Top Law News Jagdish Mukhi sends legal notice to AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal on his photo ‘misused’ December 27, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Miffed over the Aam Aadmi Party “projecting” Jagdish Mukhi as BJP’s Chief Ministerial candidate on its posters, senior party leader Jagdish Mukhi on Friday served a legal notice to Arvind Kejriwal for “misusing” his photo. The posters of AAP can be spotted on auto-rickshaws these days in which the party is seen “projecting” Mukhi as […] Read more » Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay Jagdish Mukhi legal notice to AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal
Top Law News Scrapping of collegium system got vital push in 2014 December 26, 2014 / December 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Law Ministry in 2014 sought an early end to the collegium system of judges appointing judges and plans to push in the new year early ratification of a bill by the states to put in place the new mechanism of selection. The National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, once ratified by 50 per cent of […] Read more » collegium system Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda National Litigation Policy Scrapping of collegium system
Top Law News Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Madan Mohan Malviya to be awarded Bharat Ratna December 24, 2014 / December 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Union government on Wednesday announced the prestigious Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, for former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malaviya. A meeting of the Union Cabinet was convened here on Wednesday where the decision to confer the honour on Vajpayee and Malviya was taken. The announcement coincides with […] Read more » Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee to be awarded Bharat Ratna Bharat Ratna for AB Vajpayee and Malviya Madan Mohan Malviya Madan Mohan Malviya to be awarded Bharat Ratna
Top Law News SC extends bail of Jayalalithaa December 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Karnataka High Court to expeditiously hear and decide within three months an appeal by former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa against her conviction in a corruption case. The AIADMK chief was handed out a jail term for four years following her conviction in a case of amassing […] Read more » former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa Jayalalita for amassing assets disproportionate Jayalalithaa Jayalalithaa bail plea
Top Law News Court Asks Police Chief to Ensure Innocent’s Civil Liberty December 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Police Commissioner has been asked by a court here to take remedial actions to ensure that “civil liberties of innocent, poor and helpless persons” were not curtailed by the cops without any justification. The observation was made by Additional Sessions Judge ( while acquitting a man, facing trial in a murder case. The […] Read more » ASJ Sandeep Yadav Civil Liberty
Top Law News 2007 Shingar Cinema blast: All 3 accused acquitted December 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here today acquitted all the three accused of the Shingar Cinema blast case of 2007, in which six persons had lost their lives and many were injured, for lack of evidence. Giving benefit of doubt to the accused, Additional Sessions Judge H S Grewal said that the evidence produced by the prosecution on […] Read more » 2007 Shingar Cinema blast Additional Sessions Judge H S Grewal Gurpreet Singh Harvinder Singh Khalsa Ramminder Singh Rinku
Top Law News HC issues notice to govt on sexual harassment complaint December 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ordered issue of notice to the government on a complaint of sexual harassment filed by some teachers against a school headmaster here. Justice M.M Sundresh, before whom the petition filed by seven Assistant lady teachers of Kolathur Government High School came up, directed the government pleader to get instructions from […] Read more » Justice M.M.Sundresh Madras High Court sexual harassment sexual harassment complaint
Top Law News Local Haryana court allows polygraph test on Rohtak sisters December 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court on Monday granted permission to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Haryana Police to conduct polygraph test on the two Rohtak sisters and their alleged molesters. Consent had been sought from the victims to conduct them, to which they agreed, the victims’ lawyer told reporters. He said SIT’s investigating officer Manjeet Singh […] Read more » lie-detector test on Rohtak sisters Local Haryana court polygraph test on Rohtak sisters
Top Law News Delhi High Court refuses to ban astrology-based TV shows December 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has refused to prohibit astrology-based shows on television while saying it was not in its domain to prescribe what the programming code should be. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw, which was hearing a petition filed by NGO Sai Lok Kalyan Sanstha, said since […] Read more » astrology-based TV shows Cable Television Network Regulation Act Delhi High Court Information and Broadcasting Ministry NGO Sai Lok Kalyan Sanstha provisions of Drugs and Magic Remedy Act
Top Law News Redevelopment of Jama Masjid: HC seeks PWD response December 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has sought the PWD’s response on a plea for time-bound implementation of the Jama Masjid redevelopment plan after the North MCD said the project is no longer with it. The North Delhi Municipal Corporation () submitted before a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul that according to a […] Read more »
Top Law News Point system: Delhi HC reserves decision on interim stay of order December 9, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its decision on an application seeking interim stay of its single judge bench verdict quashing the points system for nursery admission brought in by the Lieutenant Governor for private unaided schools here. “We will consider and pass an order on the application (for interim stay),” a bench of […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini Justice RS Endlaw student's educational fate
Top Law News Situation at Ashutosh Maharaj’s ashram normal: Police December 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Situation at the ashram of Ashutosh Maharaj, who has been declared clinically dead and Punjab and Haryana High Court has set dealine for performance of his last rites, remained normal on Friday, police said. “The situation is normal. There has been no report of any problem anywhere. The followers at the ashram have been cooperating […] Read more » Ashutosh Maharaj
