High Profile Cases Man gets life imprisonment for raping and killing teenaged girl November 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A farmer has been sentenced for life by a court in Maharashtra for raping and killing a 17-year-old girl in 2014. District Judge H M Patwardhan on Monday pronounced Shankar Bhogade guilty under Indian Penal Code Sections 376 (rape), 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) and provisions of the Protection of Children […] Read more » District Judge H M Patwardhan life imprisonment life imprisonment for raping and killing teenaged girl Penal Code Sections 376 Shankar Bhogade Shankar Bhogade guilty under Indian Penal Code Sections 376
High Profile Cases No bail for two students arrested under UAPA November 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here on Wednesday dismissed the bail applications of two CPI(M) student activists, who were arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for allegedly distributing pro-Maoist pamphlets. Thaha Fazal and Allan Shuhaib, who are students of Journalism and Law respectively and CPI(M)’s branch committee members, were arrested on November 2 from here, causing widespread […] Read more » allegedly distributing pro-Maoist pamphlets. UAPA Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for allegedly distributing pro-Maoist pamphlets
High Profile Cases Delhi police protest darkest day in history : Bar Council of India November 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Council of India Wednesday said that the protest by Delhi Police yesterday seems to be “politically motivated” and the “darkest day in the history of independence” and asserted that the guilty police officials should be arrested within a week. BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said in a press release that earlier the BCI […] Read more » Bar Council of India BCI Chairman Delhi police protest darkest day in history Manan Kumar Mishra
High Profile Cases The Supreme Court asks J&K HC Juvenile Justice Committee to examine fresh allegations of detention of minors November 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the four member juvenile justice committee of Jammu and Kashmir High Court to examine afresh allegations of detention of minors by security forces in the state after abrogation of provisions of Article 370. A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana asked the committee to place its report as expeditiously […] Read more » Article 370 J&K HC Juvenile Justice Committee Justice N.V. Ramana The Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Centre has freedom to amend its CGHS scheme : Delhi High Court November 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to interfere with the modified Central Government Health Services (CGHS) scheme, saying it is for the Centre to decide how to give health benefits and supply medicines to its serving and retired employees. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said prima […] Read more » authorisation slip for buying cosmetics from the chemist shop authorisation slip for buying Horlicks authorisation slip for buying toothbrushes authorisation slip for buying toothpastes Central Government Health Services CGHS Chief Justice D.N. Patel Justice C Hari Shankar
High Profile Cases Elgar Parishad case: Navlakha moves Pune court for anticipatory bail November 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activist Gautam Navlakha, accused of Maoist links in connection with the Elgar Parishad caste violence case, on Tuesday approached the Pune sessions court for anticipatory bail. The court will hear his plea on November 7. The Bombay High Court had on Monday asked Navlakha to approach the sessions court here for anticipatory bail. Navlakha’s plea […] Read more » Activist Gautam Navlakha Bombay High Court Elgar Parishad case Koregaon-Bhima
High Profile Cases The Kerala High Court directs Kerala government to preserve corpse of 2 slain maoists November 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to preserve until further orders the bodies of two Maoists who were killed in an encounter in Agali forests last week, after their kin filed a plea against a court order permitting their cremation. It also directed the government to keep the bodies of slain […] Read more » encounter in Agali forests Justice K P Narayana Pisharody preserve corpse of 2 slain maoists The Kerala High Court
High Profile Cases Jessica lal murder convict Manu Sharma seeks premature release : HC asks Delhi govt to respond November 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jessica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma, who has spent about 17 years in jail, has sought premature release and the Delhi High Court Friday asked the Delhi government to respond to his plea. A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal asked the Delhi government to file its reply on the petition in which […] Read more » Jessica lal murder Manu Sharma
High Profile Cases AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi taken into custody for failing to appear before court in 2013 rioting case November 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi was on Friday taken into custody for his failure to comply with repeated summons and warrants of the court in a 2013 rioting case. Tripathi was produced before Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar after non-bailable warrant (NBW) was issued against him on Thursday for failing to appear on October 30, […] Read more » AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi
High Profile Cases NGT directs Jal Board, DPCC to submit report on illegal extraction of groundwater November 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal on Friday directed the Jal Board and the Pollution Control Committee in the national capital to submit report on a plea alleging illegal extraction of groundwater in North Delhi. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said depletion of groundwater is a serious concern and authorities should seriously […] Read more » illegal extraction of groundwater NGT
High Profile Cases High Court of Tripura upholds life term of 12 for murdering Congress MLA Parimal Saha 3 decades ago November 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The High Court of Tripura on Friday upheld the life imprisonment awarded to 12 people for killing then Congress MLA Parimal Saha 36 years ago. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjoy Karol and Justice Arindam Lodh also handed down life term to another accused who had been acquitted by the trial court in 2016. Parimal […] Read more » Chief Justice Sanjoy Karol Congress MLA Parimal Saha High Court of Tripura Justice Arindam Lodh
High Profile Cases Calcutta HC directs Kamlesh Parekh to appear before CBI by Nov 7 November 2, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed Kamlesh Parekh, accused of defrauding 25 banks of over Rs 2,600 crore, to appear before the CBI here by November 7. It also stayed an “open-dated non-bailable arrest warrant” against him. Justice R Mantha directed Parekh, who is at present living abroad, to appear before the investigating officer […] Read more » CBI lawyer Anirban Mitra
