Top Law News Police officials appear in court July 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three police officers, including a woman SP, who are facing contempt of court proceedings in connection with the arrest of a Magistrate who allegedly cheated a woman SI after promising to marry her, today appeared in the Madras High Court. The court had on July 8 held that prima facie a case has been made […] Read more » Justice M Sathyanarayanan Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar Madras High Court news Police officials appear in court todays news todays top news Top news
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Profile Cases Top Law News Corrupt judge charge: Markandey Katju poses six questions to RC Lahoti July 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government on Tuesday used former Supreme Court Judge Justice Markandey Katju’s allegations that corrupt judge was allowed to continue due to political compulsions, to emphasise on the need for a National Judicial Commission for judicial appointments. Amid furore in the Lok Sabha, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said “there’s an imperative need to improve the […] Read more » Markandey Katju poses six questions to RC Lahoti
Family Law News Top Law News Government revising guidelines for adoption of children July 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Government is revising the existing guidelines for adoption to simplify the procedure and minimise the delay in the process of adoption of Indian children. Some of the changes contemplated in the existing guidelines include provisions for linking the orphan, abandoned or surrendered children of all child care institutions (CCIs) to the adoption system in the […] Read more » guidelines for adoption of children
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Profile Cases Top Law News Karuna blasts Katju, says he is acting under indirect pressure July 23, 2014 / July 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DMK President M Karunanidhi today lashed out at former Supreme Court Judge Markendaya Katju for his allegations on a Tamil Nadu judge, which has put his party under a cloud, and accused him of acting under ‘indirect pressure’. Breaking his silence on the issue which has triggered a major controversy, the 90-year old former chief minister questioned Katju’s motives in raking up a […] Read more » Karuna says Katju is acting under indirect pressure
Top Law News Government demands statement from Manmohan Singh on corrupt judge issue July 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after informing Parliament that the PMO under Manmohan Singh had pushed for extension to a judge facing corruption charges, the government today demanded that the former Prime Minister should make a “categorical” statement on the controversial matter. Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said the whole account of the affair, first brought out by […] Read more » Government demands statement from Manmohan Singh on corrupt judge issue
Top Law News SC refuses to release Subrata Roy on bail or parole July 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to release Sahara Chief Subrata Roy, who has been behind bars for nearly five months, on interim bail or parole but allowed selling of his luxury hotels in New York and London to raise money to deposit Rs 10,000 crore with SEBI as directed to get regular bail. The apex […] Read more » news Sahara chief Subrata Roy SC refuses to release Subrata Roy on bail SEBI Subrata Roy Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News HC sentences man to simple jail term for a week July 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today sentenced to simple imprisonment for one week a man who declared himself as an advocate and threatened the High Court- appointed Advocate Commissioner for seizing a vehicle. Justice M.Duraiswamy, who initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against one Senthil Prabhu, also imposed a fine of Rs. (Source: PTI) Read more » Justice M.Duraiswamy Madras High Court news Senthil Prabhu threatened the High Court- appointed Advocate Commissioner todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News 3-yr jail term for ex-insurance company official July 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A CBI court today awarded a three-year jail term to a former senior divisional manager of an insurance company in a disproportionate assets case. Principal judge for CBI cases G Anupama Chakravarthy held former United India Insurance Company Ltd official Merugu Francis Showry guilty and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 besides the simple […] Read more » 3-yr jail term for ex-insurance company official judge G Anupama Chakravarthy news todays news todays top news Top news United India Insurance Company Ltd
Top Law News HC seeks details of medicines given to prisoners July 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court today directed the the state government to submit details of medicines purchased and disbursed to prisonsers in the last two years. The court acted after taking suo motu cognisance of a report filed by an Additional District Magistrate of Rajkot who had submitted that prisoners are not given medicines. The Gujarat […] Read more » Gujarat High Court HC seeks details of medicines given to prisoners news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Seven-week summer vacation for SC July 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The practice that Supreme Court has been following for the last eight years for limiting its summer vacation to seven weeks, has been formally made a rule. The rule notified in the gazette said, “the period of the summer vacation shall not exceed seven weeks”. The official gazette notification comes at a time when Chief […] Read more » Chief Justice of India R M Lodha news Seven-week summer vacation for SC Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Another ex-judge backs Justice Katju, alleges ‘political influence’ in high court appointment July 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former law minister HR Bhardwaj, who served from 2004 to 2009, on Monday admitted that a district judge who was appointed as additional judge of Madras high court in 2003 and was later confirmed despite adverse intelligence reports, had significant political backing. However, Bhardwaj, who was law minister when the controversial judge was given extensions […] Read more » Justice Markandey Katju Justice Misra Justice RC Lahoti news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC/ST promotions: SC restores relaxed norms July 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has allowed a plea for restoring relaxed norms in central government departmental promotion examinations for Scheduled Castes/Tribes employees which was withdrawn in 1997. The apex court termed as “illegal” the 1997 Office Memorandum containing the instructions to withdraw the norms for departmental promotions to SCs/STs. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief […] Read more » Chief Justice R M Lodha news SC restores relaxed norms SC/ST promotions Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
