Consumer Law News Top Law News LBT and octroi can be levied on Sodexo meal vouchers: Bombay HC March 22, 2015 / March 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that Sodexo meal vouchers are utility goods, which are capable of being sold, delivered and possessed, the Bombay High Court has held that octroi and Local Body Tax (LBT) can be levied on them. A division bench of justices A S Oka and Ajey Gadkari on March 20 refused to grant relief to Sodexo […] Read more » Bombay High Court justice A S Oka Justice Ajey Gadkari LBT and octroi can be levied LBT and octroi can be levied on Sodexo meal vouchers Senior counsel V V Tulzapurkar Sodexo meal vouchers
Consumer Law News Top Law News 32-year-old man injured in road accident gets over Rs 22 L March 22, 2015 / March 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 32-year-old man, who was grievously injured in a road accident involving a rashly driven truck, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 22 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here. MACT Presiding Officer Manish Gupta directed Oriental Insurance Company Ltd, insurer of the offending truck, to pay Rs 22,52,494 to the […] Read more » 32-year-old man injured in road accident injured in road accident gets over Rs 22 L MACT Presiding Officer Manish Gupta Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Oriental Insurance Company Ltd
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News Victims made to feel guilty in sexual assault cases: Delhi court March 22, 2015 / March 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It is natural for minor victims of sexual assaults not to confide in their parents as instead of the offender, they are more often made to feel guilty, a Delhi court has said while convicting a music teacher for repeatedly molesting his 13-year-old student. The court rejected the contention of the 29-year-old teacher Kranti Kiran […] Read more » Delhi court feel guilty in sexual assault cases Metropolitan Magistrate Richa Parihar minor victims of sexual assaults sexual assault cases Victims made to feel guilty
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 sections 7 and 10 of Prevention of Corruption Act Senior counsel Mahesh Jethmalani
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Budget not Sufficient for Treating Rare Diseases: AIIMS to HC March 22, 2015 / March 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment AIIMS has told the Delhi High Court that its non-plan budget is only sufficient to procure commonly-used and emergency medical items and not for getting medicines for treatment of rare diseases.All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) submitted in the Court that it is “constrained by time and budget to adhere to principle of maximum […] Read more » Budget not Sufficient for Treating Rare Diseases Justice Rajiv Shakdher principle of maximum good for maximum people
Top Law News Man gets seven yrs in jail for raping widow February 25, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man, convicted of raping a widow after trespassing her house, has been awarded seven years rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court which relied on the victim’s statement. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhatt handed down the jail term to Delhi resident Ranjeet while holding him guilty of the offences of rape and house-trespass under sections […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhatt seven yrs in jail for raping widow
Top Law News Coal scam: Court dismisses plea seeking return of passport February 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court today dismissed the plea of businessman Manoj Kumar Jayaswal, an accused in a coal blocks allocation case, seeking return of his passport seized by the CBI, saying the law does not allow the court to release it. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar said the court has no power to release the passport […] Read more » coal scam Court dismisses plea seeking return of passport Passports Act 1967 Prevention of Corruption Act
Top Law News Delhi HC reserves order on plea to ground 5 leased Spicejet planes February 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today reserved its order on an Irish firm’s plea to ground five aircraft leased by it to Spicejet till their registration was cancelled by aviation regulator DGCA. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw heard arguments of Spicejet, Ireland-based B&B Air Acquisition and the DGCA (Directorate General […] Read more » Certificate of Registration Chief Justice G Rohini Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw plea to ground 5 leased Spicejet planes Spicejet planes
Top Law News Mumbai court issues summons to MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi February 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A metropolitan magistrate’s court in suburban Kurla has issued fresh summons to All India Majlis-e-Ittihad ul-Muslimeen (MIM) leader and Andhra Pradesh MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi in connection with an alleged hate speech. “Senior police station officer Kurla/Nagpada is directed to serve the summons to the accused and file compliance,” said magistrate Ashish Ayachit in his order […] Read more » Akbaruddin Owaisi MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi summons to MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi
Top Law News Aircel-Maxis case: SC recalls order asking Marans to move Delhi HC February 6, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The court had earlier refused to entertain the plea of the former Telecom Minister and his brother and said they could approach the Delhi High Court against the 2G court order summoning them as accused. The Supreme Court on Friday recalled its order refusing to entertain the petitions of former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran and […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam Additional Solicitor-General (ASG) Pinky Anand Aircel-Maxis case Delhi High Court Justice Gowda Justice R. Banumathi Kalanithi Maran senior advocate C A Sundaram
Top Law News Hastinapur sanctuary land grab: Court cancels 547 leases February 6, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Cancelling over five hundred leases of the Hastinapur sanctuary land, a local court here has directed revenue officials to register the property as government land, authorities said today. The revenue court yesterday declared as “illegal” the allotment of 547 leases, comprising 6,000 bigha of land, to 480 people and ruled that the land cannot be […] Read more » Additional District Magistrate Ramkishan Sharma Court cancels 547 leases Hastinapur sanctuary land grab
Top Law News SC to examine term ‘grossly offensive’ of IT Act provision February 5, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will examine the term “grossly offensive” used in a provision of the Information Technology Act which empowers police to arrest web users for posting objectionable content. “What is grossly offensive to you, may not be grossly offensive to me and it is a vague term. We are only […] Read more » 'grossly offensive' of IT Act justices J Chelameswar Rohinton F Nariman said
