Sabha election. Imposing the fine, Justice Bela Trivedi said the court had earlier rejected the […] Read more » Ahmed Patel fined over plea MLAs' statements
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court cancels Amrapali group’s registration and leases, directs NBCC to complete its pending projects July 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday cancelled the registration of the Amrapali group and appointed the state-run National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) to complete all its pending projects, bringing great relief to thousands of home buyers who had invested their money with it. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and U U Lalit also cancelled the […] Read more » cancels Amrapali group's directs NBCC registration and leases Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court: Which law prohibits vendors from selling meat without licence ? July 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “Where is the law that prohibits a street vendor from selling meat without a licence? Which law entitles you [North Delhi Municipal Corporation to prohibit it? Saying you have a policy is neither here nor there,” Justice Vibhu Bakhru said. The Counsel for the civic body thereafter sought time to place before the court the […] Read more » law prohibits vendors selling meat without licence
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Plea in High Court for equal status to ‘Vande Mataram’ as that of national anthem July 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea was Monday filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Centre to frame a policy to equally propagate the national anthem and the national song — ‘Vande Mataram’. The plea, filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, has sought that ‘Vande Mataram’, written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, be given […] Read more » 'Vande Mataram High Court National Anthem
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court quashes defamation proceedings against Ratan Tata, others July 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Monday quashed proceedings initiated by a local court against Tata Sons’ former chairman Ratan Tata, its current chairman N Chandrasekaran and eight directors of the firm in a criminal defamation case filed by Nusli Wadia. In December 2018, a magistrate court in the city issued notices to Ratan Tata and […] Read more » High Court Ratan Tata
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Govt-empanelled lawyers say will not attend Calcutta High Court judge’s court July 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a rare move, government-empanelled lawyers at the Calcutta High Court Monday told Justice Samapti Chattopadhyay that they will henceforth not attend her court. Additional Government Pleader Bhaskar Baishya told Justice Chattopadhyay, soon after she entered the courtroom for holding hearing of cases, that government-empanelled lawyers have resolved not to attend her court. “The way […] Read more » Govt-empanelled lawyers High Court judge's court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court refuses to urgently list plea of 2 Independent K’taka MLAs seeking floor test forthwith July 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday refused to urgently list a plea of two Independent Karnataka MLAs seeking holding of floor test forthwith, but said it may consider listing of the petition Tuesday. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, “Impossible. We have never done this before. Tomorrow we may see to it.” The […] Read more » of 2 Independent K'taka MLAs seeking floor test forthwith Supreme Court refuses urgently list plea
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Karnataka crisis set to put a 25-year-old Supreme Court judgment to test July 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Some of these stakeholders have taken contradictory positions on issues that have resulted in an existential crisis for the HD Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka. But this not the first time something like this has happened in Karnataka politics. SR Bommai was the Karnataka chief minister in 1989. The Janata Dal – formed after the merger […] Read more » Court judgment Karnataka crisis Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Allahabad High Court Allows Minor Rape Survivor To Terminate Pregnancy July 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Considering the trauma that the minor rape survivor may face if she has to give birth to a child, the Allahabad High Court Friday permitted her to medically terminate her pregnancy, even if it crossed 20 weeks, the permissible limit given in Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. The Lucknow bench of the […] Read more » Minor Rape Survivor Terminate Pregnancy
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Supreme Court Extends Tenure of Babri Case Judge July 20, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court Bench led by Justice Rohinton Nariman extended the tenure of the Special Judge conducting the joint trial of the Babri Masjid demolition & criminal conspiracy cases. The judge, who was scheduled to retire on September 30, had sought more time to complete the trial. On April 19, 2017, the apex court gave […] Read more » Babri Case Judge Extends Tenure Supreme Court
