Top Law News No one can claim trademark right on holy books: SC November 25, 2015 / November 26, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment No one can claim the names of holy books and scriptures like Ramayana or Quran and use them as trademarks for selling goods and services, the Supreme Court has ruled. “There are many holy and religious books like the Quran, the Bible, the Guru Granth Sahib, the Ramayan, etc. The answer to the question as […] Read more » featured holy books Law Legal News No one can claim trademark right on holy books: SC Supreme Court
Top Law News Absence of adequate cops at airports encourage touting: Court November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Effective policing and lack of adequate number of police personnel at the airport here encourage touts and illegal activities, bringing a bad name to the country, a Delhi court said today holding an auto driver guilty of alluring passengers outside the arrival hall. Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma held Jitender Kumar guilty under the 2010 Delhi […] Read more » Absence of adequate cops at airports encourage touting: Court Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News CDs are documents, can be considered as evidence under law: SC November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | 1 Comment on CDs are documents, can be considered as evidence under law: SC The Supreme Court has ruled that a compact disc (CD) is a document under Section 3 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. The Court also held that a CD has to be exhibited/played by the trial court to enable the public prosecutor to admit or deny its genuineness under Section 294 of the Code of Criminal […] Read more » can be considered as evidence under law: SC CD CDs are documents featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News HC reunites Hindu-Muslim couple from Rajasthan November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The woman’s relatives took her away to her parents’ house on the pretext that she would be brought back to her matrimonial home in Madhya Pradesh. Later, she was forced to marry another man in Gujarat. The Bombay High Court has reunited a Hindu-Muslim couple from Rajasthan, after the woman was taken away by her […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured HC reunites Hindu-Muslim couple from Rajasthan Law Legal News
Top Law News City mortuaries using rusted knives for autopsy, Delhi HC told November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Mortuaries in the city are still using outdated and rusted implements to carry out post mortems despite Delhi High Court’s directions to the administration two months back to rectify the situation and the government’s assurance that the equipment would be upgraded in a week. In a report filed in the high court by amicus curiae […] Read more » City mortuaries using rusted knives for autopsy Delhi HC told Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Indrani willed most of her properties to Vidhie: chargesheet November 24, 2015 / November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the Sheena Boramurder case, had willed most of her property to Vidhie Khanna, her daughter from earlier marriage with Sanjeev Khanna, a co-accused in the case, the CBI chargesheet said. The wills and some of the emails which are a part of the chargesheet stated that Indrani had bequeathed around […] Read more » CBI Court Criminal news featured Indrani Mukerjea Indrani willed most of her properties to Vidhie: chargesheet Law PETER MUKERJEA SHEENA BORA VIDHIE KHANNA
Top Law News Surat Police opposes bail plea of Hardik Patel November 24, 2015 / November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Surat Police today filed an affidavit before a sessions court opposing the bail application of Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel, who is facing a sedition case here. As Hardik’s lawyers sought time to go through the police affidavit, Principal Sessions Judge Geeta Gopi scheduled the next hearing for December 4. The grounds on which […] Read more » bail plea featured Hardik patel Law Legal News surat police Surat Police opposes bail plea of Hardik Patel
Top Law News Vacate millennium depot by Jan 27: Delhi HC to DTC November 24, 2015 / November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today asked DTC to vacate the 50-acre millennium bus depot, constructed on the banks of Yamuna for Rs 60 crore for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, by January 27. Justice Manmohan directed the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to vacate the site by that date and said its Managing Director would have to be […] Read more » Delhi High Court DTC featured Law Legal News Vacate millennium depot by Jan 27: Delhi HC to DTC
Media & Entertainment News Top Law News Plea seeks ban on “Bajirao Mastani” for “distorting” history November 24, 2015 / November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A petition has been filed in a Pune court seeking a ban on Sanjay Leela Bhansalis upcoming film “Bajirao Mastani”, alleging that it has distorted history relating to late king Shrimant Bajirao Peshwe and his family members. The case will come up for hearing on November 26 before Pune Metropolitan Magistrate S S Bhule, according […] Read more » Bajirao Mastan Court featured Law Legal News Plea seeks ban on "Bajirao Mastani" for "distorting" history
Top Law News What is the system to enforce FCRA: Delhi HC asks govt November 24, 2015 / November 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today asked the government what system was currently in place to enforce the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) as it took up a PIL seeking creation of an independent body to implement the law. “File an affidavit explaining what is the system in place as on date,” a bench of Chief Justice […] Read more » Court Delhi government Delhi High Court FCRA featured Law Legal News What is the system to enforce FCRA: Delhi HC asks govt
Top Law News Bombay HC seeks info on action against school heads over school bags November 24, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today sought to know from Maharashtra Government what action it proposes to take against principals or trustees of schools across the state for not implementing recommendations of an expert committee on reducing weight of school bags and other issues concerning students. A bench headed by justices V M Kanade and Reveti […] Read more » Bombay HC seeks info on action against school heads over school bags Bombay High Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government
Top Law News Panel submits report on CM’s discretionary housing quota to Bombay HC November 24, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A one-man Commission, appointed to probe the alleged irregularities in allotment of flats under Chief Minister’s discretionary housing quota in Maharashtra in the last three decades, today submitted its report to Bombay High Court along with recommendations and proposed action. The Commission was asked to probe double or multiple allotment of flats under CM’s quota […] Read more » Bombay High Court CM's discretionary housing quota Court featured Law Legal News Panel submits report on CM's discretionary housing quota to Bombay HC
