Top Law News Ex-school headmistress jailed for 2 years September 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Thane court has sentenced a former school headmistress to two years of rigorous imprisonment for misappropriation of government grants. Chief Judicial Magistrate RM Kulkarni sentenced Omlata Shukla (62) to two years of rigorous imprisonment last week and slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 after she was found guilty of misappropriation of grants of Rs 1.84 […] Read more » Court Criminal news Ex-school headmistress jailed featured Law Legal News misappropriation of government grants
Top Law News 10% quota for poor: SC advances hearing on Guj plea September 3, 2016 by Legal India News | 2 Comments on 102 quota for poor: SC advances hearing on Guj plea The Supreme Court today agreed to advance the date of hearing on Gujarat’s plea challenging quashing of its ordinance to provide 10 per cent quota to economically backward among unreserved category on the ground that counseling for MBBS admission would end soon. Gujarat government mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice T […] Read more » 10% quota for poor Court featured gujrat Law Legal News plea Supreme Court
Top Law News SC issues notice to Maharashtra government over beef ban September 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought response from Maharashtra government on a bunch of petitions challenging the Bombay High Court order upholding the ban on beef imposed by state government through an enactment. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and D Y Chandrachud issued notices to the Devendra Fadnavis government and others on the petitions […] Read more » Beef ban Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government Supreme Court
Top Law News Vijay Mallya cheque bounce cases posted to September 20 September 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A court here today posted to September 20 the two cheque bounce cases filed against businessman Vijay Mallya by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. Third Special Court Magistrate M Krishna Rao had on April 20 convicted Mallya and others in connection with two cheque bounce cases involving Rs 50 lakh each, under relevant sections of […] Read more » Court featured GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd Law Legal News Vijay Mallya cheque bounce cases
Top Law News “Decide soon Pak woman’s plea for hubby’s surgery” September 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked the government to decide soon on a plea by a Pakistani woman, whose husband is battling for life due to chronic kidney and liver failure, seeking permission to undergo surgery at a private hospital here. The court said this after the counsel appearing for the Centre said they needed […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Pak woman's plea for hubby's surgery
Top Law News Madras HC stays 18 defamation cases against Tamil magazine September 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today stayed further proceedings in 18 defamation cases filed by the Tamil Nadu government against Tamil bi-weekly ‘Nakkheeran’ Editor R R Gopal. Justice P N Prakash ordered the stay while admitting petitions filed by Gopal seeking quashing of the criminal defamation cases filed against him since 2006 and pending in the […] Read more » Court defamation case featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Tamil magazine
Top Law News Agencies not doing work: Delhi HC on waterlogging September 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Lambasting the local bodies for not doing their work and passing the buck on each other, the Delhi High Court today said the severe waterlogging on the roads in the national capital was due to clogging of drains by plastics and other non-biodegradable materials. “Each of the agency in the capital of Delhi do not […] Read more » Court Delhi Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News waterlogging
Top Law News Ex-DG of Mines Safety convicted in graft case September 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment After two decades of probe and trial, a special CBI court has convicted former Director General of Mines Safety Captain Brij Nandan Singh for amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The court has sentenced him to undergo five years of rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 2 lakh on him, […] Read more » Brij Nandan Singh CBI Court Criminal news featured graft case Law Legal News
Top Law News SC denies nod to Vedanta Group for exporting iron ore from Ktk September 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused permission to Vedanta Group to export iron ore mined from Karnataka while allowing National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to continue with the dual pricing of the minerals. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi said in its verdict that NMDC is free to fix the price of minerals and continue […] Read more » Court exporting iron ore from Ktk featured Law Legal News National Mineral Development Corporation NMDC Supreme Court Vedanta Group
Top Law News Court directs Kejriwal to appear before it on Dec 24 September 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, accused of giving false information in an affidavit filed in run up to 2013 assembly polls, was today directed to to appear before a city court on December 24 which granted him a day’s exemption from personal appearance. Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria directed the AAP leader to personally appear before […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Court Delhi court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Consider enhancing pay of Delhi cops: Delhi HC to Centre September 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked the Centre to consider enhancing the salaries of Delhi police personnel to bring them at par with the Chandigarh Police. A bench of justices G S Sistani and I S Mehta told the Ministry of Home Affairs to consider Delhi police constable Babu Lal Mitharwal plea for ‘equal pay […] Read more » Centre government Court Delhi cops Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Can’t tolerate water-logging year after year: Delhi HC September 1, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment “We cannot tolerate this year after year.” This was the sharp reaction of the Delhi High Court today on the water-logging on major roads and crippling of traffic movement in large parts of the national capital. “There is no justification for clogged drains. We cannot tolerate this year after year,” the court said when it […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News water-logging in delhi
