Top Law News HC strikes down municipal notification July 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a significant order, the Calcutta High Court today struck down the authority of the municipal bodies in West Bengal to regularise unauthorised constructions against acceptance of retention fee. Justice Soumitra Pal struck down a notification of Kolkata Municipal Corporation and other municipal bodies in the state allowing unauthorised constructions to be regularised on payment […] Read more » Calcutta High Court HC strikes down municipal notification Justice Soumitra Pal news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News HC notice to Sonia on plea challenging her election July 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court on Thursday issued notice to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on a petition challenging her election from Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency. Justice Tarun Agarwal of the bench here issued the notice on the petition filed by Ramesh Singh, a voter of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, seeking direction for quashing her election. […] Read more » Allahabad High Court HC notice to Sonia Justice Tarun Agarwal news Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency Sonia Gandhi todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Provide details of your property: HC to Rajpal Yadav July 25, 2014 / July 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav to provide the valuation details of his properties in order to facilitate the process of discharging his liability of Rs 5 crore borrowed from a businessman who has filed a recovery suit against him and his wife. A bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Gita Mittal Justice Sunil Gaur news Rajpal Yadav Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News HC ‘pained’ by violence against NE people July 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “Pained” by continuing incidents of violence against people from Northeast despite its orders, the Delhi High Court today sought a report from the government on the steps taken by it to curb “the menace plaguing the society”. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw made the observations while referring to […] Read more » Chief Justice G Rohini Delhi High Court Justice R.S. Endlaw news todays news todays top news Top news violence against NE people
Top Law News SC refuses to stay execution of Koli’s death sentence July 25, 2014 / July 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the execution of death sentence awarded to Nithari rapist-cum-serial killer Surinder Koli and dismissed his plea seeking review of its verdict by which it had upheld the sentence. “Application for stay of execution is rejected. There is a delay of 1153 days in filing the review petition […] Read more » Justice A.R. Dave Justice H.L. Dattu news Nithari rapist-cum-serial killer Surinder Koli stay execution of Koli's death sentence Supreme Court Surinder Koli todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC commences hearing on States”” power on remission July 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced the crucial hearing to examine the power of the Union and States to grant remission for releasing convicts whose death sentences are commuted to life term with the Centre asserting that the rights of the victims cannot be overlooked. The issue of remission reached the apex court after the […] Read more » commutation of death sentence Constitution Bench hearing death row convicts news Rajiv Gandhi assassination case remission power of States todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News High Court notice to Censor Board July 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ordered issue of a notice to Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the Central Board of Film Certification, Chennai, on a petition filed by a Hindu organisation seeking a direction to revoke the censor certificate to Tamil movie ‘Sorgam Yen Kaiyel’, a film dubbed from Kannada. The petitioner ‘Hindu Dharma Sakthi’, […] Read more » Broadcasting Ministry and the Central Board of Film Certification High Court notice to Censor Board Madras High Court news Sorgam Yen Kaiyel todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News SC drops contempt charges against Giriraj Kishore July 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday dropped contempt charges against VHP leader Giriraj Kishore, who died after judgement on the issue was reserved, for allegedly making defamatory statement in 1994 on Ayodhya controversy. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha also dropped contempt proceedings against editor and reporter of a daily Khabardar India […] Read more » Ayodhya Babri Masjid case Chief Justice R M Lodha Giriraj Kishore news SC drops contempt charges against Giriraj Kishore Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news VHP
Top Law News 2G: Kanimozhi moves SC seeking urgent hearing July 24, 2014 / July 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DMK MP Kanimozhi has filed apetition in the the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing on her plea to quash the charges framed against her in the 2G case. In her plea, Kanimozhi said that two-and-a-half years have passed since she first moved the Delhi High Court and later the apex court seeking quashing of […] Read more » 2G 2G spectrum daughter of DMK Chief Karunanidhi DMK MP Kanimozhi Kanimozhi Kanimozhi moves SC seeking urgent hearing news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
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
