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
Environment Law News Top Law News Delhi’s post-Diwali air quality ‘severe’ October 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi’s air quality took a sharp plunge and entered the ‘severe’ zone today, following night-long Diwali revelry when people set off millions of firecrackers and reduced a Supreme Court ban on their sale into a ‘heap of ash’. The pollution indicator of state-run System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) turned a deep shade […] Read more » air quality 'severe' Delhi's post-Diwali air quality 'severe' featured
Top Law News HC seeks report on probe into bitumen purchase irregularities October 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ordered the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to file within four weeks a status report on probe into alleged irregularities in the purchase of bitumen in Tamil Nadu. A Division Bench comprising Justices M M Sundaresh and M Sundar directed the DVAC to file the status report on a […] Read more » bitumen purchase bitumen purchase irregularities directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption DVAC featured HC irregularities Justice M M Sundaresh Justice M Sundar Madras High Court report on probe into bitumen purchase
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Ranjit Kumar resigns as solicitor general October 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, the country’s second highest law officer, resigned today for “personal reasons”. The office of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad received his resignation letter today. While Kumar confirmed to PTI that he had resigned, sources close to him said it was for “personal reasons”. He was appointed solicitor general in June 2014 […] Read more » Attorney general featured Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Mukul Rohatgi Ranjit Kumar Senior lawyer K K Venugopal
Top Law News Bank under obligation to protect consumers interests: Forum October 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Mumbai Consumer Redressal Forum has directed the Punjab National Bank not to close the account of a lawyer over alleged rude behaviour. It also asked the lawyer, a senior citizen, to maintain cordial relations with the bank. “The opponent bank is not entitled to close account of complainant,” the forum ruled after Harish Bhatia […] Read more » Bank under obligation to protect consumers interests Court featured Forum Law Legal News Mumbai Consumer Redressal Forum PNB Punjab National Bank
