Top Law News HC refuses to direct private school to admit kids under EWS quota June 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to an unaided private school to admit two children under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category after taking note of their certificates to this effect. A vacation bench of Justices Manmohan and Yogesh Khanna said it cannot issue such a direction on […] Read more » admit kids under EWS quota Delhi High Court Economically Weaker Sections EWS featured Justice Manmohan Justice Yogesh Khanna
Top Law News Cheque bounce cases need to be tackled with heavy hand: Court June 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Cheque bounce cases are unduly clogging the dockets of the courts and need to be tackled with a heavy hand, a Delhi court has said. The observation came as the court awarded one-year-jail term to a 42-year-old north Delhi resident Lalit Kumar, who had issued a cheque worth Rs one lakh to an army official’s […] Read more » Cheque bounce cheque bounce cases Cheque bounce tackled with heavy hand Court featured Metropolitan Magistrate Ashok Kumar
Top Law News Defamation case:Court cancels NBW against Medha Patkar June 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NBA activist Medha Patkar has got a relief from a Delhi court which cancelled a non-bailable warrant against her for non-appearance in cross-defamation cases filed by her and KVIC Chairman V K Saxena, but warned her to be “careful in future”. She had moved against the May 29 order through which the court had issued […] Read more » featured Medha Patkar Metropolitan Magistrate Vikrant Vaid NBA activist Medha Patkar Patkar's plea for cancellation of NBW
Top Law News HC notice to man on plea against discharge in murder case June 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has issued a notice to a senior citizen here seeking his response to a petition of the Maharashtra government challenging his discharge from the 2003 murder case of a Canadian national. The state government approached the high court challenging an order passed by a sessions court in February this year, discharging […] Read more » discharge in murder case HC murder case notice to man plea against discharge in murder case the Bombay High Court
Top Law News Court frees rape accused over unreliable testimony of woman June 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man was acquitted of rape charges with a Delhi court saying it was dangerous to convict him only on the basis of the testimony of the woman who waited for months to lodge an FIR. “I am of the view that the prosecution case is not free from suspicion. The testimony of the prosecutrix […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain Court frees rape accused featured unreliable testimony unreliable testimony of woman
Top Law News Inadequate jail terms undermine public confidence in law: HC June 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Undue sympathy towards convicts by awarding inadequate jail term “undermines public confidence in efficacy of law”, the Delhi High Court has said while upholding a 10-year term awarded by a trial court to a man for raping and trying to kill his ex-employer’s daughter-in-law. Dismissing the 45-year-old man’s plea for reduction of his punishment, Justice […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured HC Inadequate jail term Justice S.P. Garg undermine public confidence in law
Top Law News Man asked to pay Rs 45,000 maintenance to 2nd wife and minor son June 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has asked a man to pay a monthly maintenance of Rs 45,000 to his second wife in a domestic violence case, noting he did not have to maintain his first wife as she was employed. The court also noted that the man had reconciled with his first wife. Additional Sessions Judge Vrinda […] Read more » 000 domestic violence featured maintenance in domestic violence maintenance to 2nd wife maintenance to minor son Man asked to pay Rs 45
Top Law News Court refuses bail to accused who forced girl to have sex June 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court here refused bail to a man who allegedly kidnapped a 16-year-old girl and forced here to have sex with a co-accused for several days. On February 9, the girl’s father had lodged an FIR at sector 20 police station stating that his daughter had been kidnapped. Accused Salman pleaded innocence and said […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Ram Naresh Maurya bail Court refuses bail featured forced girl to have sex POCSO Act
Top Law News NGT asks commercial buildings in Shimla to set up STPs June 25, 2017 / June 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed all commercial buildings in Shimla which have a discharge of more than 5 KLD (kilo litres per day) to establish their own sewage treatment plant (STP) within three months. A circuit bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the Himachal Pradesh government and the state pollution […] Read more » collection and disposal of municipal solid waste commercial buildings in Shimla featured National Green Tribunal NGT NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar STPs
Top Law News No license required to serve liquor in pvt functions: Kerala HC June 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court today held that no license is required to serve liquor in a private function held at an individual’s residence. A bench of justices Antony Dominic and Dama Seshadri Naidu gave its ruling on a plea by one Alex V Chacko fearing harassment by police and excise department authorities in a baptism […] Read more » Court featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News No license required to serve liquor in pvt functions
Top Law News City court grants bail to suspended ED officer Manoj Kumar June 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A city court today granted bail to suspended Enforcement Directorate officer Manoj Kumar, who had been arrested for his alleged role in a case of extortion. Debabrata Sinha, the fifth judge at Bankshall Court, granted bail to Kumar on two sureties of Rs 20,000 each. He was directed to submit his passport to the court […] Read more » City court grants bail Court ED Enforcement Directorate featured Law Legal News Manoj Kumar
Criminal Law News Top Law News Court convicts five person for acid attack on girl June 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Aurangabad court today held five persons guilty of killing a girl last year by throwing acid at her. Additional District and Sessions Judge Anil Kumar Mishra convicted prime accused Mohammad Azhar and four others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and POSCO for the acid attack on the girl on June 23, […] Read more » Court Court convicts five person for acid attack on girl Criminal news featured Law Legal News