Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Top Law News Bombay HC refuses to grant relief to Zakir Naik June 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today refused to grant relief to controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is facing charges of inciting communal disharmony and committing unlawful activities, observing that he did not show any interest or desire to help the probe agencies. A division bench of justices R M Savant and Revati Mohite Dere was […] Read more » Enforcement Directorate (ED) featured Islamic preacher Justice R M Savant Justice Revati Mohite Dere National Investigation Agency (NIA) Zakir Naik
Criminal Law News HC directed Maha govt to probe reason behind crime against children June 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to probe the reasons behind crimes and why juveniles were increasingly taking to criminal activities, lamenting the rampant incidents of crime against children. A bench of Justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni said the state must take preventive steps to minimise incidents involving juveniles […] Read more » Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni featured justice G S Kulkarni Justice Naresh Patil
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Criminal Law News Sterlite stir: HC rejects pre-arrest bail pleas of lawyers June 19, 2018 / June 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Madurai: The Madras High Court bench today dismissed the anticipatory bail pleas of two lawyers, members of an ultra-Left outfit, booked by the police on charges of instigating protests against Sterlite’s copper unit in Tuticorin last month that turned violent. Justice G R Swaminathan dismissed the petitions filed by Vanchinathan and Hariraghavan, who are members of […] Read more » featured Justice G R Swaminathan Tamil Nadu Public Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act.
Criminal Law News Expedite probe in girl’s murder, HC asks police June 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has directed the city police to expedite its probe into the death of a girl, allegedly killed by her relatives for refusing to read a holy book and offer prayers. A bench of Justices R M Savant and Revati Mohite-Dere directed the Antop Hill police that is probing the incident, to […] Read more » featured girl holy books Justice R M Savant Justice Revati Mohite Dere killed
Criminal Law News 3 Bangladeshi nationals sentenced 10 years of RI for human trafficking June 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thane: Three Bangladeshi nationals sentenced 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2012 human trafficking case by a district court. District sessions judge S C Khalipe convicted the trio– Abdul alias Afzal Shaikh alias Gaffar Shafiuddin Shaikh (48), his wife Shivali alias Sangita Abdul Shaikh (36) and her sister Nargis Abdul Hasan Mandal (30). The sentence was […] Read more » Bangladeshi nationals District sessions judge S C Khalipe featured human traficking sentenced
Criminal Law News Top Law News Madras HC refused to quash case against couple in land grabbing June 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chennai: The Madras High Court has denied to quash criminal proceedings against a couple in a case of alleged land grabbing in Puducherry, observing that they were part of a gang which targeted rich French nationals to usurp their properties by forging documents. Justice P N Prakash, dismissing petitions by the couple, directed a judicial magistrate […] Read more » couplr featured Justice P N Prakash land grabbing
Criminal Law News Top Law News Gujarat HC: Adjourns order on 3 convicts’ sentences in Naroda Patiya case June 16, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court adjourned the pronouncement of the quantum of sentence of three convicts in the 2002 Naroda Patiya case today. A division bench of justices Harsha Devani and A S Supehia posted the matter for further hearing on June 19, when lawyers of the convicts would start fresh arguments on the quantum of […] Read more » BJP minister Maya Kodnani featured Justice A S Supehia Justice Harsha Devani
Criminal Law News Top Law News HC issues notice to state government in Assam lynching case June 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Guwahati: In Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, the Gauhati High Court has issued notices to state government officials asking them to apprise it of steps taken to nab the culprits in lynching incident. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Ajit Singh and Justice Achintya Malla Bujorbarua, which took suo motu cognisance of the incident in which two […] Read more » Abhijeet Nath (30) Assam lynching featured Gauhati HC lynching Nilotpal Das (29)
Criminal Law News Top Law News Show cause notice to probing cop in Khwaja Yunus custodial death June 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Mumbai sessions court has issued a show cause notice to the investigating officer in the Khwaja Yunus custodial death case over the police failure to produce witnesses in the court for examination. Judge V S Padalkar issued the notice yesterday asking the senior officer of the Ghatkopar Police Station why action must not be […] Read more » featured Judge V S Padalkar Khwaja Yunus custodial death probing cop Show cause notice
Criminal Law News Top Law News Rahul pleaded not guilty in a defamation case June 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thane: Congress President Rahul Gandhi today pleaded not guilty in a defamation case filed against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker in a court here. Gandhi arrived at the court in Bhiwandi at 11.10 am amid heavy security cover and was greeted by hoards of people raising slogans in his support. Inside the court, […] Read more » featured Judge A I Sheikh Rahul Gandhi Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Criminal Law News Top Law News NSA: 6 held for violence in anti-Sterlite protests June 12, 2018 / June 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tuticorin (TN): Six people arrested for their alleged involvement in the violence during anti-Sterlite protests last month were today detained under the National Security Act (NSA), police said. The six were arrested on May 22 and are presently lodged in Palayamkottai Central Prison. They were detained under NSA as per the orders of the Home Secretary […] Read more » anti-Sterlite National Security Act NSA violence
Criminal Law News Top Law News PWD Scam: Delhi HC granted bail to Kejriwal’s relative June 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Delhi court today granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s relative Vinay Bansal in a case related to an alleged scam in the Public Works Department (PWD). Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau granted relief to Bansal, a nephew of Kejriwal, on a personal bond of Rs two lakh with one surety of like […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal featured PWD scam Vinay Bansal
