Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC orders govt to give pension to freedom fighter’s daughter March 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has allowed a petition filed by the married daughter of a freedom fighter seeking family pension for her as her husband had deserted her and she was suffering from hypertension and schizophrenia. Justice K B K Vasuki, allowing the petition filed by M Joice, daughter of freedom […] Read more » Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court pension to freedom fighter's daughter Justice K B K Vasuki
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Women lawyers move SC against December 16 gangrape case advocates March 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An association of women lawyers on Friday mentioned in the Supreme court a petition seeking action against two advocates for making derogatory remarks on women in a BBC documentary on December 16 gangrape case. A bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu said it would hear the matter next week.The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association […] Read more » advocate Mahalakshmi Pavani Chief Justice HL Dattu December 16 gangrape case Gender Sensitization Committee The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association Women lawyers move SC
Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC declines PIL to declare Bhagavad Gita as nat text March 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a plea seeking to declare Bhagavad Gita as national text saying the subject falls outside its domain. “How can we say. Every citizen has a mindset which is a sacred book. How can we give a declaration,” a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices M […] Read more » advocate M K Balakrishnan Bhagavad Gita as nat text Chief Justice H.L. Dattu Justices M Y Eqbal PIL to declare Bhagavad Gita as nat text
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Lashkar-e-Toiba bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda discharged in TADA case March 10, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Top Lashkar-e-Toiba bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda, one of the 20 terrorists India had asked Pakistan to hand over after the 26/11 Mumbai attack, was on Tuesday discharged by a Delhi court in a case lodged against him in 1994 under the stringent Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA). Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal […] Read more » Abdul Karim Tunda discharged in TADA case bomb expert Abdul Karim public prosecutor Rajiv Mohan Top Lashkar-e-Toiba bomb expert Abdul Karim
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Stop making mockery of courts: NGT warns authorities March 10, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today took strong exception to the delay by some authorities in submitting their suggestions for construction of a multi-level parking facility in Lajpat Nagar here saying “you cannot play around with our orders”. A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar while hearing a petition related to vehicular pollution in Delhi said, […] Read more » Justice Swatanter Kumar National Green Tribunal NGT warns authorities Public Works Department PWD Stop making mockery of courts
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Husband Legally and Morally Bound to Maintain His Wife: Delhi High Court March 10, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man working as a disc jockey (DJ) has been asked to pay interim maintenance to his estranged wife by a Delhi Court which observed that the husband is legally and morally bound to maintain her.”He being the husband of complainant (woman) is legally and morally bound to maintain her and cannot shirk his responsibility […] Read more » Delhi High Court Husband Legally and Morally Bound to Maintain His Wife Metropolitan Magistrate Mona Tardi Kerketta
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC compounds offence in consensual sex case March 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on HC compounds offence in consensual sex case Bringing an end to a 15-year-old case of consensual sex with a woman on the false promise of marriage, the Madras High Court has compounded the offence after the accused agreed to bear the expenses of their child till he turns 18. Allowing an appeal by the man, Justice M Sathyanarayanan set aside his conviction […] Read more » consensual sex case Madras High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Can’t keep live-in relations outside purview of rape: HC March 8, 2015 / March 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi high court has refused to keep live-in relationships outside the purview of rape under the IPC, saying it would amount to giving them the status of matrimony, which the legislature has chosen “not to do”. The court made the observation while hearing a PIL, which had sought direction to the government to keep […] Read more » Can't keep live-in relations outside Chief Justice G Rohini Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw live-in relations outside purview of rape
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Vendor goods being seized under anti-sabotage measures: HC March 8, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An association for street vendors has alleged before Delhi High Court that goods of roadside sellers were being seized by police as part of its “anti- sabotage measures”, which the organisation has dubbed as a “fresh modus operandi” to harass squatters. The allegation made by National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) prompted a bench of […] Read more » anti-sabotage measures Vendor goods being seized under anti-sabotage measures
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Ex-CM’s Secy denied issuing recommendation letter:Delhi Cops March 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s political secretary Pawan Khera has denied issuing any recommendation letter to a man for a job in NMDC, Delhi Police today told a court hearing a case of cheating. Investigating Officer of the case filed his Action Taken Report (ART) in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Navjeet Budhiraja, saying […] Read more » Ex-CM's Secy denied issuing recommendation letter Magistrate Navjeet Budhiraja
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC contempt on civic bodies if hoardings not moved March 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has warned that contempt action will be initiated against municipal bodies in Maharashtra which are not complying with its orders on removal of illegal hoardings from public places. The warning was given yesterday by a bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka on a batch of PILs alleging that police and civic […] Read more » ◾HC contempt on civic bodies Advocate Uday Warunjikar Justice Abhay Oka SuSwaraj Foundation
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Vigilance Court order set aside by HC March 4, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court today set aside a vigilance court order dismissing a corruption complaint against state Finance Minister K M Mani over alleged provision of ‘illegal’ tax benefits to a poultry trading company and an ayurvedic medicine manufacturer. Revising the order of Vigilance Court, Kottayam, the High Court directed it to reconsider the petition […] Read more » Finance Minister K M Mani Justice C T Ravikumar Vigilance Court order
