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.
High Profile Cases Top Law News Plea by 11 Independent candidates against nomination rejection: Delhi High Court seeks EC and Centre stand February 3, 2020 / February 3, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Monday sought responses of the Election Commission (EC) and the Centre on a plea by 11 Independent candidates challenging rejection of their nominations for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notices to the Centre and the EC […] Read more » 11 Independent candidates against nomination rejection 11 plea against nomination rejection
High Profile Cases Top Law News SC dismisses curative plea of Nirbhaya case convict. January 30, 2020 / January 30, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed the curative petition of one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. A bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan also rejected convict Akshay Kumar Singh’s plea seeking stay of his execution. “The application […] Read more » Arun Mishra Ashok Bhushan curative plea of Nirbhaya case convict Justices N V Ramana R Banumathi R F Nariman SC dismisses curative plea of Nirbhaya case convict
High Profile Cases Top Law News SC Judge recuses from hearing Vijay Mallya’s plea against Karnataka HC order for payment of Rs 3,101 Cr. January 21, 2020 / January 21, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court judge Justice R F Nariman January 20 recused himself from hearing a plea of fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya against a Karnataka High Court directing him to pay Rs 3,101 crore to a consortium of banks. A bench of Justices Nariman and S Ravindra Bhat observed that Mallya has not deposited a single penny […] Read more » Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal DRAT Senior advocate S Guru Krishna Kumar Supreme Court judge Justice R F Nariman Vijay Mallya's plea against Karnataka HC
High Profile Cases Top Law News Behmai massacre : Case diary disappears, judge postpones verdict pronouncement January 20, 2020 / January 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The case diary of Behmai massacre, in which 20 people were killed allegedly by bandit Phoolan Devi’s gang nearly four decades ago, was found missing on Saturday when a special court was to pronounce its verdict, prompting the judge to postpone the matter to January 24. Special judge (UP dacoity-affected area) Sudhir Kumar pulled up […] Read more » Behmai massacre
Family Law News Top Law News SC agrees to hear pleas against land acquisition process for bullet train project. January 20, 2020 / January 20, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a batch of pleas filed by farmers against the Gujarat High Court verdict which had dismissed their petitions challenging the process of land acquisition for the ambitious Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project. The bullet train project was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo […] Read more » land acquisition process for bullet train project
High Profile Cases Top Law News Country going through difficult times : Supreme Court January 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India S A Bobde on Thursday observed that the country is going through difficult times and there is so much violence going on as the Supreme Court refused urgent hearing on a plea seeking to declare the Citizenship Amendment Act as constitutional. A bench headed by CJI Bobde expressed surprise over the […] Read more » AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi Chief Justice of India Chief Justice of India S A Bobde CJI Bobde Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) RJD leader Manoj Jha S A Bobde Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra
High Profile Cases Top Law News US House to vote on preventing Trump from Iran war January 10, 2020 / January 10, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Democratic-led US House of Representatives will vote Thursday to prevent President Donald Trump from waging war with Iran after he ordered the killing of a top general, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Pelosi said that the Democrats will move forward because their concerns were not addressed in a closed-door briefing to lawmakers Wednesday by Secretary […] Read more » Democratic-led US House of Representatives Donald Trump Qasem Soleimani Trump Trump from waging war with Iran
