High Profile Cases No bar on collegium: Supreme Court said today November 5, 2015 / November 6, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday said there was no bar on the collegium to go ahead with its work to appoint judges for the higher judiciary, which is plagued with large-scale vacancies. The indication that it was not interfering with the functioning of the collegium system came while the apex court decided to give nine […] Read more » Collegium Court featured Law Legal News No bar on collegium: Supreme Court said today Supreme Court
Top Law News Guj HC rejects plea against Modi for poll code breach November 5, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat high court on Thursday upheld a lower court order rejecting a petition filed by an AAP worker against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleged poll code breach in 2014, saying that the magistrate had do so in an appropriate manner. Justice JB Pardiwala while upholding the lower court order rejected admission of the […] Read more » Court featured Guj HC rejects plea against Modi for poll code breach Gujarat High Court Narendra Modi poll-code breach
Top Law News Court orders framing of charges against ex-BCI official November 5, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has ordered framing of charges against five persons, including a former Vice- Chairman and an ex-member of Bar Council of India (BCI), in an alleged corruption case. Special CBI Judge Manoj Kumar Nagpal said prima facie various offences including, cheating, criminal conspiracy of the IPC and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption […] Read more » BCI CBI Court Court orders framing of charges against ex-BCI official Criminal news featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Rape case: School owner’s son acquitted November 5, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A school owner’s son, who was accused of raping a teacher on the false promise of marriage, has been acquitted by a Delhi court after the woman said that she had lodged a false complaint as she was in a disturbed mental state. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhatt absolved the man, son of the owner […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi featured Law Legal News rape Rape case: School owner's son acquitted
Criminal Law News HC upholds life sentence to man for killing pregnant wife November 5, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Observing that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, the Bombay High Court has upheld the life imprisonment given to a man for killing his pregnant wife at Charkop in suburban Kandivali in 2007. Dismissing an appeal filed by the convict, a bench noted, “on going through the record, we are of the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured HC upholds life sentence to man for killing pregnant wife Law Legal News murder
Top Law News Judge frowns at govt, police counsel slugfest in court November 4, 2015 / November 5, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Disapproving the slugfest between two counsel representing Delhi police, one appointed by the city government and the other by the probe agency, a Delhi High Court judge told them that politics has no place in his court. Justice Siddharth Mridul quoted a Ghalib couplet which meant — ‘the world is a children’s playground before me, […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Judge frowns at govt Justice Siddharth Mridul police counsel slugfest in court
Criminal Law News Child born out of rape has right over assaulter’s property: HC November 4, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a significant judgement, the Allahabad High Court has ruled that a child born out of rape will have inheritance rights over the property of the assaulter, the “biological father”. A Division Bench of Justice Shabihul Hasnain and Justice DK Upadhayaya said the child will be treated as an illegitimate child of the rape accused […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Child born out of rape has right over assaulter's property: HC Court featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Dowry case:Victim’s husband, father-in-law get 7-yrs November 4, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has sentenced a 27- year-old youth and his father to seven years in jail for torturing his wife who ended her life, observing that it was not just suicide but a result of harassment and oppression by them. “The death of the victim cannot be considered a suicide simpliciter but that was […] Read more » Court Criminal news dowry case Dowry case:Victim's husband father-in-law get 7-yrs featured Law Legal News
Top Law News AAP MLA returned medical claim: Cops to court November 4, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi Police has told a court here that AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi, against whom a complaint has been filed for allegedly taking medical claim for his mother who was not dependent on him, has returned nearly Rs two lakh to the Vidhan Sabha secretariat. Police, in its status report, told the court that Tripathi […] Read more » AAP MLA AAP MLA returned medical claim: Cops to court Court Delhi Police featured Law Legal News
Criminal Law News HC uphold life sentence to 2 brothers for murder of neighbour November 4, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence awarded to two brothers for murdering their neighbour for allegedly staring at them. A division bench of acting Chief Justice V K Tahilramani and A S Gadkari dismissed appeals filed by brothers Santosh Rajput (35) and Jitu Rajput (20) challenging a July 2007 sessions […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured HC uphold life sentence to 2 brothers for murder of neighbour murder case Thane
Criminal Law News Woman tehsildar gets three years jail for taking bribe November 4, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The district court in Satara has sentenced a woman revenue official to three years rigorous imprisonment in a 2011 bribery case. Special Judge V M Mohite sentenced Satara Tehsildar Supriya Subhash Bagwade to the jail term after finding her guilty under Section 7 (public servant accepting bribe) and Section 13 (criminal misconduct by a public […] Read more » bribe Court Criminal news featured Law Mumbai Woman tehsildar gets three years jail for taking bribe
Top Law News HC orders more compensation to rape survivor November 3, 2015 / November 4, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court today directed Uttar Pradesh government to provide an additional Rs 10 lakh compensation to a minor rape survivor and make arrangements for her free residential education up to degree level and employment thereafter. The state government had already provided rupees three lakh as compensation. The court also said that the amount […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Court Criminal news featured HC orders more compensation to rape survivor rape Uttar Pradesh government
