Criminal Law News Top Law News Rs 68.50 cr ponzi scam; SC paves way for trial of S Natrajan October 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has paved the way for prosecution of S Natarajan, now a director in the Sriram Group, in the 2004 high-profile ponzi scam involving Chennai-based PNL Nidhi Limited which allegedly collected Rs 68.50 crore from over 13,000 investors and defaulted in repayment. The apex court set aside a Madras High Court order quashing […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News PNL Nidhi Limited Rs 68.50 cr ponzi scam S Natrajan Supreme Court
Top Law News Convicts too must breathe fresh air, maintain family ties: SC October 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Convicts too “must breathe fresh air” and be allowed to maintain social ties provided they show a tendency to reform, the Supreme Court has said and favoured a “humanistic approach” while dealing with pleas for parole or furlough to those serving long jail terms. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan asked […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC rejects plea alleging atrocities by police October 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea by a Bihar resident, who has claimed atrocities by police and alleging that he was branded a terrorist or naxalite and his mobile phone put on surveillance. The apex court rejected his appeal against the order of the Patna High Court in November last year observing that the […] Read more » BIHAR Bihar police Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Court allows NRI to travel to USA for renewing green card October 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here has allowed an NRI, accused of smuggling foreign currency, to travel to the United States to keep his Green Card status active. Special Judge N K Malhotra allowed Virender Verma to go to the US for a month in October while directing him to furnish his travel itinerary, addresses and phone […] Read more » Court Delhi Court allows NRI to travel to USA featured green card Law Legal News
Top Law News Sadhus refuse to take holy dip in Ganga due to pollution October 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sadhus from several ashrams refused to take a holy bath in Ganga on the occassion of Vijayadashmi near Shukertal area here allegedly after finding the water to be polluted. Several sadhus yesterday alleged that the river water had turned black due to the discharge of waste by factories. Sub Divisional Magistrate (Jansath) Shyavadh Chouhan said […] Read more » featured Ganga holy dip in Ganga occassion of Vijayadashmi near Shukertal area Sadhus Sadhus refuse to take holy dip in Ganga Sub Divisional Magistrate
Top Law News Rs 68.50 cr ponzi scam : SC paves way for trial of S Natrajan October 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has paved the way for prosecution of S Natarajan, now a director in the Sriram Group, in the 2004 high-profile ponzi scam involving Chennai-based PNL Nidhi Limited which allegedly collected Rs 68.50 crore from over 13,000 investors and defaulted in repayment. The apex court set aside a Madras High Court order quashing […] Read more » 2004 high-profile ponzi scam Chennai-based PNL Nidhi Limited Madras High Court ponzi scam Sriram Group
Top Law News Illegal structures in North Delhi parks to be razed. October 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There is a good news in store for kids and morning walkers of north Delhi as a government body has told the Delhi High Court that it would raze all encroachments, including religious structures, from parks. The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) also told a bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru that demolition of illegal […] Read more » Advocate Shahid Ali Delhi High Court Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board DUSIB featured illegal structures Illegal structures in North Delhi Illegal structures to be razed
Top Law News CBI faces court’s ire for delaying 37-yr-old case October 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “Muddai Sust, Gawah Chust” (the complainant is lazy, but the witness is active). This was how a special city court described the CBI for not being vigilant enough to ensure the disposal of a 37- year-old case, probably the oldest pending matter in the country. The CBI’s decision of transferring a prosecutor from a court […] Read more » CBI court's ire for delaying 37-yr-old case featured osecutor B K Singh Special Judge Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal Takashakeshwar Mahadev temple in Allahabad
Criminal Law News Top Law News Treat complaints of stalking seriously : HC October 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed the police to treat complaints of stalking seriously after a young woman was crippled for life on being shot by her alleged stalker for rejecting his advances. While upholding the man’s conviction and award of life sentence by a trial court for attempting to murder the woman, the high […] Read more » Cases of stalking featured Jaipur Golden Hospital Justice Chander Shekhar Justice G.S. Sistani stalking treat complaints of stalking seriously
Top Law News Elphinstone stampede:PIL filed in HC to book railway officials September 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking that railway officials be booked for negligence and culpable homicide in connection with the stampede at the Elphinstone Road railway station in which 22 people were killed. The public interest litigation (PIL) was submitted yesterday to the high court registry by city resident Pradeep […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Elphinstone stampede featured Law Legal News PIL filed in HC to book railway officials
Criminal Law News Top Law News Delhi HC reduces jail term of man who raped minor September 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has reduced the jail term of a man convicted for kidnapping and raping a minor girl in view of her testimony that he had physical relations with her “consent”. Justice Pratibha Rani handed the man five years jail term for raping the 14-year-old girl, reducing the sentence of seven years awarded […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi High Court reduces jail term of man who raped minor featured Law Legal News
Top Law News 24-yr-old accident victim’s parents get Rs 8 L compensation September 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The parents of a 24-year-old man, who was killed in a road accident involving a rashly driven tempo in Gurugram in 2012, have been awarded a compensation of Rs eight lakh by a motor accident claims tribunal (MACT) here. MACT presiding officer Vidya Prakash asked Oriental Insurance Company, the insurer of the tempo, to pay […] Read more » 24-yr-old accident victim's parents get Rs 8 L compensation Court featured Law Legal News MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
