Top Law News UP police officer held guilty of raping Dalit girl August 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has held a deputy superintendent of police guilty of raping a Dalit girl in Kanpur two years ago. According to a complaint lodged in 2012 by the victim’s father with the police, Deputy SP Amarjeet Shahi during his posting in Kanpur had lured his daughter and raped her. Shahi was suspended with […] Read more » Deputy SP Amarjeet Shahi news police officer held guilty of raping Dalit girl todays news todays top news Top news
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Parliament approval to bill to end collegium system August 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Parliamentary approval was accorded to two bills seeking to end the collegium system for appointment of judges with the Rajya Sabha Thursday adopting the measure as passed by the Lok Sabha Wednesday. The Constitution (99th Amendment) Bill, which seeks to put the proposed judicial appointment commission and its entire composition in the constitution, and the […] Read more » bill to end collegium system National Judicial Appointments Commission
Media & Entertainment News Top Law News SC rejects plea seeking stay on Aamir film ‘PK’ August 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday junked a petition seeking a stay on the screening of Aamir Khan starrer “PK” for alleged obscene scenes and scenes with a potential to stir ill-will among people practising different faiths. While throwing out the plea, the apex court said that the facets of religion should not be brought into art and entertainment. “This is […] Read more » Aamir film 'PK' Chief Justice Lodha
Top Law News Supreme Court moved challenging NJAC August 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was Thursday moved seeking the quashing of the bill for setting up the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) for the appointment of judges to the apex court and high courts as passed by parliament to replace the collegium system. Petitioner advocate ML Sharma also challenged the constitutional amendment backing the setting up of […] Read more » Supreme Court moved challenging NJAC
High Profile Cases Top Law News Sexual Harassment: Woman Judge Objects to Inquiry Panel Composition August 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman additional district and sessions judge in Gwalior who resigned alleging sexual harassment by a Madhya Pradesh High Court judge has objected to the composition of the inquiry committee that will hold a preliminary inquiry into the allegation. Objecting the presence of Justice Ajit Singh as the head of the two-member inquiry committee, the […] Read more » sexual harassment case
Criminal Law News Top Law News Phoolan Devi’s killer gets life imprisonment August 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thirteen years after bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi was killed outside her official MP’s residence here, a court Thursday sentenced convict Sher Singh Rana to life for her murder. Additional Sessions Judge Bharat Parashar awarded the life term to 35-year-old Rana, and also slapped a fine of Rs.1 lakh on him. “However, keeping in view the overall facts and […] Read more » Phoolan Devi's killer
Top Law News Subrata Roy seeks 15 days more from SC to wind up negotiations with buyers August 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sahara chief Subrata Roy has sought 15 days more from Supreme Court to wind up negotiations with potential buyers to sell his three luxury hotels in New York and London to raise Rs 10,000 crore to get regular bail. In an application filed in the apex court, Roy submitted that talks with the buyers are […] Read more » advocate Keshav Mohan Justice T.S. Thakur news Sahara chief Subrata Roy Subrata Roy Subrata Roy seeks 15 more days todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Justice A N Ray bomb attack: HC verdict tomorrow August 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court will tomorrow pronounce its verdict in two appeals in a 38-year-old case relating to a bomb attack in the national capital on the then Chief Justice of India A N Ray in 1975. A bench of Justice S P Garg will deliver the judgement on the appeals of Anandmargis—Santosh Anand Avdhoot, […] Read more » advocate Ranjan Dwibedi bench of Justice S P Garg Delhi High Court former Chief Justice of India A N Ray news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News HC seeks civic bodies’ reports on status of kids’ parks August 14, 2014 / August 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It is an intervention that might finally give Delhi’s kids better parks to play in. A Supreme Court judge’s letter expressing anguish at the dysfunctional state of children’s parks in the city prompted the high court to issue notices to various civic agencies on Wednesday. Treating the judge’s letter as a PIL, a division bench […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed Justice S Mridul news reports on status of kids' parks Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Have not shut down testing lab in Ghaziabad: FSSAI to HC August 14, 2014 / August 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court was today informed by the Centre and Food and Safety Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) that it has not closed down its Central Food Laboratory (CFL) in Ghaziabad as alleged by an NGO. The submission was made before a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul which had on […] Read more » Central Food Laboratory CFL Food and Safety Standard Authority of India FSSAI Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed Justice Siddharth Mridul news not shut down testing lab in Ghaziabad todays news todays top news Top news Union Health Ministry Mehmood Pracha
Top Law News SC lets Alagiri’s college to make 2014-15 admissions August 14, 2014 / August 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today allowed Daya Engineering College in Madurai, run by former Union minister M K Alagiri’s Educational Trust, to make admissions for the academic year 2014-15. A bench headed by Justice J S Khehar said that the deficiencies pointed out by the university “should not act as an impediment” to the commencement of […] Read more » Daya Engineering College Madurai Justice J.S. Khehar news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news Union minister M K Alagiri
Top Law News SC notice to CBI on Kanimozhi plea for acquittal in 2G scam case August 13, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI on a plea by DMK MP Kanimozhi in 2G scam case for quashing of the charges against her in the spectrum allocation scam, claiming she has been falsely implicated in the case. A bench, headed by Justice H L […] Read more » 2G scam 2G scam case DMK MP Kanimozhi Justice H.L. Dattu news SC notice to CBI on Kanimozhi plea Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
