Top Law News Compensation to passengers: Madras HC reverses orders June 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ruled that the onus was on the railways to prove whether a person, who died after falling from a crowded train, was a bonafide passenger or not and reversed the orders of Railways Claims Tribunal refusing compensation to families of two such victims. In a judgement reserved in the principal […] Read more » Compensation to passengers Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
Top Law News Full Court reiterates CJ’s assurance to Bar Assns June 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Full Court meeting today reiterated the assurance of Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Sanjay Kishan Kaul to the Bar Council and Bar Associations recently that pending examination of the amendments to the Advocates’ Act, no precipitative action will be taken against Advocates. The full court meeting of the judges of the high […] Read more » Bar Associations Bar Council Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Court featured Law Legal News Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Top Law News Bombay HC junks plea for probe by retd judge in blast cases June 17, 2016 / June 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today dismissed a petition alleging fabrication of evidence in three bomb blast cases and seeking a probe by an independent panel headed by a retired High Court judge. The petition, filed by journalist Ashish Khaitan, was seeking probe in three cases – July 11, 2006 serial train blasts in Mumbai, Malegaon […] Read more » blast cases Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News plea
Top Law News Use of force legit if children see parents being assaulted: SC June 17, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Use of force can be legitimate if children see their parents being assaulted, the Supreme Court has said while acquitting two brothers accused of hitting their neighbours who had beaten up their parents, causing the death of their father later. “The appellants can legitimately claim right to use force once they saw their parents being […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Patna HC orders interim stay on inspection of B.Ed colleges June 16, 2016 / June 17, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Patna High Court today ordered interim stay on the inspection of private B.Ed colleges carried out by the state government. Justice V Nath ordered that inspection should be kept in abeyance till the next date of hearing on June 21. The stay came on a petition of B R Ambedkar college, a private B.Ed […] Read more » bihar government Court featured interim stay on inspection of B.Ed colleges Law Legal News Patna High Court
Top Law News SC refuses to entertain plea to stay release of ‘Udta Punjab’ June 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain the plea of an NGO seeking stay on the release of the film Udta Punjab and asked it to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court which is seized of the matter. A vacation bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and L Nageswara Rao granted liberty to […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News pleaUdta Punjab Supreme Court
Top Law News Fresh attempts to scuttle release of ‘Udta Punjab’ in SC June 15, 2016 / June 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Fresh attempts were made today against the release of Bollywood movie ‘Udta Punjab’ on Friday with an NGO moving the Supreme Court to stall the screening of the film, while another plea by it prompted the Delhi High Court to direct the producer to modify the promos by adhering to the Bombay High Court order. […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court Udta Punjab
Top Law News SC stops demolition drive in Maharashtra village till July 31 June 15, 2016 / June 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Maharashtra government not to carry out demolition of illegal buildings at a village in Navi Mumbai during the monsoon season till July 31. A vacation bench comprising Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and L Nageswara Rao also gave its nod to the state government to come out with a policy […] Read more » Court demolition drive featured Law Legal News Maharashtra village Supreme Court
Top Law News Court dismisses tenant’s plea against eviction June 15, 2016 / June 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A plea of a tenant seeking protection from being evicted from a house which was being claimed for possession by a bank after its owner failed to pay off debt, has been dismissed by a city court which said it was their attempt to thwart the bank’s “valid claim”. The court, while rejecting the application […] Read more » Court Delhi court eviction featured Law Legal News tenant's plea
Top Law News SC to hear plea against declaring Nilgai, monkeys as vermins June 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A plea has been filed in Supreme Court seeking quashing and interim stay of three notifications of the Centre declaring Nilgai, monkey and wild boar as vermins for one year in the states of Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The plea for urgent hearing was mentioned before the vacation bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News monkeys Nilgai plea Supreme Court vermins
Top Law News Madras HC orders transfer of “Nazir” for disrespecting ADJ June 14, 2016 / June 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Observing that mutual respect for each other and adherence to command structure was sine quo non (necessary) for the smooth functioning of the courts, the Madras High Court today ordered the transfer of the “Nazir” of Thanjavur Court for showing disrespect to Additional District Judge(ADJ). Justice PN Prakash, who heard the petition by the “Nazir” […] Read more » ADJ Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
Top Law News Calcutta HC dismisses CID SSP’s petition June 14, 2016 / June 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Calcutta High Court today dismissed as withdrawn a petition by special superintendent of police (CID) Bharati Ghosh seeking details of the cause of her transfer by Election Commission of India during the recent West Bengal Assembly poll process. Justice Dipankar Dutta dismissed the petition as withdrawn as it was not in proper form, while giving […] Read more » Bharati Ghosh Calcutta High Court CID SSP's petition Court featured Law Legal News
