Top Law News Fund embezzlement: SC extends Teesta’s protection from arrest December 1, 2015 / December 2, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today extended till January 31 the interim protection from arrest granted to social activist Teesta Setalvad in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Ahmedabad’s Gulbarg Society that was devastated in the 2002 riots. “Interim relief to continue till January 31,” a three judge bench headed by Justice […] Read more » Court featured Fund embezzlement Fund embezzlement: SC extends Teesta's protection from arrest Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Bombay HC stays transfer of Nagpur medical college dean December 1, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has stayed the transfer of Dean of Government Medical College (GMC) and Hospital here while pulling up the state authorities for the “malafide” act. A division bench of Justices Bhushan Gavai and Pradeep Deshmukh here yesterday, stayed the transfer of the dean, Dr Abhimanyu Niswade and asked him to resume duty […] Read more » Bombay HC stays transfer of Nagpur medical college dean Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra Nagpur Nagpur medical college dean
Top Law News Delhi HC seeks response of Bharti, police on bail cancellation plea December 1, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked controversial AAP MLA Somnath Bharti and the police to file their response on a plea by his life Lipika seeking cancellation of his bail in a domestic violence case. Justice P S Teji issued notice to Bharti and Delhi Police and directed them to file their reply by […] Read more » AAP MLA Delhi HC seeks response of Bharti Delhi High Court featured Legal News police on bail cancellation plea Somnath Bharti
Top Law News Court reserves order on plea against Arvind Kejriwal November 30, 2015 / December 1, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today reserved its order on a criminal complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking his prosecution for allegedly exhorting voters to take bribe from Congress and BJP and vote for AAP in the last assembly elections. Metropolitan Magistrate Babru Bhan fixed the matter for pronouncing order on the plea on December 19 […] Read more » AAP Arvind Kejriwal Court Court reserves order on plea against Arvind Kejriwal Criminal news featured Law Legal News
Top Law News SC dismisses TN govt’s plea for police custody of singer November 30, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea of the Tamil Nadu government seeking two-day police custody of ultra-Left folk singer Kovan, who was granted relief by the Madras High Court in a sedition case. A Bench comprising Justices F.M.I. Kalifulla and U.U. Lalit did not find any merit in the state government’s appeal seeking […] Read more » featured Kovan Law Legal News police custody SC dismisses TN govt's plea for police custody of singer sedition charges Supreme Court tamilnadu government
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Court’s decision to criminalise gay sex needs reconsideration: Jaitley November 29, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that banning gay sex is not in accordance with evolving legal jurisprudence and court must reconsider its decision. While speaking at Times LitFest Jaitley, who is also an eminent lawyer, said future generations will have to see that the verdict criminalising consensual gay sex “are reconsidered”. On […] Read more » banning gay sex criminalise gay sex featured
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Competent lawyers should be appointed to represent govt: SC November 29, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The State should appoint only competent lawyers possessing integrity to represent it or else there is a strong possibility of “miscarriage of justice”, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court though acknowledged the right of states to choose counsel of its choice like any other litigants. A bench of justices Vikramjit Sen and A […] Read more » appointed to represent govt Competent lawyers featured Justice A M Sapre Justice Vikramjit Sen miscarriage of justice SC
Top Law News End to Devadasi System: SC Slaps Rs 25k on Government for No Reply November 29, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on the Centre for failing to file on time an affidavit on women being forced to become ‘devadasis’ and the possibility of abolition of the age-old tradition. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit said that since the government has not […] Read more » Devadasi System End to Devadasi System featured SC Slaps Rs 25k on Government for No Reply Supreme Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Criminal Law News Top Law News Uttar Pradesh: Suspected ISI agent remanded in 14 days’ judicial custody November 29, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Suspected ISI agent Mohammand Eizaz, who was arrested on Friday, has been remanded in 14 days’ judicial custody by a court here. The court of Special Chief Judicial Magistrate Sanjay Singh yesterday passed the order placing Eizaz in judicial custody for 14 days, ATS Circle Officer Ankit Kumar said here today. Following a medical examination […] Read more » featured Suspected ISI agent Mohammand Eizaz Suspected ISI agent remanded Suspected ISI agent remanded in 14 days' judicial custody
Media & Entertainment News Top Law News Govt has no formal pact with FB, Twitter to use them: HC told November 29, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government has told the Delhi High Court that its media wing and IT departments are using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter by entering into standard agreements and not any formal or separate deals. The government has submitted before the high court that the agreements are “accepted” in ‘click and wrap’ mode wherein […] Read more » Advocate Virag Gupta Delhi High Court featured Govt has no formal pact with FB no formal pact with FB
Top Law News Lawyers should not go on strike: SC November 27, 2015 / November 28, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said lawyers should not go on strike or give calls to boycott courts, while allowing a months time to the Bar bodies to convene a meeting to solve the problem “once and for all”. “My view is that the lawyers should not go on strike,” a bench of justices Kurian Joseph […] Read more » Court featured Law lawyers Lawyers should not go on strike: SC Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Vodafone challenges TRAI”s interconnect norms November 27, 2015 / November 28, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Telecom major Vodafone Mobile Service Ltd and its group companies today moved the Delhi High Court challenging TRAI’s Telecommunication Interconnect Usage Charges Regulations, 2015 by which it has fixed termination charges for wireline to wireless as zero paise and wireless to wireless to Rs 0.14 per minute. Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) or termination charges are […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News TRAI Vodafone Vodafone challenges TRAI''s interconnect norms
