Top Law News Bombay HC denies permission to 16-yr-old rape survivor to undergo October 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today denied permission to a 16-year-old rape survivor, who was in her 27th week of pregnancy, to undergo an abortion, citing the report of a panel of doctors which examined her. A bench headed by Justice Ranjit More turned down the plea filed by the girl’s father on her behalf seeking […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured HC denies permission to 16-yr-old rape survivor to undergo Law Legal News
Top Law News Act against lawyers holding kangaroo courts in disputes: Madras HC October 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking a stern view of some advocates holding ‘kangaroo courts’ to resolve a dispute involving a medical college near here, the Madras High Court today directed that criminal action be taken against them. The court also directed the Centre to take appropriate steps to streamline the legal profession and told the Bar Council to go […] Read more » Act against lawyers holding kangaroo courts in disputes Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
Top Law News West Bengal has 40 per cent child brides: Survey in SC October 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment West Bengal has got the dubious distinction of having the maximum number of married girl children at 40 per cent, a survey considered by the Supreme Court has said. The apex court, which has delivered a historic verdict declaring sexual intercourse with minor wife as rape, quoted the survey in its order, saying the figure […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court West Bengal has 40 per cent child brides
Top Law News NCP will have to vacate its Delhi office: Court October 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has been asked to vacate its Delhi office by a city court here. The office of NCP is currently located in the posh Lutyens zone at 10, Dr Bishambar Das Marg in the heart of the national capital. District Judge Poonam A Bamba rejected the appeal of the NCP […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Nationalist Congress Party NCP will have to vacate its Delhi office Sharad Pawar
Top Law News Kejriwal’s denial of instruction to Jethmalani belated : Jaitley October 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Minister Arun Jaitley today termed as “bald and belated” Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s denial in Delhi High court that he had not instructed his former lawyer Ram Jethmalani to use defamatory words against the BJP leader. Jaitley contended that the Aam Aadmi Party leader has neither substantiated his claim that he did not instruct […] Read more » Arun Jaitley Arvind Kejriwal Court Delhi High Court featured Jethmalani Law Legal News
Top Law News HC seeks info on crackers licences from Pb, Har, C’garh October 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Concerned over the pollution from fireworks, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notices to the two states and the Union territory of Chandigarh asking them to furnish by tomorrow details of licences issued for sale of crackers. The development comes days after the Supreme Court banned the sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR till […] Read more » Chandigarh Court crackers licences featured Haryana Law Legal News Punjab Punjab and Haryana High Court
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT raps Delhi government over report on rain water harvesting October 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has rapped the Delhi government for not filing a status report on whether government buildings, bridges and flyovers have installed rainwater harvesting systems and if these are functional. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar granted last opportunity to the city government to submit the report and warned of […] Read more » Court Delhi government Environment Law News featured Law Legal News NGT report on rain water harvesting
Top Law News Lawyers of all Delhi district courts to strike tomorrow October 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The lawyers of all six district courts in the national capital will go on a day-long strike tomorrow to protest against alleged misconduct of some judges. “The reasons for calling a complete strike are misconduct of judges with litigants and huge corruption in the judiciary. We have already given the names of erring judges to […] Read more » alleged misconduct of some judges Court featured Law Lawyers of all Delhi district courts to strike tomorrow Legal News
Top Law News Aarushi murder case appeal: Allahabad HC likely to deliver verdict October 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court is expected to deliver its verdict tomorrow on an appeal filed by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar challenging a CBI court order convicting them for the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in 2008. The couple were awarded life sentence by a special CBI court in Ghaziabad on November […] Read more » Aarushi murder case appeal Allahabad High Court Court Criminal news featured Ghaziabad Law Legal News Nupur Talwar Rajesh Talwar
Top Law News Malegaon blast case: Accused Sameer Kulkarni gets bail October 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court here today granted bail to Sameer Kulkarni, arrested for his alleged involvement in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case. The court granted Kulkarni bail on a bond of Rs 50,000 on the grounds of parity, as several other accused in the case including Lt Col Prasad Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Malegaon blast case Sameer Kulkarni gets bail
Top Law News Madras HC bans entry of Nithyananda into Madurai mutt October 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today banned controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda from entering the 2500-year-old Saivite Madurai Adheenam mutt here. In an interim order on a petition opposing his plea seeking police protection to enter the mutt, Justice R Mahadevan of the Madurai bench also restrained Nithyananda and his disciples from interfering with its administration. He […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Madurai Madurai mutt Nithyananda
Top Law News Karti case: SC to decide if it can see CBI’s probe documents October 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would first decide whether it was entitled to see the documents CBI has intended to placed before it in a sealed cover relating to its probe in a case against Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, before taking a call on other issues. A bench headed […] Read more » CBI Court featured Karti case Karti Chidambaram Law Legal News Supreme Court
