Top Law News Calcutta HC judge expresses displeasure over slack traffic management October 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Calcutta High Court judge Debasish Kar Gupta today expressed displeasure over a section of civic police volunteers allowing government cars to illegally ferry passengers and slack traffic management on an arterial road in the city. On his way to the high court, Justice Kar Gupta had witnessed civic police volunteers allowing government cars pick up […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Court featured Law Legal News traffic management
Criminal Law News Top Law News Stalking case: Vikas Barala’s bail plea rejected October 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Chandigarh court today rejected the bail plea of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala’s son Vikas Barala, who had been booked on the charges of stalking and attempting to abduct a 29-year-old woman. The court of judicial magistrate first class (JMIC) Barjinder Pal Singh dismissed Vikas Barala’s bail application. “The court rejected the bail plea […] Read more » Chandigarh court Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Stalking case Vikas Barala's bail plea rejected
Top Law News SC to hear plea by Congress party on Gujarat polls October 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to hear this month end a plea by the Congress party seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to frame guidelines for counting of votes through VVPAT machines in the upcoming Gujarat Assembly poll and other elections. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M […] Read more » Congress Court Election Commission Election Commission of India featured Gujarat polls Law Legal News plea Supreme Court VVPAT machines
Top Law News Transfer racket : Delhi HC denies anticipatory bail to govt officials October 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to two central government employees in connection with a transfer racket at the Army headquarters here in which officers allegedly paid lakhs of rupees to manipulate their postings. Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal declined the relief to Hyderabad-based army officer G Purshottam and Bengaluru-based Barrack Store […] Read more » anticipatory bail CBI Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Transfer racket
Criminal Law News Top Law News Delhi HC orders framing of murder charges against rape accused October 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man, who allegedly raped a woman and inserted wooden sticks into her private parts leading to her death, will also be tried for murder, the Delhi High Court has said, setting aside a trial court order. The high court expressed its displeasure with the sessions court’s “whimsical, illegal and perverse” decision to not frame […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News murder charges against rape accused
Top Law News Organised crimes not restricted to particular state: SC October 22, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Organised crime is not restricted to a “particular state” and a trial court can take note of charge sheets filed against offenders outside the state for invoking the stringent MCOCA, the Supreme Court has held. The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA), which is in force in Delhi too, is invoked against offenders to […] Read more » Justice L Nageswara Rao Justice S.A. Bobde Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act MCOCA Organised crimes Organised crimes not restricted SC stringent MCOCA Supreme Court
Top Law News Do state commissions for women really exist: SC asks Centre October 22, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has asked the Centre if state commissions for women (SCW) actually exist across the country. The top court raised the question as it dealt with the issue of precarious conditions faced by destitute widows living in Vrindavan and such other places. The apex court, which is hearing a matter pertaining to the […] Read more » Do state commissions for women really exist featured Justice Deepak Gupta Justice S Abdul Nazeer SC asks Centre SCW state commissions for women
Top Law News Terrorising teachers unthinkable: HC on threats to DU professor October 22, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “Terrorising” teachers is an “unthinkable” and “shocking” act, the Delhi High Court said after it was told that a DU law student had threatened a lady professor who had caught him cheating during exams. Anguished by the incident, a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Najmi Waziri said it was an “anathema” to call such […] Read more » featured Justice Najmi Waziri Justice Siddharth Mridul LLB semester exams senior advocate N Hariharan Terrorising teachers unthinkable
Top Law News Labour courts shifted from Karkardooma Court to Dwarka Court October 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has decided to shift all Labour Courts and an Industrial Tribunal from the Karkardooma district courts to the Dwarka district courts from November 6. In a circular issued by the Delhi High Court Registrar General, it has been mentioned that besides eight Labour Courts and an Industrial Tribunal, two Central Government […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Dwarka Court featured Karkardooma Court Labour court Law Legal News
Top Law News Madras HC directs pvt milk firms to test products every 3 months October 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ordered three private milk manufacturers to get their products tested in a certified lab every three months and submit the report before it, pending disposal of their suits claiming damages from a Tamil Nadu minister over his allegations about their quality. Justice C V Karthikeyan said his July 10 interim […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court milk firms
Criminal Law News Top Law News Court raps Delhi Police for ‘tawdry’ probe in murder case October 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A city court has rapped the Delhi Police for shoddy probe in a murder case saying it was “sad” that those responsible for the gruesome killing of a young boy were going unpunished. The court made the sharp observation while acquitting two persons accused of slitting the throat of a 20-year-old boy, noting that the […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court Delhi Police featured Law Legal News murder case
Top Law News Madras HC sets aside govt orders, lifts ban on two Tamil books October 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today set aside government orders banning two Tamil books written by K Senthil Mallar with a condition that “provoking contents” in the books be altered or deleted. A full bench, comprising Justices M M Sundresh, Pushpa Sathyanarayana and R Mahadevan, passed the order while disposing two pleas by the author of […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News lifts ban on two Tamil books Madras High Court Tamil Nadu government