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
Top Law News Madras dismisses flex board case against Tamil Nadu CM July 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition seeking to include Chief Minister K Palaniswami as a respondent in a case relating to installation of flex boards during former chief minister M G Ramachandran’s centenary celebrations in the city on June 30. Justices K K Sasindhran and G R Swaminathan in their order said the […] Read more » featured flex board case former chief minister M G Ramachandran' hief Minister K Palaniswami Justice G R Swaminathan Justice K K Sasindhran Madras dismisses flex board case Tamil Nadu CM
Top Law News Aadhaar-linked issues to be decided by constitution bench: SC July 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said all the issues arising out of Aadhaar should finally be decided by a larger bench and the Chief Justice of India would take a call on the need for setting up a constitution bench comprising seven or nine judges. “My opinion is that once a matter has been referred to […] Read more » Aadhaar-linked issues to be decided by constitution bench Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Banks not to take coercive steps against farmers, says SC July 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Financial institutions should not resort to coercive action for recovery of loans from farmers in case of crop failure and the government should intervene in such cases, the Supreme Court said today. The apex court said the government’s approach should be preventive rather than compensatory and it should “travel the last mile” to reach out […] Read more » Banks not to take coercive steps against farmers Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Gorakhpur riots case: HC asks petitioners to file rejoinder to govt affidavit July 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On a petition seeking a CBI probe into the 2007 Gorakhpur riots, the Allahabad High Court today asked the petitioners to file his rejoinder to the counter affidavit of the state government. A Division Bench, comprising Justice Krishna Murari and Justice K P Singh, passed the order on the petition of Parvez Parwaz and Asad […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court featured Gorakhpur riots case Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Byculla jail death: Court extends police custody of 6 accused July 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A metropolitan magistrate’s court here today extended till July 14 the police custody of six personnel of Byculla prison, arrested in connection with the death of a woman inmate. The accused– Manisha Pokharkar, Wasima Shaikh, Shital Shegokar, Surekha Gulve, Aarti Shingne and Bindu Naikade– were produced in the court as their police remand ended today. […] Read more » Byculla jail death Court Court extends police custody of 6 accused in byculla death Criminal news featured Law Legal News
