Top Law News Supreme Court Curious About Fate Of Persons Whose Name Appears In Electoral Roll But Not In Final NRC . March 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “The question that looms large and what the Court would like to be informed about is the precise relationship between the final N.R.C. which is due to be published on 31.7.2019 and the electoral rolls.” What would be fate of the persons whose names appear in the electoral roll but are not included in the […] Read more » cji ranjan gogoi Election Commission of India Fate Of Persons Whose Name Appears In Electoral Roll But Not In Final NRC Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Sanjeev Khanna Name Appears In Electoral Roll Name Appears Not In Final NRC nrc assam Supreme Court
Top Law News Over 10 Lakh Cases Settled In National Lok Adalat. March 14, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment About 10.19 lakh cases were settled in the first National Lok Adalat of 2019 held on March 9,2019 across the country under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority. The settled cases include 5.45 lakh pending and 4.73 prelitigation cases. In the year 2019, four National Lok Adalats will be held. Second National Lok Adalat […] Read more » National Lok Adalat
Top Law News Man gets 10 years in jail for sexually assaulting girl March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man was awarded 10 years imprisonment by a court here for sexually assaulting a girl three years ago, a police official said Tuesday. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Mithlesh Chaudhary who was convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said. “A case was registered […] Read more » sexually assaulting girl
Top Law News Failure To Pay Mobile Bills Is Not A Crime : Kerala High Court March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “I find that the transaction involved as between the parties is one arising out of a civil dispute. ” The Kerala High court recently quashed a criminal ‘cheating’ case against a man accused of not paying Mobile bills, observing that the transaction involved as between the mobile operator and the customer is one arising out […] Read more » crime not to pay mobile bill Failure To Pay Mobile Bills Justice TV Anilkumar mobile bill non payment of Mobile Bills Is Not A Crime
Top Law News Judges Can Take Immediate Action If Contempt Is In The Face Of Court without Issuing Notice: Supreme Court March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment To hold Advocate Mathews Nedumpara guilty of contempt, the Supreme Court followed the dictum that when contempt is in the face of court, summary procedure can be followed to inflict punishment “then and there”. “When contempt is committed in the face of the Court, judges’ hands are not tied behind their backs. The majesty of […] Read more »
Top Law News Only Officers With Minimum Service Of 6 Months Left Should Be Considered For DGP Appointment : Supreme Court March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Clarifying last year’s order on police reforms in the Prakash Singh Badal case, the Supreme Court today said that only officers who have a minimum of six months tenure left in service should be considered for the post of Director General of Police (DGP). A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the recommendation […] Read more » Considered For DGP Appointment DGP Appointment
Top Law News Plea in Supreme Court seeks ban on roadshows and bike rallies during polls March 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former DGP of Uttar Pradesh and an environmentalist have urged the Supreme Court to direct the Election Commission to ban roadshows and bike rallies during polls, saying they violate EC’s instructions and cause damage to the environment. The plea, filed by former director general of police Vikram Singh and environmentalist Shaivika Agrawal, was mentioned […] Read more » ban on roadshows and bike rallies bike rallies during polls Supreme Court seeks ban on roadshows
Top Law News NGT directs police to remove encroachments by scrap dealers in R K Puram March 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed the police to remove encroachments due to construction of shops and godowns of scrap dealers in R K Puram here, on a plea alleging that it caused pollution. A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore asked the Station House Officer of the area to take immediate action against […] Read more » encroachments National Green Tribunal NGT scrap dealers in R K Puram
Top Law News Samjhauta blast case: NIA court posts matter for Mar 14 March 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special NIA court Monday put off the pronouncement of verdict in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case and posted the matter for March 14 after a Pakistani woman filed a petition claiming she had some evidence relevant to the case. The petition was filed by an advocate on behalf of Rahila L Vakeel, National […] Read more » Samjhauta blast case
Top Law News Corruption spreading like cancer : Madras High Court March 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that corruption was spreading like “cancer”, the Madras High Court asked the Vigilance personnel in Tamil Nadu on Monday to conduct periodical raids in taluk offices, where it said bribe was demanded for issuing every document such as a legal heir certificate. Justice S M Subramaniam noted that the common man was absolutely frustrated […] Read more » Corruption spreading like cancer Madras High Court
Top Law News Reinstate lecturer sacked during maternity leave: Madhya Pradesh High Court March 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed a government college to reinstate a guest lecturer whose services it had terminated during her maternity leave. Setting aside the order of termination, Justice Sujoy Paul Friday asked the college to give her maternity benefits. Richa Tiwari, a guest faculty of computer science in the Government Naveen Mahavidyalay […] Read more » Justice Sujoy Paul lecturer sacked during maternity leave Madhya Pradesh High Court
Top Law News Man gets 7 years rigorous imprisonment for raping minor girl March 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has sentenced a man from Bhiwandi to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl in 2016. In a judgement passed recently, district judge H M Patwardhan held Ramesh Rajaram Catham under the Indian Penal Code section 376 (rape) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The […] Read more » judge H M Patwardhan POCSO Act Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act Ramesh Rajaram Catham
