Top Law News SC absolves doctor of medical negliegence charge after 20 yrs April 10, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has absolved a doctor from Maharashtra of the charge of medical negligence after 20 years of an incident in which a road accident victim succumbed to injuries at a hospital. The apex court relied on its earlier verdict to say that in cases where negligence is alleged against professionals like doctors the […] Read more » Court doctor of medical negliegence charge after 20 yrs featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Even manufacturers can’t manipulate EVMs: EC April 9, 2017 / April 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The EVMs are robust and tamper- proof and even the manufacturers cannot manipulate them at the time of production, the Election Commission said today, countering allegations that the machines are unreliable. With the Opposition’s questions on the reliability of the electronic voting machines getting louder, the Commission has come out with a list of ‘frequently […] Read more » EC Even manufacturers can't manipulate EVM EVM featured
Top Law News Roads highly unsafe due to rising drunk driving cases: Court April 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Increasing accidents due to drunk driving have made roads highly unsafe for other users, a Delhi court has said while refusing to show leniency in a drunk driving case. Special Judge Ravinder Dudeja refused to interfere with a trial court order sentencing a man for five days in jail for drunk driving. “No person driving […] Read more » Court Drunk driving case featured rising drunk driving case Roads highly unsafe Special Judge Ravinder Dudeja
Top Law News CJI criticises electoral politics, unfulfilled poll promises April 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India J S Khehar today criticised the electoral politics in the country, saying poll promises are “routinely unfulfilled”, caste issues projected differently to get a majority and party manifestos do not have any linkage to socio-economic justice. The CJI said that electoral politics in India centres around “mobilisation and politicisation” of the […] Read more » \ J S Khehar Chief Justice of India J S Khehar CJI CJI criticises electoral politics electoral politics featured Justice Dipak Misra unfulfilled poll promises
Top Law News Legal awareness a weapon in hands of citizen April 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Legal awareness is a weapon in the hands of citizen provided he knows its power, Supreme Court Judge Justice Dipak Misra said today while announcing a conference of NALSA for senior citizens to make them aware of the legal benefits available to them. Justice Misra, who is also the Executive Chairman of the National Legal […] Read more » featured NALSA National Legal Services Authority Supreme Court Judge Justice Dipak Misra
Top Law News No deadline for introduction of Sharia banking in India: RBI April 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment No deadline has been set for introduction of Sharia or interest-free banking in India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said. Islamic or Sharia banking is a finance system based on the principles of not charging interest, which is prohibited under Islam. The RBI had earlier proposed opening of “Islamic window” in conventional banks […] Read more » featured Financial Sector Reforms former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan interest-free banking interest-free banking in India introduction of Sharia RBI Sharia banking Sharia banking in India
Consumer Law News Top Law News Railways to compensate employee for rejecting medical claim April 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Railways has been asked by the apex consumer commission to compensate an employee for rejecting his medical claim on the grounds that it was not an emergency situation when he took his wife to a private hospital. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) upheld Punjab state consumer commission’s order which had directed the […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News medical claim National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC railways
Top Law News Haryana government destroying judicial system: SC April 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today slapped a cost of Rs 5 lakh on the Haryana government for filing an appeal against a high court order after more than five years saying it is “destroying” the judicial system by “blatant misuse” of the process. “You (Haryana government) are destroying the judicial system. The question you are raising […] Read more » Court featured Haryana government judicial system Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘High time courts dealt with frivolous pleas strictly’ April 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea of a man seeking appointment in the Food Corporation of India (FCI) on compassionate ground terming it a “frivolous petition” which needed to be dealt with sternly. “It is high time that courts deal with certain frivolous petitions in a very strict manner,” Justice Valmiki J Mehta […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court FCI featured Food Corporation of India Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Man sentenced to death for raping, killing minor April 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fast track court today handed death sentence to a man for raping and killing a minor at Kashipur in Udhamsingh Nagar district last year. Fast track POCSO court judge Neelam Ratra handed the death sentence to Karandeep Sharma alias Raju after pronouncing him guilty of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl on the night […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Man sentenced to death for raping minor murder case udham singh nagar Uttarakhand
Consumer Law News Top Law News Bihar-based university asked to pay for cancelling MBA course April 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has held a university in Bihar guilty of making an applicant suffer by “unauthorisedly” initiating an MBA course and then cancelling it. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), however, reduced the amount of Rs 4.5 lakh awarded to the man as compensation for loss of career opportunity by a district […] Read more » apex consumer commission BIHAR Court featured Law Legal News National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC university asked to pay for cancelling MBA course
Criminal Law News Top Law News 2 men acquitted in 23 yr old case by HC of trying to kill man April 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two men who had beaten up a tempo driver 23 years ago have been acquitted by the Delhi High Court of the charge of attempting to kill the victim but convicted for causing grievous injuries. While modifying their conviction, Justice P S Teji let them off on the period they have already spent behind the […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
