Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News HC upholds conviction of man under POCSO Act for abusing minor September 27, 2015 / September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction of a man under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences?(POCSO) Actfor sexually assaulting a minor girl. The judgement was delivered recently by Justice Abhay Thipsay who dismissed the appeal filed by Yogesh A. M., challenging the 3-year sentence and Rs 2,000 fine awarded to him by a […] Read more » featured POCSO Act
Bar, Bench & Firm News Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News India should aspire to be hub of neutral arbitration: SC Judge A K Sikri September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India should aspire to become a hub of neutral arbitration, a Supreme Court judge today said while claiming that most people in the country have immense faith in this alternative form of dispute resolution. Speaking at a conference on international arbitration, SC judge Justice A K Sikri referred to a survey that indicated that 80 […] Read more » featured India should aspire to be hub of neutral arbitration neutral arbitration SC Judge A K Sikri
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News How can e-commerce sites be retailers for tax and not for FDI?: Delhi HC September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has observed that if the central and state governments were not treating e-commerce sites like Flipkart and Amazon as retailers for foreign direct investment (FDI), they cannot be treated as retailers for taxation purposes. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw was of the “prima facie” view that if governments were treating transactions by […] Read more » e-commerce sites e-commerce sites be retailers for tax e-commerce sites be retailers not for FDI featured
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News Have preventive attitude to check diseases like dengue: HC September 27, 2015 / September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court has asked the civic agencies in the national capital to have a “preventive” attitude, and not curative, in order to contain spread of vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria.”Attitude should be preventive and not curative,” a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva said, adding that proper cleaning of drains […] Read more » Delhi High Court dengue featured justice Sanjeev Sachdeva Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed preventive attitude to check diseases like dengue
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News ‘Except for police, public order & land, LG a figurehead’ September 27, 2015 / September 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lieutenant Governor (LG) is merely a “figurehead” except for matters related to public order, police and land, the AAP government has told Delhi High Court. The submission was made before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath by senior advocate Dayan Krishnan during the hearing of a bunch of petitions […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini featured Justice Jayant Nath LG a figurehead'
Top Law News Additional spectrum: Court to pass order on charge on Oct 7 September 26, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special 2G court today fixed October 7 for pronouncing its order on framing of charges in the 2002 additional spectrum allocation case in which ex-Telecom SecretaryShyamal Ghosh and three telecom firms are accused. Special CBI judge O P Saini, who was scheduled to pass the order today, deferred it. “The order is not ready. […] Read more » 2G Additional spectrum: Court to pass order on charge on Oct 7 CBI Shyamal Ghosh spectrum telecom
Top Law News Sadhvi Prachi surrenders before court, gets bail September 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Firebrand saffron leader Sadhvi Prachi surrendered before a court here and got bail in connection with a warrant issued against her for participating in an agitation against slaughter houses four years ago. Prachi surrendered before the chief judicial magistrate yesterday after a warrant was issued against her for not appearing in the court, government counsel […] Read more » Baghpat Court featured gets bail Law Legal News Sadhvi Prachi Sadhvi Prachi surrenders before court slaughter house
Top Law News Judge recuses from hearing Israeli diplo attack case September 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The sensational Israeli Diplomat attack case of 2012 will now be heard by an another court here after the judge, who was earlier conducting the proceedings in the case, recused himself from hearing the matter. The case, which was being heard by ASJ Reetesh Singh, was transferred to another court after accused Syed Mohammad Kazmi […] Read more » Court Delhi featured Israeli diplo attack case Judge recuses from hearing Israeli diplo attack case Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Top Law News High Court ticks Hardik over his “abduction claim” September 25, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Expressing doubts over his “abduction” claim, the Gujarat High Court today came down heavily on the Patel quota spearhead Hardik Patel and warned him and his lawyer of contempt action, stating no one can take the court “for a ride”. A bench of Justices M R Shah and K J Thaker, hearing a habeas corpus […] Read more » Court featured Gujarat Gujarat High Court Hardik patel High Court ticks Hardik over his "abduction claim" Law Legal News patel
Top Law News HC asks Maha to issue circular on weight of book bags September 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Voicing concern over heavy bags carried by school children, the Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra Government to issue a circular within a month fixing a date for implementing recommendations of an expert committee that looked into the issue. Such a circular should also fix the responsibility of monitoring the implementation of the recommendations on […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured.weight of book bags HC asks Maha to issue circular on weight of book bags Law Legal News Maharashtra news
Environment Law News Top Law News Car-free Gurgaon: NGT questions Haryana govt’s initiative September 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A day after Gurgaon observed a ‘car-free day’ to free the roads from traffic congestion, the National Green Tribunal today asked Haryana government to inform it about its actual impact on the pollution level in the city to ascertain . Gurgaon had yesterday observed a ‘car-free day’ to encourage people to use public modes of […] Read more » Car-free Gurgaon Car-free Gurgaon: NGT questions Haryana govt's initiative Court featured Gurgaon Law Legal News news NGT
Top Law News Gramin Sewa driver held guilty of insulting woman September 23, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Driver of a Gramin Sewa vehicle, held guilty of making “vulgar remarks” at a woman passenger when she refused to accommodate another person on her seat, has been sentenced till the rising of the court. “The words uttered by the accused describe her body in order to insult her when she did not accommodate one […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi featured Gramin Sewa Gramin Sewa driver held guilty of insulting woman insulting woman Law Legal News
