Top Law News Supreme Court likely to decide tomorrow: Kathua case transfer to CBI May 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court is likely to hear tomorrow the Kathua gangrape-and-murder case along with the petitions seeking shifting of the trial to Chandigarh and handing over the investigation to the CBI. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, which had stayed the trial in the case till tomorrow, would deal with the […] Read more » CBI Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra featured Kathua case Supreme Court
Top Law News Wife’s allegation of infidelity is cruelty, says High Court; grants divorce to husband May 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has granted divorce to a man holding that his estranged wife’s false allegation of illicit relation between him and his widowed sister-in-law amounted to cruelty. Holding that the allegations of illicit relations were not true, Justice J R Midha granted divorce to the man while setting aside a trial court’s order […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured High Court Justice J.R. Midha
Top Law News Supreme Court: Adult couple can live together without marriage May 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An adult couple has a right to live together without marriage, the Supreme Court said, while asserting that a 20-year-old Kerala woman, whose marriage had been annulled, could choose whom she wanted to live with. The top court held that live-in relationships were now even recognized by the Legislature and they had found a place […] Read more » 2005 ct Domestic Violence A featured High Court Supreme Court
Top Law News High Court tells Maha govt: List steps taken to tackle malnutrition May 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to list down the steps taken by it to implement previous orders of the court on tackling malnutrition in the state. A bench of justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni earlier this week gave the directions while taking note of the information given by petitioners […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured G S Kulkarni HC Manjula Chellur Maha govt Naresh Patil
Top Law News Swamy, Rahul Gandhi accuse each other of delaying trial: Herald case May 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and Congress president Rahul Gandhi today accused each other in a Delhi court of wasting its time and delaying the trial in the National Herald case. Complainant Swamy and the accused, including Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi, traded charges before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal who was hearing […] Read more » featured Fernandes Herald case Motilal Vora Rahul Gandhi Sonia Gandhi Subramanian Swamy Vora
Top Law News High Court tells Maha govt: List steps taken to tackle malnutrition May 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to list down the steps taken by it to implement previous orders of the court on tackling malnutrition in the state. A bench of justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni earlier this week gave the directions while taking note of the information given by petitioners […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured G S Kulkarni High Court Melghat and Nandurbar Naresh Patil
Top Law News Rajan got scribe killed to send out message to media: Court May 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gangster Chhota Rajan had ordered the killing of senior journalist J Dey as he wanted to send out a message to the mediapersons, general public and his rivals that his organised crime syndicate was still “alive and kicking”, observed a special court here. Special MCOCA judge Sameer Adkar, in his judgement in Dey’s murder case […] Read more » Chhota Rajan featured J Dey Jigna Vora MCOCA
High Profile Cases Top Law News ED to High Court: Seized Choksi firm’s jewellery for involvement in laundering May 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jewellery stock of Gitanjali Gems were seized as it was being in direct control of diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who has refused to join investigation, and involved in money laundering, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) today told the Delhi High Court. ED contended that the proceed of crime generated through criminal activities arising out of the scheduled […] Read more » ED featured Gitanjali Gems Mehul Choksi PMLA Prevention of Money Laundering Act Seized Choksi firm
Top Law News Supreme Court: Centre seeks stay of SC order on SC/ST law May 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today demanded a stay on the Supreme Court order on the SC/ST Act, with the top court saying it was “100 per cent” in favour of protecting the rights of these communities and punishing those guilty of atrocities against them. The observations by a bench of Justices A K Goel and U U […] Read more » A K Goel Attorney General K K Venugopal featured SC/ST law Supreme Court U U Lalit
Top Law News NGT: Will examine if alternate landfill sites fall on Yamuna floodplains May 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today said it would examine. whether the proposed alternate landfill sites at Sonia Vihar and Ghonda Gujran areas here are located on the Yamuna floodplains. A bench headed by acting NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim, which did not issue notice on the pleas filed by rebel AAP MLA Kapil Mishra and […] Read more » CPCB EDMC featured National Green Tribunal NEERI NGT
Top Law News High Court: BMC needs to follow due process of law to take over park May 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cannot take possession of the 20-acre Priyadarshini Park in south Mumbai without following the due process of law. The park, situated on the Nepean Sea road, is being maintained since 1985 by the Malabar Hill Citizens’ Forum. In April last year, the civic body […] Read more » BMC Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation featured
Top Law News Government demands stay of Supreme Court order on SC/ST law May 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday advocated for the Central government’s intentions of protecting rights of Dalits by saying it was “100 per cent” in favour of protecting the rights of these communities and punishing those guilty of atrocities against them. The Central government on Thursday demanded a stay on the apex court order on the SC/ST Act. […] Read more » change in sc st act dalit atrocities kk venugopal sc st act supreme court order on sc st act
