Criminal Law News Top Law News Delhi court acquits man of cheating, raping woman November 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has acquitted a man of the charge of raping and deceitfully marrying a woman he met through a matrimonial website after she failed to support the prosecution case. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain absolved the man of the charges of rape, unnatural sex and concealing his first marriage, observing that the complainant […] Read more » cheating case Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Law Legal News rape case
Top Law News Allahabad HC quashes prev SP govt’s order exempting Lokayukta from RTI November 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the Lokayukta is within the purview of the Right to Information Act, quashing a 2012 notification that kept the anti-corruption ombudsmen out of the transparency law’s ambit. Rejecting the plea of the government counsel that the notification was just and lawful, the Lucknow bench of the high court […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Law Legal News Lokayukta RTI SP government
Top Law News Vigilance Court orders quick verification against Thomas Chandy November 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court today directed the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to verify whether Kerala Transport Minister Thomas Chandy had violated rules to construct a road through paddy fields to a lake resort owned by him in Alappuzha district. Acting on a plea filed by a lawyer, Kottayam Special Vigilance Court judge V Dileep directed the […] Read more » Anti-Corruption Bureau Court featured Kerala Law Legal News Thomas Chandy Vigilance Court
Top Law News Visually impaired cannot recognise new Rs 50 note: PIL in HC November 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The newly issued Rs 50 currency notes cannot be differentiated from others by visually impaired persons, a PIL today claimed in the Delhi High Court which sought the RBI and the Centre’s stand on the issue. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the matter needed urgent attention […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News PIL RBI Visually impaired cannot recognise new Rs 50 note
Top Law News No fin assistance by govt to bonded labourers: PIL in Delhi HC November 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government is not providing financial assistance to people rescued from bondage, a victim of bonded labour today said in a PIL in the Delhi High Court. Taking note of the seriousness of the issue, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the Centre and […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News No fin assistance by govt to bonded labourers PIL
Top Law News SC seeks Centre’s reply on pleas challenging Aadhaar Act November 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought the government’s response on four petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act and linking of bank accounts and mobile numbers with the 12-digit biometric identification number. The apex court did not pass any interim order in the matter saying that final hearing in all Aadhaar-related issues would start […] Read more » Aadhaar Act Centre government Court featured Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
Top Law News Sohrabuddin case: Bombay HC issues fresh notices to IPS officers November 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today issued fresh notices to IPS officers D G Vanzara (retired), Rajkumar Pandiyan, and Dinesh M N seeking their response to pleas challenging their discharge in the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati. Justice A M Badar, who was hearing a plea filed by Sohrabuddin’s brother Rubabuddin, […] Read more » Bombay High Court CBI Court D G Vanzara encounter case featured Law Legal News Sohrabuddin case
Top Law News All unwelcome physical contact not sexual harassment: Delhi HC November 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment All unwelcome physical contact cannot be called sexual harassment unless it is in the nature of a sexually oriented behaviour, the Delhi High Court has said. Justice Vibhu Bakhru, who made the observation, also said that even an accidental physical contact, though unwelcome, would not amount to sexual harassment. “Similarly, a physical contact which has […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News sexual harassment
Top Law News Illegal pandals: Bombay High Court notice to civic chiefs November 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today took a stern view of the “inaction” against the illegal pandals set up during Ganesh Chaturthi and Navratri, and issued notices to commissioners of three civic bodies, asking them to explain why contempt action should not be initiated against them. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and A […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Dombivli Municipal Corporation featured Illegal pandals Law Legal News Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
Top Law News Can’t ignore education of kids with special needs: Delhi HC November 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The requirement of special education to children with special needs cannot be ignored as a delay of even a day would severely impact them, the Delhi High Court today said. The court’s observation came while directing the Delhi Subordinate Service Selection Board (DSSSB) the reason for the delay in recruiting special educators in schools of […] Read more » Can't ignore education of kids with special needs Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News 1984 riots case:Conclude Verma’s lie-detector test by Nov-end November 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today directed the that the polygraph test of controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma, a witness in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, should be concluded by this month end. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Arora, who appointed former Director of Prosecution B S Joon as its commissioner to oversee Verma’s lie-detector test, fixed […] Read more » 1984 riots case Abhishek Verma Court featured Law Legal News
Environment Law News Top Law News Ensure drains at Maharani Bagh are clean: NGT to Delhi govt November 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government and the civic bodies to ensure that the drains at a posh Southeast Delhi locality are properly cleaned and made obstruction-free. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar sought responses of the AAP government, South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Delhi Development Authority on […] Read more » Delhi government Environment Law News featured Legal News Maharani Bagh NGT
