Top Law News Delhi High Court grants police protection to J-K rape victim and her husband January 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An alleged rape victim and her husband, who have temporarily shifted here from Jammu and Kashmir apprehending threat to their lives, have been given protection by the Delhi High Court. The high court was informed by the couple that personal circumstances forced them to leave their native place and made serious allegations against some police […] Read more » Delhi High Court
Top Law News Life sentence to SP-rank officer in kidnapping and extortion case January 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Maharashtra court has sentenced a superintendent of police (SP)-rank officer and another person to life imprisonment in a 2009 kidnapping and extortion case. Jalgaon sessions judge P Y Ladekar convicted Manoj Lohar, who is presently posted at the Home Guard Department in Mumbai in a senior administrative position, and his relative Dheeraj Yevle on […] Read more » extortion case Jalgaon sessions judge P Y Ladekar kidnapping case Life sentence to SP-rank officer Manoj Lohar Vishwasrao Nimbalkar
Top Law News Film on 1962 Sino-Indian war hero released after HC’s nod January 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A film based on the life of a 1962 Sino-Indian war hero was released on Friday after the Delhi High Court gave its green light to it by saying the man’s family members could not claim breach of their privacy as they had consented to the making of the film in 2015. Justice Vibhu Bakhru […] Read more » 1962 Sino-Indian war Sandhya Entertainment
Top Law News JNU sedition case: Court questions Delhi Police for filing chargesheet without procuring requisite sanctions January 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here questioned the Delhi police on Saturday for filing a chargesheet against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a 2016 sedition case without procuring requisite sanctions. Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat granted police time till February 6 to procure requisite sanctions after they told the court they will […] Read more » Anirban Bhattacharya Aparajitha Raja Ashutosh Banojyotsana JNU sedition case Kanhaiya Kumar Rama Naga Shehla Rashid Umar Khalid
Top Law News Delhi court extends interim protection from arrest to Robert Vadra’s aide till Feb 6 January 21, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Saturday extended till February 6 the interim protection from arrest granted to Manoj Arora, a close aide of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, in a money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) told Special Judge Arvind Kumar that Arora was cooperating in the probe. “He joined the probe yesterday. […] Read more » Manoj Arora Manoj Arora in money laundering case money laundering case Robert Vadra Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Special Judge Arvind Kumar UPA chairperson
Top Law News Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Sanjiv Khanna sworn-in as SC judges January 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna were sworn-in as Supreme Court judges on Friday. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi administered the oath of office to justices Maheshwari and Khanna during the swearing-in ceremony held in court number 1 of the apex court. The sanctioned strength of judges in the Supreme Court is 31. […] Read more » comprising CJI Gogoi Justice A.K. Sikri Justice Arun Mishra Justice N.V. Ramana Justice S.A. Bobde Justice Sanjiv Khanna Justices Dinesh Maheshwari Sanjiv Khanna Supreme Court collegium supreme court judges
Top Law News Court sentences two men to 20 years in jail for raping minor girl January 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has sentenced two men to 20 years of imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2016. Awarding the jail term to Dhulia Manual and Bikas Majhi on Thursday, Additional District Judge Ajanta Sarangi also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the convicts for raping the 14-year-old girl at Chakarada village. […] Read more » 20 years in jail raping minor girl
Top Law News NGT slams Volkswagen for not depositing Rs 100 crore as per its 2018 order January 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Thursday slammed German auto major Volkswagen for not depositing Rs 100 crore in accordance with its November 16, 2018 order and directed it to submit the amount within 24 hours. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel took strong exception to the non-compliance of its order by the […] Read more » Justice Adarsh Goel Justice S P Wangdi NGT NGT chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel Volkswagen
Top Law News SC sets aside certain provisions of 2016 Maha law imposing restrictions on dance bars January 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside certain provisions of a law imposing restrictions on the licensing and functioning of dance bars in Maharashtra. A bench headed by Justice A K Sikri quashed certain provisions of the Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in Hotels, Restaurants and Bar Rooms and Protection of Dignity of Women (Working […] Read more » 2016 Maha law imposing restrictions on dance bars dance bars Maha law imposing restrictions on dance bars restrictions on dance bars
Top Law News SC dismisses pleas of 5 states seeking modification of its order on selection and appointment of DGPs January 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed the pleas of five states seeking modification of its order issued last year on selection and appointment of director generals of police (DGPs). The apex court was hearing applications of various state governments, including Punjab, Kerala, West Bengal, Haryana and Bihar, seeking implementation of their local laws regarding selection and […] Read more » appointment of DGPs Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi selection and appointment of DGPs selection of DGPs
Top Law News SC to hear next week plea challenging appointment of Nageswara Rao as interim CBI chief January 17, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear next week a plea by an NGO challenging the January 10 order of the government appointing IPS officer M Nageswara Rao as interim director of the CBI. The matter was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for […] Read more » charges of corruption and dereliction of duty charges of corruption and dereliction of duty on Alok Verma interim CBI chief Nageswara Rao Nageswara Rao as CBI chief Nageswara Rao as interim CBI chief
Top Law News Wonder whether even MLA has no trust in system: NGT January 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal expressed surprise over an MLA approaching it on an environmental issue instead of heading to the authority concerned, saying it wondered “whether even an MLA has no trust and faith in the statutory authorities and is ‘helpless’ in making such authorities do their duty”. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice […] Read more » Adarsh Nagar MLA Pawan Kumar Sharma MLA MLA has no trust in system NGT NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel
