Top Law News Man convicted in money laundering case; second PMLA verdict March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special PMLA court here today convicted a man on money laundering charges related to illegal possession of narcotic drugs. This is the second conviction in the country under the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) that came into force about 12 years ago in 2005. Officials said the special court here will pronounce […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News money laundering case
Top Law News Use of pellet guns: Centre asked to consider other means March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to consider effective means other than use of pellet guns to quell stone pelting mobs in Jammu and Kashmir as it concerns life and death. A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar also expressed concern over injuries suffered by minors involved in protests in the Kashmir […] Read more » \ J S Khehar Centre government Court featured Law Legal News Use of pellet guns
Criminal Law News Top Law News Court frees man of rape charges, says woman was mature enough March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been acquitted of the charges of raping and threatening a 30-year-old doctor, with a court here saying that physical relations between the two were consensual and the woman was mature enough to understand what was happening. It also observed that the woman, a dentist in a central government hospital, here had already […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape charges
Top Law News SC asks Centre, J&K to sit and decide Muslim minority status March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government to “sit together” and decide contentious issues including the question whether Muslims can be treated as minority in the state. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul asked both the governments to […] Read more » Centre government Court featured J&K Law Legal News Muslim minority status Supreme Court
Top Law News Tell us plan to tackle farmer suicides: SC to Centre March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to inform it about the line of action to be taken by states for dealing with the “serious issue” of farmers’ suicide. “It is a very serious issue and the Centre should file the proposed line of action to be taken by states with regard to the farmers’ […] Read more » Centre government Court farmer suicides case featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Two get ten years jail term for abduction in UP March 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fast track court here has sentenced two persons to ten years imprisonment for abducting a milk trader and his two servants for ransom here. According to government lawyer Naresh Kumar Sharma, judge Manoj Mishra has also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the accused, Baleder and Dugna, after holding them guilty last […] Read more » abduction in UP Chapar police station Court Fast track court featured Law Legal News Two get ten years jail
Criminal Law News Top Law News SC upholds life term for 3 for killing Gujarat Shiv Sena leader March 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has upheld the life term awarded to three persons for killing a Shiv Sena leader in Gujarat whose younger brother had married a woman from a minority community. A bench of Justices P C Ghose and Ashok Bhushan said the homicidal death has been proven beyond all reasonable doubt with the recovery […] Read more » featured Gujarat High Court Justice Ashok Bhushan Justice P C Ghose life term
Top Law News SC asks automobile firms not to frustrate BS IV roll out March 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has asked automobile companies not to frustrate the government’s initiative to check increasing levels of pollution by selling BS-III vehicles which they are holding in stock. The apex court, which was hearing pleas of automobile manufacturers seeking permission for disposing of around 8.2 lakh BS-III vehicles which are being held in stock, […] Read more » automobile firms BS IV featured frustrate BS IV Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Madan B. Lokur SIAM Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers step to ban registration of BS-III vehicles
Top Law News Bribery case: Suspended judge seeks to know status of probe March 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A suspended senior civil judge, who is an accused along with her lawyer husband in a bribery case, has moved a special court seeking to know the status of the probe against her. Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal has sought the response of the CBI on the plea filed by Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal, who was a […] Read more » Bribery case featured Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal Tis Hazari Courts
Top Law News NCDRC allows shipping firms’s insurance claim of Rs 1.93 cr March 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has directed an insurance company to pay over Rs 1.93 crore to a shipping firm for repair of one of its vessels which was damaged while sailing in bad weather. The New India Assurance Private Company Ltd, with whom the vessel is insured, had rejected the firm’s plea on the ground […] Read more » featured Justice V.K. Jain National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC
Top Law News Chief justice J.S. Khehar rejects idea of prior approval of eco-sensitive projects March 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar on Saturday rejected the suggestion of attorney general Mukul Rohatgi that the government, judiciary and other stakeholders should evolve a mechanism to clear eco-sensitive projects at the outset. Referring to the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) framed in 1991, the attorney general said tourism industry has taken a hit as […] Read more » Chief Justice J.S. Khehar Coastal Regulation Zone CRZ eco-sensitive projects featured prior approval of eco-sensitive projects
Top Law News Law panel suggests compensation for litigants from lawyers March 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Law Commission of India has suggested to the Centre that litigants, who suffer on account of misconduct by lawyers and strikes in courts, be allowed to seek compensation at a forum established under the law. The Commission, headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice B S Chauhan, has submitted the report to the Ministry […] Read more » compensation for litigants from lawyers Court featured Law Law panel Legal News
