Top Law News Youth suffers disability, gets 34 lakh compensation July 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A youth,who was hit by a rashly driven truck in 2012 and suffered 85 per cent permanent disability due to amputation of his right leg, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 34 lakh by a motor accident claims tribunal (MACT) here. MACT Presiding Officer Ajay Kumar Jain asked Bharti Axa General Insurance Company […] Read more » Bharti Axa General Insurance Company Ltd Compensation Disability MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal New Delhi news todays news todays top news Top news Youth suffers disability get compensation
Criminal Law News Top Law News Five family members sentenced to life imprisonment July 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Five members of a family have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court here for murdering three brothers in Tibba Danasher locality here in 2011. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge S K Sharma convicted a father and his four sons to life imprisonment. In the judgement delivered on Saturday, the court held Bhagwan Swarup Soni, his […] Read more » Five family members sentenced to life imprisonment
Top Law News HC turns down govt plea for 3 months time to decide SRA scheme July 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that enough time had been given to Maharashtragovernment to consider a proposal to amend the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme in Thane, the Bombay High Court has refused to grant the state three months time to take a policy decision on the issue. However, the court granted a short time to the state till August 14 to comply with […] Read more » plea for 3 months time to decide SRA scheme
Top Law News Lowering juvenile age to curb offences doubtful prescription July 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Minister for Women and Child Development Menaka Gandhi’s suggestion to lower the lower the juvenile age from 18 years to 16 so that those accused of heinous crimes such as rape can be punished instead of being sent to reform homes is an outdated proposition. The minister wants juvenile offenders accused of rape, murder, […] Read more » Lowering juvenile age to curb offences doubtful prescription
Top Law News AAP leaders in judicial custody for promoting enmity July 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment AAP leader Dilip Pandey and two other party members were Saturday sent to 14 days’ judicial custody by a court here on charges of promoting enmity between different communities. Metropolitan Magistrate Sheetal Chaudhary sent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members Pandey, Ram Kumar Jha and Javed Khan to judicial custody till Aug 2. Rejecting the charge, […] Read more » AAP leaders in judicial custody Metropolitan Magistrate Sheetal Chaudhary
High Profile Cases Top Law News CIC upholds PMO’s refusal to declassify three Netaji files July 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Information Commission (CIC) has upheld the Prime Minister’s Office’s contention of keeping, as classified, three files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, on grounds their declassification would adversely affect foreign relations, reports IANS. Researcher Chandrachur Ghose in April last year filed a Right to Information (RTI) application seeking copies of documents contained in three […] Read more » PMO’s refusal to declassify three Netaji files
Top Law News Three sentenced for drug trafficking in Muzaffarnagar July 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court sentenced three people for varying jail terms for trafficking drugs in Phugana village in the district in 2011. While two persons were sentenced to ten years imprisonment, one person was sentenced to four years imprisonment by Additional District and Sessions Judge Harish Tripathi yesterday. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs. […] Read more » drug trafficking Judge Harish Tripathi NDPS Act news Phugana village Three Sentenced For Drug Trafficking todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Insurance co asked Rs 2.5 lakh to Thane man July 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Holding that ICICI Lombard General Insurance was deficient in its services while dealing with a claim, the district consumer forum here has asked the company to pay a compensation of Rs 2.50 lakh to a policy holder. In their recent ruling, Thane District Consumer Redressal Forum President Umesh Jhavalikar and Member N D Kadam also […] Read more » Hiralal Sobhraj Keswani ICICI Lombard General Insurance Insurance co asked Rs 2.5 lakh to Thane man news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News HC seeks reply on plea against voting rights July 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file a counter-affidavit on a petition challenging an amendment in state’s urban local self-government laws giving nominated members right to vote in meetings of municipalities. The order to file the counter-affidavit was passed by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud Justice Dilip Gupta news todays news todays top news Top news Uttar Pradesh government
Top Law News HC issues NBW against ‘dead’ murder accused July 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Friday issued fresh non-bailable warrant (NBW) against a murder accused who had jumped bail and allegedly connived with his family members to show an unidentified body as his own to get him declared dead by the Uttar Pradesh police. However, during investigation the police had found out that the accused’s […] Read more » Crime Delhi Delhi High Court murder NBW news non-bailable warrant todays news todays top news Top news Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Subramanium among first choice of CJI July 19, 2014 / July 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior lawyer Gopal Subramanium, whose name was left out by the Centre for elevation as Supreme Court judge, today emerged as the first choice of Chief Justice of India R M Lodha to try the high and mighty in the coal blocks scam cases. “If I failed in something you (lawyers appearing in the matter) […] Read more » cheif justice of india Chief Justice of India CJI coal blocks allocation scam cases newly-appointed Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar news Senior lawyer Gopal Subramanium Subramanium Subramanium among first choice Supreme Court judge todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News West Bengal rights panel a symbol of oppression: Activists July 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The West Bengal Human Rights Commission, which was hailed last year for setting a benchmark in rights activism because of its proactive role, is now drawing the ire of activists who are terming it a “symbol of oppression”. Besides deploring the elevation of former top cop Naparajit Mukherjee as the acting chairperson, activists have questioned the […] Read more » symbol of oppression
