Top Law News Calcutta HC acquits second lifer in weeks December 25, 2013 / December 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the second such case this month, the Calcutta High Court Tuesday acquitted a lifer jailed in a murder case. A division bench of the court set free Jagat Sarkar, a labourer, for want of evidence. Justice Aniruddha Basu and Justice Shibshankar Sadhu ruled that there was no evidence to back up the charges for […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Jagat Sarkar Justice Aniruddha Basu Justice Shibshankar Sadhu news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News US court dismisses Sikh group’s case against Badal December 24, 2013 / December 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A US Court of Appeals has dismissed a human rights violation case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the ground that a Sikh rights group failed to serve federal court summons on him. Dismissing the case on Tuesday, Judge Richard Posner of the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, however, gave […] Read more » Chicago Court of Appeals news Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal SFJ attorney Gurpatwant Singh Pannun Shiromani Akali Dal todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Aurangabad arms case accused gets bail after 8 years December 24, 2013 / December 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai special court yesterday granted bail to an accused in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case, eight years after he was first arrested, a lawyer said here yesterday. This was only the second bail application approved so far. Riyaz Ahmed M. Ramzan, charged with helping a co-accused park a vehicle laden with arms and […] Read more » Aurangabad arms case accused gets bail Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCA MCOCA special court judge G.T. Qadri news NGO Jamiat-Ulama-e-Maharashtra Riyaz Ahmed M. Ramzan todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Ganguly writes to CJI over sexual harassment issue December 24, 2013 / December 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Denying allegations of sexual harassment, retired Supreme Court judge A.K. Ganguly Monday wrote to Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam raising several questions about the apex court panel’s report which indicted him of “unwelcome behaviour”. “After deep consideration of all that is going on in the media with reference to some allegations of an intern […] Read more » Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam Ganguly writes to CJI over sexual harassment issue news President Pranab Mukherjee Supreme Court judge A.K. Ganguly todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Law school trashes apex court ruling on 377 December 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment By its ruling on gay sex, the Supreme Court has refused to engage with Babasaheb Ambedkars notion of constitutional morality that restrains the majority from imposing its notions of morality on the minority, the countrys premier law school here has noted. Expressing deep disappointment at the ruling, the Student Bar Association of the National Law […] Read more » Law school trashes apex court ruling on 377 LGBTQ community National Law School of India news NLSIU Bar Association Student Bar Association of the National Law School of India todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Despite 1,000 fast track courts, 32 millions cases still pending December 24, 2013 / December 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s over 1,000 fast track courts, set up for moving the wheels of justice faster, have decided more than 3.2 million cases in the past 11 years, but a whopping 32 million cases are still pending, according to available official data. Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal said in the Lok Sabha that a total […] Read more » Delhi High Court judge Justice S.N. Dhingra fast-track courts FTCs Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal news Senior advocate Sushil Kumar todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Tarun Tejpal’s remand extended till Jan 4 December 24, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court on Monday extended the judicial custody of Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal for 12 days even as his lawyer moved a bail petition. Judicial magistrate first class Sarika Faldesai extended the judicial custody of Tejpal, after his initial 12-day custody expired on Monday. Tejpal, who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman […] Read more » Judicial magistrate Sarika Faldesai news Tarun Tejpal Tarun Tejpal's remand extended till Jan 4 todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Sanjay Dutt out on parole, second time in three months December 23, 2013 / December 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Right on cue, as soon as the winter session came to an end, convicted Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was finally released from Yerawada central jail on parole for 30 days on Saturday morning. The 54-year-old had applied for a month’s parole saying he wanted to take care of his sick wife Maanyata who has complained […] Read more » Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt news Sanjay Dutt Sanjay Dutt out on parole todays news todays top news Top news Yerawada central jail
Top Law News Ponty Chadha case: Order on framing of charges Jan 13 December 23, 2013 / December 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A trial court on Saturday fixed January 13 for pronouncing its order on framing of charges against former Uttarakhand minorities commission chairman S S Namdhari and 21 others in the Ponty Chadha shootout case. The court which was supposed to deliver the order on Saturday adjourned the hearing for January 13 saying an important CD […] Read more » news Ponty Chadha shootout case PSO Sachin Tyagi todays news todays top news Top news Uttarakhand minorities commission chairman S S Namdhari
Top Law News Subramanian Swamy lends support to A.K. Ganguly December 23, 2013 / December 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment While the BJP has been clamouring for the removal of A.K. Ganguly as the chief of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC), party leader Subramanian Swamy Saturday questioned the court panel that indicted the former judge of “unwelcome behaviour” against an intern. “Taking cognizance of media reports, the panel was set up and a […] Read more » A.K. Ganguly news todays news todays top news Top news Trinamool Congress parliamentarian Saugata Roy WBHRC West Bengal Human Rights Commission
Top Law News Farmers’ protest throws Noida traffic out of gear December 23, 2013 / December 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Farmers of Greater Noida staged a sit-in at the Noida Gate at Sector 14 Saturday, causing a huge pile up of traffic at the DND (Delhi-Noida Direct) flyway and Noida-Greater Noida Expressway in Uttar Pradesh. The farmers, under the banner of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), protested against the Samajwadi Party government in the state for […] Read more » Farmers` protest news Noida traffic Samajwadi Party todays news todays top news Top news Uttar Pradesh Yamuna Expressway
Top Law News Don’t make gender biased remarks, HC tells trial courts December 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judges should not make “gender biased” and insensitive comments in their verdicts while dealing with matters related to women, the Delhi High Court said while expunging two of such remarks made by a fast track court here in a rape case. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice VK Rao, taking suo moto […] Read more » Delhi courts Delhi High Court Gender biased commnets New Delhi news rape todays news todays top news Top news Trial courts
