High Profile Cases Top Law News Delhi Court : Nirbhaya Convicts to Hang on March 20 at 5:30 am March 5, 2020 / March 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The 4 convicts, who got death penalty for the gangrape & murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi – dubbed Nirbhaya – more than 7 years ago, will be hanged on March 20, at 5:30 am. This is the 4th death warrant issued by a Delhi court. The death warrant was issued a day after […] Read more » Nirbhaya Convicts President Ram Nath Kovind President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy plea of Pawan Gupta rejected the mercy plea of Pawan Gupta
High Profile Cases Top Law News One is entitled to earned leave only if he works: Karnataka High Court March 5, 2020 / March 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Earned leave is a privilege a workman would be entitled to only if he actually works & can’t be earned as a matter of right if he hasn’t worked. The Karnataka HC made this observation while upholding the contention put forward by Vijaya Bank in connection with one of its reinstated employees. “If he doesn’t […] Read more » Industrial Disputes Act 1947 Karnataka HC
High Profile Cases Top Law News Five Judges of High Court to be made Permanent by Supreme Court Collegium. March 5, 2020 / March 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday approved the proposal for the appointment of five judges as the permanent judges of the Karnataka HC. Justice Mohammad Nawaz, Justice HT Gowda Narendra Prasad, Justice Ashok G Nijagannavar, Justice Hethur P Sandesh & Justice Krishnan Natarajan have been made as permanent judges of the Karnataka HC. The Karnataka […] Read more » appointment of five judges as the permanent judges of the Karnataka HC. Justice Ashok G Nijagannavar Justice Hethur P Sandesh Justice HT Gowda Narendra Prasad Justice Krishnan Natarajan Justice Mohammad Nawaz Karnataka HC Supreme Court collegium
High Profile Cases Do we really need proof that non-Muslims in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh are persecuted? : Harish Salve March 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior Lawyer Harish Salve, one of India’s biggest names in national & international law, has written an article explaining the importance of the CAA & how the arguments against the law are baseless. In the article, the senior Lawyer has written that though much has been said against the law & a lot of controversies has been […] Read more » detractors of CAA: Harish Salve harish salve on importance of the CAA Harish Salve slams detractors of CAA:
High Profile Cases Punjab & Haryana HC : Working of Senior Judicial Officer comes under Lens March 4, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The functioning of senior Punjab superior judicial services officer Tejwinder Singh has come under the Punjab & Haryana HC scanner. It is believed that a preliminary inquiry has been ordered by the HC & proceedings in the matter are pending. Posted as District & Sessions Judge at Pathankot earlier, Tejwinder Singh had conducted trial in […] Read more » Working of Senior Judicial Officer comes under Lens
High Profile Cases Punjab & Haryana High Court gives Police two days to take Necessary Action Case of Assault on a Lawyer. March 4, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The District Bar Association (DBA) today continued its dharna on Ferozepur Road near the DC office to press for their demand for registration of an First Information Report (FIR) against STF in-charge Harbans Singh & his dismissal from the service on the accusations of beating a city-based lawyer, Varun Gupta. Meanwhile, Justice Lisa Gill of […] Read more » Necessary Action Case of Assault on a Lawyer. Punjab & Haryana High Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News Mercy petition of Nirbhaya convict Pawan Gupta rejected by President Ramnath Kovind. March 4, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Wednesday, President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy plea of Pawan Gupta, 1 of the 4 death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape & murder case. Pawan Gupta was the last convict to file a mercy plea. This comes after a Delhi Court, on Monday, stayed for the third time the death sentence of 4 convicts […] Read more » Mercy petition of Nirbhaya convict Pawan Gupta rejected
High Profile Cases Petitioners can directly move High Court for Anticipatory Bail : Allahabad High Court March 4, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A five-judge bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday ruled it’s not mandatory to approach the sessions court first, before moving the High Court for anticipatory bail. The bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur, Justice Ramesh Sinha, Justice Sunita Agarwal, Justice Yashwant Verma & Justice Rahul Chaturvedi observed, “Section 438 of CrPC doesn’t mandate or require an individual to be relegated […] Read more » Allahabad High Court anticipatory bail Chief Justice Govind Mathur Justice Rahul Chaturvedi Justice Ramesh Sinha Justice Sunita Agarwal justice Yashwant Verma move High Court for Anticipatory Bail
High Profile Cases Supreme Court : Fake Social Media Accounts root cause of Riots. March 4, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Wednesday, a plea was filed in the Apex Court seeking directions to weed out fake social media accounts alleging that they promote communalism, radicalism, separatism, etc & is one of the root causes of riots & recent Delhi violence. The special leave petition (SPL), filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay, is challenging a Delhi HC order […] Read more » fake accounts Fake Social Media Accounts root cause of Riots root causes of riots & recent Delhi violence.
High Profile Cases SC trashes Petition seeking Organ Donation by Death row Convicts in Nirbhaya Case. March 3, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Monday, the Apex Court rejected a plea seeking donation of organs by 4 convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape & murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi dubbed “Nirbhaya” by the media, urging the petitioner to “have human approach”. The Supreme Court said that “To execute a person is the saddest part for the […] Read more » Organ Donation by Death row Convicts in Nirbhaya Case
High Profile Cases Supreme Court unmoved by belated Affidavit of Rape Victim that she made allegations under pressure March 3, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court in one its order has denied accepting the belated Affidavit filed by Rape Victim that she had lodged the case against the accused under pressure. The Court was hearing an appeal challenging the concurrent conviction in a rape case filed by the accused. The appellant was aggrieved by the Chhattisgarh High Court’s decision to affirmed his conviction […] Read more » Affidavit of Rape Victim Affidavit of Rape Victim that she made allegations under pressure
High Profile Cases Top Law News High Court of Madras : Women not entitled to 180 days Maternity Leave for Second Delivery, if she has Twins from her First. March 3, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking a view contrary to the one taken consistently by many single Judges of the High Court of Madras since 2010, the first Division Bench of the Court, led by its Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, has now held that Women Govt Employees are not entitled to 180 days of paid maternity leave for their […] Read more » High Court of Madras Women not entitled to 180 days Maternity Leave for Second Delivery
