Top Law News Calcutta High Court stays WB panchayat polls till further orders April 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Displeased with the State Election Commission’s (SEC) decision to cancel its own order to extend the nomination process by a day, the Calcutta High Court today stayed the ongoing panchayat election process in West Bengal till further orders. Rejecting the SEC’s contention that the writ petition of the BJP was not maintainable, the court held […] Read more » Calcutta High Court featured SEC State Election Commission vice-president Kalyan Banerjee
Top Law News High Court: City can become smart only when roads are pothole-free April 13, 2018 / April 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said the Maharashtra government’s endeavour to make every city “smart” was commendable but it would only be possible when a city’s roads, streets and footpaths were in a good condition and free of potholes. A division bench of justices A S Oka and P N Deshmukh said it was a […] Read more » A S Oka Bombay High Court featured High Court P N Deshmukh smart city
High Profile Cases Top Law News Punjab to Supreme Court: High Court verdict convicting Navjot Singh Sidhu correct April 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab government today told the Supreme Court that the Punjab and Haryana High Court was correct in convicting its incumbent minister Navjot Singh Sidhu in the road rage case. Counsel for Punjab government told a bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul that Patiala resident Gurnam Singh had died after he was […] Read more » featured Gurnam Singh High Court. Accused J Chelameswar Navjot Singh Sidhu Punjab and Haryana High Court Sanjay Kishan Kaul
High Profile Cases Top Law News Chief Justice of India-led orders listing of a case relating to BJP chief’s son April 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed the listing of a case of a news portal’s scribes, who are facing criminal defamation complaint filed by BJP President Amit Shah’s son, before an appropriate bench for final disposal on April 18. An supreme court bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra said since it was […] Read more » A M Khanwilkar Amit Shah BJP Chief Justice of India CJI D Y Chandrachud Dipak Misra featured Gujarat High Court Jay Shah public domain electronically Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi High Court asks Delhi government and others to inspect shoe factory premises. April 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked the Delhi government, police and municipal corporation to inspect the premises of an illegal shoe factory, located in a residential area in Sultanpuri, where a fire left four people, including two minors, dead. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar, which initiated the […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal Delhi High Court featured Justice C Hari Shankar premises of an illegal shoe factory
Top Law News Bombay High Court gives relief to builder Niranjan Hiranandani in non-depositing of provident fund case April 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today quashed a CBI charge-sheet against prominent city-based builder Niranjan Hiranandani in a case related to alleged non-depositing of provident fund (PF) dues of his employees. Hiranandani, 61, approached the HC earlier this year and sought quashing of the charge-sheet filed in September 2010 by the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice V K Tahilramani builder Niranjan Hiranandani in a case related to alleged non-depositing of provident fund builder Niranjan Hiranandani in PF case featured Hiranandani Hiranandani with criminal conspiracy and cheating
Top Law News 3-month jail to KLF chief Harminder Singh Mintoo who escaped Nabha Jail. April 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Khalistani Liberation Force (KLF) chief Harminder Singh Mintoo, who escaped the Nabha jail in Punjab in 2016, has been awarded three-month imprisonment by a Delhi court for assaulting public servants and attempting to fire at police officials to prevent his re-arrest. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma sent him to jail for three months, a term […] Read more » featured Harminder Singh Mintoo Harminder Singh Mintoo escaped Nabha jail Khalistani Liberation Force KLF KLF chief Nabha jail
Top Law News Supreme Court rejects PIL to frame rules to regulate composition of benches April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a PIL seeking the framing of rules to regulate the composition of benches, including constitution benches, and the allocation of work. Junking the PIL by advocate Asok Pande, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said that the CJI was the head […] Read more » advocate Asok Pande Chief Justice Dipak Misra CJI featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice Chandrachud Justice D.Y. Chandrachud PIL Supreme Court
Top Law News High Court asks Air India to release salary of grounded pilot April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today directed national carrier Air India to release the salary of a pilot, who was grounded in 2016 after being allegedly tested positive for alcohol consumption before and after flights on two occasions. Justice Rajiv Shakdher asked the airline why it had withdrawn the full salary of the pilot and how […] Read more » Air India Delhi High Court DGCA Director General Civil Aviation featured High Court Justice Rajiv Shakdher
High Profile Cases Top Law News CBI to High Court: Maulana Azad-Najma Heptulla photo was morphed April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI has told the Delhi High Court that a controversial photograph of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Najma Heptulla, published in a book on the country’s first education minister, has been morphed, but the identity of the person responsible for it is yet to be ascertained. The submission of the central probe agency is […] Read more » CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Shakdher Maulana Azad-Najma Najma Heptulla
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court directs CBI to file 2nd charge sheet by May 14: Pradyuman murder case April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court today directed the CBI to file its second charge sheet in the murder case of a seven-year-old boy at a private school in Haryana by May 14, after the probe agency sought more time. Additional Sessions Judge Jasbir Singh Kundu granted time to the CBI after taking note of a fresh plea […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Jasbir Singh Kundu Advocate Sushil Tekriwal CBI featured Francis Thomas Gurgaon Police Jayesh Thomas Juvenile Justice Board Pradyuman murder case Ryan International School
Top Law News Man sentenced to death for killing 6-yr-old boy April 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today sentenced a 35-year-old man to be hanged to death for killing a six-year-old boy in Amariya township last year. Additional Sessions/Special Sessions judge Sanjiv Kumar Shukla awarded the death sentence to Nazim Mian for brutally killing Mohd Musahib on February 21, 2017, government counsel Qazi Rifakat Hussain Farhan said. The convict […] Read more » Amariya featured judge Sanjiv Kumar Shukla Mohd Musahib Nazim Mian POCSO
