Top Law News Supreme Court holds Sidhu guilty in road rage case, spares him jail term May 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today convicted Punjab Tourism Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for voluntarily causing hurt to a 65-year-old man but spared him a jail term in the 1988 road rage case. A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul said Sidhu is guilty of Section 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal […] Read more » featured Gurnam Singh Indian Penal Code J Chelameswar Navjot Singh Sidhu Rupinder Singh Sandhu Sanjay Kishan Kaul Sidhu
Top Law News Uttrakhand High Court quashes notifications on delimitation May 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback to the state government, the Uttarakhand High Court has quashed all notifications regarding fresh delimitation of municipal bodies in the state to bring more areas under their purview. The single bench of Justice Sudhansu Dhulia declared the notifications issued by the state government regarding delimitation of municipal bodies as “unconstitutional” and said […] Read more » featured Justice Sudhansu Dhulia Uttrakhand High Court Uttrakhand High Court quashes
Top Law News Supreme Court to examine plea seeking prosecution of UP CM in Gorakhpur riot case May 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to examine a plea challenging an Allahabad High Court order dismissing a petition seeking prosecution of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a hate speech case of 2007. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked petitioner Rasheed Khan to […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Dipak Misra chief minister D Y Chandrachud featured Rasheed Khan Supreme Court Yogi Adityanath
Top Law News High Court’s notice drawn to panchayat poll violence May 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Alleging widespread violence and deaths during the West Bengal panchayat polls today, a lawyer showed videos to the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court and prayed for summoning the State Election Commissioner (SEC) and the state home secretary to ensure a peaceful election. A division bench of Chief Justice J Bhattacharya and Justice Arijit […] Read more » featured High Court J Bhattacharya Justice Arijit Banerjee panchayat poll panchayat poll violence
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear plea of 3 witnesses of Kathua case May 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three college friends of a key accused in the sensational Kathua gangrape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl today moved the Supreme Court alleging torture by the Jammu and Kashmir police and seeking protection from a central agency. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud […] Read more » Crime Branch featured Kathua case Neeraj Sharma Sachin Sharma Sahil Sharma Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear Kathua witnesses plea alleging police harassment on May 16 May 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will hear the plea of three witnesses in the Kathua gangrape and murder case, alleging that they are being harassed by the state police, on May 16. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud today agreed to hear on Wednesday the plea of […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar D Y Chandrachud Dipak Misra featured Kathua case Sahil Sharma
Top Law News Supreme Court concerned about overcrowding in prisons, asks HCs to look into issue May 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has expressed concern about overcrowding in prisons across the country, in some cases beyond 150 per cent of the capacity, and asked all the high courts to consider the issue as it involves “violation of human rights”. The supreme court requested the chief justices of the high courts to take up the […] Read more » Deepak Gupta featured High Court Legal Services Committee Madan B Lokur State Legal Services Authority suo motu Supreme Court
Top Law News High Court: Watching certain videos can’t be reason to implicate a person as terrorist May 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court has observed that merely watching certain videos and speeches will not be a reason to implicate a person as a terrorist. A division bench of justices A M Shaffique and P Somarajan made the observation while considering an appeal filed by one Muhammed Riyas, challenging an NIA court order denying bail […] Read more » A M Shaffique featured ISIS terror group Kerala High Court Muhammed Riyas NIA court P Somarajan
Top Law News Delhi: Family of 73-yr-old road accident victim gets Rs 23 lakh compensation May 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The family of a 73-year-old man, who died in a road accident involving a rashly-driven mini bus, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 23 lakh by a claims tribunal here. Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) presiding officer Hemani Malhotra directed National Insurance Company Ltd, insurer of the vehicle, to pay Rs 23,13,000 to […] Read more » featured MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal road accident
Top Law News Man moves High Court in search of ‘wife’, woman denies wedlock May 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man knocked the doors of the Delhi High Court in search of a woman whom he claimed to be his wife but she refused to go with him telling the court that she never married him. The woman also denied the man’s claim that she was detained illegally by her brother and maintained that […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured High Court wedlock
Top Law News Supreme Court: Woman can file complaint against ex-husband for cruelty even after divorce May 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman can lodge a complaint under the domestic violence law against the excesses committed by her ex-husband even after the dissolution of marriage, the Supreme Court has said. The top court refused to interfere with the order of the Rajasthan High Court which held that the absence of subsisting domestic relationship in no manner […] Read more » ex-husband featured Navin Sinha R Banumathi Rajasthan High Court Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News High Court to Maha: Find out vacancies in government-run hospitals May 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to conduct a survey to determine the number of vacancies for doctors and other medical staff across all government and civic-run hospitals. In an order passed last week, a bench of Justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni asked the state to conduct, on a priority […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured G S Kulkarni Maharashtra Public ServiceCommission MPSC Naresh Patil
