Top Law News IPL spot-fixing: Sreesanth seeks copy of FIR May 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India fast bowler S Sreesanth, arrested and being quizzed for alleged spot fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Friday moved a Delhi court seeking a copy of the FIR registered against him. The application, filed before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Lokesh Kumar Sharma, asked for a copy of the FIR for preparing his defence. […] Read more » IPL Spot-fixing Sreesanth seeks copy of FIR
Top Law News Man gets eight years jail for repeatedly raping daughter May 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Friday sentenced a man to jail for eight years for repeatedly raping his 17-year-old daughter and threatening her not to disclose the incident to anyone. Pronouncing the sentence, Additional Sessions Judge TR Naval said the one who was supposed to protect his daughter, had repeatedly committed the crime when her mother, […] Read more » eight years jail for raping daughter eight years jail for repeatedly raping daughter jail for repeatedly raping daughter
Top Law News Resist political pressure or pay for it, SC tells co-op registrars May 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Resist political pressure or pay for it, SC tells co-op registrars The Supreme Court Thursday said that the registrar or the joint registrar of co-operative societies should resist political pressures and if they choose to succumb to it then they would be personally liable to bear the cost of litigation that would arise out of their decisions inspired by extraneous considerations. “Registrar/joint registrar shall not act […] Read more » Registrar/joint registrar shall not act under political pressure Resist political pressure
Top Law News Haryana to close 1,372 schools for RTE violations May 17, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Haryana government is likely to order the closure of 1,372 schools in the state for violating the provisions the Right to Education (RTE) act, an official said Thursday. “The department of school education has a plan to close all the identified 1,372 schools that are being run contrary to the provisions of Section 18 […] Read more » 1372 schools cloed for RTE violation Right of children to Free and Compulsory Education Act RTE violations
Information Technology News Media & Entertainment News Top Law News Prior approval must to arrest under Section 66A: SC May 17, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said no person would be arrested under Section 66A of the IT Act for posting objectionable comments on social networking websites without prior approval from an officer not below the rank of inspector general of police. A vacation bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Dipak Misra passed the order after […] Read more » arrest under Section 66A posting objectionable comments on social networking Section 66A of the Information Technology Act
Top Law News Mumbai blasts: SC declines more time to Sanjay Dutt to surrender May 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment To grant further time to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt to surrender to serve out 42 months imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case has declined by the Supreme Court. A vacation bench comprising Justices B S Chauhan and Dipak Misra dismissed the petition filed by two producers seeking extension of time for surrender of […] Read more » 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case Arms Act bail to Sanjay Dutt Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt Mumbai blasts
Top Law News HC upholds state’s power to supervise trade in molasses May 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A batch of petitions which challenged constitutional validity of the Bombay Prohibition Act empowering the Government to supervise the manufacture, purchase or sale of intoxicants or molasses or such articles enumerated in the provisions has rejected by the Bombay High Court. The petitions challenged the powers of State under the Act to ask government employees […] Read more » Bombay High Court Bombay Prohibition Act purchase or sale of intoxicants trade in molasses Under Section 58A of the Bombay Prohibition Act
Top Law News HC grants bail to driver in son’s elopement case May 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The bail to a driver has granted by the Bombay High court with the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation Limited (MSRTC), who was arrested for allegedly facilitating his son’s elopement with a minor girl in Solapur. Sunil Khamitkar was arrested in March this year by the police in Solapur for allegedly facilitating his son’s elopement with a […] Read more » Bombay High Court elopement case Justice S.C. Dharmadhikari Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation Limited Sunil Khamitkar
Top Law News Externment quashed as principles not followed May 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court after Observing that principles of natural justice were not followed has quashed and set aside orders of police and home department externing a resident from the limits of Thane city for allegedly creating terror in the locality he resided. Justices Mridula Bhatkar and PV Hardas observed in a recent order that in both […] Read more » Akash Suresh Chavan Bombay High Court Bombay Police Act Deputy Commissioner of Police justice Mridula Bhatkar justice PV Hardas limits of Thane city Maharashtra government natural justice Principal Home Secretary section 59(1) of Bombay Police Act Thane district Thane police
Top Law News CBI court slams Talwar couple for ‘delaying tactics’ May 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special CBI court rejected their plea for a week’s time to move to Allahabad High Court on summoning additional wetnesses and gave them two days to testify before it after slamming the “delaying tactics” adopted by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar. CBI judge Shyam Lal told that it cannot be a “silent spectator by leaving […] Read more » Allahabad High Court CBI court delaying tactics National Capital Region Nupur Talwar Rajesh Talwar Shyam Lal Talwar couple
Top Law News BARC told to test researcher for radiation exposure May 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Haryana university researcher’s plea has accepted by the Delhi High Court accusing his colleagues of making him drink tea laced with a radioactive element and directed Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to conduct a test to ascertain any exposure to radiation. Allowing Devi Deen Pandey’s plea, Justice Rajiv Shakdher in a recent order directed BARC to conduct […] Read more » AIIMS BARC beta rays Bhaba Atomic Research Centre contamination of Strontium Delhi High Court Devi Deen Pandey's plea Haryana university researche Justice Rajiv Shakdher radioactive element
Top Law News PP, IO can interview witnesses before hand in CWG cases: HC May 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: Modifying a trial court order, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said the Investigating officer and the Public Prosecutor can interview the prosecution witnesses “before hand” in the Commonwealth Games-related graft case involving sacked Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi. Justice Kailash Gambhir said, “The order is modified to the extent that the duo […] Read more » CBI Special Public Prosecutor Dayan Krishnan Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi Commonwealth Games CWG cases Delhi High Court Gem International graft case investigating officer Joint Director General Scoring and Result System the Public Prosecutor