Top Law News Kanda moves Delhi High Court for anticipatory bail August 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Absconding former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, wanted in connection with the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, Monday moved the Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail. The matter will come up for hearing Tuesday. On Aug 9, Kanda’s anticipatory bail plea was dismissed by a sessions court that said allegations against him were […] Read more » anticipatory bail criminal intimidation Delhi High Court Delhi High Court for anticipatory bail Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail Geetika hanged Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda Kanda moves Delhi High Court for anticipatory bail Kanda's anticipatory bail plea MDLR Airlines
Top Law News Anti-nuclear activists to continue protests at Kudankulam August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Anti-nuclear activists have claimed that the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board’s (AERB) clearance to load enriched uranium fuel in the first 1,000 MW reactor at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is a violation of the atomic regulator’s commitment to the court. Referring to the batch of petitions filed in the Madras High Court against the […] Read more » Anti-nuclear activists Anti-nuclear activists to continue protests at Kudankulam challenging the legality Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa deadly and shameful legacy enriched uranium fuel Indian nuclear establishment Kudankulam Madras High Court MW reactor Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd PMANE violation of the atomic regulator's commitment
Top Law News Geetika suicide: Chaddha to be questioned for another day August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Saturday extended by a day the police custody of the now-defunct MDLR Airlines’ official Aruna Chaddha in a case related to the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma here Aug 5. Duty Magistrate Manish Khurana extended the time for custodial interrogation of Chaddha till Sunday after police said her custody was […] Read more » anticipatory bail Aruna Chaddha Charges of criminal intimidation Counsel B.S. Rana appeared for Chaddha custodial interrogation Geetika left a suicide note blaming Chaddha Geetika Sharma Geetika suicide Geetika suicide: Chaddha to be questioned for another day Geetika worked as a flight attendant Geetika's brother Haryana's former minister Gopal Goyal Kanda MDLR Airlines north Delhi's Ashok Vihar police custody police plea
Top Law News Lawyer murder: Watchman sent to police custody August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai magistrate court on Saturday remanded Sajjad Ahmed Mughal, the watchman accused in the murder of 25-year-old woman lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha to police custody till Aug 17. Mughal allegedly killed Purkayastha early Thursday by slitting her throat in an apartment because she had rebuked him. Mughal was presented before a magistrate court around noon, […] Read more » Atanu Puryakastha Lawyer murder: Watchman sent to police custody lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha to police custody magistrate court Mughal Mumbai magistrate court Mumbai Police revenge for his humiliation Sajjad Ahmed Mughal Security Agencies Regulation Act watchman accused in the murder Watchman sent to police custody
Top Law News Ansari sworn in as 14th Vice-President August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hamid Ansari was sworn-in as the Vice-President of the country for the second consecutive term by President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Saturday. Mr Ansari, 75, was administered the oath by the President at a grand ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. He had defeated NDA candidate Jaswant Singh with a comfortable margin earlier this […] Read more » Ansari sworn Ansari sworn in as 14th Vice-President comfortable margin Hamid Ansari Hamid Ansari was sworn National Conference Nationalist Congress Party NDA candidate President Pranab Mukherjee Rashtrapati Bhawan Vice-President
Top Law News Kashmir Sikhs allege discrimination August 11, 2012 / August 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sikhs in the Kashmir valley Saturday alleged that they are being neglected by both the central and the state governments. Jagmohan Singh Raina, chairman of all parties Sikh coordination committee, Kashmir told media persons here: “In 1947, 35,000 Sikhs were killed because of the strife, and since then we continue to suffer in Kashmir. “The […] Read more » allege discrimination internal displacement certificate Jagmohan Singh Raina Kashmir Sikhs Kashmir Sikhs allege discrimination Kashmir valley loacl sikhs leader Sikh community Sikh coordination committee Sikh massacre Sikhs suffer in Kashmir
Top Law News Three sentenced to ten years RI August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has sentenced three persons, two of them Delhi residents, to rigorous imprisonment for ten years in a case of armed robbery and violent attack on police personnel here in September 2011. Additional District and Sessions Judge Krishan Kumar sentenced Sandeeep and Randhir, both residents of Delhi, and Sandeep of Jhajjar district, to […] Read more » court here has sentenced three persons Delhi residents Krishan Kumar NH 8 police party at Dharuhera rigorous imprisonment for ten years each ten years in a case of armed robbery Three sentenced to ten years RI trio stole at gunpoint verdict pronounced violent attack on police personne
Top Law News PM to grace 150th anniversary fete of Bombay HC August 11, 2012 / August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh would be the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year-long sesquicentennial celebrations of the Bombay High Court at National Centre for Preforming Arts (NCPA) here on August 18. The other dignitaries who would grace the occasion include Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Union Law […] Read more » 150 years of establishment 150th anniversary fete of Bombay HC August 18 Central Hall in the High Court Dr Manmohan Singh inaugurated Milind Deora National Centre for Preforming Arts PM to grace 150th anniversary fete of Bombay HC Prithviraj Chavan in the Central Court Hall
Top Law News Man gets 7-yr jail term for raping estranged wife August 11, 2012 / August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court here awarded seven years of rigorous imprisonment to a man for raping his estranged wife. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 7,000 on him. The sentence was awarded yesterday by Additional District and Session Judge Sunita Bali to Naval Singh, prosecution said today. The court also awarded five years of […] Read more » 7-yr jail term for raping Additional District court awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment estranged wife Khaknar police station Khandwa district kidnapped the woman Man gets 7-yr jail term for raping estranged wife Nandrakhurd Naval had divorced her raping his estranged wife victim raping
Top Law News Jundal tells court he wants to confess role in 26/11 attacks August 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Abu Jundal, one of the handlers of the 26/11 terrorists, today expressed his desire before a metropolitan court to confess his complicity in the brazen attacks, a day after he was confronted with Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving assassin in the case. Thirty-year-old Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal made a verbal plea before Additional […] Read more » 26/11 case 26/11 terrorist attack Abu Jundal Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ajmal Kasab confess role in 26/11 attacks Crime Branch Esplanade court amid tight security Jundal handlers of the 26/11 terrorists Jundal tells court he wants to confess role in 26/11 attacks lone surviving assassin sources in the Crime Branch
Top Law News Legal aid is a right of an accused, rules apex court August 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that an accused getting free legal aid was a matter of right and no distinction could be made in upholding this right irrespective of whether the legal aid sought was for the trial or an appeal against an adverse verdict. “We are of the opinion that neither the Constitution nor […] Read more » Bill of Rights Act economic offences fundamental right incommunicado situation indigence law prohibiting prostitution lawyer on account of poverty Legal aid Legal aid is a right Legal aid is a right of an accused legal aid sought Legal Services Authorities Act legal services provided the concerned authority providing free legal aid to an accused rules apex court
Top Law News Police told to file report in Nirmal Baba case August 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has sought an action taken report from Delhi Police on a citizen’s complaint against self-styled godman Nirmal Baba for cheating and breach of trust. Metropolitan Magistrate Neeraj Gaur asked police to file the action-taken-report (ATR) on the complaint of advocate Prem Shankar Sharma, who sought to register a case against Nirmal Baba. […] Read more » case against Nirmal Baba cheating and breach of trust Delhi Police on a citizen's complaint FIR against Nirmal Baba Metropolitan Magistrate Neeraj Gaur Nirmal Baba Nirmal Baba case Nirmal Baba for his alleged offences Police told to file report in Nirmal Baba case self-styled godman Nirmal Baba SHO of concerned police station Third Eye of Nirmal Baba