Top Law News Four new judges take oath in Delhi High Court May 15, 2017 / May 15, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four new Delhi High Court judges, including two women, were sworn in today, taking the working strength of the court to 38. The four judges– Justices Rekha Palli, Prathiba M Singh, Navin Chawla and C Hari Shankar– were administered oath by Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal. The four were appointed as judges […] Read more » Court featured Four new judges take oath in Delhi High Court Law Legal News
Environment Law News Top Law News Encroachments on ponds: NGT raps UP, summons Principal Secy May 15, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has slammed the Uttar Pradesh government over its delay in reporting on encroachments of water bodies, including ponds and wetlands, in Ghaziabad and other parts of the state. Taking strong exception to the non-compliance of its order and seeking repeated adjournments, a bench of Justice Jawad Rahim summoned its Principal Secretary […] Read more » Encroachments on ponds Environment Law News featured Legal News NGT UP government
Top Law News ‘Breach of timelines by govt hurts ‘judicial conscience” May 15, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tax-payers’ money is “going down the drain” as the authorities are squandering it by delaying development projects, the Delhi High Court has said, terming it as “a very sorry state of affairs”. The sharp observations came when a high court bench was informed that the BJP-run Municipal Corporation of Delhi was yet to complete the […] Read more » BJP Court Delhi High Court featured judicial conscience Law Legal News MCD Municipal Corporation of Delh
Top Law News Update father about son gone missing in Malaysia: Delhi HC to govt May 15, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Desperate attempts of a father, searching for his son who had gone missing in 2011 off the Malaysian coast while on-board a vessel, has led him to move the Delhi High Court. The court has now asked the government to update him either about his son’s whereabouts or his fate. His son had gone missing […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Update father about son gone missing in Malaysia
Criminal Law News Top Law News False rape case harms reputation, wastes judicial time: Court May 15, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A false rape charge humiliates a person and harms his reputation and a woman cannot escape criminal proceedings for the offence of perjury, a Delhi court has said. It said such cases also lead to wasting of precious judicial time by making a mockery of the system in which the police authority is also used […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court False rape case harms reputation featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Bharti’s domestic violence case in trial court on May 20 May 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A trial court here will take up the proceedings against controversial AAP leader Somnath Bharti in a domestic violence case on May 20, over a year after the charge sheet was filed in the matter. The proceedings will assume importance as the police today filed a report in the Delhi High Court claiming that Bharti’s […] Read more » AAP Court Criminal news Delhi High Court domestic violence case featured Law Legal News Somnath Bharti
Top Law News Election a democratic process, can’t be interfered with: SC May 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today rejected a plea alleging duplication in the voters’ list for the upcoming Bhiwandi municipal polls in Maharashtra, saying election is a democratic process which cannot be interfered with. The apex court made the observation while hearing a plea challenging the Bombay High Court order dismissing a petition which alleged that there […] Read more » Bhiwandi municipal polls in Maharashtra Bombay High Court Court Election a democratic process featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Cong moves Bombay HC to stop ex-MLA Rane from running bypoll May 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Congress today moved the Bombay High Court seeking to stop its former MLA and Goa’s current Health Minister Vishwajit Rane from contesting the future by- elections till the existing state assembly term ends in 2022. The party moved the Goa bench of the high court. “The petition has been filed jointly by the Indian […] Read more » Bombay High Court Congress Court featured Goa Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Law Legal News Vishwajit Rane
Criminal Law News Top Law News Court acquits BJP MLA, two others in rape case May 12, 2017 / May 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A BJP MLA from Haryana and another man have been acquitted by a Delhi court of the charges of raping a woman in a hotel after giving her sedative-laced drink. The court absolved BJP legislator Umesh Aggarwal and Sandeep Luthra for alleged offences of rape, causing hurt by means of poison and criminal intimidation under […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi Court acquits BJP MLA in rape case featured Haryana Law Legal News Sandeep Luthra Umesh Aggarwal
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT notice to Uttarakhand govt on tree felling in Nainital zoo May 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today sought the Uttarakhand government’s response on a plea alleging illegal felling of around 260 trees in the high- altitude Nainital Zoo. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued a notice to the Trivendra Singh Rawat government and sought its reply before May 25. The order came on […] Read more » Environment Law News featured Legal News National Green Tribunal NGT tree felling in Nainital zoo Uttarakhand government
Criminal Law News Top Law News Uphaar fire: HC upholds tampering charge against Ansals May 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today upheld a trial court order framing charges of tampering of evidence against real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal in a case related to the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy. A bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul held that there was adequate material on record before the magisterial court which justifies framing […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured HC upholds tampering charge against Ansals Law Legal News Uphaar fire
Top Law News Consider manning AFC gates at all stations: Delhi HC to DMRC May 12, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The DMRC was today asked by the Delhi High Court to consider manning its exit gates at all the stations after some incidents of people going missing from there was brought to the court’s attention. A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and A K Pathak said such measures of manning the automatic fare collection (AFC) […] Read more » Consider manning AFC gates at all stations Court Delhi High Court DMRC featured Law Legal News
