Top Law News SC to give urgent hearing to disqualified MP min’s plea July 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today agreed to give an urgent hearing to a plea of senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Narottam Mishra who was recently disqualified by the Election Commission. The poll panel had on June 23 disqualified Mishra for three years over paid news charges, holding him guilty of filing wrong accounts […] Read more » BJP Court featured Law Legal News Madhya Pradesh Narottam Mishra Supreme Court
Consumer Law News Top Law News Surat club to pay 18L for not providing first aid to man July 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has upheld a state panel’s order asking a recreational club in Surat to pay Rs 18 lakh as compensation to the kin of a man who collapsed at the club and subsequently died due to inadequate help from the staff. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) asked the Surat City […] Read more » apex consumer commission Compensation Consumer Law news Court featured Law Legal News Surat club to pay 18L for not providing first aid to man
Top Law News Don’t just install VC facility, maintain it too: Bombay HC to govt July 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to not only install video conferencing facilities between courts and prisons but also maintain them for use in case of need. A bench of justices R M Savant and Sadhana Jadhav gave the direction while hearing a plea by an Aurangabad arms haul case accused Shaikh […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court failure to complete the process of installing video conference facility in all courts featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT imposes complete ban on nylon and synthetic manja July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today imposed a complete ban on ‘manja’, the string used to fly kites, made of nylon or any synthetic material which is non-biodegradable, saying it posed a threat to the lives of birds, animals and humans. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed all state governments to prohibit […] Read more » Environment Law News featured Legal News NGT imposes complete ban on nylon and synthetic manja
Criminal Law News Top Law News Judges vulnerable, says court, awards 10-yr term to attackers July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judges are “vulnerable” to murderous assaults for their verdicts which always go against one of the parties in a case, a Delhi court has said while awarding 10-year jail term to three convicts for assaulting three trial court judges in a road rage case here in 2012. The incident has “shaken the conscience” of the […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News road rage case trial court
Top Law News SC relief for Anurag Thakur, appeal of HP dismissed July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal filed by the Himachal Pradesh government challenging the high court order quashing a criminal case against BJP MP Anurag Thakur and others. A bench comprising Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit declined to interfere with the Shimla High Court’s May 30 last year order on the […] Read more » anurag thakur Court featured Himachal Pradesh Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Central selection in lower judiciary won’t affect state rules: SC July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought to dispel the apprehension that a proposal for a centralised selection mechanism for appointment of judicial officers in subordinate judiciary would affect the rules and regulations formulated by the states. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said the proposal has come forward so that vacancies could […] Read more » \ J S Khehar Court featured Law Legal News Lower judiciary Supreme Court
Top Law News Punjabi poet charged with blasphemy sent to 2-week judicial custody July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Punjabi poet, who was arrested for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of a community, was today sent to two weeks judicial custody by a court here. Surjit Gag, the author of book ‘Gag Bani’, was arrested yesterday. He was today produced in the court of Ashok Chauhan, Civil Judge, Senior Division, Sri Anandpur Sahib. […] Read more » Court featured IPC section 295-A Law Legal News Punjabi poet charged with blasphemy sent to 2-week judicial custody Surjit Gag
Top Law News Should Central Dog Rules prevail over state laws, asks SC July 11, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would examine the legal question as to whether the 2001 Dog Rules, framed by the Centre, would prevail over the state laws meant to curb the menace of stray canines. The apex court also expressed unhappiness over increasing cases of dog bites in Kerala and asked the state government […] Read more » Animal Welfare Board of India AWBI Central Dog Rules Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC refuses to entertain AAP leader’s plea against death threat July 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party leader Asish Khetan alleging death threats from right-wing organisations. A bench of Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit asked Khetan to approach the Delhi High Court with his plea in which he has also sought framing of guidelines to […] Read more » AAP Asish Khetan Court featured Law Legal News plea against death threat Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Court goes easy on reckless driver who took injured to doctor July 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man’s act of taking two injured persons to a doctor has earned him the leniency of a Delhi court which set aside the two-month jail term awarded to him for endangering the life of others by rash driving. The court, while releasing Gramin Sewa driver Pradeep Tanwar, 47, on probation for one year, said […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Rash driving
Top Law News SC allows counselling and admissions to IITs July 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today allowed the counselling and admission into Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country on the basis of the results of the IIT-JEE (Advance) 2017 results by vacating its stay on it. The apex court bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra vacated its stay ordered last Friday, but asked the high […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court allows counselling and admissions to IITs
