Environment Law News Top Law News Eating beef not a fundamental right: Maha govt tells HC April 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Eating beef not a fundamental right: Maha govt tells HC It is not a fundamental right of a citizen to eat beef and the state legislation can regulate consumption of flesh of animals, the Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court. Advocate General Sunil Manohar made this submission while opposing a bunch of petitions challenging the ban on slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks, […] Read more » Advocate General Sunil Manohar ban on slaughter of bulls and bullocks ban on slaughter of cows Eating beef not a fundamental right: featured Justice M S Sonak Justice V.M. Kanade
Consumer Law News Top Law News Delhi govt not to take action against chewable tobacco sellers April 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court on Wednesday restrained the government from acting against tobacco sellers and distributors after manufacturers challenged the ban on sale of chewable tobacco products in the national capital from March 30. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, however, refused to stay a notification issued by Delhi government’s Food Safety Commissioner on March 25 banning storage, sale, […] Read more » chewable tobacco sellers featured no action against chewable tobacco sellers
High Profile Cases Top Law News IPL 6 spot-fixing scandal: Court questions ‘match-fixing’ theory of police April 21, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The investigation by Delhi Police in IPL 6 spot-fixing scandal case on Monday came under close scrutiny of a local court which questioned its theory of ‘match-fixing’ saying there was prima facie no evidence which showed that matches were fixed by the arrested accused. “The (telephonic) conversations (among arrested accused) which you (police) are citing […] Read more » 'match-fixing' theory 'match-fixing' theory of police Ajit Chandila Ankeet Chavan Court questions 'match-fixing' theory featured IPL 6 scandal IPL 6 spot-fixing scandal suspended cricketers S Sreesanth
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News No SC relief for ‘slander’ lawyer in BBC rape documentary April 21, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on No SC relief for ‘slander’ lawyer in BBC rape documentary The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a plea by a Delhi lawyer, accused of making derogatory remarks against women in a BBC rape documentary on the December 16 gangrape, to let him “settle” the matter with the women lawyers who want him barred from the court premises. A bench of Justices V Gopala Gowda […] Read more » ‘slander’ lawyer in BBC rape documentary advocate M L Sharma BBC rape documentary December 16 gangrape featured Justice C Nagappan Justice V. Gopala Gowda No SC relief for ‘slander’ lawyer
Criminal Law News Top Law News Salman Khan hit-and-run case: Arguments over April 21, 2015 / April 21, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Salman Khan hit-and-run case: Arguments over On the concluding day of arguments in actor Salman Khan’s hit-and-run case on Monday, the defence claimed the prosecution had wrongly accused the actor while it was his driver who was at the wheel when the accident took place. The sessions court hearing the case will declare the date of verdict on April 21. In 2013, […] Read more » Arguments over in Salman Khan case featured Hit-and-run case Salman Khan Hit and Run Case
Environment Law News Top Law News SC dismisses plea challenging NGT ban on 15-year-old vehicles in Delhi April 21, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition challenging an order passed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in November banning vehicles over 15 years old from plying on Delhi roads.The Court was hearing a petition filed by advocate Vishaal Shripati Jogdand, questioning the jurisdiction of the NGT to pass such an order. […] Read more » 15-year-old vehicles 15-year-old vehicles in Delhi ban on vehicles Chief Justice H.L. Dattu featured National Green Tribunal NGT ban NGT ban on 15-year-old vehicles NGT order plea challenging NGT ban on 15-year-old vehicles Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Voyeurism case: Chargesheet may include HRD Minister Smriti Irani as witness April 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani may be included as a witness in the trial room voyeurism case involving a Fabindia outlet, a senior police official said on Thursday. Besides Irani, police is considering to mention two BJP MLAs and a government official as witnesses in the case. Police had earlier identified an employee of the […] Read more » featured HRD Minister Smriti Irani as witness HRD Minister Smriti Irani as witness in Voyeurism Smriti Irani Voyeurism case
Consumer Law News Top Law News First Arrests Carried Out on Anti-Graft Helpline Complaint in Delhi April 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three persons including a government official, were today taken into custody for allegedly taking bribe by the Anti-Corruption-Branch (ACB), the first arrests related to any complaint made on the newly launched anti-graft helpline in Delhi. According to ACB, a complaint was lodged by a caller on Delhi government’s 1031 helpline on Thursday, claiming that bribe […] Read more » Anti-Graft Helpline Anti-Graft Helpline Complaint Anti-Graft Helpline Complaint in Delhi bribe Azadpur Mandi for allowing trucks having valid entry pass Delhi government's 1031 helpline featured First Arrests Carried Out on Anti-Graft Helpline taking bribe by the Anti-Corruption-Branch
Criminal Law News Top Law News Plagiarism case: Delhi Court grants exemption to Deepak Pental April 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi University’s former Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental, who is accused in a case of forgery, cheating and plagiarism along with another person, was on Saturday granted exemption from personal appearance in Plagiarism case for the day by a court in New Delhi on health ground.Link Metropolitan Magistrate Richa Gusain Solanki allowed the separate pleas moved by […] Read more » Deepak Pental Deepak Pental in Plagiarism case Delhi University's former Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental exemption to Deepak Pental in Plagiarism case featured Plagiarism case
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Judicial Appointments Should Conform to Highest Standards: President April 18, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Judicial Appointments Should Conform to Highest Standards: President The process of selection and appointment of judges should conform to the highest of standards, President Pranab Mukherjee said today, describing an independent judiciary as the “cornerstone” of democracy. “The process of selection and appointment of judges should conform to the highest of standards. We must make haste in this regard but without compromising on […] Read more » establishment of the National Judicial Appointments Commission featured judicial appointments Judicial Appointments Should Conform to Highest Standards National Judicial Appointments Commission Pranab Mukherjee in Patna high court President in Patna High Court selection and appointment of judges
High Profile Cases Top Law News Salman did not run away after the accident: lawyer April 18, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s lawyer today accused the prosecution of cooking up a false story that he ran away from the spot after his car rammed into a bakery in suburban Bandra killing one person and injuring four others on September 28, 2002. “Khan was very much present at the spot for quite some time […] Read more » bakery in suburban Bandra Bollywood actor Salman Khan featured Salman Salman did not run away
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC appoints CBI SP to head team probing IPL scandal April 18, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday appointed CBI sleuth Vivek Priyadarshi to head a new investigating team to further probe the IPL-6 spot-fixing and betting scandal.Priyadarshi, currently a superintendent of police in the anti-corruption cell of the agency, will replace 1983-batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer B B Mishra as the head of the probe team following […] Read more » CBI sleuth Vivek Priyadarshi CBI SP to head team probing IPL scandal featured IPL scandal IPL-6 spot-fixing and betting scandal SC appoints CBI SP
