High Profile Cases Madras High Court censures TN govt for terming water project ‘technically infeasible’ October 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has censured the Tamil Nadu government for terming a proposal for uninterrupted supply of water to a group of villages “technically not feasible”, while drawing a contrast with India’s space missions to the Moon and a planned programme to study the Sun. Allowing a petition of a farmers’ association, Justice K […] Read more » Madras High Court Parambikulam Azhiyar Project
High Profile Cases Arrested Cong leader Sanmoy Bandopadhyay granted bail October 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment West Bengal Congress leader Sanmoy Bandopadhyay, who was arrested by Purulia district police for alleged violation of Cyber Crime Act, was granted bail by a court on Sunday. A Purulia court granted bail to Bandopadhyay on condition that he will appear before the investigating officer at Purulia police station once a week. Bandopadhyay, who was […] Read more » Sanmoy Bandopadhyay granted bail
High Profile Cases Court sentences 3 to 5 years in jail for cheating investors in 20-year-old case October 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thousands of investors see a ray of hope in a 20-year fight for justice after a Delhi court sentenced the three directors of two companies, who had induced the public to invest in the firms promising handsome returns, to five years in jail for cheating. Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman, his wife Shaista Nusrat and Habib-Ur-Rehman were sentenced under […] Read more » jail for cheating investors
High Profile Cases Kerala court extends police custody of Jolly Joseph and two others till Oct 18 October 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Kerala court on Wednesday extended till Friday the police custody of Jolly Joseph and two others in connection with the suspicious deaths of six members of a family here over 14 years from 2002, allegedly after consuming cyanide-laced food. Jolly, M S Mathew and Prajikumar were produced before the Thamarassery court here this evening […] Read more » Kerala court police custody of Jolly Joseph
High Profile Cases Mahua Moitra’s Defamation Case – Delhi HC Quashes Sessions Court’s Stay Of Proceedings Against Sudhir Chaudhary October 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday challenged in the Delhi High Court a sessions court order staying proceedings in a defamation complaint filed by her against Zee News and its editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary, PTI reported. Moitra had filed the defamation case after Chaudhary accused her of plagiarism in her June 25 speech in Parliament. Moitra, in […] Read more » Mahua Moitra's Defamation Case
High Profile Cases Delhi court extends police custody of Fortis Healthcare’s former promoters Malvinder Singh and his brother. October 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Tuesday extended by two days the police custody of Fortis Healthcare’s former promoters Malvinder Singh and his brother Shivinder as also a senior official, arrested or allegedly misappropriating funds of Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL) and causing losses of Rs 2,397 crore to the firm. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat extended custodial interrogation […] Read more » Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat Fortis Healthcare
High Profile Cases Day-to-day proceedings in Ayodhya case to end at 5 PM on Wednesday: SC October 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it clear that it will conclude today the day-to-day hearing in the politically sensitive Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case at Ayodhya, saying “enough is enough”. A 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that it is hearing the Ayodhya land dispute case for the last […] Read more » Ayodhya case
High Profile Cases HC directs AAP govt to ensure fire safety in Delhi schools October 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the AAP government to ensure implementation of the Education Department’s circular regarding installation of fire safety systems in all schools in the national capital and to take action against violators. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar directed the Education Department of […] Read more » fire safety in Delhi schools
High Profile Cases Koregaon Bhima case: SC extends protection from arrest to Gautam Navlakha by 4 weeks October 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday extended by four weeks the interim protection from arrest granted to civil rights activist Gautma Navlakha in the Koregaon Bhima violence case. However, a bench of justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta asked Navlakha to approach the concerned court to seek pre-arrest bail in the case. When the counsel, appearing for […] Read more » civil rights activist Gautma Navlakha Justice Deepak Gupta Justices Arun Mishra Koregaon-Bhima case
High Profile Cases Man gets life term for raping 3-yr-old girl in UP October 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court here sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a three-year-old girl. The court also imposed Rs 1 lakh fine on him. Assistant Government Advocate Shekhar Verma said on Sunday that Sanjay Dom– a resident of Tikaitnagar Police Station area– lured the girl and took her towards an old hospital where he […] Read more » POCSO Act
High Profile Cases Accused who obtains bail cannot be permitted to urge that he was not aware of the dates in the criminal case filed against him October 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court has observed that accused who obtains bail cannot be permitted to urge that he was not aware of the dates in the criminal case filed against him. A bench of Justice Gupta and Justice Kant has passed the order in the case titled as TARA DEVI vs BHIKAR RAI @ BHIKARI RAI on 04.10.2019. Supreme Court […] Read more » aware of the dates in the criminal case bail
High Profile Cases Top Law News Lok Sabha passes Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2019 October 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the amendments proposed in the bill aim to ensure timely admission and completion of corporate insolvency resolution process. The minister said that Amendments to insolvency law are aimed at ensuring greater timeliness for resolution process, which has to be completed in 330 days, and changes are […] Read more » Lok Sabha passes Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill
