Criminal Law News Top Law News SC says Mob Lynching is a crime, no Matter What the Motive July 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) said today that mob lynching is a crime no matter what the motive is and added that it is a law and order issue that is the responsibility of state governments, reported news agencies. That is, the apex court said whether a lynching happens as a result of cow […] Read more » cow vigilantism lynching
Top Law News Tharoor moves court for anticipatory bail in Sunanda Pushkar death July 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today moved a Delhi court seeking anticipatory bail in the case related to the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Tharoor has already been summoned as an accused in the case. The politician’s plea was filed before Special Judge Arvind Kumar who sought Delhi Police’s response and kept it for […] Read more » advocate Vikas Pahwa BJP leader Subramanian Swamy Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Sunanda Pushkar
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC extends deadline till July 30 for Assam NRC final draft July 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today extended its June 30 deadline for publication of the final draft of Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) by a month, after the Centre and the state coordinator agreed to publish it within the new time limit. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman considered the report […] Read more » Justice anjan Gogoi justice R F Nariman National Register of Citizens (NRC)
Top Law News Charge sheet filed against Dawood, Iqbal Kaskar, Anees Ibrahim in extortion case July 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thane: he city police has filed a charge sheet against fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim and his brothers Iqbal Kaskar, and Anees Ibrahim in connection with an extortion case filed on the complaint by a prominent builder last year. “The charge sheet was filed in the district court on Thursday,” a senior inspector of Thane police’s Anti-Extortion […] Read more » Anees Ibrahim Dawood extortion case featured Iqbal Kaskar Kaskar
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC to hear crucial Assam NRC issue tomorrow July 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Crucial issues relating to the publication of final draft of Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) would come up before the Supreme Court tomorrow, days after the NRC state coordinator said it would not be possible to release it as scheduled on June 30 due to floods in state. The NRC is being prepared […] Read more » Assam's National Register of Citizens Barak valley featured Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Rohinton Fali Nariman Prateek Hajela Sarbananda Sonowal Students Union assam
Top Law News SC dismisses plea challenging appointment of CVC July 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea challenging the appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) K V Chaudhary and Vigilance Commissioner (VC) T M Bhasin. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said there were no grounds to quash the appointments of Chaudhary and Bhasin. The court was hearing a plea challenging the […] Read more » Central Vigilance Commissioner featured Justice Arun Mishra K V Chaudhary Supreme Court T M Bhasin VC Bhasin Vigilance Commissioner
Corporate Law News Top Law News Delhi HC directs DDA to handover flat to a family, 39 years after booking July 1, 2018 / July 1, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Delhi High Court directing the landowning agency to hand over its possession to the allottee while pulling it up for its “non-caring attitude,” A family’s tireless wait of 39 years for a DDA flat seems to be ending soon. The court held cancellation of the allotment of the residential flat to the family […] Read more » Delhi Development Authority (DDA) featured J C Madan
High Profile Cases Top Law News Musharraf’s treason case: Pak special court to resume trial early next month June 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Islamabad: A three-judge special court formed by Pakistan’s Supreme Court for conducting high treason trial of former military ruler and dictator Pervez Musharraf is set to resume its hearing early next month, a media report said today. Musharraf, 74, who has been residing in Dubai since March 2016 after leaving the county on medical grounds, is […] Read more » featured Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Yawar Ali Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)
Top Law News Jharkhand HC extends Lalu’s provisional bail by six weeks June 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court today extended the provisional bail of RJD chief Lalu Prasad in fodder scam cases for another six weeks on medical grounds. The case pertains to illegal withdrawal of money from the Deogarh, Chaibasa and Dumka treasuries. Prasad has been convicted in the multi-crore fodder scam cases. He is at present undergoing […] Read more » Lalu Prasad RJD chief
Immigration Law Top Law News Bombay HC: ‘Complete passport formalities of autistic child at home’ June 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has allowed a US national to adopt a 12-year-old autistic boy and directed the passport office to complete the travel document formalities at his residence. Justice Gautam Patel gave the direction yesterday while hearing a petition filed by a 59-year-old American woman to legally adopt the child. According to the rules […] Read more » autistic Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) child Justice Gautam Patel
Criminal Law News Top Law News Bribery case: Two senior Income Tax officers get 5-yr jail June 29, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: A special CBI court convicted an additional commissioner of Income Tax and an assistant I-T commissioner in a Rs 1.7 crore graft case of 2010 and sentenced them to five years’ imprisonment on Thrusday. The additional commissioner’s husband was also convicted and awarded four years in jail. Special CBI judge Vivek Khathare sentenced additional commissioner […] Read more » assistant commissioner Anjali Bambole CBI CBI judge Vivek Khathare Commissioner featured I-T commissioner income tax
Top Law News Govt’s report in sealed cover available on Twitter: Swamy to SC June 28, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today took a dig at the Centre and told the Supreme Court that a document placed by it in a sealed cover, in a case relating to senior ED officer Rajeshwar Singh, was available on micro-blogging site Twitter. After a vacation bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Sanjay Kishan Kaul […] Read more » Ed officer featured Justices Arun Mishra Ministry of Finance oint Director of Enforcement Directorate Rajeshwar Singh Research and Analysis Wing National Security Advisor Sanjay Kishan Kaul Subramanian Swamy
