High Profile Cases Top Law News High Court of Madras : Women not entitled to 180 days Maternity Leave for Second Delivery, if she has Twins from her First. March 3, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking a view contrary to the one taken consistently by many single Judges of the High Court of Madras since 2010, the first Division Bench of the Court, led by its Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, has now held that Women Govt Employees are not entitled to 180 days of paid maternity leave for their […] Read more » High Court of Madras Women not entitled to 180 days Maternity Leave for Second Delivery
High Profile Cases Top Law News Anti CAA protests: Wife lodges complaint after Husband forced her to join. March 3, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a shocking incident in Aligarh, a woman is being ‘forced’ by her husband to join the anti-CAA protest. She has lodged a complaint to the Police against her husband. Relevantly, protests have broken out across India, a few of them violent, against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019. The CAA seeks to amend the definition of […] Read more » anti-CAA protests
High Profile Cases Top Law News Nirbhaya case : SC dismisses curative plea of fourth death row convict Pawan Gupta. March 2, 2020 / March 2, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a curative petition filed by convict Pawan Kumar Gupta who was sentenced to death in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. A five-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana said that no case is made out for re-examining the conviction and the punishment of the convict. […] Read more » Arun Mishra Ashok Bhushan convict Pawan Kumar Gupta Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case R Banumathi R F Nariman
High Profile Cases Top Law News Grouping Of Students Into Sections On The Basis Of Marks Is Violation Of Their Fundamental Right: Punjab & Haryana HC March 1, 2020 / March 1, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the practice of classification of children into sections on the basis of their marks is a violation of fundamental right of elementary education. Justice Sudhir Mittal observed that such a practice has the tendency of creating a feeling of inferiority amongst children securing less marks. The Court […] Read more » Article 21-A of the Constitution of India Grouping Of Students Into Sections On The Basis Of Marks Justice Sudhir Mittal Punjab and Haryana High Court
Top Law News Violence During 2015 Patidar Protests: SC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Hardik Patel. February 28, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Congress leader Hardik Patel in connection with his involvement in the 2015 Patidar Andolan agitation, pulling up the Gujarat police for the delay in the investigation. The bench headed by Justice U. U. Lalit issued notice to the state government, requiring that the court be informed […] Read more » 2015 Patidar Andolan agitation 2015 Patidar Protests Hardik patel Interim Protection From Arrest Interim Protection From Arrest To Hardik Patel Justice U U Lalit senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi Violence During 2015 Patidar Protests
High Profile Cases Top Law News A Simdega court sentences man to 20-years in jail for raping maid. February 27, 2020 / February 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Simdega court has sentenced a man to 20-years in jail for raping a 17-year-old girl in Simdega district in 2018. Additional District Judge Madhuresh Kumar Verma on Wednesday sentenced 42-year-old Vinod Gupta after finding him guilty of raping the girl under Pocso Act and various IPC sections. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs […] Read more » 20-years in jail for raping a 17-year-old Additional District Judge Madhuresh Kumar Verma guilty of raping the girl under Pocso Act Simdega court
Corporate Law News Top Law News Transfer of Justice Muralidhar done on recommendation of SC collegium: Ravi Shankar Prasad. February 27, 2020 / February 27, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said Delhi High Court judge S Muralidhar was transferred following the recommendation of the Supreme Court collegium, asserting that a “well-settled process” was followed. The minister’s reaction came after the Congress alleged that Justice Muralidhar was transferred by the government to save BJP leaders in the Delhi […] Read more » President Ram Nath Kovind Transfer of Justice Muralidhar
High Profile Cases Top Law News Delhi High Court seeks Delhi govt’s reply on plea by Jessica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma for early release. February 21, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court asked the AAP government on Thursday to reply to a plea by Jessica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma, serving life imprisonment, seeking premature release. Justice Brijesh Sethi asked the Delhi government to file a status report in the matter along with the relevant records of Sentence Review Board (SRB). The court […] Read more » Jessica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma killing Jessica Lal in 1999 NGO Siddhartha Vashishtha Cheritable Trust socialite Bina Ramani Tamarind Court restaurant
High Profile Cases Top Law News Nirbhaya Case : Court seeks Tihar jail authorities’ reply on convict Vinay’s plea for medical treatment. February 21, 2020 / February 21, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Thursday sought response from Tihar jail authorities on a plea by one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, seeking better treatment for his claimed mental illness, schizophrenia and head and arm injuries. Additional Session Judge Dharmender Rana directed the prison authorities to file its […] Read more » arm injuries mental illness Nirbhaya case Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case schizophrenia and head Tihar jail authorities' reply on convict Vinay's plea for medical treatment.
Top Law News SC to consider hearing plea against bail granted to Chinmayanand. February 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said it would consider hearing next week a plea against the bail granted to former BJP lawmaker Swami Chinmayanand by the Allahabad High Court in a rape case. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was told by senior advocate Colin Gonsalves that the plea challenged the Allahabad HC […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Chief Justice S A Bobde former BJP lawmaker Swami Chinmayanand senior advocate Colin Gonsalves
High Profile Cases Top Law News UP: Chided for relationship with youth woman ends life. February 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An 18-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide here by jumping in front of a train after being rebuked by a youth’s family for being in a relationship with him, police said. The body of Nasrin was recovered along the tracks near Sindhawli village under Mansurpur police station in the district on Wednesday, they said. A case […] Read more » Chided for relationship
High Profile Cases Top Law News Uphaar tragedy: SC dismisses curative plea by victims; no further jail term for Ansal brothers. February 20, 2020 / February 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the curative petition filed by an association of the victims of the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case, sparing the Ansal brothers further jail term. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde, and justices N V Ramana and Arun Mishra considered the curative plea by the Association […] Read more » and justices N V Ramana Association for Victims of Uphaar Tragedy AVUT Chief Justice S A Bobde Justice Arun Mishra Neelam Krishnamoorthy no further jail term for Ansal brothers no further jail term for Ansal brothers in uphaar tragedy Uphaar tragedySC dismisses curative plea by victims;
