Court, Judiciary & Legal System 2 get life sentence, 3 acquitted In Godhra train burning case August 27, 2018 / August 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi:- Two accused were awarded life imprisonment by a special SIT court here today in the 2002 Godhra train carnage case in which 59 ‘karsevaks’ were burnt alive in two coaches of the Sabarmati Express.Three others were acquitted in the case.Special judge H C Vora convicted Farooq Bhana and Imran Sheru and awarded them […] Read more » 2 get life sentence 3 acquitted featured Godhra train burning case special SIT court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System ArmyCourt of Inquiry indicts Major Gogoi in Srinagar hotel case August 27, 2018 / August 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi:-A Rohingya man was arrested here for allegedly defaming a Rohingya woman by allegedly posting some personal photos of her on social media, police said today. The man and the woman, who are residents of a camp of Rohingyas in the city, were colleagues at an office and they had taken some personal pictures […] Read more » ArmyCourt defaming a Rohingya woman featured Major Gogoi Srinagar hotel case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC dismisses plea to make electoral offences cognisable August 27, 2018 / August 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi-The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea that sought a minimum punishment of two years for electoral offences, including bribery, false statement, undue influence, by candidates and political parties.A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Mishra refused to entertain a PIL filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay that sought to make electoral offences cognisable.“Heard and […] Read more » assembly elections Chief Justice Dipak Mishra featured The Supreme Court today issued notice to Centre and Election Commission on BJP's plea challenging Delhi High Court's verdict holding the ruling party along with Congress prima facie guilty of violatin
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Environment Law News Top Law News Judges of Delhi High court will contribute for Kerala floods rehabilitation August 24, 2018 / August 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Judges of Delhi High Court have have decided to contribute for the rehabilitation of the people of Kerala hit by the devastating floods. The judges of the high court have decided to contribute voluntarily to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund. Besides the judges, the the Registry of the High Court would also contribute […] Read more » Chief Justice Rajendra Menon Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund. Delhi High Court featured kerala flood
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Profile Cases Top Law News Justices KM Joseph to take charge in Supreme Court August 7, 2018 / August 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: Justice K.M. Joseph, the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, has taken oath as a judge of the Supreme Court on Tuesday. It came out with a notification last Friday on the appointment of three judges to the apex court by putting at third position the seniority of Justice K M Joseph. The Centre […] Read more » featured Justices Indira Banerjee justices km joseph
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Raj Info Commission asks courts to reduce RTI application fee August 6, 2018 / August 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jaipur: Supreme Court orders the Rajasthan Information Commission to ask all courts in the state, including the High Court to reduce RTI application fee. Disposing of an appeal of Anndaram Chaudhary, a resident of Merta City, the Commission in its order given last week, the copy of which was made available today, has expected from the […] Read more » Anndaram Chaudhary featured Right To Information (RTI) Rs 100 judicial stamp
Court, Judiciary & Legal System CJI Misra asks budding lawyers, judges to not get swayed away by infighting August 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra today asked budding lawyers and judges not to get swayed away by infighting and distractions that come their way and suggested them to deal with such situations courageously. He was addressing law students at the sixth convocation of the National Law University here. “You are required to develop […] Read more » budding lawyers Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra National law university
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Calcutta HC: Mukul Roy’s Y-plus security to remain August 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court today directed that the ‘Y-plus’ security given to BJP leader Mukul Roy by the Centre would remain, as it dismissed a PIL seeking withdrawal of the security cover given to the leader. A division bench comprising Chief Justice J Bhattacharya and Justice A Banerjee passed the direction after considering a report […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Kaushik Chanda BJP leader Mukul Roy Chief Justice J Bhattacharya Debraj Chakraborty featured Justice A Banerjee
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC: JKHCBA Jammu to file an impleadment application on 35-A August 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA), Jammu tonight passed a resolution to file an impleadment application before the Supreme Court in connection with petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35-A of the Constitution. A statement issued by the JKHCBA, Jammu said it was unanimously resolved that the bar association would file […] Read more » Article 35-A featured Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) JKHCBA president B S Slathia lawyer A V Gupta Maharaja Hari Singh senior lawyer Permod Kohli
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC terms use of spikes, fireballs to drive away elephants as barbaric August 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today termed the use of spikes and fireballs to drive away elephants as “barbaric”and said that states should be desisted from using any such methods. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta observed that states have to stop such practice after the apex court was told that these […] Read more » 'West Bengal Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni featured Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur Odisha
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Public Utilities Top Law News HC to AAP: Don’t insist on documents like Aadhaar to give benefits of maternity schemes August 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today said there was no legal basis for the AAP government to insist on documents like Aadhaar and bank passbooks, to provide maternity scheme benefits to pregnant and lactating women in the city. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar asked the Delhi government […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal advocate Sija Nair Pal featured Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) Justice C Hari Shankar
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC: No coercive action against anyone on basis of draft NRC of Assam August 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said there will be no coercive action by authorities against over 40 lakh people, whose names do not figure in Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC), observing that it was merely a draft. The top court asked the Centre to formulate modalities and the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including timelines […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal featured justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman National Register of Citizens (NRC) NRC Assam coordinator Prateek Hajela Registrar General of India
