Top Law News SC to examine whether HC can annul marriages October 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would examine the question whether the Kerala High Court can exercise its power under writ jurisdiction to annul the marriage of a Muslim man with a Hindu woman who had converted to Islam before tying the nuptial knot. The apex court was apparently not in agreement with the submission […] Read more » annul marriages Court featured Kerala High Court Law Legal News Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News Rs 68.50 cr ponzi scam; SC paves way for trial of S Natrajan October 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has paved the way for prosecution of S Natarajan, now a director in the Sriram Group, in the 2004 high-profile ponzi scam involving Chennai-based PNL Nidhi Limited which allegedly collected Rs 68.50 crore from over 13,000 investors and defaulted in repayment. The apex court set aside a Madras High Court order quashing […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News PNL Nidhi Limited Rs 68.50 cr ponzi scam S Natrajan Supreme Court
Top Law News Convicts too must breathe fresh air, maintain family ties: SC October 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Convicts too “must breathe fresh air” and be allowed to maintain social ties provided they show a tendency to reform, the Supreme Court has said and favoured a “humanistic approach” while dealing with pleas for parole or furlough to those serving long jail terms. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan asked […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News SC rejects plea alleging atrocities by police October 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea by a Bihar resident, who has claimed atrocities by police and alleging that he was branded a terrorist or naxalite and his mobile phone put on surveillance. The apex court rejected his appeal against the order of the Patna High Court in November last year observing that the […] Read more » BIHAR Bihar police Court featured Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Court allows NRI to travel to USA for renewing green card October 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here has allowed an NRI, accused of smuggling foreign currency, to travel to the United States to keep his Green Card status active. Special Judge N K Malhotra allowed Virender Verma to go to the US for a month in October while directing him to furnish his travel itinerary, addresses and phone […] Read more » Court Delhi Court allows NRI to travel to USA featured green card Law Legal News
Environment Law News High Profile Cases Submit report on Yamuna post idol immersion: NGT to Delhi govt October 3, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to submit a status report on the condition of river Yamuna post immersion of Ganesh and Durga idols. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said a detailed affidavit enumerating steps being taken to clean the river should be filed. The green panel also […] Read more » Court Delhi government featured Law Legal News NGT report on Yamuna post idol immersion The National Green Tribunal
Top Law News Elphinstone stampede:PIL filed in HC to book railway officials September 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking that railway officials be booked for negligence and culpable homicide in connection with the stampede at the Elphinstone Road railway station in which 22 people were killed. The public interest litigation (PIL) was submitted yesterday to the high court registry by city resident Pradeep […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Elphinstone stampede featured Law Legal News PIL filed in HC to book railway officials
Criminal Law News Top Law News Delhi HC reduces jail term of man who raped minor September 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has reduced the jail term of a man convicted for kidnapping and raping a minor girl in view of her testimony that he had physical relations with her “consent”. Justice Pratibha Rani handed the man five years jail term for raping the 14-year-old girl, reducing the sentence of seven years awarded […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi High Court reduces jail term of man who raped minor featured Law Legal News
Top Law News 24-yr-old accident victim’s parents get Rs 8 L compensation September 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The parents of a 24-year-old man, who was killed in a road accident involving a rashly driven tempo in Gurugram in 2012, have been awarded a compensation of Rs eight lakh by a motor accident claims tribunal (MACT) here. MACT presiding officer Vidya Prakash asked Oriental Insurance Company, the insurer of the tempo, to pay […] Read more » 24-yr-old accident victim's parents get Rs 8 L compensation Court featured Law Legal News MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
High Profile Cases Why trial court order in Sohrabuddin case was not challenged, HC asks CBI September 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today asked the Central Bureau of Investigation why it had not challenged the trial court orders discharging senior IPS officers in the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati. Hearing a revision application filed by Sohrabuddin’s brother Rubabuddin Sheikh, challenging the trial court orders of discharge, Justice Revati […] Read more » Bombay High Court CBI Court featured Law Legal News Sohrabuddin case
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Malegaon blast accused Upadhyay demands police protection September 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ramesh Upadhyay, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case who got bail two days ago, has moved the special NIA court here seeking police protection. “Upadhyay has filed an application seeking security, saying there is threat to his life. We have opposed it,” special public prosecutor Avinash Rasal said. Rasal told the court today […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Malegaon blast Ramesh Upadhyay special NIA court
Top Law News Accept surrender of accused, then ask for ID proof: Madras HC September 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today held that the surrender of an accused before a court should not be rejected on the ground that the ID proof of the person was not furnished. Justice Muralidharan gave the ruling while disposing of an anticipatory bail plea filed by Anand of Sivaganga district, whose surrender in a kidnap […] Read more » Accept surrender of accused Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
