Top Law News Coalgate case: Why was court kept in the dark: SC April 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a big embarrassment to the government in the Coalgate case , the Supreme Court today termed as “very disturbing” the CBI affidavit on sharing its report with the Law Minister and others and slammed the agency for having kept the court in the dark on the issue. Hearing the coal blocks allocation scam case in a […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Haren Raval coal blocks allocation scam case Coal Ministry Coalgate case law minister Law Minister Ashwani Kumar Ministry of Coal Prime Minister's Office Supreme Court UPA-I tenure
Top Law News Ishrat case: Guj court reserves order on cop’s arrest warrant April 30, 2013 / April 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An order has been reserved by a special CBI court on a revision application seeking the issuance of arrest warrant against IPS officer P P Pande, who is an accused in the 2004 alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan and three others. Special CBI Judge Gita Gopi today concluded the hearing and told that she […] Read more » additional chief judicial magistrate Amjadali Akbarali Rana CBI court encounter case of Ishrat Jahan Ishrat case Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai Joint Police Commissioner in Ahmedabad section 73 of the CrPC special CBI court Special CBI Judge Gita Gopi Zeeshan Johar
Top Law News HC disbelieves rape victim’s version, acquits convict April 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Disbelieving the version of a rape victim on the basis of her conduct, the Bombay High Court has acquitted a 56-year-old man by setting aside the verdict of a lower court which had sent him to jail two years ago. In this case, the rape victim had alleged that she was confined to a cattle-shed […] Read more » acquits convict Bombay High Court Judge M L Tahilyani rape victim rape victim's version testimony of the prosecutrix
Top Law News Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar files writ in HC April 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A writ petition in Patna High Court has been filed by the Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar seeking the closure of a road constructed on her land at Chandwa village in Bihar’s Bhojpur district without consent here in Patna on Monday Hearing the petition, a single bench of Justice Jaynandan Singh directed Principal Secretaries of Panchayati […] Read more » Babu Jagjivan Ram Bihar’s Bhojpur district Chandwa village closure of road constructed on her land filed writ petition former Deputy Prime Minister Lok Sabha Speaker Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Meira Kumar Patna High Court Principal Secretaries of Panchayati Raj Rural Works Departments writ petition in Patna High Court
Top Law News SC agrees to examine validity of IT Rules April 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “To examine the validity of Information Technology Rules“, the Supreme court has got agree to making it mandatory here in New Dlehi for a website owner to screen content and exercise online censorship of the contents posted on the portal. A bench of justices T S Thakur and S J Mukhopadhaya issued the notice to the Centre […] Read more » criminal action Information Technology News Information Technology Rules IT Rules Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Justice T.S. Thakur Mouthshut.com(India) Pvt Supreme Court unlawful content validity of IT Rules
Top Law News SC refuses to issue contempt notice on delay in FIR April 30, 2013 / April 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Initiate contempt action has been declined by the Supreme court which was against Delhi Police for alleged delay in lodging FIR for missing child in the case of rape of a five-year-old girl but took serious exception that money was offered to the family members to keep quiet. The court was not impressed with the submission […] Read more » Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Contempt notice FIR for missing child Initiate contempt action justice Sharad Arvind Bobde Justice Vikramajit Sen Supreme Court
Top Law News Guj HC issues notice to govt on pollution in rivers April 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Notice has been issued to the state government and Gujarat Pollution Control Board by the Gujarat High Court on a PIL seeking immediate action to clean up four of the state rivers which it claims are polluted with sewage water and other bio-hazards. A division bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B […] Read more » Aji (Rajkot) Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya Gujarat High Court Gujarat Pollution Control Board Justice J.B. Pardiwala Notice to Gujarat government Sabarmati in Ahmedabad Tapi (Surat) Vishwamitri (Vadodara)
Top Law News Anti-Sikh riots case: HC verdict on Sajjan’s plea tomorrow April 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On a plea of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar against a trial court order framing charges against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case related to the killings of six persons the Delhi High court will pronounce its verdict. Justice Suresh Kait, who had reserved the order in December last year, will pronounce the verdict at 10.30 […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots case Brahmanand Gupta charges of criminal conspiracy criminal conspiracy Delhi High Court Justice GT Nanavati Commission plea of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Sajjan Kumar Sikh riots Ved Prakash Pial alias Vedu Pradhan
Top Law News Testimony of injured victim should be believed: HC April 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The testimony of a victim, who has been injured during commission of an offence, is accorded special status and “must be given due weight age” as it proves his presence at the crime scene, the Delhi High Court has said. “The testimony of a stamped witness has its own relevance and efficacy. The fact that […] Read more » Delhi High Court Okhla Industrial Area testimony of a victim Testimony of injured victim
Top Law News HC upholds 3 yr jail for illegal confinement April 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A case upheld in Court here in Delhi, a three-year jail term awarded to two men by a trial court for abducting a woman to compel her for marriage and illegally confining her in a car for several hours, while acquitting one of them of rape charge. The court said that victim’s evidence showed “several lacunae” […] Read more » case in Delhi High court Girish illegal confinement jail for illegal confinement Pooran Chand rape charge section 342 of IPC Sections 366 of IPC
Top Law News AICTE’s role only advisory, not to issue sanctions: SC April 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The role of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is only “advisory” and it has no authority to issue any sanction on universities, the Supreme Court has said while clarifying that colleges affiliated to varsities are not required to take its approval for running MBA and MCA courses. The apex court said as per […] Read more » AICTE AICTE Act All India Council for Technical Education MBA and MCA courses Supreme Court University Grants Commission University Grants Commission Act 1956
Top Law News Conclude inquiry against cops at the earliest: Court April 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DCP (Special cell) of Delhi Police has been directed by the court to conclude at the earliest an inquiry into allegations levelled against his subordinates by an undertrial in a fake passport and visa racket case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Prakash passed the order after DCP Sanjeev Yadav sought more time to inquire into allegations levelled […] Read more » Additional DCP of Special Cell DCP (Special cell) Delhi High Court fake passport immigration racket inquiry against cops international racket of human trafficking Joint Commissioner of Police Special Cell Special Cell of Delhi Police visa racket case visas in Delhi visas in Haryana visas in Punjab