Top Law News Madras HC gets six judges March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court is all set to get six new judges. The six names that were recommended by the collegium headed by the Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanajy Kishan Kaul have been cleared by the Supreme Court. Kalaiyarasan, Gokuldas, Bharathidasan, S Sunder, M V Muralidharan and D Krishnakumar would be the new judges, […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras HC gets six judges Madras High Court
Top Law News Kingfisher, Mallya propose in SC to repay Rs4k cr March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Liquor baron Vijay Mallya and Kingfisher Airlines Ltd today submitted in a sealed cover a proposal for repayment of Rs 4000 crore out of the loan amount of Rs 6903 crore to the consortium of banks led by State Bank of India by September this year. Along with Mallya and Kingfisher, the proposal was also […] Read more » Court featured Kingfishe Kingfisher Law Legal News Mallya propose in SC to repay Rs4k cr Supreme Court Vijay Mallya
Top Law News Rebel Cong MLAs move Uttarakhand High Court against Speaker’s action March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Rebel Congress MLAs today moved the Uttarakhand High Court challenging their disqualification by Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal after Presidents rule had been imposed in the state. The petition has been filed before the single bench of Justice U C Dhyani of the high court against the Speakers action questioning its validity on the […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Rebel Cong MLAs Rebel Cong MLAs move Uttarakhand High Court against Speaker's action Uttarakhand High Court
High Profile Cases Uttarakhand crisis: Centre moves Uttarakhand HC challenging its order for floor test March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Centre today moved the Uttarakhand High Court challenging an interim order by a single bench directing a floor test in the Assembly on March 31, days after President’s Rule was imposed in the state. A petition was mentioned before a division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice K M Joseph and Justice […] Read more » Congress Court featured Harish Rawat Law Legal News president rule Uttarakhand crisis Uttarakhand High Court
Top Law News SC approves Centre’s guidelines to protect Good Samaritans March 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the Centre’s guidelines to protect Good Samaritans, who help road accident victims, from being unnecessarily harassed by police or any other authority. A bench comprising justices V Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra asked the Central government to give wide publicity to these guidelines so that people who help others […] Read more » Centre's guidelines to protect Good Samaritans Court featured Law Legal News SC approves Centre's guidelines to protect Good Samaritans Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Murder & gangrape: Death sentence commuted March 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today commuted the death sentence awarded to Ramchandra Karanjule, the former director of an orphanage in Navi Mumbai, for murdering an inmate and gang-raping five mentally challenged girls at the premises. A division bench of Justices R V More and Anuja Prabhudessai partly allowed the appeal filed by Karanjule challenging […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Murder & gangrape: Death sentence commuted
Criminal Law News Man gets 10 yrs jail for raping minor step-daughter March 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A man has been awarded 10 years imprisonment for raping his 12-year-old step-daughter by a court here. “In this case, the convict was father of the victim. Instead of extending safe environment to his child, he himself committed sexual assault on the victim who was less than 12 years of age and could not protest […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Man gets 10 yrs jail for raping minor step-daughter
Top Law News SC refuses to entertain PIL for dropping action against Gujarat March 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking quashing of criminal prosecution, suspension and other action taken against Gujarat cops in the 2004 alleged fake encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan in view of recent testimony of jailed LeT operative David Headley. “What is the purpose of Article 32. You cannot file such a […] Read more » Court featured Gujarat Law Legal News SC refuses to entertain PIL for dropping action against Gujarat Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Herald case: Court allows Swamy’s plea to summon INC documents March 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today allowed a plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and summoned certain documents pertaining to financial details of Indian National Congress (INC) for the year 2010-2011 in the National Herald case. Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen partly allowed Swamy’s plea in which he had sought summoning of documents related to financial details of INC, […] Read more » Court Delhi featured Herald case Herald case: Court allows Swamy's plea to summon INC documents Law Legal News Swamy's plea to summon INC documents
Top Law News 2 judges elevated as CJs, 71 addl judges made permanent judges March 10, 2016 / March 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Seventy-one additional judges of seven high courts were today made permanent judges even as Justice C S Karnan, who recently courted controversy by “staying” CJIs transfer order, was shifted to Calcutta High Court. Justice Ajit Singh of Rajasthan High Court has been elevated as Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court while Justice Satish Kumar Mittal […] Read more » 2 judges elevated as CJs 71 addl judges made permanent judges Court featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Sadhu gets life term for killing boy March 10, 2016 / March 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Muzaffarnagar (UP) local court today convicted a sadhu and sentenced him to life imprisonment for killing a 14-year-old boy three years ago. Additional District Sessions judge Narender Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on 40-year-old Mahant Ompuri after holding him guilty under section 302 (murder) of IPC in the case relating to the […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Legal News murder case Sadhu gets life term for killing boy
Criminal Law News Minor girl rape: Fugitive RJD MLA surrenders March 10, 2016 / March 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Controversial RJD MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav, accused of raping a minor girl last month, surrendered in a courthere in Bihar’s Nalanda district today after being on the run. Yadav, 50, MLA from Nawada, surrendered in the court of Additional District Judge Rashmi Sikha in the alleged rape of a 15-year-old school girl studying in class […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Legal News Minor girl rape: Fugitive RJD MLA surrenders rape case RJD MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav
