Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News NGT asks Delhi government to for report on quality of water January 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to submit a complete and comprehensive report on quality and quantity of water that is being supplied to end users at various localities of the national capital on random sample basis. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the committee comprising environment secretary […] Read more » Central Ground Water Authority Central Pollution Control Board CGWA CPCB Delhi Jal Board DJB featured National Green Tribunal NGT NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Dishonest recording of proceedings is injustice: HC January 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A judge who does not record court proceedings “honestly and fairly” does the greatest injustice to litigants, the Delhi High Court has observed while transferring a corruption case from one trial court to another. The high court, which appreciated the efforts of the special judge to expedite the trial in the case, said it does […] Read more » Dishonest recording is injustice Dishonest recording of proceedings featured greatest injustice to litigants HC Justice Vipin Sanghi
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Duty of judge to sustain judicial balance for adjudication: SC January 8, 2017 / January 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The duty of a judge is to sustain judicial balance and not to cause trauma to adjudication process, the Supreme Court has ruled while setting aside an order of the Hyderabad High Court directing the police not to arrest three accused in a riots case. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra also said courts […] Read more » adjudication Duty of judge Duty of judge to sustain judicial balance for adjudication exercise "judicial restraint". featured high court should high court should exercise "judicial restraint". judicial balance judicial balance for adjudication Justice Dipak Misra SC sustain judicial balance for adjudication Telangana government
Top Law News Trademark row: DPS World Foundation files settlement proposal January 6, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment DPS World Foundation, floated by a group of Delhi Public School alumni including former Union minister Salman Khurshid, today submitted in the Delhi High Court a proposal for settling the trademark dispute with DPS society, which runs the prominent school. In its proposal for settlement filed before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and […] Read more » Court Delhi Public School DPS World Foundation files settlement proposal featured Law Legal News Salman Khurshid Trademark row
Top Law News Justice Katju tenders unconditional apology in apex court January 6, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju today tendered unconditional apology for contemptuous remarks in his blog to the apex court which was accepted by it and the contempt proceedings closed. The order was passed by a bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and U U Lalit which accepted the apology and decided to close the contempt […] Read more » apex court Court featured Law Legal News Markandey Katju Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News NIA files charge sheet against captured Pak terrorist January 6, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment NIA has filed a charge sheet against Pakistani national Bahadur Ali, who was arrested in Kashmir in July last year, alleging that he was working for terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and was planning to carry out attacks at several places including Delhi. The agency has filed the charge sheet under various provisions of IPC, UAPA, […] Read more » charge sheet Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News NIA Pak terrorist
Top Law News Can sex with wife below 18 yrs attracts POCSO:asks SC January 6, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Can sex with wife, who is above 15 and below 18 years of age, be termed as sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in the event of glaring inconsistency with IPC which does not hold it as rape, the Supreme Court today posed this question to the Centre. Section […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News POCSO sex with wife below 18 yrs Supreme Court
Top Law News Pancholi files appeal against conviction in attack case January 6, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Two months after a magistrate court sentenced him to one-year imprisonment for assaulting his neighbour, Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi has moved a sessions court appealing against his conviction. In his appeal filed by lawyer Ninad Mazumdar recently, Pancholi challenged his conviction saying it is contrary to material on record and against the principles of natural […] Read more » Aditya Pancholi appeal against conviction in attack case Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News
Top Law News No CBI probe required into Narada sting: AG January 6, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The West Bengal government today claimed that no CBI probe was required into the Narada tapes as Mathew Samuel, who conducted the alleged sting operation, could not establish any demand for bribe from any Trinamool Congress leader purportedly appearing in the videos. Advocate General Jayanta Mitra argued before a division bench comprising acting Chief Justice […] Read more » AG CBI Court featured Law Legal News Narada sting West Bengal government
Top Law News Banning tainted leaders from polls: SC to set up larger bench January 6, 2017 / January 6, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Ahead of crucial upcoming Assembly polls in five states, the Supreme Court today said it would “soon constitute” a five-judge bench to decide questions like whether people facing trial in serious crime cases can be allowed to contest and at which stage of trial, a lawmaker would stand disqualified. “We must clarify this matter so […] Read more » Banning tainted leaders from polls Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Can’t deny justice in over zealousness to dispose cases: Delhi HC January 5, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Courts must never deny justice to anyone in “over zealousness” to dispose cases, the Delhi High Court has said while observing that “docket explosion” of matters is a problem for the judicial system to contend with. A bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Ashutosh Kumar said this while setting aside a judgement passed by […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News zealousness to dispose cases
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT asks MoEF not to act under new notification January 5, 2017 / January 5, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal today took the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to task over its recent notification exempting real estate projects from obtaining prior environmental clearance (EC) and restrained it from granting any fresh permissions under the new regulation. “You can’t do legal blunders and get away with it,” a bench headed by […] Read more » Court EC Environment Law News environmental clearance featured Law Legal News ministry of environment and forests NGT
