Top Law News Madras HC declines to stay suspension of 79 DMK MLAs August 22, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today declined to grant an interim stay on suspension of 79 DMK MLAs from the state Assembly but issued notice to the state Chief Secretary on petitions filed by leader of the opposition M K Stalin and another DMK member. The petitions challenged their en masse suspension from the Assembly and […] Read more » Court declines to stay suspension of 79 DMK MLAs featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
Top Law News Transport scam: Court to hear SPP appointment August 22, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court today decided to hear afresh the arguments on appointing of special public prosecutor (SPP) in the Rs 100 crore transport scam case in Delhi in view of Delhi High Court’s recent verdict on powers of Delhi government and Lieutenant Governor. Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry said the court has not yet received the […] Read more » Court Court to hear SPP appointment featured Law Legal News Transport scam
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Manjula Chellur sworn-in as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court August 22, 2016 / August 22, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Justice Manjula Chellur today took oath as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, the second woman to occupy the post. Chelluar, who was the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, was transferred following the retirement of D H Waghela as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court on August 10. Waghela held the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Ch Vidyasagar Rao Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra Governor Manjula Chellur
Top Law News No relief from Bombay HC to guard carrying brown sugar August 21, 2016 / August 22, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has refused to interfere with a 2008 order of Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) confirming departmental penal action of stopping increment for three years in case of a prison guard who was found carrying 40 grams of brown sugar at Yerwada central prison in Pune more than a decade ago. The guard […] Read more » Bombay High Court brown sugar Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal MAT
Top Law News HC slaps Rs 50,000 fine on minor boy who drove without licence August 20, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the father of a minor boy, who drove his family car without having a licence and met with an accident in the city last year injuring his minor friend sitting behind. After the accident on November 14, 2015, the injured boy was hospitalised […] Read more » 000 fine on minor boy Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Rs.50 without licence
Top Law News Calcutta HC adjourns Narada case hearing till August 26 August 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court today adjourned the hearing in the Narada case till August 26, extending the interim stay on an investigation by the Kolkata Police into the sting operation. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice Arijit Banerjee adjourned the hearing as state minister Subrata Mukherjee and former minister Madan Mitra […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Court featured Law Legal News Narada case
Top Law News Kuwait Airlines asked to compensate couple August 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A foreign airline has been directed by the national consumer forum to compensate a passenger for cancelling a flight and not informing them, holding the carrier responsible for deficient service. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission held that there was deficiency in service towards the passengers and directed the Kuwait Airways Corporation to refund the […] Read more » Court featured Kuwait Airlines Law Legal News National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission national consumer forum
Top Law News “More fatalities if pellet guns are banned” August 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The CRPF has informed Jammu and Kashmir High Court that if pellet guns are banned as a crowd control measure, its personnel will be forced to fire bullets in extreme situations, which can cause more fatalities. “In case, this (pellet gun) is withdrawn from the options available with the CRPF, CRPF personnel would have no […] Read more » (CRPF) Court featured Jammu and Kashmir High Court Law Legal News pellet guns
Top Law News Delhi HC asks Payal Abdullah to vacate govt bungalow August 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today directed Payal Abdullah, the estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, to “gracefully” vacate the government accommodation she has been residing in with her two sons. Payal, who has been residing at 7, Akbar Road bungalow since 1999, however, refused to move out and urged the court […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Payal Abdullah vacate govt bungalow
Top Law News Gujarat cop Amin discharged in fake encounter cases August 18, 2016 / August 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special CBI court here today discharged senior Gujarat Police officer Narendra K Amin in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter killing cases. Special CBI Judge M B Gosavi while discharging Amin observed that there was no sufficient evidence against him. According to CBI, the doctor-turned-policeman, who is at present serving as SP, […] Read more » Court fake encounter cases featured Gujarat police Law Legal News
Top Law News Debate on practice of ‘santhara’ continues August 18, 2016 / August 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The debate on ‘Santhara’, a Jain ritual of fasting unto death which was held illegal by the Rajasthan High Court, is far from over on the question of whether it is glorified suicide or a religious practice. While ‘Santhara’ was held illegal in August last year by the High Court which made it punishable under […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Rajasthan Rajasthan High Court santhara
Top Law News Bail for 5 doctors in Hiranandani kidney transplant case August 18, 2016 / August 19, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Five doctors, including the CEO of L H Hiranandani Hospital, were today granted bail by a local court in connection with the alleged kidney transplant racket. The Andheri metropolitan magistrate court, which had on Tuesday reserved its order till today on their applications granted bail to CEO Sujit Chatterjee, medical director Anurag Naik, Mukesh Shetye, […] Read more » Court featured Hiranandani Hospital Hiranandani kidney transplant case Law Legal News
