High Profile Cases Top Law News 2002 hit-and-run case: Salman verdict tomorrow May 5, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Just a day is left for the verdict to be pronounced in the Salman Khan 2002 hit-and-run case. The actor is charged with ‘culpable homicide not amounting to murder’ and ‘death by rash act’ for killing one person and injuring four others by ramming his car into American Express Bakery on Hill Road, Bandra, in […] Read more » 2002 hit and run case featured Salman verdict tomorrow on 6th May
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Govt plans making Law Commission into a permanent body May 4, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Government plans to make Law Commission, which advises government on complex legal issues, into a permanent body, a move aimed at bringing continuity in its functioning. At present the Union Cabinet re-constitutes the Commission every three years. After the Commission is reconstituted, a new Chairman and members are appointed to run the panel. Deposing before […] Read more » featured Govt plans making Law Commission Law Commission Law Commission into a permanent body Law Secretary P K Malhotra
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News HC asks Info Commissioner to hear case in absence of CIC Chief May 4, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has asked the senior most Information Commissioner of Central Information Commission (CIC) to hear case in the absence of its chief, saying any backlog will jeopardise the interest of RTI applicants. A bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher has come to the rescue of RTI applicant Sushila Kumari, who is waiting to […] Read more » Advocate Mrinalini Sen CIC Chief Commissioner to hear case featured hear case hear case in absence of CIC Chief RTI applicant Sushila Kumari
Criminal Law News Top Law News Security guard gets 10 years jail for raping woman May 4, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A security guard has been sent to 10 years in jail by a Delhi court for raping a 31-year-old woman after abducting her and giving her a sedative-laced drink. The court awarded the rigorous jail term to 32-year-old Paramjeet, a Haryana resident, for raping the woman after promising to get her job, saying there was […] Read more » 10 years jail for raping woman Additional Sessions Judge Mahesh Chander Gupta featured raping woman Security guard gets 10 years jail
Criminal Law News Top Law News Delhi cop and his brother get 5 yrs in jail for attempt to murder May 4, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 53-year-old Delhi Police constable and his brother have been sentenced to five years in jail by a court here for trying to kill a 35-year-old man, who became physically disabled after they hit him with a stone. It also rejected the contention of the accused that they were falsely implicated by the victim because […] Read more » 5 yrs in jail for attempt to murder Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav Delhi cop and his brother get 5 yrs in jail
Criminal Law News Top Law News HC bench recuses from hearing Moga girl case May 4, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Punjab and Haryana high court bench on Monday recused from hearing the Moga bus molestation case in which a teenage girl died after being allegedly thrown off a bus. The high court here had taken suo motu cognisance of a letter written to it regarding the Moga girl case incident in which a teenaged […] Read more » featured Moga girl case Moga girl rape case
Top Law News Refusal to criminalise marital rape: Activists May 3, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Refusal to criminalise marital rape: Activists Government’s refusal to criminalise marital rape has been termed as “regressive” by several women rights activists but experts supporting the Centre’s stand feel there is no need to tinker with the law as it might be “misused” by some to settle scores. The issue, which did not garner favour from the Supreme Court, has triggered […] Read more » concept of marital rape cannot be applied in India criminalisation of marital rape will be dangerous criminalise marital rape criminalise rape featured marital rape marital rape cannot be applied in India Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary
Environment Law News Top Law News NGT notice to Noida cop over water extraction by builders May 3, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has taken strong exception to a Noida police officer not complying with its order on illegal water extraction by builders, asking him why “punitive action” be not taken against him. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to Noida Expressway SHO and directed him to be personally […] Read more » featured illegal water extraction by builders National Green Tribunal NGT notice to Noida cop NGT notice to Noida cop over water extraction water extraction water extraction by builders in Noida
Environment Law News Top Law News National Green Tribunal bans throwing of waste into Hindon canal May 3, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has banned throwing of all kinds of waste into the Hindon canal, saying its pollution is a matter of “serious” concern. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said the “prohibitory” orders will equally apply to persons and public authorities including Uttar Pradesh as it flows through the state. […] Read more » featured Hindon canal NGT NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar throwing of waste into Hindon canal throwing of waste into Hindon canal banned throwing of waste into Hindon canal banned by NGT
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News SC stays defamation cases against Kejriwal May 2, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today stayed proceedings in trial courts in two criminal defamation cases against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and decided to hear them along with the pleas in which the constitutional validity of the penal provisions have been challenged.The apex court did not accept the plea that prosecution should continue in the trial […] Read more » defamation cases defamation cases against Kejriwal featured Kejriwal SC stays defamation cases
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News HC allows docs to finish PG course despite ESIC move to shut May 2, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has held that doctors currently undergoing PG medical course in colleges affiliated to Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in Maharashtra shall be allowed to complete their course despite a decision taken by ESIC to close down these institutions. The degrees obtained by such doctors shall also be recognised under the Indian […] Read more » Bombay High Court ESIC featured Indian Medical Council Act PG medical course in colleges affiliated to Employees State Insurance Corporation
Criminal Law News Top Law News MP court convicts 21 in 2006 provident fund fraud case May 2, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has convicted 21 people for swindling more than Rs 73 lakh as claims fraudulently from Employees Provident Fund Organisation’s (EPFO) office here a decade ago. CBI special judge Manoj Kumar Shrivastava yesterday awarded seven years imprisonment to key accused in case, the then lower divisional clerk Gajendra Singh in the EPFO Sub […] Read more » 2006 provident fund fraud case featured Fraud case provident fund provident fund fraud case
