Criminal Law News Top Law News Court convicts five Maoists for killing DFO Sanjay Singh June 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Sasaram court today held five Maoists guilty for killing the then District Forest Officer (DFO) of Rohtas, Sanjay Singh, 15 years ago. District and Sessions Judge Prabhunath Singh convicted the five accused Maoists, Nirala Yadav, Ram Bachan Yadav, Nitish Yadav, Sudama Uraon and Lalan Singh Kharwar. The judge convicted them under sections of Prevention […] Read more » Court Court convicts five Maoists for killing DFO Criminal news District Forest Officer featured Law Legal News POTA Prevention of Terrorism Act Sanjay Singh
Top Law News SC turns down Karnan’s interim bail plea June 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain former Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan’s plea seeking interim bail and suspension of the six-month sentence awarded to him for contempt of court. A vacation bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul said the court was duty-bound by the order of the seven-judge […] Read more » C S Karnan Calcutta High Court Court featured Karnan's interim bail plea Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC grants Subrata Roy 10 days to deposit Rs 709.82 cr June 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today granted Sahara chief Subrata Roy 10 more working days to deposit Rs 709.82 crore out of the promised Rs 1,500 crore and extended its interim order granting him bail till July 5. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Ranjan Gogoi considered the submissions of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Sahara Subrata Roy Supreme Court
Top Law News SC verdict on non-implementation of Majithia board June 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said the part implementation and non-implementation of the Majithia Wage Board award on pay structures of journalists and non- journalists by some newspaper establishments would not amount to wilful default attracting contempt. The court also said the award has been approved by it in its judgment on February 7, 2014 and, […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Majithia board Supreme Court
Top Law News TN CM seeks time to respond to DMK’s plea June 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Minister K Palaniswami today sought time to reply to a plea by DMK seeking probe by the CBI and DRI into the alleged pay-offs to some ruling AIADMK MLAs for supporting his government’s trust motion last February. Objecting to the plea, R Krishnamoorthy, counsel for the chief minister, submitted that the additional application for […] Read more » Court featured K Palaniswami Law Legal News Tamil Nadu CM seeks time to respond to DMK's plea
Top Law News Malnutrition deaths as important an issue as farmers: Bombay HC June 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said that malnutrition deaths in tribal areas of Maharashtra is an issue as important as the farmers’ distress which attracted loan waiver by the government to mitigate it. The tribal population needs an immediate attention from the government, said a division bench of justices V M Kanade and A M […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Malnutrition deaths as important an issue as farmers
Criminal Law News Top Law News Delhi court refuses leniency in negligent driving case June 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court here has refused to show leniency to a truck driver, jailed for causing the death of a 24-year-old man with negligent and rash driving. Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Pandit dismissed the appeal by Rohtak resident Jitender against a magisterial court’s order by which he was given a one-and-a-half-year jail term. Jitender had […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Law Legal News negligent driving case
Top Law News Women sacrificing love for parents common in India, says SC June 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Unsuccessful love stories have found a very vivid description in a Supreme Court observation wherein it has said that women sacrificing their relationship to accept parents’ decision is a common phenomenon in India. The apex court noted this in a judgement which set aside the conviction and life sentence of a man who had survived […] Read more » featured Women sacrificing love for parents
Top Law News Rights of victim, offender must be considered equally: Court June 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rights of a victim should be equally considered with that of an offender at the time of awarding punishment, a Delhi court has said while sentencing three men to varying jail terms in a robbery case. Additional Sessions Judge Sukhvinder Kaur awarded seven years jail term to convict Naresh and five years imprisonment each to […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Sukhvinder Kaur featured Rights of offender Rights of victim
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News HC junks plea against SC collegium recommendations June 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking rehearing of a petition to restrain the Supreme Court collegium from recommending names for appointment to the higher judiciary. “Under the garb of a review petition, the appellant is actually seeking a rehearing of the appeal that was dismissed on merits, which is impermissible,” a bench […] Read more » Justice Hima Kohli Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal SC Collegium
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Justice P N Bhagwati cremated June 18, 2017 / June 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment (PTI) Former Chief Justice of India P N Bhagwati, who died on Thursday, was today cremated here. The cremation took place at the the Lodhi Road Electric crematorium and was attended by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union minister Arun Jaitely and senior advocate Soli Sorabjee among others. Former Chief Justice of India A S […] Read more » featured justice P.N. Bhagwati
Environment Law News Top Law News Karnataka HC directs SIT not to arrest Kumaraswamy in mining case June 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to former chief minister and state JDS chief H D Kumaraswamy, the Karnataka High Court today directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) not to arrest him till June 20 in an illegal mining case. Justice Rathnakala passed the order on an application for anticipatory bail moved by Kumaraswamy after the special court […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured H D Kumaraswamy JDS Karnataka High Court Law Legal News mining case SIT Special Investigation Team
