Family Law News Top Law News All married women’s suicides can’t be due to harrassment: Court March 31, 2015 / April 2, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on All married women’s suicides can’t be due to harrassment: Court cannot be presumed to have been caused by harassment by the husbands or in-laws, a Delhi court said on Monday and acquitted a man giving him the benefit of doubt. “Minor incidents of beatings on small issues can take place in any household and it would be unsafe and rather hazardous to unnecessarily over-stretch these […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Manoj Jain death due to harrassment Every suicide by married women married women's suicides women's suicides women's suicides can't be due to harrassment
Consumer Law News Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Misconduct if not grave, not ground for pension cut March 30, 2015 / March 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Misconduct of an employee, unless grave, cannot be a ground for a State to slash post-retirement pensionary benefits, the Delhi High Court has held. “Suffice it to state that for a retired government servant a cut in pension can be ordered if the misconduct of which he is found guilty is grave. Mere misconduct, without […] Read more » ground for pension cut misconduct not ground for pension cut pension cut
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News What kind of driving test do DTC drivers undergo? HC asks govt March 30, 2015 / March 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi high court has asked the city government about the nature of tests DTC drivers have to undertake prior to being allowed to drive buses. A bench of Justices B D Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva sought an answer from the Delhi government on the “exact nature of test conducted by DSSSB” while hearing a […] Read more » driving test do DTC drivers undergo driving test of DTC drivers DTC drivers justice Sanjeev Sachdeva Justices B D Ahmed NGOs Azaad Dasta Sankalp Hamara
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News ‘If govts does its duties, PILs won’t be needed’ March 30, 2015 / March 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment If governments discharge their duties responsibly, there would not be any need of public interest litigations, a senior judge of the Supreme Court has said. Justice T S Thakur of the apex court, said this while delivering a lecture here, and held “lacunae in system” responsible for piling cases in the courts. He was addressing […] Read more » governments discharge their duties responsibly If govts does its duties Justice T.S. Thakur PILs won't be needed
Criminal Law News Top Law News HC acquits youth convicted in robbery case March 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has set aside the conviction and four-year imprisonment awarded to a 20-year -old youth for alleged robbery, observing that there were several discrepancies in evidence adduced against him. Rahul Mishra, a resident of suburban Wadala, was convicted in February 2014 by a sessions court under section 397 of IPC for robbery […] Read more » Bombay High Court man acquitted in robbery case. HC acquits youth in robbery case robbery case
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News Four ‘commercial courts’ to function in Delhi HC from tomorrow March 28, 2015 / March 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment To ensure speedy disposal of pending commercial cases, Delhi High Court will have four dedicated “commercial courts” functioning from tomorrow. Chief Justice G Rohini has designated two benches in the original jurisdiction as commercial courts to deal with the suits involving commercial disputes and two division bench in the appellate jurisdiction as commercial appellate courts […] Read more » 'commercial courts' to function in Delhi HC Chief Justice G Rohini commercial courts commercial courts to get started in Delhi HC commercial disputes
High Profile Cases Top Law News Don’t report Salman’s statement till it is over: Court March 28, 2015 / March 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bollywood superstar Salman Khan today deposed in a sessions court in the hit-and-run case in which he is an accused, even as it asked the media not to report his statement till the conclusion of his testimony. Judge D W Deshpande passed the order on an application moved by Khan’s lawyer Srikant Shivade, who urged […] Read more » Bollywood superstar Salman Khan Don't report Salman's statement Hit-and-run case judge D W Deshpande Khan's lawyer Srikant Shivade report Salman's statement Salman Khan Salman's statement
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News Law Min bats for speedy disposal of commercial disputes March 28, 2015 / March 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Law and Justice Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Friday emphasised on the need for a judicial system that ensures speedy disposal of commercial disputes, including through arbitration, to accelerate the economic growth and development. Speaking at a seminar on ‘Law and Good Governance’ organised by the Law Department of the Panjab University, the minister […] Read more » 1996 Arbitration and Conciliation Act commercial disputes DV Sadananda Gowda speedy disposal of commercial disputes Union Law and Justice Minister Union Law and Justice Minister DV Sadananda Gowda
Media & Entertainment News Top Law News Court bars Shruti Hassan from taking up new film project March 28, 2015 / March 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has passed an interim injunction order restraining actress Shruti Hasan to act in a feature film before completion of shooting of an untitled movie, produced by Picture House Media Ltd, till April 8. The XXV Additional Chief Judge at City Civil Court passed the order on a petition filed by Picture House Media […] Read more » Court bars Shruti Hassan Shruti Hassan Shruti Hassan barred by court Shruti Hassan from accepting any assignment
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News PILs on issue of rape: SC seeks assistance of former ASG March 28, 2015 / March 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court today sought the assistance of former Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising in a batch of petitions on effective implementation of women’s safety norms which came about in the aftermath of the December 16, 2012 gangrape incident. A special social justice bench, comprising justices M B Lokur and U U Lalit, sought the assistance […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising December 16 gangrape issue of rape justice M B Lokur Justice U U Lalit PILs on issue of rape PILs on rape
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News Breach of promise to marry by partner is not rape: Gujarat High Court March 28, 2015 / March 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a path-breaking judgment, the Gujarat High Court on Friday ruled that breach of promise to marry cannot substantiate rape charge and quashed a complaint against a Surat-based man by his former live-in partner. “I am not convinced with the case of the prosecutrix (the lady who had filed a complaint of rape against her […] Read more » Breach of promise Breach of promise to marry breach to marry not rape Gujarat High Court Justice J.B. Pardiwala promise to marry by partner promise to marry by partner is not rape Sangray's lawyer A Y Kogze
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News HC quashes FIR against CBI lawyer in bribery case March 22, 2015 / March 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rapping the CBI for arresting its own counsel in a bribery case without an iota of evidence, the Bombay High Court has quashed the FIR lodged against the lawyer for criminal conspiracy and corruption. On March 6, 2012, the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Bureau had arrested Mandar Goswami, when he was the agency’s counsel, along with former […] Read more » Adarsh Society scam CBI lawyer in bribery case FIR against CBI lawyer former MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani HC quashes FIR against CBI lawyer Justice M.L. Tahaliyani Mandar Goswami Prevention of Corruption Act Senior counsel Mahesh Jethmalani
