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
Criminal Law News Top Law News Man who lost eye in fight gets justice after 17 years January 5, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A man who lost an eye after getting beaten up by two brothers has found justice, albeit after 17 years, as a local court here sentenced the accused to 10 years in prison. Additional District Sessions Court judge D C Singh held the brothers Avnish and Perveen guilty under Section 326 of the IPC (Voluntarily […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Muzaffarngar Section 326 of the IPC UP
Top Law News SC dismisses plea for CBI probe into Jayalalithaa’s death January 5, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today dismissed pleas, including that of Rajya Sabha MP and expelled AIADMK leader Sasikala Pushpa, seeking a CBI probe or a judicial investigation by an apex court judge into the death of J Jayalalithaa. A bench of Justices P C Ghose and R F Nariman said that a similar petition is pending […] Read more » CBI Court featured Jayalalithaa's death Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
Top Law News Unauthorised colonies born out of greed: Delhi HC January 5, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Unauthorised colonies are normally born out of greed with intent of securing unmerited benefits and legalising them has emboldened purchasers of acquired land and encroachers apart from leading to manifold problems, the Delhi High Court has said. “This court would like to emphasise the distinction between an unauthorised colony and jhuggi jhopri cluster. While jhuggi […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Unauthorised colonies born out of greed
Criminal Law News Top Law News Rohit Tandon was the main conspirator: ED to court January 5, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Enforcement Directorate today opposed the bail plea of controversial lawyer Rohit Tandon, who is in jail for alleged seizure of Rs 13.6 crore cash from his law firm as part of an anti-blackmoney probe, telling a court here that he was one of the main conspirators in the illegal conversion of nearly Rs 60 […] Read more » Court ED Enforcement Directorate featured Law Legal News Prevention of Money Laundering Act Rohit Tandon
