Top Law News Lawyers strike affects district court proceedings August 6, 2012 / August 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The proceedings in six district courts in the city were today affected by the day-long strike called by lawyers to protest against the hike in court fees in Delhi. The lawyers abstained from work in all the six district courts of Patiala House, Tis Hazari, Karkardooma, Rohini, Saket and Dwarka, saying the Delhi government has […] Read more » 2G spectrum allocation scam case 2G spectrum allocation scam case at Patiala House court Court Court Fee (Amendment) Act Court Fee Act court fee in delhi court fees in Delhi court proceedings Delhi Bar Association hike in court fee Patiala House court Patiala House Court complex Shahdara Bar Association
Top Law News Dowry harassment law misused for extortion: Court October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has acquitted a man and three of his family members in a dowry harassment case, saying that legal provisions are often misused for “human rights violations, extortion and corruption”. Asking the woman complainant to move on in life, Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau said: “A word of advice for the complainant that […] Read more » Court Dowry harassment law misused for extortion
Top Law News Wary of frivolous cases, landlords keeping houses vacant: Court July 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Civil courts’ failure to rein in unscrupulous litigants has caused lakhs of house owners not to rent out their premises for fear that tenants would not vacate these and resort to law suits, the Supreme Court has said.‘It is a matter of common knowledge that lakhs of flats and houses are kept locked for years, […] Read more » Court frivolous cases houses vacant Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma landlords
Top Law News Take care of mentally challenged, court tells Himachal government July 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to take the mentally ill, “wandering in inhuman conditions in the street”, into its protection. Issuing the directions on a public interest litigation (PIL) of Shimla resident, the court of Justice Surinder Singh Thursday reminded the state of its duty and said the mentally challenged […] Read more » Court Himachal government Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Surinder Singh mentally challenged PIL public interest litigation
Top Law News Court notice to government on CBI exemption from RTI July 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a public suit filed against the decision to exempt the CBI and the NIA from the purview of the RTI Act, the country’s transparency law. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Mishra and Justice Sanjeev Khanna issued notice to the central government, […] Read more » CBI CBI exemption Chief Justice Dipak Mishra Court department of personnel and training DoPT Government Justice Sanjeev Khanna National Investigation Agency NIA RTI
Criminal Law News Court questions Uttar Pradesh on police station death July 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Court questions Uttar Pradesh on police station death Raising questions over the Uttar Pradesh police report on the murder and alleged rape of a teenaged girl in a police station, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday sought more details on the case from the state government by July 8, a lawyer said. While hearing a petition seeking a Central Bureau […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Central Bureau of Investigation Court police station death questions Uttar Pradesh
Top Law News Court absolves leading news dailies of defamation charges July 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three leading news dailies of the national capital have been absolved of defamation charges by a Delhi court for reporting an incident about a dowry demand in 1996. The defamation case was filed against Hindustan Times, Delhi Mid Day and Sandhya Times which had earlier published a news article that blamed a groom for walking […] Read more » absolves Court defamation charges Metropolitan Magistrate Prashant Sharma news dailies
Criminal Law News Court acquits six accused of gangraping US national June 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Acquitting six students of the charge of gangraping a US national, the Bombay High Court Wednesday dismissed the Maharashtra government challenge to a trial court verdict in their favour, a lawyer said. ‘The division bench of Justice Mridula Bhatkar and Justice N.H. Patil said that there is no evidence to prove the gangrape,’ said Rohini […] Read more » acquits Court gangraping US national
Criminal Law News Court acquits man accused of torturing daughter-in-law June 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High court has upheld a trial court’s order acquitting a man accused of torture and dowry harassment of his daughter-in-law, who later committed suicide at her parents’ house. The division bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice G.P. Mittal said: “We are satisfied that the trial court’s findings as well as conclusions […] Read more » accused acquits Court daughter-in-law Justice G.P. Mittal Justice S. Ravindra Bhat man torturing
High Profile Cases Court rejects Tata’s plea on Singur land June 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tata Motors has received a fresh setback in its efforts to restrain the West Bengal government from undertaking the process of returning land to the farmers at Singur. On Monday, the Calcutta High Court rejected the company’s plea for a stay on the process of giving land back to the Singur farmers as envisaged by […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Court rejects Singur land Tata's plea
Top Law News Curb deceptive marketing gigs: Court June 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Curb deceptive marketing gigs: Court Companies looking to encash on a rival’s reputation by launching a phonetically similar brand beware! The Delhi High Court has warned that such deceptive marketing techniques need to be curbed. The court’s warning came during the hearing on a dispute involving two pharmaceutical companies. Justice VK Jain restrained Omax Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. from making a […] Read more » Court curb deceptive gigs marketing
High Profile Cases Court rejects pleas to make Anil Ambani, Ratan Tata 2G co-accused June 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special trial court Thursday rejected a petition to include industrialists Anil Ambani and Ratan Tata as co-accused in the second generation (2G) spectrum case and also imposed a fine of Rs.10,000 each on the petitioners. Similarly, the special court of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), presided over by Judge O.P. Saini, also rejected pleas […] Read more » 2G co-accused Anil Ambani Court Ratan Tata