Top Law News PM Narendra Modi announces national award in Netaji’s name for disaster relief workers October 22, 2018 / October 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A national award in the name of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose will be given every year to police personnel who do excellent work in rescue and relief operations during any kind of disaster, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday.The announcement came on the 75th anniversary of Bose’s declaration of the formation of India’s first independent […] Read more » NDRF Prime Minister Narendra Modi State Disaster Response Force
Top Law News Sabarimala: Activist Rehana Fathima expelled from Muslim community October 22, 2018 / October 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activist Rehana Fathima, who hadmade an attempt to enter Sabarimala temple, has been expelled from the Muslim community for “hurting the sentiments of lakhs of Hindu devotees”, the Kerala Muslim Jama’ath Council said.Initiating action against Rehana, Kerala Muslim Jama’ath Council president A Poonkunju said in a press statement Saturday that she had been expelled from […] Read more » Activist Rehana Chief Justice Dipak Misra Kerala Muslim Jama'ath Council president A Poonkunju Rehana Fathima Sabrimala
Top Law News Delhi court frames molestation charges against R K Pachauri October 22, 2018 / October 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday framed molestation charges against former TERI chief R K Pachauri in a case of alleged sexual harassment lodged by his former colleague.Metropolitan Magistrate Charu Gupta put Pachauri on trial for the offence punishable under sections 354 (outraging modesty), 354 A (making physical contact, unwelcome and sexually coloured remarks) and 509 (teasing […] Read more » Advocate Ashish Dixit Former TERI chief R K Pachauri Metropolitan Magistrate Charu Gupta molestation charges against R K Pachauri Pachauri sexual harassment l
Top Law News Court rejects Purohit’s plea challenging prosecution sanction October 22, 2018 / October 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special NIA court here Saturdayrejected 2008 Malegaon blast case accused Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit’s petition challenging the validity of the prosecution sanction for his trial under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).Special NIA court judge Vinod Padalkar rejected his petition after hearing the arguments of Purohit and other accused in the case.The court […] Read more » 2008 Malegaon blast case Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit's Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) MCOCA Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur Special NIA court judge Vinod Padalkar
Top Law News Local Court given seven years of jail for stealing mobiles on train October 22, 2018 / October 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has given seven years of imprisonment to Ravi Kashyap and Naushad for stealing mobile phones in train here Thursday.A fine of Rs 5,500 was also imposed on each of them by Additional district sessions judge Om Veer Singh.The railway police investigated the case and recovered stolen mobiles from the convicts.The case of […] Read more » Additional district sessions judge Om Veer Singh stealing mobile phones in train
Top Law News Amarinder visits injured and orders magisterial probe into the Amritsar train accident October 20, 2018 / October 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Amritsar train accident after visiting injured and kin of those killed in the tragedy.The chief minister postponed a trip to Israel and arrived here this morning to assess the damage.“We are announcing a magisterial probe into the incident,” Singh said while talking to […] Read more » Education Minister O P Soni Health Minister Brahm Mohindra Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar
Top Law News ‘Harassed’ husbands burn effigy of Surpanakha on Dussehra October 20, 2018 / October 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Burning effigies of Ravana is a common practice on Dussehra, but some “harassed” husbands celebrated the festival here in a slightly different way – by burning an effigy of Surpanakha, sister of the mythical multi-headed demon king.These men- members of ‘Patni Pidit Purush Sanghatana’, an organisation of victims of harassment by wives- burned the effigy […] Read more » #MeToo movement effigy of Suparnakha Patni Pidit Purush Sanghatana suparnakha effigy burnt in Maharashtra
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News No insurance cover to persons suffering from congenital anomalies: High Court October 20, 2018 / October 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has asked the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) to “explain the reasonableness” of not granting insurance cover to people suffering from congenital anomalies.“What is the objection to giving insurance cover to them (people suffering from congenital anomalies),” a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao asked […] Read more » Chief Justice Rajendra Menon congenital anomalies. Justice V.K. Rao Life Insurance Council no insurance for congenital anomalies people suffering from congenital anomalies. PIL by Nipun Malhotra
Top Law News Life term to four for property dealer’s kidnapping and murder October 20, 2018 / October 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has awarded life imprisonment to four people for the kidnapping and murder of a property dealer.Kuldip (45) of Amardeep Colony in the Azad Nagar area here was murdered on January 19, 2016.Additional District and Sessions judge R K Jain on Thursday convicted and sentenced Ravinder alias Monu of Professor Colony (Hisar), Manoj […] Read more » kidnapping and murder of a property dealer
Top Law News Hearing on Akbar’s defamation plea to commence on Thursday October 20, 2018 / October 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment M J Akbar’s criminal defamation complaint against journalist Priya Ramani, who has accused him of sexual misconduct around 20 years ago, is scheduled to come up for hearing on Thursday in the Patiala House court here.Akbar resigned as Minister of State for External Affairs on Wednesday following a spate of accusations of sexual misconduct levelled […] Read more » #MeToo Anju Bharti Anju Bharti and Shutapa Paul. Ghazala Wahab journalist Priya Ramani National Herald Shuma Raha Shutapa Paul. Sunanda Pushkar's death
Top Law News MACT awards over Rs 75 L to road accident victims October 19, 2018 / October 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded over Rs 75 lakh as compensation to the victims of a road accident which resulted in the death of a woman and injured six others. MACT presiding officer Pawan Kumar Jain asked New India Assurance Company Limited, insurer of the offending vehicle, to pay a total […] Read more » MACT awards New India Assurance Company Limited Pawan Kumar Jain road accident victims Rs 75 L to road accident victims
Top Law News HC seeks report on Maha officials’ visits to malnutrition-hit areas October 18, 2018 / October 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government on Wednesday to submit a report on visits conducted by its public health and district level officers to the state’s tribal areas that are battling malnutrition. A bench of justices A S Oka and M S Sonak directed the state’s counsel Neha Bhide to submit the report […] Read more » A S Oka and M S Sonak Bombay High Court Maha officials' Maharashtra government
