Top Law News Decks cleared to acquire land for new prison in Mumbai: Maharashtra government to HC January 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court that it has finally completed formalities to acquire land for a new prison complex here, four years after it made the proposal. As per an affidavit submitted in the high court by the Maharashtra government yesterday, the city collector will hand over around 52,000 sq mt […] Read more » acquire land Bombay High Court featured Justice AS Oka Maharashtra government new prison in Mumbai
Top Law News Show us average prisoner gets same treatment as Sanjay Dutt : HC January 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government said today it can justify “every single minute” of parole or furlough granted to actor Sanjay Dutt, who was in jail in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, prompting the Bombay High Court to ask if same rules were applied to every inmate. A public interest litigation has questioned the “frequent” parole […] Read more » average prisoner same treatment Bombay HC featured Maharashtra Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni Sanjay Dutt
Top Law News Man sentenced to 10 yrs jail for violating liquor Law in Bihar January 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today sentenced a man to 10 years imprisonment in connection with seizure of ingredients for making country liquor from his house in Munger district. Additional District and Sessions Judge Tribhuwan Nath held Vikas Yadav alias Gabbar guilty under provisions of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 and awarded him 10 years […] Read more » featured liquor Law Man sentenced to 10 yrs jail violating liquor Law violating liquor Law in Bihar
Top Law News Calcutta HC stops BJYM rally for 2 days January 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court today directed that a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) rally be stopped for two days in view of a mob attack on it. The vehicle of a court-appointed special officer was damaged in the mob attack. Following the high court’s nod to the BJYM motorcycle rally, the ‘Sankalpa Pratirodh Yatra’ started […] Read more » BJYM rally BJYM rally for 2 days Calcutta HC Chief Justice J Bhattacharya featured Justice A Banerjee Sankalpa Pratirodh Yatra
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Collegium clears Indu Malhotra and K M Joseph as judges of SC January 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the name of senior advocate Indu Malhotra as the first woman lawyer to be directly appointed as a judge of the apex court, sources said today. Along with her, Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph, who was part of the bench which in 2016 had quashed the […] Read more » featured Justice Indu Malhotra Justice K M Joseph Justice R. Banumathi Supreme Court collegium
Top Law News Ensure private vehicles used as school buses comply with rules January 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to ensure that private vehicles, plying as school buses, comply with the state’s prescribed safety rules. A bench of Justices Naresh Patil and N W Sambre said that the transport department must ensure that all registered school buses and private vehicles, ferrying children to and from […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured Justice N W Sambre Justice Naresh Patil private vehicles used as school buses school buses
Top Law News LeT suspect took Pak money to fund Red Fort attack : Delhi Court January 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An alleged LeT terrorist and a suspect in the 2000 Red Fort attack case, Bilal Ahmed Kawa, was today sent to 10-day police custody by a Delhi court. The court took note of the allegation that Kawa had received Rs 29.5 lakh from Pakistan to fund the terror attack on the historic Red Fort on […] Read more » Delhi court featured LeT Pak money Red Fort attack
Top Law News SC asks petitioner locus for seeking re-probe into Mahatma’s assassination January 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today posed searching questions to a petitioner, who is seeking re- investigation in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, and asked him to satisfy it on aspects of delay and his locus to raise this issue. The apex court made it clear that it would go only by law and not the stature […] Read more » featured Justice L Nageswara Rao Justice S.A. Bobde Mahatma's assassination re-probe into Mahatma's assassination
Top Law News National Anthem no longer mandatory : SC January 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Reversing its order, the Supreme Court today held that playing of national anthem in cinema halls before screening of films is no longer mandatory and left it to a government panel to frame guidelines on this sensitive matter. The apex court said that playing of national anthem in cinema halls before screening of movies would […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud National Anthem national anthem no long mandatory National Anthem no longer mandatory
Top Law News Four senior judges say situation in SC “not in order” January 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an unprecedented move, four senior most judges of the Supreme Court today called a press conference and said the situation in the top court was “not in order” and many “less than desirable” things have taken place. Unless this institution is preserved, “democracy will not survive in this country,” the four judges said. Justice […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal CJI Dipak Misra featured Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph justice M B Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi situation in SC "not in order" Supreme Court judges’ press conference
Family Law News Top Law News Mother of four alleges husband gave her ‘talaq’ over phone January 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 36-year-old woman in Manjhanpur Kotwali area here has alleged that her husband divorced her over phone, police said today. Rozi Begum, a mother of four, had left for her parents’ house some time ago without informing anyone because of continued discord with her husband Sohrab. She returned on Saturday to find that her husband […] Read more » featured talaq
Top Law News SC asks JAL to submit details of its ongoing housing projects January 11, 2018 / January 11, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed realtor Jaiprakash Associate Limited (JAL) to give details of its ongoing housing projects in the entire country while reiterating its direction that its directors shall not alienate their personal properties. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also directed amicus curie Pawan Shree Agrawal to set up a portal […] Read more » featured Jaiprakash Associate Limited JAL Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud lawyer Anupam Lal Das Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi
