Criminal Law News Top Law News Life term awarded to three in murder case of 2014 in the Kidwai Nagar. February 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three brothers have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in connection with a murder case of 2014. Additional District Sessions judge Ram Sudh Singh yesterday held Anees, Pappu and Muzammil guilty of killing Nazakat under section 302 of the IPC. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the each […] Read more » 2014 Additional District Sessions judge Ram Sudh Singh featured Kidwai Nagar l life term murder case
Top Law News Bombay High Court sets aside Maharashtra government resolution on teaching staff’s bank accounts February 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today set aside a Maharashtra government resolution asking the teaching and non-teaching staff of the government schools in Thane to shift their salary accounts to a particular cooperative bank. A bench of justices BR Gavai and BP Colabawalla termed the resolution arbitrary and questioned the rationale behind the government’s decision to […] Read more » featured govt resolution HC Justice BP Colabawalla Justices BR Gavai Maharashtra government resolution teaching staff's bank accounts Thane District Central Cooperative Bank Thane Janata Sahakari Bank.
Top Law News PNB fraud : Vipul Ambani and 5 others in CBI custody till Mar 5 February 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here today remanded Vipul Ambani, the president (finance) of Nirav Modi’s Fire Star Diamond, and five others in CBI custody till March 5 in connection with the Rs 11,400 crore alleged fraud in Punjab National Bank (PNB). The six were arrested yesterday in connection with two FIRs registered by the CBI involving […] Read more » CFO Kapil Khandelwal featured Gitanjali group Kavita Mankikar Nakshatra group Nirav Modi PNB PNB fraud PNB fraud PMLA case Punjab National Bank Special Court Judge S R Tamboli Vipul Ambani
Top Law News Supreme Court allows Centre to withdraw CAPF force from Darjeeling hills February 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today allowed the Centre to withdraw the remaining four companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) from West Bengal’s violence hit Darjeeling area after March 8. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered Attorney General K K Venugopal’s submission that the deployment of the central armed forces fell under the Central […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Calcutta High Court CAPF Central Armed Police Forces Chief Justice Dipak Misra Darjeeling Hills featured
Top Law News Pak troops violate ceasefire along LoC injuring 3 civilians in Uri sector February 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani troops violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, injuring three civilians, police said today. “Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing in Churanda in the Silikote area of Hajipeer sector of Uri,” a police official said. Three civilians sustained injuries in the firing, he said, adding that […] Read more » 3 civilians featured LOC Pak troops Uri sector violate ceasefire
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Centre to apprise it about the total allocation of Haj quota seats and the vacancies February 20, 2018 / February 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it by tomorrow about the total allocation of Haj quota seats and the vacancies if any on a plea of the Kerala Haj Committee alleging that the policy to grant state-wise quota for Haj pilgrims was discriminatory. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices […] Read more » Additional Solicitor-General (ASG) Pinky Anand Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Haj quota Haj quota seats Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Kerala Haj Committee the total allocation of Haj quota seats and the vacancies total allocation of Haj quota seats
Top Law News Madras High Court directs Tamil Nadu government to give relief to kin of manual scavengers February 20, 2018 / February 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government to pay due compensation to the families of three manual scavengers who died while cleaning a septic tank at a hotel in Kancheepuram district last week. The first bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose gave the direction when A Narayanan, representing […] Read more » Chief Justice Indira Banerjee featured Justice Abdul Quddhose Madras High Court Manual Scavengers Tamil Nadu government
Top Law News NGT junks plea to demolish Haj House in Ghaziabad noting that the structure does not fall on the floodplains of river Hindon February 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has junked a plea seeking demolition of a building for Haj pilgrims in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, noting that the structure does not fall on the floodplains of river Hindon. A bench headed by acting NGT Chairperson Justice U D Salvi (retired) dismissed the petition filed by an NGO and a […] Read more » acting NGT Chairperson Justice U D Salvi featured Ghaziabad Ghaziabad Haj house Haj House Haj House in Ghaziabad Lucknow Haj house Sewage Treatment Plant
Top Law News PILs in Supreme Court for strict population control measures adopting a two-child policy February 19, 2018 / February 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three separate petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to ensure strict population control measures by adopting a two-child policy and reward or punish those who adhere or fail to follow it. The petitions, filed by advocates Anuj Saxena, Prathvi Raj Chauhan and Priya Sharma, claimed that statistics […] Read more » adopting a two-child policy advocate Anuj Saxena advocate Prathvi Raj Chauhan advocate Priya Sharma featured PILs in SC PILs in Supreme Court population control measures strict population control measures two-child policy
Top Law News Man held for trying to sexually abuse woman when she was alone at her home February 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man was arrested in Shamli district after he allegedly tried to sexually abuse a woman when she was alone at her home, a police official said today. Dharmendra, 26, was arrested in Salem village yesterday. According to Kandhla police station house officer O P Chowdhary, the accused tried to enter the 30-year-old woman’s residence […] Read more » Man held Man held for trying to sexually abuse woman sexually abuse woman sexyally abuse when alone at home
Top Law News Man arrested for raping under-graduate student and making video February 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man was arrested here for allegedly raping an under-graduate girl and making a video of the act with the help of his accomplice, police said. The victim lodged a complaint on Friday after which Mehtab was arrested yesterday. She has also named three other persons in the complaint, they said. She was raped at […] Read more » featured Man arrested raping under-graduate student student raped
Top Law News Cauvery pacts of 1892 & 1924 neither inoperative nor extinct: SC February 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that two pre-independence agreements of 1892 and 1924 between the erstwhile princely state Mysore — now a part of Karnataka — and the Madras Presidency on the allocation of Cauvery river water covers the areas of larger public interest and hence, they are “neither inoperative nor completely extinct”. The Supreme […] Read more » Cauvery pacts extinct Cauvery pacts inoperative Cauvery pacts of 1892 & 1924 featured SC on Cauvery pacts
