High Profile Cases Execution ropes from Buxar Jail could be used to hang Nirbhaya case convicts January 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than a month before death warrants were issued in the Nirbhaya gangrape case, a jail in Bihar had been commissioned to make 10 execution ropes which are likely to be used for the four convicts scheduled to be hanged on January 22. The Buxar Jail, the only prison in the state having the required […] Read more » death warrants in the Nirbhaya gangrape case Execution ropes from Buxar Jail Nirbhaya gangrape case
High Profile Cases Top Law News Nirbhaya case: Death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma moves curative plea in SC January 9, 2020 / January 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a last ditch effort to escape the noose, Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the four men sentenced to death in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday. A curative petition is the last legal remedy available to a convict. On Tuesday, a Delhi court […] Read more » Akshay Kumar Singh (31) Death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma Delhi High Court Mukesh (32) Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case Pawan Gupta (25) Vinay Kumar Sharma Vinay Sharma (26) Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31)
High Profile Cases Top Law News CJI headed 9-judge SC bench to hear issue of women’s entry in Sabarimala temple January 8, 2020 / January 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday formed a nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde to hear from January 13 the issue of allowing women and girls of all ages to enter Kerala’s Sabarimala temple, along with the other contentious issues of alleged discrimination against Muslim and Parsi women. The other judges on […] Read more » Chief Justice S A Bobde CJI headed 9-judge SC bench women's entry in Sabarimala temple
High Profile Cases As court orders hanging of Nirbhaya case convicts, a look at death penalties in India January 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With a Delhi court Tuesday ordering the hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case for January 22, here is a look at India’s record on death penalties and their execution. The convicts have time till then to file curative petitions in the top court which may or may not be […] Read more » a look at death penalties in India As court orders hanging of Nirbhaya case convicts hanging of Nirbhaya case convicts Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) 1999 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) 1985 Prevention of Child Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) 2012 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967
High Profile Cases Ensure law & order during trade unions’ strike: Calcutta High Court to WB govt January 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to take necessary steps for ensuring law and order in the state in view of a nationwide strike called by 10 central trade unions on Wednesday. The high court was hearing a PIL moved by a practising lawyer seeking a direction to the state […] Read more » AICCTU AITUC AIUTUC Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan CITU Ensure law & order during trade unions' strike HC HMS INTUC Justice Arijit Banerjee LPF SEWA TUCC UTUC WB govt
High Profile Cases Top Law News A person is senior by virtue of seniority and deserves to be respected: Delhi High Court January 8, 2020 / January 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A person is a senior by virtue of his seniority and should be respected even if he has less academic qualification than juniors, the Delhi High Court has observed. The high court said insubordination is misconduct and refused to interfere with the orders of a special executive magistrate (SEM) and a trial court directing a […] Read more » A person is senior by virtue of seniority and deserves to be respected respected senior even if he has less academic qualification than juniors
High Profile Cases Top Law News Man gets four terms of life sentence for raping minor daughter January 8, 2020 / January 8, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 31-year-old man, who raped his minor daughter in the district, was handed four terms of life sentence by a courthere on Tuesday. Mahila court judge Ezhilarasi sentenced Kumar to four terms of life imprisonment which should run continuouslywith a clear order that he should not be released from the prison till hisdeath. The judge […] Read more » life sentence for raping minor daughter
High Profile Cases CBI court directs AP CM Jagan to appear before it on Jan 10 January 6, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Special CBI court here has directed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy to appear before it on January 10 in connection with alleged ‘quid pro quo’ investments into his firms. The court gave the direction on Friday while hearing a petition by him seeking exemption from personal appearance. Ever since Jagan became […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy special CBI court
High Profile Cases Top Law News Bhatpara TMC councillors move appeal against Calcutta High Court. January 6, 2020 / January 6, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Trinamool Congress councillors on Friday moved an appeal before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court, challenging a single bench order that set aside a no-confidence motion brought by the party against the chairman of Bhatpara Municipality. The division bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Protik Prakash Banerjee directed that the matter would be […] Read more » Bhatpara Municipality Bhatpara TMC councillors BJP chairman Sourav Singh Calcutta High Court justice Protik Prakash Banerjee Justices Dipankar Datta
High Profile Cases Madras High Court junks plea to remove Governor January 3, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Union government to remove Banwarilal Purohit as Tamil Nadu Governor for not passing orders on the Council of Ministers’ advice to release the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. A Division Bench, comprising Justices M Sathyanarayanan and R Hemalatha […] Read more » Justice R Hemalatha Justices M Sathyanarayanan Madras High Court
High Profile Cases Bhatpara TMC councillors move appeal against Calcutta High Court. January 3, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Trinamool Congress councillors on Friday moved an appeal before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court, challenging a single bench order that set aside a no-confidence motion brought by the party against the chairman of Bhatpara Municipality. The division bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Protik Prakash Banerjee directed that the matter would be […] Read more » Calcutta High Court justice Protik Prakash Banerjee Justices Dipankar Datta
High Profile Cases Top Law News Kota children deaths : NHRC sends notice to Raj govt January 3, 2020 / January 3, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over the death of more than 100 infants at a state-run hospital in Kota in December, officials said on Friday. The NHRC, in a statement, said it has issued a notice to the chief secretary, seeking a detailed report in the matter […] Read more » Kota children deaths
