Top Law News Death reduced to life imprisonment in Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case October 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday commuted the death penalty given to Santosh Kumar Singh and sentenced him to life imprisonment in the 1996 rape and murder of Delhi University student Priyadarshini Mattoo. His death sentence was set aside by an apex court bench headed by Justice H.S. Bedi. Mattoo, the third year student in the university’s […] Read more » Death reduced murder case Priyadarshini Mattoo
Top Law News Nirmohi Akhara ready for out-of-court settlement October 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Close on the heels of the initiative taken by 90-year-old Hashim Ansari for a negotiated settlement on the Ayodhya issue, the Nirmohi Akhara too has expressed its inclination to talk and resolve the dispute once and for all. “I welcome the initiative taken by Mahant Gyan Das and Hashim Ansari and will be only too […] Read more » Nirmohi Akhara out-of-court ready settlement
Top Law News Apex court clears way for verdict in builder’s murder case October 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday cleared the way for the pronouncement of a special TADA court’s verdict in the 1995 murder of real estate builder Pradeep Jain. Underworld don Abu Salem is the prime accused in the case. The judgment was given by Justice R.M. Lodha. The apex court had earlier asked the trial court to […] Read more » apex court builder case murder verdict
Top Law News Natwar Singh’s plea dismissed in oil-for-food scam October 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The petition filed by former Union Minister, Natwar Singh and his son regarding Iraq’s oil-for-food scam, has been rejected by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct 5. Buzz up!when Delhi High Court dismissed their plea, Singh again appealed before the Supreme Court by seeking documents of Volcker and R S Pathak Committees which had investigated […] Read more » dismissed Natwar Singh oil-for-food plea scam
Top Law News Court pulls up Delhi sub-divisional magistrate October 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) posted in south Delhi has been pulled up by the Delhi High Court for abusing his power and acting in a corrupt manner in a land dispute case. Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra while setting aside a December 2009 order passed by Vivek Tripathy, SDM, Vasant Vihar, said: “It is most unfortunate […] Read more » Court Delhi magistrate pulls sub-divisional
Top Law News Court seeks answers on permanent service for women army officers October 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday questioned the central government over the army’s branches, other than those dealing with education and legal matters, in which women officers could be give permanent commission. An apex court bench of Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra questioned the government after it was told that there were several other […] Read more » army officers permanent service women
Top Law News Malegaon blast: Apex court denies bail to armyman October 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to grant bail to the 2008 Malegaon bombings accused P.S. Purohit, a lieutenant colonel of the Indian Army. An apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice T.S. Thakur observed that the offence was too serious. At least seven people were killed and more than 100 injured in the […] Read more » apex court armyman bail denies Malegaon blast
Top Law News Shiv Sena praises Judge Khan, Ayodhya petitioner Ansari October 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Calling him a patriot, the Shiv Sena Monday heaped praises on Justice S.U. Khan of the Allahabad High Court, which last week ruled that the Babri Mosque was built at the birthplace of Lord Ram in Ayodhya. In an editorial, the Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece Saamna sympathised with Justice Khan’s predicament while penning the judgment, and […] Read more » Ansari Ayodhya Judge Khan Petitioner praises Shiv Sena
Top Law News Why didn’t Tulsidas mention Ram temple demolition? October 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Why didn’t Tulsidas mention Ram temple demolition? Was legendary poet Tulsidas, who wrote ‘Ram Charit Manas’ in the 16th century, so scared of Mughal emperor Akbar that he did not mention the demolition of a Ram temple in Ayodhya and the construction of the Babri mosque thereupon in his work? ‘If a temple standing on the premises in dispute had been demolished […] Read more » demolition Ram temple Tulsidas
Top Law News Shia youth group offers donation to build Ram temple October 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Shia youth group offers donation to build Ram temple Announcing a donation of Rs.15 lakh for starting the construction of the much-debated temple at Ayodhya, a Shia youth organisation here says it opposes with any move to appeal against the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ayodhya dispute. “We will make a formal request to the Sunni Central Waqf Verdict out, but Ayodhya isn’t […] Read more » build donation group offers Ram temple Shia youth
Top Law News Devotees back in Ram Lalla temple after verdict October 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With security worries over, the makeshift Ram Lalla temple here in Uttar Pradesh saw hundreds of devotees lining up for ‘darshan’ Friday, a day after the Allahabad High Court ruled on the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi dispute. In the first three hours from 7 a.m., nearly 1,300 devotees visited the temple, built on the site of the […] Read more » after back Devotees in Ram Lalla temple verdict
Top Law News Aman ragging-to-death case: Court gets anonymous letter October 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a new twist to the Aman Kachru ragging-to-death case, a Himachal Pradesh court has received an anonymous letter, purportedly written by a police official, saying the victim talked to his girlfriend on phone before his end. The letter suggested that the girl, who is based in Delhi, should also be called as her testimony […] Read more » anonymous Court letter ragging-to-death