Top Law News Calcutta High Court grants interim protection to MP Soumitra Khan who has joined BJP February 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court on Monday gave MP Soumitra Khan, who had recently joined the BJP after quitting Trinamool Congress, interim protection from arrest for four weeks in connection with cases of allegedly taking money on the promise of giving jobs. Hearing an application by the Bishnupur MP for anticipatory bail in connection with the […] Read more » Calcutta High Court MP Soumitra Khan
Top Law News Delhi court holds man guilty of raping US citizen February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been held guilty of digital rape of a US citizen by a Delhi court, which said her testimony could not be said to be unreliable as she came all the way from her country to depose in the case. When someone rapes a person using their finger or fingers it is termed […] Read more » raping US citizen
Top Law News Life sentence to man for killing accomplice during robbery bid February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court in Maharashtra has awarded life imprisonment to a 36-year-old man for killing his accomplice during a robbery bid in year 2013. District Judge P P Jadhav, in his order issued earlier this month, also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on the accused, Sanjay Patil, a resident of Borivali in neighbouring Mumbai. […] Read more » killing accomplice killing accomplice during robbery bid robbery bid
Top Law News Court orders CBI to conduct probe against Bihar CM in shelter home case February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has directed the CBI to conduct an inquiry against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and two senior bureaucrats in connection with the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal. The special POCSO court here passed the order on Friday on an application filed by an accused, Ashwani, a self-styled medical practitioner who allegedly used […] Read more » Bihar shelter home case CBI to conduct an inquiry against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal. Nitish Kumar POSCO shelter home case
Top Law News Man and family members get life term for wife’s death over dowry demands in Odisha February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court here has sentenced a man and three members of his family to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife over dowry within five months of the wedding in 2014. Additional District Judge Prasanta Kumar Nayak awarded life sentence to Akhaya Kumar Pal, his father Laxmidhar Pal, mother Subhadra Pal and sister […] Read more » dowry death in odisha life term for wife's death over dowry
Top Law News Delhi High Court grants interim protection from arrest to activist in FIR filed in J&K February 18, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has granted interim protection from arrest to activist-journalist Sushil Pandit, who has been booked for allegedly tweeting fake news related to the “death” of five CRPF personnel in a militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore area in May last year. The court noted that he has already approached the Jammu […] Read more » interim protection from arrest to activis
Top Law News Process to appoint CIC should be same as chief election commissioner: Supreme Court February 15, 2019 / February 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday passed a slew of directions on filling up vacancies in the Central Information Commission (CIC) and state information commissions (SICs) and said the process of appointments must start one to two months before a post falls vacant. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and S A Nazeer said the […] Read more » CIC Justice A.K. Sikri Justice S A Nazeer
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear Zakia Jafri’s plea against clean chit to PM Narendra Modi in Gujarat riots in July February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said it will hear in July a plea of Zakia Jafri, challenging the SIT’s clean chit to the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 Godhra riots. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar listed the matter for hearing in the month of July. Zakia, the […] Read more » Ahmedabad's Gulberg society Gujarat riots Justice A M Khanwilkar PM Narendra Modi Supreme Court Zakia Jafri Zakia Jafri's plea against clean chit to PM Narendra Modi
Top Law News Supreme Court allowed NGO Naz Foundation Trust to withdraw curative plea against verdict recriminalising consensual gay sex February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday allowed NGO Naz Foundation Trust to withdraw its curative plea challenging the apex court’s 2013 verdict that had again criminalised gay sex between two consenting adults. A bench headed comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna considered the plea of the NGO that its curative plea has now become […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Sanjiv Khanna NGO Naz Foundation Trust recriminalising consensual gay sex Supreme Court
Top Law News Madras High Court says fishermen should get maximum subsidy for transponders February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court Monday passed an order stating that the Tamil Nadu government should give fishermen the maximum subsidy for transponders. A PIL was filed before a division bench comprising Justice S Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad by Fisherman Care, an NGO, seeking direction to the Centre to refer all cases of violation of […] Read more » Ahmedabad Earth Station hub Assistant Solicitor General G Karthikeyan Chennai Fishing Harbour fishermen should get maximum subsidy for transponders HC Justice S Manikumar Justice Subramonium Prasad Madras High Court maximum subsidy for transponders
Top Law News Repeat offender gets 10 years in jail for raping minor February 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A repeat offender was Monday sentenced to 10 years in jail by a POCSO court here for raping an eight-year-old girl in suburban Vakola area here in 2013. Aiyaz Ansari (38) was found guilty under section 376 (rape), 363 (kidnapping) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code as well as relevant provisions of […] Read more » additional public prosecutor Rakesh Tiwari POCSO court Protection of Children from Sexual Offences raping minor
Top Law News Judging is ‘under stress’ in digital era, says Justice A K Sikri February 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Judging is “under stress” in the digital era, a Supreme Court judge said Sunday, lamenting that even before a case is taken up by the court, people start discussing on social media what the outcome “should be” which has an influence on the judges. Talking on “Freedom of press in the digital age” at the […] Read more » Judging is "under stress" in the digital era Justice A.K. Sikri
