Top Law News Mother won’t put child’s honour at stake: Delhi HC October 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A mother is not expected to put the honour of her child at stake by implicating somebody in a molestation case, Delhi High Court has said while upholding the conviction and six-month jail term of a 60-year-old man. Justice S P Garg said the convict’s defence that he was falsely implicated in the case to […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Mother won't put child's honour at stake
Top Law News Bombay HC suggests traffic violation check in Pune on lines of metros October 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra government to study how metros like Delhi, Bengaluru and others cope with traffic issues and violations and see if the same can be implemented in Pune also. A bench headed by Justice V M Kanade said just as the government initiated the E-Challan system in Mumbai, whereby traffic violations […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Pune traffic violation
Top Law News Loss of telephone cables: No relief by HC to telephone officer October 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has refused to interfere with the decision of authorities to compulsorily retire a junior telecom officer in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd after a departmental inquiry held him guilty in a case of loss of telephone cables. “No case has been made out by the petitioner to cause interference by this (High) […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Loss of telephone cables No relief by bombay HC to telephone officer
Top Law News Ex-Minister questions demolition of 7 Delhi colonies October 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A former Union Minister has questioned the demolition of seven government residential colonies in South Delhi alleging that over 1.86 lakh trees would be destroyed in the process, leading the NGT to seek the views of the Centre and other parties on the matter. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices […] Read more » Court Delhi colonies featured Law Legal News NGT
Top Law News “Denying sex to hubby for period ground for divorce” October 13, 2016 / October 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Denying sex to husband for a long time without any justification amounts to mental cruelty and is a ground for divorce, Delhi High Court has said. The verdict came on a petition by a husband seeking divorce, complaining that his wife had subjected him to mental cruelty by not allowing him to have physical relations […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Denying sex to hubby for period ground for divorce featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Loss of telephone cables: No relief by HC to telephone officer October 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has refused to interfere with the decision of authorities to compulsorily retire a junior telecom officer in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd after a departmental inquiry held him guilty in a case of loss of telephone cables. “No case has been made out by the petitioner to cause interference by this (High) […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Loss of telephone cables telephone
Top Law News Bombay HC junks petition seeking video recording of court proceedings October 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition praying for video recording of proceedings in all courts of the country on the ground that it was a fundamental right of a citizen to know the judicial procedures and happenings during hearing of cases. The petition, filed by Navneet Khosla, was dismissed by Chief Justice Dr […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured fundamental right judicial procedures Law Legal News
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT clarifies order on capital construction in AP October 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment There is no stay on construction activity for the proposed capital of Andhra Pradesh, ‘Amaravathi’, on the banks of river Krishna, the National Green Tribunal has said. The green panel, however, made it clear that continuation of the project would be subject to final decision of the Tribunal and the orders already passed by it. […] Read more » capital construction in AP Court Environment Law News featured Law Legal News NGT
Consumer Law News Top Law News MACT awards Rs 39L compensation to kin of road mishap victim October 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here has awarded over Rs 39 lakh to the kin of a man who was killed in a road mishap while travelling on a bike through Greater Noida in 2014. “The kin of the deceased were able to prove that he suffered fatal injuries due to the rash and […] Read more » Consumer Law news Court featured Law Legal News MACT awards Rs 39L compensation road mishap victim
Top Law News Law Min for ‘reforms’ to improve criminal justice October 10, 2016 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on Law Min for ‘reforms’ to improve criminal justice The Law Ministry has called for “procedural reforms” to improve the criminal justice system in the country, saying criminal trials are riddled with the problem of frequent adjournments despite provisions in place to prevent delays. It has asked the Advisory Council of National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms to take a call on […] Read more » Court criminal justice featured Law Legal News
Top Law News ‘Complaints against unauth construction online soon’ October 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment It would soon be possible for Delhiites to lodge online complaints against unauthorised construction in the city from the comfort of their homes. A website to facilitate this was recently demonstrated by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation before the Delhi High Court. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Ashutosh Kumar, before which the […] Read more » 'Complaints against unauth construction online soon' Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Notes of judges’ stenos don’t come under RTI: HC October 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Notes dictated by a judge to a stenographer during the hearing of a case would not be considered as a record held by a public authority and hence cannot be sought under the Right to Information Act, Delhi High Court has ruled. “Shorthand notebook can at best be treated as a memo of what is […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Notes of judges' stenos don't come under RTI
