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;
High Profile Cases Top Law News Court directs CBI to hand over certain documents from charge sheet in INX Media case. February 19, 2020 / February 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Tuesday directed the CBI to hand over to P Chidambaram and his son Karti certain documents filed along with the charge sheet in the INX Media corruption case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar issued the direction to CBI during the hearing […] Read more » Chidambaram INX Media corruption case money laundering case
High Profile Cases Top Law News Man convicted of harassing wife for dowry. February 13, 2020 / February 13, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district has sentenced a police sub-inspector and his parents to two years imprisonment for harassing his wife for dowry. Chief Judicial Magistrate Raj Magal Singh Yadav has also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the convicts. Rekha was being harassed for dowry demands for many years, her lawyer […] Read more » Chief Judicial Magistrate Raj Magal Singh Yadav harassing wife for dowry
High Profile Cases Top Law News Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan’s judicial custody extended February 9, 2020 / February 9, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here extended the judicial custody of Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan, arrested in a cheating case, till February 24. According to the prosecution, the fast-track court extended Hasan’s custody after a hearing via video-conference on Friday. Hasan, who represents Kairana in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, was arrested on January 24 in a cheating […] Read more » Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan
Top Law News Nirbhaya case: Centre and Delhi govt move SC challenging HC verdict on hanging of convicts. February 6, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre and the Delhi government moved the Supreme Court Wednesday challenging the rejection of their plea by the Delhi High Court against the trial court order staying the execution of four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. Hours after the high court’s verdict, the Centre and the Delhi government filed […] Read more » Mukesh Kumar Singh (32) Nirbhaya case Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case Pawan Gupta (25) Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar (31
High Profile Cases Top Law News MeToo: Instagram account holder seeks time from HC to settle row with Subodh Gupta. February 5, 2020 / February 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Instagram account holder, who posted sexual harassment allegations by a woman against artist Subodh Gupta, told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that an amicable settlement of the dispute was being explored and sought a week’s time for it. In view of the request made, Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw listed Gupta’s defamation case against […] Read more » #MeToo Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw sexual harassment allegations Subodh Gupta
High Profile Cases Top Law News Investigation into Jamia violence at crucial stage and Centre tells Delhi HC February 5, 2020 / February 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Investigation into the incident of violence at Jamia Millia Islamia during the anti-citizenship law protest was at a crucial stage, the Centre told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday. The submission before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar was made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta while seeking more […] Read more » CAA Chief Justice D.N. Patel Citizenship Amendment Act Jamia Millia Islamia during the anti-citizenship law protest Justice C Hari Shankar violence at Jamia Millia Islamia
High Profile Cases Top Law News Man sentenced to 20 yrs’ RI for raping minor girl. February 5, 2020 / February 5, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been sentenced to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment by a special POCSO court for raping a 12-year-old girl in Odisha’s Balasore district around three years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ) Girija Mohapatra, while pronouncing the jail term for Radhamohan Singh (20) on Monday, also slapped a fine of Rs 28,000 on […] Read more » Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ) Girija Mohapatra Odisha's Balasore POCSO court RI for raping minor girl.
