Top Law News Defamation case: Kejriwal moves HC seeking Jaitley’s financial records February 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today moved the Delhi High Court seeking details of bank accounts, tax returns and other financial records of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who has filed a defamation suit against him. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo in his application contended that he is seeking such financial records of Jaitley and his […] Read more » Arun Jaitley Arvind Kejriwal Court defamation case Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News IS supporter sent to judicial custody till Mar 10 February 27, 2017 / February 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A suspected supporter of Islamic State (IS), Mohammad Iqbal was today sent to judicial custody till March 10 by a court here. He was brought here on from Chennai for interrogation by the Rajasthan Police’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on production warrant on February 13 and sent to police custody. Iqbal was today produced in the […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured IS supporter sent to judicial custody Islamic State Law Legal News Mohammad Iqbal
Top Law News ‘Remove bar on giving advice to ministries directly’ February 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has urged the government to junk a rule which bars him from giving legal advice to various ministries without involving the Law Ministry, saying it delays decision-making on important matters. Rohatgi has also said the rule which requires law officers to give legal opinion to various central ministries and departments only […] Read more » Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi Centre government Court featured Law Law Ministry Legal News
Top Law News “Expedite process to install VC facility in courts” February 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has expressed displeasure over Maharashtra government’s failure to complete the process of installing video conference (VC) facility in all courts across the state. In December 2016, a division bench headed by Justice V M Kanade had directed the state Home department to ensure that all courts in the state have video […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court failure to complete the process of installing video conference facility in all courts featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government
Criminal Law News Top Law News Verdict in Ajmer blast case deferred to March 8 February 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court today deferred till March 8 the judgement in the 2007 Ajmer dargah bomb blast case. Magistrate Dinesh Gupta adjourned the hearing as the court needed more time to study all documents submitted by the prosecution and the defence. The blast on October 11, 2007 in the dargah of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti at […] Read more » Ajmer blast case Ajmer dargah bomb blast case Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Special court verdict
Top Law News Centre writes to CJI over pending adoption cases February 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Concerned over a large number of adoption cases pending in courts across the country, the Centre has written to Chief Justice of India on the need to sensitise judges. Maneka Gandhi-led Women and Child Development Ministry has also suggested a slew of measures in order to hasten the legal process. “Courts are going beyond the […] Read more » adoption cases Centre government Chief Justice of India CJI Court featured Law Legal News
Environment Law News Top Law News Bombay HC extends by 2 weeks stay on felling of trees for Metro line February 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today extended by two weeks the stay granted on felling of trees to pave the way for Seepz-Colaba Metro line project in the city on a plea alleging environmental damage. The stay was granted by a bench of Chief Justice Dr Manjula Chellur and Justice G S Kulkarni. Veena Verma and […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Environment Law News featured Law Legal News stay on felling of trees for Metro line
Top Law News Roopa Ganguly gets anticipatory bail in assault case February 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court today granted anticipatory bail to BJP MP and actress Roopa Ganguly in connection with a case of alleged assault in South 24-Parganas district. A division bench comprising Justices Nadira Patheriya and Shiva Kant Prasad granted the relief to Ganguly, a Rajya Sabha member, on two surety bonds of Rs 5,000 each. […] Read more » assault case BJP Calcutta High Court Court featured Law Legal News Roopa Ganguly gets anticipatory bail
Criminal Law News Top Law News Man gets life term, friend 10-yrs for minor sisters’ rape February 25, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man was awarded life imprisonment and his accomplice a ten-year jail term for kidnapping two minor tribal sisters in Korba district of Chhattisgarh under the pretext of taking them to Mumbai to meet film stars and raping them. The special court judge Vijay Kumar Ekka yesterday pronounced Rajesh Goswami (24) and his friend Chandraprakash […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Man gets life term in minor girl's rape
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT orders inspection of power firms storing hazardous e-waste February 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Power distribution companies storing hazardous e-waste have come under the lens of the NGT which has ordered inspection of their premises here after a plea alleged these were causing massive air pollution. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to jointly inspect areas […] Read more » Court E-waste Environment Law News featured inspection of power firms Law Legal News NGT
Top Law News Judicial restraint needed to permit compounding of offences:SC February 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judicial restraint should be observed by the courts while permitting settlement between parties on criminal offences which are barred under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), the Supreme Court has said. “We are of the considered opinion that encroaching into the right of the other organ of the government would tantamount clear violation of the […] Read more » Court featured Judicial restraint needed to permit compounding of offences Law Legal News Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Police chargesheets four for gangraping US tourist February 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Police has chargesheeted four men for allegedly gangraping and criminally intimidating an American tourist in a 5-star hotel here last year. In a charge sheet filed before a city court, the agency has alleged that the accused — Aniruddha Singh, a Rajasthan- based tourist guide, Vivek Srivastatva, who was working in the hotel when […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi Police featured Gangrape Law Legal News US tourist
