Top Law News Collegium likely to meet soon on appointing HC CJs November 1, 2015 / November 2, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment After recommending extension of the tenure of 21 Additional Judges, the Supreme Court Collegium is likely to take a call on appointing regular Chief Justices in 8 high courts in the coming days. Sources in the know said the Collegium would meet in days to come to decide on appointing regular chief justices in the […] Read more » Collegium likely to meet soon on appointing HC CJs Court featured Law Legal News
Environment Law News NGT raps PWD for chopping 40 trees on RTR Marg November 1, 2015 / November 2, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has pulled up Public Works Department (PWD) for chopping 40 trees for widening of a road at Rao Tula Ram Marg here and summoned its senior officials warning them that they may have to pay for transplantation of remaining trees. “There were 51 trees and you chopped of 40 trees without […] Read more » Court Delhi Environment news featured Law NGT NGT raps PWD for chopping 40 trees on RTR Marg.legal news
Top Law News Waqf Board moves HC vs AAP govt decision November 1, 2015 / November 2, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Delhi Waqf Board has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the AAP government’s decision of transferring its powers and duties to the revenue department of the city administration for six months. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, before whom the matter was listed, adjourned it to November 5 to be taken up with another plea moved by the […] Read more » AAP government Court Delhi High Court Delhi Waqf Board featured Law Legal News Waqf Board moves HC vs AAP govt decision
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Guj HC removes prosecutor in Best Bakery case October 30, 2015 / October 31, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court today ordered removal of Vadodara district government pleader Raghuvir Pandya over his record as a public prosecutor in the 2002 Best Bakery case. Mere eligibility is not enough for selection as a district pleader, a chief law officer in the district, but his or her credentials and “institutional integrity” must be […] Read more » Best Bakery case Court featured Guj HC removes prosecutor in Best Bakery case Gujarat High Court Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Driver Sanap gets death October 30, 2015 / October 31, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A special court here today awarded death sentence to driver Chandrabhan Sanap for raping and murdering a 23-year-old software engineer from Andhra Pradesh in the city last year, saying the crime evoked the same reaction as the 2012 Delhi gangrape case case and damaged Mumbai’s image as a safe city for women. “The case falls […] Read more » Court Criminal news Driver Sanap gets death featured Law Legal News murder rape
Top Law News PIL on farmer suicides: SC imposes Rs 25,000 cost on Centre October 30, 2015 / October 31, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on Centre for failing to clear its stand on the issue of revisiting the National Policy for Farmers, 2007. A social justice bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit slapped the cost while refusing to accept the contention of Additional Solicitor General […] Read more » 000 cost on Centre Centre government Court featured Law Legal News PIL on farmer suicides PIL on farmer suicides: SC imposes Rs 25 Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Drunk driver is danger to society: Court October 30, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A drunk driver is a danger to society, a Delhi court has observed while refusing to set aside the ten-day jail term awarded to a man. “So far so the sentence is concerned, ten days simple imprisonment for the offence punishable under Section 185 (drunken driving) of Motor Vehicles Act is not too harsh. A […] Read more » Court Drunk driver Drunk driver is danger to society: Court featured Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Court allows Pachauri to travel to Kuwait, Somalia October 30, 2015 / October 30, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has granted permission to former TERI director general RK Pachauri, facing sexual harassment allegations, to visit Kuwait and Somalia to attend conferences from November 1 to 7. Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan, while allowing Pachauri’s application, directed him to inform the court when he returns to India and make himself available to the […] Read more » Court Court allows Pachauri to travel to Kuwait Delhi court featured Kuwait Law Legal News R K Pachauri Somalia
Top Law News HC quashes AAP govt order to carry out CAG audit of discoms October 30, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today quashed the AAP government’s decision to get the accounts of three private power distribution companies audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). “We have allowed the petitions of the discoms,” a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw said while clarifying that the entire audit […] Read more » AAP CAG Audit Court Delhi government Delhi High Court featured HC quashes AAP govt order to carry out CAG audit of discoms Legal News
Top Law News Complaint against V K Singh: Court seeks ATR from Police October 29, 2015 / October 30, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today directed the police to file an action taken report on a criminal complaint filed against Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh for his alleged “dog” remark in the wake of the Faridabad incident in which two children of a Dalit family were burnt alive. Metropolitan Magistrate Muneesh Garg […] Read more » Complaint against V K Singh: Court seeks ATR from Police Court Delhi Delhi Police featured Law Legal News V K Singh
Top Law News “Frame welfare policies to prevent farmer suicides” October 29, 2015 / October 30, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Expressing concern over unceasing farmer suicides in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court today suggested that the state government should frame policies for their welfare. The division bench of Justices Naresh Patil and S B Shukare also asked the government to ensure that the benefit of such policies and schemes reach the intended beneficiaries. The court […] Read more » "Frame welfare policies to prevent farmer suicides" Bombay High Court Court featured former suicides Law Legal News Maharashtra
High Profile Cases SC reinforces no quota in super speciality courses October 29, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has reinforced its earlier view that “there should really be no reservation” in super speciality courses in medicine in the general interest of the country. The top court also echoed with the observation made in other judgements that “the Centre and the State Governments shall seriously consider this aspect of the matter […] Read more » Court Delhi featured Law Legal News Quota in Education SC reinforces no quota in super speciality courses Supreme Court
