Top Law News Bhima Koregaon victim challenges Ekbote’s bail in Bombay High Court May 12, 2018 / May 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A victim of the January 1 Bhima Koregaon violence in Pune has filed an application in the Bombay High Court challenging the bail granted by a local court to Milind Ekbote, the prime accused in the case. Ekbote, who heads a right-wing organisation called the Samast Hindu Aghadi, was booked by the Pune Police in […] Read more » Bhima Koregaon violence Bombay High Court Ekbote's bail featured Samast Hindu Aghadi
High Profile Cases Top Law News Two get life sentence in Bollywood starlet’s murder in 2012 May 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court here awarded life imprisonment to two persons today in the 2012 murder case of budding actor Meenakshi Thapa. Additional Sessions Judge S G Shette awarded the sentence to Amit Jaiswal (36) and his girlfriend Preeti Surin (26). The court had convicted them on Wednesday under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 364-A (kidnapping […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge S G Shette featured Madhur Bhandarkar Meenakshi Thapa Preeti Surin S G Shette Ujjwal Nikam
Top Law News Collegium meet on Justice K M Joseph’s elevation to Supreme Court concludes May 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A crucial meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium was held today to discuss the issue of reconsidering the name of Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph for elevation to the apex court, after it was returned by the Centre. Official sources said the members of the Collegium deliberated on the issue for nearly an hour. […] Read more » featured justices J Chelameswar K M Joseph's elevation Kurian Joseph M B Lokur Ranjan Gogoi Supreme Court collegium
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court issues production warrant for Kejriwal’s arrested kin May 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today issued production warrant for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s relative Vinay Bansal, arrested in connection with an alleged scam in the Public Works Department (PWD), after the Tihar jail authorities failed to produce him. The court took a stern view and directed the jail authorities to explain the absence of Bansal, a […] Read more » Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal featured Public Works Department PWD scam Supreme Court Vinay Bansal
Top Law News Supreme Court asks HCs to form anti-sexual harassment panels in all courts within 2 months May 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked chief justices or acting chief justices of all high courts to set up anti-sexual harassment committees in courts across the country within two months in accordance with a 2013 law. It also requested Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal of the Delhi High Court to constitute the panel in the high […] Read more » anti-sexual anti-sexual harassment panels Chief Justice Gita Mittal featured High Court panel's Supreme Court
Top Law News 10 people sentenced to life imprisonment for murder May 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ten persons were today sentenced to life imprisonment for killing of a father-son duo by a group of 32 people over a land dispute in 2014.District and Session Judge Hemant Deshpande sentenced 10 persons in jail for life while acquitting 22 others giving benefit of doubt. Those sentenced include Mahadev Gahininath Bahir, Sukhadev, Shahaji Raghunath […] Read more » featured imprisonment Mahadev Gahininath Bahir Session Judge Session Judge Hemant Deshpande
Top Law News High Court’s interim order on plea against guv appointed probe panel May 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ordered that the report of an inquiry committee looking into the alleged attempt by a woman college teacher to lure students to extend sexual favours in return for higher mark be kept in a sealed cover once it was submitted. A division bench comprising Justices V Parthiban and P D […] Read more » A S Santhanam Governor Banwarilal Purohit Madras High Court P D Audikesavalu plea V Parthiban
Top Law News Supreme Court refuses to pass any order on promotion of ED official May 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to pass an order regarding the promotion of an Enforcement Directorate officer probing the Aircel-Maxis deal case, who has claimed that frivolous complaints filed against him was deterring the department to promote him. The official, Rajeshwar Singh, has alleged that due to such false allegations being levelled against him, including […] Read more » A.K. Sikri Aircel-Maxis deal case CBI ED featured Rajeshwar Singh Upendra Rai
Top Law News Judge names child after estranged inter-faith couple take battle to High Court May 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an unusual case, the Kerala High Court has christened a child of an estranged couple belonging to different religions after they fought over the matter. The court intervened after both father and mother, locked in a matrimonial dispute, were aggrieved by the “inaction” on the part of the municipality to issue a birth certificate […] Read more » featured inter-faith couple Johan Mani Sachin Kerala High Court matrimonial dispute
Top Law News Supreme Court stays High Court order to accept nominations through e-mail: Panchayat polls May 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today stayed the Calcutta High Court order asking the West Bengal State Election Commission to accept the nomination papers filed through e-mail for the panchayat elections and directed the poll body not to declare s those candidates who have won unopposed as winners. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra termed […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured High Court panchayat polls Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court: Open up Eastern Expressway for public by May 31 May 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to throw open the Eastern Peripheral Expressway for the public by May 31, asking why were they “waiting” for its inauguration by the Prime Minister. The apex court said if the 135-km expressway, which envisages signal-free connectivity between Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gautam Budh Nagar […] Read more » ANS Nadkarni Deepak Gupta Eastern Expressway featured Madan B Lokur Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News PWD Scam: Kejriwal’s kin Vinay Bansal sent to one-day judicial custody May 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s relative Vinay Bansal, arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in connection with the PWD scam, was today sent to one-day judicial custody by a Delhi court. Duty Metropolitian Magistrate Suri Mishra denied the ACB’s application for three-day police remand saying Bansal is not medically fit. The order came after Bansal, who was […] Read more » Aruna Asaf Ali Arvind Kejriwal cm Delhi court Duty Metropolitian Magistrate Suri Mishra featured PWD scam Surender Bansal Vinay Bansal
