Top Law News Apex court upholds Abu Salem trial September 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday upheld the trial of 1993 Bombay bomb blast accused Abu Salem under the provisions of the criminal law that provides for death sentence Read more » Abu Salem apex court trial upholds
Top Law News Apex court stays fresh probe into Rizwanur case September 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court order for reinvestigation into Rizwanur Rehman’s mysterious death and the quashing of the charge sheet in the case. The apex court also stayed all the consequent orders flowing from the high court ruling, including the discharging of Rizwanur Rehman’s father-in-law and industrialist Ashok Todi and others […] Read more » apex court fresh probe Rizwanur case stays
Top Law News Gujarat cop gets life term September 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Gujarat court sentenced a policeman to life imprisonment for burning alive a man who admonished the cop for extorting money from a bootlegger. Additional sessions judge D.T. Soni sentenced constable Haribhai Patel to life imprisonment and also ordered him to pay Rs.15,000 to the wife of the victim. The court also directed the public […] Read more » cop gets Gujarat life term
Top Law News Sohrabuddin killing accused cop shifted out of jail September 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court on Thursday ordered the transfer of suspended police officer NK Amin, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case, from a prison in Sabarmati to Vadodara jail. The court ordered the transfer after counsel for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), KTS Tulsi, apprehended that there was a danger to […] Read more » accused killing shifted Sohrabuddin
Top Law News No hearing needed before ordering unfair trade practices probe September 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday held that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) could order preliminary enquiry against a company allegedly engaged in unfair trade practices without affording it a hearing. The court also held that in such a situation the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) would not interfere with the CCI’s order for preliminary inquiry into […] Read more » Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) Competition Commission of India (CCI) hearing practices probe trade unfair
Top Law News Court asks Delhi Police to protect married couple September 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday sought the response of Delhi Police for not giving protection to a young couple who entered into an inter-religious marriage against the wishes of their parents, and have been receiving threats from their relatives. Hearing the couple’s plea, Justice Ajit Bharihoke asked the station house officer of Naraina in west […] Read more » couple Court Delhi married police Protect
Top Law News Transfer of Judges of High Courts September 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 222 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer (i) Shri Justice Arun Kumar Mishra, Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court as a Judge of the Rajasthan High Court and (ii) Shri […] Read more » High Courts judges transfer
Top Law News Appointment of Additional Judges of Madhya Pradesh High Court September 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (1) Shri Brij Kishore Dube, (2) Shri Gulab Singh Solanki, (3) Shri Naresh Kumar Gupta, and (4) Shri Anil Kumar Sharma, to be Additional Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, in […] Read more » Additional Judges Appointment High Court Madhya Pradesh
Top Law News Court rejects Maudany’s plea to quash charges September 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court Thursday rejected People’s Democratic Party head Abdul Nasir Maudany’s appeal to quash the charge-sheet against him in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case. “There is a prima facie case against him,” Judge Subhash Adi said, dismissing Maudany’s plea. The PDP leader is the 31st of the 32 people charge-sheeted for alleged […] Read more » charges Court Maudany plea quash rejects
Top Law News BJP lawmaker gets jail for murder in Kandhamal riots September 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fast-track court in Orissa Thursday sentenced Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Manoj Pradhan to six years’ rigorous imprisonment for a murder during the 2008 communal riots in Kandhamal district, a lawyer said. Judge C.R. Das of the the fast-track court II at Phulbani, the district headquarters of Kandhamal, handed down the sentence to Pradhan […] Read more » BJP jail Kandhamal riots lawmaker murder
Top Law News Set up panel for retired defence staff: Apex court (Lead) September 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The court said that the proposed independent body, to be headed by a retired judge of the apex court, would save the armed forces personnel running from pillar to post for redressal of their grievances. The court said the findings of the independent forum would be recommendatory in nature. The apex court bench of Justice […] Read more » apex court defence panel retired Set up staff
Top Law News Ayodhya verdict to be pronounced Sep 24 September 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The much-awaited verdict in the 125-year-old Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid legal dispute in Ayodhya will be pronounced by a special bench of the Allahabad High Court Sep 24. An announcement to that effect was communicated through notices issued by the registrar of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court here Wednesday afternoon. “The judgment would be pronounced […] Read more » Ayodhya Sep 24 verdict pronounced