High Profile Cases Court extends police remand of IAS, RAS officer June 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A court today extended till June 8 the police remand of suspended IAS officer Neeraj K Pawan and Rajasthan Administrative Service officer Anil Kumar Agarwal who were arrested by anti-corruption bureau in connection with a bribery case involving Rs 1.5 crore. “Both of them were produced in the ACB court where the magistrate extended their police […] Read more » Anil Kumar Agarwal Anti-Corruption Bureau Bribery case Court featured Law Legal News Neeraj K Pawan Rajasthan Administrative Service officer
Criminal Law News Riya murder case: CBI produces first witness June 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment CBI today produced its first witness in the case of murder of a 17-year-old college girl in the district in a local court. Additional District Sessions Judge D C Singh has adjourned the case till June 21 for further hearing after examining witness Dr Umesh Kumar in the case, CBI officials said. According to CBI, […] Read more » CBI Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Muzaffarnagar Riya murder case
Criminal Law News Delhi HC asks Rajpal Yadav to undergo 6-day jail term for contempt June 3, 2016 / June 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today directed Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav to surrender before Tihar Jail by July 15 to serve out the remainder six days of the total 10-day imprisonment awarded to him in 2013 for filing a false affidavit in court. Yadav had spent four days in jail from December 3, 2013 till December 6, […] Read more » contempt case Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News Rajpal Yadav
Criminal Law News Bail plea of SP leader rejected in murder case June 3, 2016 / June 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A local court today rejected the bail plea of Samajwadi Party leader Mehrajuddin in a murder case. Acting district judge D C Singh dismissed the bail plea of the SP leader, a former SP district secretary, saying that there is no case of relief. Aleem was shot dead allegedly by the accused at Tewda village […] Read more » bail plea Court Criminal news featured Law Mehrajuddin murder case Samajwadi Party
Criminal Law News SC upholds man’s jail term for abetting wife’s suicide June 3, 2016 / June 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Young women enter matrimonial homes with a hope of leading a long and blissful married life “but this hope, invariably, does not last long, nor their life”, the Supreme Court observed today while upholding a five-year jail term of a man guilty of compelling his 25- year-old pregnant wife to commit suicide. “The story of […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law suicide case Supreme Court
Top Law News HC faces shortage of 458 judges, says latest data June 3, 2016 / June 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The high courts face a shortage of 458 judges, according to a latest Law Ministry data which comes at a time when the judiciary and the government are divided on various clauses of a document which will guide future appointment of members to the higher courts. According to the statistics, against the approved strength of […] Read more » Court featured High Court Law Legal News shortage of 458 judges
Environment Law News No construction inside Surajpur wetlands, NGT June 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has restrained Uttar Pradesh government from carrying out any construction inside Surajpur wetlands in Greater Noida after a plea claimed construction of permanent structures inside the eco-sensitive area. A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, and has a distinct ecosystem. A bench headed by […] Read more » Court Environment news featured Law NGT Surajpur wetlands
Top Law News Madras HC seeks report on toilets in TN district courts June 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the Public Works Department officials to carry out inspection of district courts in Tamil Nadu, under the supervision of Principal District Judges, and file a report on the condition of toilets. The first bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R Mahadevan, gave the direction on a […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High TN district courts
Top Law News Merc-hit-n-run: JJB reserves order on plea June 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Juvenile Justice Board(JJB) today reserved its order on the issue of trying a teenager, who had allegedly run over a 32-year-old marketing executive while driving his father’s Mercedes, as an adult in a trial court. The Presiding Officer of JJB is likely to pronounce the order tomorrow on the application filed by Delhi Police […] Read more » Court featured JJB reserves order on plea Law Legal News Merc-hit-n-run
Media & Entertainment News PIL against Bollywood movie ‘Shorgul’ June 2, 2016 / June 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A petition seeking stay on the release on Bollywood movie ‘Shorgul’ was today filed before the AllahabadHigh Court bench here alleging certain scenes in it threatened to disturb social harmony. The PIL was filed by a Meerut social worker Milan Som who sought a stay on the movie scheduled to be released on June 24. According […] Read more » Bollywood movie Court featured Law Legal News PIL Shorgul
Top Law News Body opposed to Jat quota files caveat in SC June 2, 2016 / June 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi-based body, opposed to the recent law granting quota to Jats and five other castes under the newly-carved Backward Classes (C) category, today filed a caveat in the Supreme Court saying that it be heard before any order is passed on a plea of a Jat organisation in support of the reservation. Hawa Singh […] Read more » Court featured Jat quota Law Legal News Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Gulberg riots: 24 convicted, conspiracy charges dropped June 2, 2016 / June 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment More than 14 years after the ghastly Gulberg massacre that killed 69 people including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, 24 people were today convicted by a special court here which acquitted 36 others and dropped conspiracy charges against all the accused in one of the worst riots post-Godhra violence in Gujarat. 11 of the 24 […] Read more » 24 convicted in Gulberg riots Court Criminal news featured Gulberg riots Law
