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
Top Law News Delhi HC questions maintainability of plea against Speaker’s order July 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today questioned the maintainability of a plea by two persons challenging the Delhi Assembly Speaker’s order sending them to jail for throwing pamphlets and sloganeering in the House. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Najmi Waziri wondered how a habeas corpus plea, as filed by the two, can be heard […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party AAP Court Delhi Assembly Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News plea against Speaker's order
Criminal Law News Top Law News Four acquitted in Jagdish Varma murder case July 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four persons including the wife of late builder Jagdish Varma, who was killed here in 2013, were acquitted of all charges in the infamous murder case, by a local court for want of sufficient evidence. The prosecution had alleged that the four accused had killed 40-year-old Varma and dumped his body in the Bhatsa river […] Read more » Bhatsa river Court featured Jagdish Varma murder case Law Legal News Shahpur
Criminal Law News Top Law News 3 transgenders acquitted in attempt to murder case July 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three transgenders have been acquitted by a city court in a case of attempt to murder after the complainant refused to acknowledge the incident. Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey granted the relief to the accused noting there was no eyewitness to the incident except the complainant himself, who denied the prosecution story altogether. “In view […] Read more » 3 transgenders acquitted in attempt to murder case Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News
Environment Law News High Profile Cases Top Law News US isolated as India,other G20 members back Paris climate pact July 9, 2017 / July 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India today joined 18 other G20 members to strongly support the fight against global warming by terming the Paris climate deal as “irreversible”, leaving the US, which walked out of the pact, isolated. The two-day G20 Summit saw the Indian side making “significant contributions” on resolve to counter terrorism and boost global trade and investment. […] Read more » Angela Merkel featured G20 members Paris climate pact UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change US isolated India US President Donald Trump
Criminal Law News Top Law News Weapons not for showing off, but self defence: Delhi HC July 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment One does not have a fundamental right to keep a weapon and its possession nowadays is more for “showing off” as a “status symbol” than for self defence, the Delhi High Court has said. The observation by Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva came while rejecting a private company official’s plea for an arms licence, a request which […] Read more » Delhi HC License to hold an arm self defence weapons weapons for self defence Weapons not for showing off
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Hire lawyers on merit, not other considerations: Draft NLP July 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Merit and not nepotism or other considerations should be criteria for hiring lawyers by central government departments to represent them in courts, the draft National Litigation Policy prepared by the Law Commission says. The draft policy comes at a time when the government is party to nearly 46 per cent of the 3.14 crore cases […] Read more » Draft NLP featured finding the right attorney Hire lawyers Hire lawyers on merit Hire lawyers on not other considerations National Litigation Policy
Top Law News Kids’ custody battles transcend boundaries, law is needed: CJI July 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Intense custody battles in courts between estranged spouses transcending national boundaries cause children “immense mental stress”, necessitating a law on inter-country child custody cases, Chief Justice of India J S Khehar said today. “The only question is to give custody to which parent. It’s not simple. It’s a cultural question involving the ways of life, […] Read more » Chief Justice of India J S Khehar Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction CJI custody battle custody battles transcend boundaries featured Hague Convention of October 1980 International Law Association Kid Law Supreme Court judge A K Sikri
