Criminal Law News Top Law News Bombay HC allows 13-year-old rape victim to abort 26-week old foetus December 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today allowed a 13-year-old rape victim to abort her 26-week-old foetus, considering her age and the agony she was likely to undergo if forced to continue with her pregnancy. The law does not allow abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. A bench of Justices Shantanu Kemkar and G S Kulkarni, however, […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured HC HC allows 13-year-old rape victim to abort 26-week old foetus Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Court allows man to meet kids, says they need father’s love December 5, 2017 / December 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Depriving children of the love of both the parents could leave a permanent scar on their mind, a Delhi court has observed while allowing a man, accused in a domestic violence case lodged by his wife, to meet his kids twice a month. The court allowed the appeal of the man, who was denied interim […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court domestic violence case featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Jaipur court to pronounce punishment for 8 LeT men on Wed December 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Jaipur court will pronounce on Wednesday the quantum of punishment to be given to eight Lashkar-e-Taiba members, including three Pakistani nationals, for their involvement in terrorist activities in the country. The additional district and sessions court today heard arguments on the quantum of punishment to be given to the eight men, special public prosecutor […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Jaipur court Lashkar-e-Taiba Law Legal News Rajasthan ATS
Top Law News Mahakaleshwar temple: SC to hear matter on merits December 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would hear on merit a plea raising the issue of protection of ‘lingam’ at ancient Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple in the Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh. A bench comprising Justices Justices Arun Mishra and M M Shantanagoudar said the matter would be heard in March and allowed the ‘mahant’ (chief […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madhya Pradesh Mahakaleshwar temple Supreme Court Ujjain
Top Law News Special schools for children with disability needed: SC to UP December 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked Uttar Pradesh to come up a mechanism for promotion and facilitation of inclusive education, so that students suffering from disability are not kept away from mainstream education. The court sought a reply from the state government on how it would work out the provisions of the Rights of Persons with […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court UP governmennt Uttar Pradesh
Environment Law News Top Law News Keep round-the-clock vigil at Sarojini Nagar market: NGT December 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today directed the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to maintain a round-the-clock vigil at the Sarojini Nagar market here to ensure that vehicles are not parked on the streets around it. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the civic body and the traffic police to ensure deployment […] Read more » Court Delhi Environment Law News featured Law Legal News National Green Tribunal NDMC New Delhi Municipal Council NGT Sarojini Nagar market
Top Law News Bombay High Court CJ Justice Manjula Chellur retires December 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Justice Manjula Chellur, retired from service today. Chellur was the second woman judge to be appointed as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, the first being Justice Sujata Manohar. On her last day in office today, CJ Chellur thanked all litigants and lawyers present in her […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Manjula Chellur
Top Law News Delhi HC pulls up police for not acting on complaints by poor people December 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has rapped the city police for not taking appropriate action on a complaint filed by a man whose wife had gone missing, saying it was “very regretful” that the grievances of “poor people” go unheeded. A bench of justices Vipin Sanghi and P S Teji ordered the Delhi police commissioner to […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Delhi Police featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Court raps Tihar authorities on treating of undertrials December 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jail authorities are “custodians” of undertrials on behalf of the judiciary and are supposed to give them proper medical care, treatment and food, a Delhi court has observed while coming down on Tihar Jail officials for not complying with earlier directions. The court, which was dealing with applications filed by some inmates who sought necessary […] Read more » Court Delhi court featured Law Legal News Tihar authorities Tihar Jail
Top Law News Urgent law needed to rehabilitate wrongful imprisonment December 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has said there is an urgent need for a framework, preferably a law, to rehabilitate victims of wrongful prosecution and imprisonment. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta noted that at present there was no statutory or legal scheme in the country to compensate those who have been […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News HC directs CBI to file case against 2 cops, drug peddler December 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court observed that there was merit in allegations of a youth from Haryana that he was falsely implicated in a case by two police officials and a drug peddler, and directed the CBI to register a regular case against them. The CBI had registered a Preliminary Enquiry in October after a […] Read more » CBI Court featured Himachal Pradesh High Court Law Legal News
Top Law News Delhi HC pulls up police for not acting on complaints by poor people December 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has rapped the city police for not taking appropriate action on a complaint filed by a man whose wife had gone missing, saying it was “very regretful” that the grievances of “poor people” go unheeded. A bench of justices Vipin Sanghi and P S Teji ordered the Delhi police commissioner to […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Delhi Police featured Law Legal News
