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
Top Law News Bureaucrats not above law: SC June 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to show leniency and directed the Centre to obey a Gauhati High Court order on the issue of contempt against top CRPF officials saying that bureaucrats are not above the law. The top court only dispensed with the direction asking the Director General of CRPF to be personally present before […] Read more » Bureaucrats not above law Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Environment Law News Top Law News Plea in NGT against BJP leader for polluting Saryu June 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an embarrassment to the government, the NGT has been moved to act against some BJP leaders for making mockery of the Centre’s ambitious Swachh Bharat Mission and Ganga rejuvenation plan. The allegation is that a woman BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh threw a plastic bottle in the river Saryu, a tributary of the Ganga, […] Read more » BJP Environment Law News featured Ganga rejuvenation plan Legal News NGT plea polluting Saryu Swachh Bharat Mission
Top Law News Ban on cattle trade for slaughter to regulate: Govt to SC June 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Supreme Court that its notification banning the sale and purchase of cattle at animal markets for slaughter was aimed at having a “regulatory regime” on cattle trade across the country. The Centre’s submission came as the apex court sought its response on the pleas challenging the May 26 notification under […] Read more » Ban on cattle trade Court featured Law Legal News slaughter Supreme Court
Environment Law News Top Law News Clarify stand on Ganga encroachments, NGT tells Centre and others June 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Centre and other stakeholders to clarify their stand on demarcation and encroachments on the floodplains of the Ganga from Haridwar to Unnao. The green panel asked the ministries of environment and water resources, the National Mission for Clean Ganga, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Uttar […] Read more » Court Environment Law News featured Ganga encroachments Law Legal News NGT
Top Law News Karnataka HC directs SIT not to arrest Kumaraswamy in mining case June 16, 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 featured HC directs SIT not to arrest Kumaraswamy in mining case Karnataka High Court Law Legal News
