Top Law News Right to refuse medical treatment: Govt to take call, says SC May 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming as “sensitive” the issue of right to have a ‘living will’ to refuse life support in the last days of an ailing person, the Supreme Court today said the issue should be decided by the government. The apex court declined to give any direction on the issue and said it was for the government […] Read more » \ J S Khehar Court featured Law Legal News Right to refuse medical treatment Supreme Court
Top Law News Niti Aayog for ‘judicial performance index’ to check pendency May 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Niti Aayog has suggested introduction of a ‘judicial performance index’ to check delay in trial and address the issue of pendency of cases. Asserting that corruption cases get held up in the judicial system inordinately, the policy think-tank has also recommended putting a time-limit for processing them. In its draft three-year action agenda (for […] Read more » 'judicial performance index corruption cases Court featured Law Legal News NITI Aayog pendency of cases
Top Law News Gujarat HC asks Kodnani if her plea to summon witnesses is necessary May 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court today asked former state minister Maya Kodnani to explain if her plea for summoning additional witnesses, including BJP president Amit Shah, in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case is necessary. Kodnani was convicted by the trial court in the Naroda Patiya case relating to massacre of 96 persons during the 2002 […] Read more » Amit Shah BJP Court featured Gujarat High Court Law Legal News Maya Kodnani Naroda Patiya riot case
Top Law News MCD elections: Court directs poll panel to seal EVM machines May 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today directed the State Election Commission to keep the EVM machines used in a south Delhi ward in the recent MCD polls intact and in a sealed condition on a plea challenging the victory of a BJP candidate by two votes. District and Sessions Judge Asha Menon also sought response from the […] Read more » Aam Aadmi Party BJP Court Court directs poll panel to seal EVM machines featured Law Legal News MCD elections Pinky Tyag
Top Law News SC orders medical examination of Justice Karnan May 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today ordered the medical examination of Calcutta High Court judge Justice C S Karnan on May 4 by a board of doctors, to be set up by a government hospital in Kolkata. A seven-judge bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar also directed the Director General of Police of West Bengal […] Read more » C S Karnan Calcutta High Court Court featured Justice Karnan Law Legal News Supreme Court
Consumer Law News Top Law News Housewife renders services of skilled worker: Court May 1, 2017 / May 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A housewife renders services of a skilled worker, a Delhi court has observed. The observation was made by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here while awarding the compensation of Rs 30.63 lakh to a 32-year-old homemaker who lost one of her legs in a road accident four years ago. The woman, who was crossing […] Read more » Court featured Housewife renders services of skilled worker Law Legal News MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
Top Law News Rail scam: Delhi HC upholds trial court order allowing CBI plea May 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has upheld a trial court order allowing the CBI to place on record two CDs containing purported telephonic conversations intercepted during its probe in the cash-for-post bribery case in the railways. The case allegedly involves former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla and others. Besides Singla, the other accused […] Read more » CBI Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News plea Rail scam trial court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Journo accused of abetting suicide of jawan gets bail May 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a woman journalist booked for abetting the suicide of an army jawan and also under the Official Secrets Act after observing that prima facie no offence is made out against the accused. Justice Revati Mohite Dere on April 26 granted anticipatory bail to Poonam Agarwal, a […] Read more » bail Bombay High Court Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Poonam Agarwal suicide of jawan
Top Law News Pondy varsity ordered to award grace marks to 9 MBBS students May 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has annulled a Pondicherry University rule doing away with the award of grace marks to the MBBS students and asked the university to give the relief to nine final year students who had failed in a sole practical examination. A division bench of justices Huluvadi G Ramesh and S Vimala struck […] Read more » Court featured grace marks to 9 MBBS students Law Legal News Madras High Court Pondicherry University
Top Law News Niti Aayog for ‘judicial performance index’ to check pendency May 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Niti Aayog has suggested introduction of a ‘judicial performance index’ to check delay in trial and address the issue of pendency of cases. Asserting that corruption cases get held up in the judicial system inordinately, the policy think-tank has also recommended putting a time-limit for processing them. In its draft three-year action agenda (for […] Read more » Court featured judicial performance to check pendency Law Legal News NITI Aayog
Top Law News Nearly 400 judicial officers transferred in UP April 30, 2017 / April 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has transferred close to 400 judicial officers, nearly half of them of the Additional District and Sessions Judge rank, in a major reshuffle in the lower judiciary in Uttar Pradesh. According to the notifications issued yesterday by the High Court’s Registrar General Dinesh Kumar Singh, the transferred judicial officers include 199 […] Read more » 400 judicial officers Allahabad High Court featured
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Absence of timely legal help to poor affects credibility: CJI April 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The credibility of the legal system and the rule of law have come under “severe strain” in the absence of timely help to poor and illiterate Indians, Chief Justice of India J S Khehar said today. The CJI made the observations while highlighting the importance of Para Legal Volunteers (PLV) who, according to him, enabled […] Read more » \ J S Khehar Absence of timely legal help to poor affects credibility Chief Justice of India J S Khehar CJI dispute settlement mechanism featured Justice Dipak Misra Lok Adalat
