Top Law News Salemthara, Mizoram man sentenced to 10 years in jail for drug peddling September 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court in Mizoram’s Champhai district has convicted a 19-year-old man for drug peddling and sentenced him to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, state officials said on Friday. The court also slapped a fine of Rs one lakh on him, state excise and narcotics department officials said. Vanlalena, judge of the special court, convicted […] Read more » drug peddling
Top Law News Saradha scam: Calcutta High Court vacates order granting protection from arrest to ex-top cop September 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court on Friday vacated its order granting protection from arrest to former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam. The court also rejected Kumar’s prayer for quashing of a CBI notice that sought his appearance for questioning in the case. Kumar, who is currently the West […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Saradha scam
Top Law News Issue of linking social media profiles with Aadhaar needs to be decided at the earliest: Supreme Court September 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday said the issue of linking of social media profiles with Aadhaar needs to be decided at the earliest. A bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose said, “At this stage we do not know whether we could decide this issue or the high court will decide”. The bench further […] Read more » linking social media profiles with Aadhaar Solicitor General Tushar Mehta
Top Law News Mumbai airport stake: Adanis move Bombay High Court against GVK bid to stall its deal. September 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Adani Group has dragged the shareholders of the GVK Group-run Mumbai airport (MIAL) and the aviation ministry to the Bombay High Court, seeking a direction to them to allow buying out the minority stake held by South African firm Bidvest in the airport. The South African firm Bid Services Division Mauritius or Bidvest owns […] Read more » Adani group
Top Law News Two men get 25 years jail term for raping woman in Jharkhand. September 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Jharkhand court has sentenced two men to 25 years in prison for raping a 20-year-old woman in Simdega town in 2017. Additional district judge (I), Neeraj Kumar Srivastav, has found Vijay Kumar and Ajay Mishra guilty of the crime under sections of the Indian Penal Code and pronounced the quantum of the sentence against […] Read more » 25 years jail term for raping Jharkhand court
Top Law News Tripura Tourism department to construct replicas of 51 Shaktipeeths September 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment To boost tourism in Tripura, the state government has decided to construct 51 temples, which would be replicas of the 51 Shaktipeeths and has also started a helicopter service to Devatamura and Unnakoti hills, famous for huge-rock cut sculptures, an official said on Sunday. The state government has already allocated 14.22 acres of land for […] Read more » replicas of 51 Shaktipeeths
Top Law News Eminent jurist and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani passed away. September 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eminent jurist and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani passed away on Sunday at the age of 95, his family members said. Jethmalani breathed his last at 7.45 am at his official residence in New Delhi, his son Mahesh Jethmalani told PTI. Mahesh and other close acquaintances said Ram Jethmalani was not keeping well for a […] Read more » Eminent jurist Eminent jurist and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani passed away former Union minister Ram Jethmalani Ram Jethmalani passed away
Top Law News PM Modi gives tight hug to emotional ISRO chief K Sivan. September 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After a pep talk to scientists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gave a long and tight hug to an emotional ISRO chief K Sivan, who was in tears, unable to come to terms over lander Vikram’s unsuccessful bid to soft land on the moon. The video of Modi hugging Sivan has gone viral on […] Read more » ISRO chief K Sivan
Top Law News Plea seeking live telecast or recording of Ayodhya case be listed before CJI: SC September 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday said a plea seeking live telecast or recording of the hearing in the Ayodhya land dispute case be listed before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. A five-judge constitution bench headed by the CJI is hearing the Ayodhya land dispute case. The plea, filed by former […] Read more » Ayodhya land dispute case CJI recording of Ayodhya case recording of Ayodhya case be listed before CJI:
Top Law News Chronology of events in INX media corruption and money laundering case. September 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The following is the chronology of events in the INX Media corruption and money laundering cases in which a CBI court on Thursday sent former Union finance minister P Chidambaram to two-week judicial custody. – May 15, 2017: CBI registers FIR in INX media case alleging irregularities in FIPB clearance to the group for receiving […] Read more » INX media corruption and money laundering case.
Top Law News Delhi Court adjourns Aircel-Maxis case against P Chidambaram sine die September 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Friday adjourned Aircel-Maxis case, involving former Union Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti, sine die, noting that the CBI and the ED were seeking repeated adjournments. Special Judge O P Saini adjourned the matter without giving any date for further hearing, saying that the prosecution may approach the court as […] Read more » Aircel-Maxis case Aircel-Maxis case against P Chidambaram P Chidambaram special Judge O.P. Saini
Top Law News SC seeks Centre’s response on pleas challenging validity of amendments to UAPA September 7, 2019 / September 7, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the amendments made in the UAPA. The petitions challenges the changes to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on various grounds, including that these infringed upon fundamental rights of citizens and empowered agencies to declare a person a […] Read more »
