Criminal Law News Top Law News Chhota Rajan awarded 7-year-jail in fake passport case April 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gangster Chhota Rajan was today given a seven-year jail term by a special court here for cheating the government by obtaining a forged Indian passport, even as he claimed he had been helping the State to fight terrorism since he broke away from mobster Dawood Ibrahim. Besides Rajan, the court also awarded seven-year jail term […] Read more » Chhota Rajan awarded 7-year-jail Court Criminal news fake passport case featured Law Legal News
Consumer Law News Top Law News NCDRC refuses compensation to couple for stolen luggage April 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has set aside lower fora orders asking Railways to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to a couple for their stolen baggage, saying they failed to raise an alarm after the alleged theft. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) also said that the decision of the foras awarding the compensation […] Read more » apex consumer commission Court featured Law Legal News NCDRC refuses compensation for stolen luggage railways
Criminal Law News Top Law News Yasin Bhatkal records statement before magistrate in 2008 case April 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal, currently in custody of police in connection with a bomb planting case of 2008, today gave his statement before the court. The statement was recorded under section 164 of the CrPC under which any metropolitan magistrate or judicial magistrate may, whether or not he has jurisdiction in the case, record […] Read more » bomb planting case of 2008 Court Criminal news featured Indian Mujahideen Law Legal News Yasin Bhatkal
Top Law News Delhi HC stays order upholding JNU admission policy based on UGC reg April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has stayed its single judge order upholding the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) admission policy for MPhil and PhD courses based on the UGC regulations. The July 2016 regulations of the University Grants Commission (UGC) had put a cap on the number of students per professor/supervisor in MPhil and PhD courses in […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Jawaharlal Nehru University JNU admission policy Law Legal News UGC
Top Law News Wife guilty of cruelty, SC asks hubby to give Rs 1 cr flat April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Holding the wife guilty of cruelty on her husband by filing false cases against him, the Supreme Court today granted the husband divorce and directed him to give her a flat worth Rs 1 crore and Rs 50 lakh as one- time permanent alimony. The apex court said that cruelty can never be defined “with […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court Wife guilty of cruelty
Top Law News Litigant can’t knock at court’s door for everything: SC April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea for incorporating the biographies of all the 10 Sikh Gurus in school syllabus, saying a litigant cannot knock the doors of the courts for “anything or everything”. It said courts cannot enter into the domain of what is to be taught in schools and what should […] Read more » 10 Sikh Gurus in school syllabus Court featured Law Legal News Litigant can't knock at court's door for everything Supreme Court
Top Law News SC raps NGO, chairperson for unsuccessfully filing 64 PILs April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An NGO, which has filed as many as 64 PILs without any success over the years and its chief today came under sharp attack from the Supreme Court for wasting judicial time. “You (chairperson) are wasting too much time of this court. You have initiated 64 proceedings before this court,” a bench comprising Chief Justice […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court raps NGO wasting judicial time
Top Law News Deposit interest or property may by attached: SC warns Unitech April 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today directed real estate firm Unitech to deposit 14 per cent interest on Rs 16.55 crore invested by 39 home buyers at its project in Gurugram by May 8. The apex court also warned that failure to meet the deadline could invite attaching the realtor’s property. It refused to grant more time […] Read more » apex court Court Deposit interest or property may by attached featured Law Legal News Supreme Court unitech
Criminal Law News Top Law News Chhota Rajan, 3 others held guilty in fake passport case April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gangster Chhota Rajan and three retired public servants were today held guilty by a special court here in a fake passport case. Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal convicted Rajan for offences including forgery of valuable security under the IPC which entails a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. Besides him, the other persons who have been […] Read more » Chhota Rajan Court Criminal news fake passport case featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Sex workers’ kids don’t want to go back to mothers: HC told April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four minor children of sex workers from Andhra Pradesh have told the Delhi High Court that they do not want to return to their mothers. The children, all girls aged between six and ten years who are currently under the care of a Delhi-based NGO, made the submission before a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Sex workers' kids don't want to go back to mothers
Top Law News SC dismisses PIL seeking implementation of fundamental duties April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre for implemention of the recommendations of the Justice J S Verma committee to bring into force fundamental duties of citizens. “This report is of 1999. How can a court direct the government to implement fundamental duties,” a bench comprising Chief […] Read more » Court featured fundamental duties Law Legal News PIL Supreme Court
Top Law News Why can’t a woman live in peace in this country:SC April 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Why can’t women live in peace in this country, a Supreme Court bench, apparently exasperated over growing crimes against women, has observed. The observation came when a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra was hearing an appeal filed by a man who was sentenced to seven years in jail by the Himachal Pradesh High Court […] Read more » Court crimes against women Criminal news featured Himachal Pradesh High Court Law Legal News Supreme Court
