Top Law News Disability of witness does not affect credibility: Delhi HC June 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Courts must take due care when a differently-abled person who may have a limited vocabulary is being cross-examined and should protect such witnesses from being unfairly dealt with, the Delhi High Court has said. The disability of such a witness does not affect his or her credibility, the High Court said, stressing it was the […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court Disability of witness does not affect credibility featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Immediate steps must to ensure safety of doctors: Bombay HC June 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said steps needed to be taken at the earliest to ensure security in state and civic-run hospitals to prevent attacks on doctors and staff by aggrieved relatives of patients. The issue was raised by a division bench of justices A S Oka and A A Sayyed after going through an […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News safety of doctors
Top Law News Tibetan moves Delhi HC to get an Indian passport June 28, 2016 / June 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 46-year-old Tibetan has moved the Delhi High Court pushing for implementation of the Indian Citizenship Act to allow him to legally procure an Indian passport. Lobsang Wangyal in his plea before Justice Manmohan has said that despite being a registered voter, his application for an Indian passport was rejected on the ground that though born […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Tibetan moves HC to get an Indian passport
Top Law News Chhota Rajan fake passport case: Retd govt officer moves Delhi HC June 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A retired government official, who along with gangster Chhota Rajan is facing trial in a fake passport case, has moved Delhi High Court seeking quashing of criminal and corruption charges framed against her. The petition by the 62-year-old woman, a former public servant who worked in a regional passport office at Bengaluru, has sought quashing […] Read more » Chhota Rajan fake passport case Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News No further interim protection from arrest to Pankaj Bhujbal June 27, 2016 / June 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today declined to grant interim protection from arrest to NCP MLA Pankaj Bhujbal in a money laundering case registered by Enforcement Directorate. A division bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka rejected his petition. It also posted his petition against the non-bailable warrant issued by the special court for Prevention of Money […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News NCP Pankaj Bhujbal
Top Law News Bombay HC junks PIL for quashing school admission order June 27, 2016 / June 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today dismissed a PIL seeking quashing of a 2015 Maharashtra government resolution making it mandatory for children to submit Aadhaar card while securing school admission. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and A A Sayyad rejected the public interest litigation challenging the government resolution (GR) issued on April 21, […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News PIL quashing school admission order
Top Law News Delhi HC junks S Chaturvedi’s plea against work withdrawal June 27, 2016 / June 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today dismissed a plea by controversial Indian Forest Service officer and AIIMS Deputy Secretary Sanjiv Chaturvedi against withdrawal of work allocated to him after he joined the premier institute on deputation in 2012. “We are sorry. We are not agreeing and are dismissing the petition. We will pass detailed order later,” a […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News S Chaturvedi's plea
Top Law News Bombay HC raps govt for failing to identify wetlands in Maha June 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today came down heavily on Maharashtra government for failing to perform its duty of identifying wetlands in the state and instead seeking modification of a 2013 order of HC banning construction on wetlands. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and A A Sayyed was hearing an application filed by […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News raps govt for failing to identify wetlands in Maharashtra
Top Law News Techie’s murder: Madras HC summons TN public prosecutor June 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Madras High Court today summoned Tamil Nadu public prosecutor and directed him to give his clarification on a media report alleging lack of coordination between Railway Police and local police on the probe into the murder of a 24-year-old woman IT professional at a railway station here. Taking serious view of the report, a division […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Madras High Court summons TN public prosecutor Techie's murder
Top Law News Court dismisses recovery suit against MoC&IT, postal dept June 26, 2016 / June 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has dismissed a suit filed against the Ministry of Communication and IT and Postal Department by a telemarketing firm seeking recovery of over Rs 11 lakh allegedly misappropriated by its employees and public servants. Additional District Judge Kaveri Baweja rejected the plaint saying it was not maintainable as the alleged breach of […] Read more » Court Delhi court featured Law Legal News postal dept recovery suit against MoC&IT
Top Law News Strictly enforcing rules on auto, cab fares: Delhi Govt to Delhi HC June 26, 2016 / June 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Aam Aadmi Party government has assured the Delhi High Court that it was “strictly enforcing” the notification regarding taxi and auto fares and action was being taken against those who violate it. The government made the submission before a bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and A K Pathak during hearing of a plea by […] Read more » Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News rules on auto and cab fares
Top Law News Quota agitation leader Lalji Patel freed on bail June 25, 2016 / June 27, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Ahmedabad court in Mehsana today granted bail to Patel quota movement leader Lalji Patel who was arrested after an agitation organised by him on April 17 turned violent. Sessions judge D Y Patel granted Patel bail with a surety of Rs 15,000 and on condition that he will not indulge in activities which can […] Read more » bail Court featured Lalji Patel Law Legal News Patel quota